# Bram Stoker's Dracula, translation of a line \[in Romanian\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256 "2009-11-04T04:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RomanianPrincess](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romanianprincess/32/13069_2.png) [@RomanianPrincess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RomanianPrincess)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256/41 "2023-01-05T17:51:26Z")
I had to listen to that again. Just to make sure, I had it right. The correct translation is: Dracula: Tu esti dragostea vietii mele - vietii mele. Translation: You are the love of my life - of my life. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2023, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256/42 "2023-01-14T10:25:48Z")
I strongly suspect _dragostea_ is borrowed from the Slavic languages. In Russian, _dorogoi_ is “dear,” in the sense of both “beloved” (what you might say to another person) and “expensive” (of high material value). ---
**Author:** ![Staceykids](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@Staceykids](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staceykids)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256/43 "2023-01-25T23:55:22Z")
Dracula speaks to the wolf to calm him calling him Strigoi which in Romanian means vampire or ghost. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bram-stokers-dracula-translation-of-a-line-in-romanian/516256.md?page=2)