Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Polish term or phrase:
nawet jeśli to szczęście trwało tylko chwilę.
English translation:
even if only for a split second/ even if the happiness lasted just a while
Polish term
nawet jeśli to szczęście trwało tylko chwilę.
Jul 20, 2014 19:40: Natalia111 (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1854721">Natalia111 (X)'s</a> old entry - " nawet jeśli to szczęście trwało tylko chwilę."" to ""even if only for a split second""
Proposed translations
even if only for a split second
United States
The Slanguage Buff
Native in: Polish (Variant: Standard-Poland) 
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Works in: Polish to English, Spanish to English, English, and 4 more.
even if this happiness lasted only an instant
Nov 19, 2013 - Even if this happiness lasted only an instant, it did exist. And this lost treasure, these beautiful ...
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LilianNekipelov
: For an instant.
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Thank you.
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mike23
: It's good
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Thank you.
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even if the happiness lasted just a while
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mike23
: Agree "(only) for a while" - pikny nick, żem się przeląkł ;)
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;) ... you know I coulda' been a painter ;) ... Dzięki :)
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United States
On time, on target, on budget.
Native in: English , Polish
Works in: Polish to English, English to Polish, Russian to Polish, and 1 more.
even if the joy lasted but for a moment
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mike23
: I love the way you used 'but' here.
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Nothing gets past you, Michał. This was meant to be poetic. Thank you for noticing.
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Native in: Polish 
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Ukrainian to English, and 1 more.
despite the happines did not last long/forever
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Note added at 1 hr (2014-07-19 15:26:28 GMT)
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That's what I call positive thinking :)
Why happiness does not last long ?
Ireland
Solving language puzzles
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, English
no matter how brief your happiness was
Yet another approach.
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