Is this phrase translated correctly? (For valentine's day)

Hi, I am doing a drawing for my girlfriend for valentine's day and i want to include a japanese phrase on it so i used babelfish translating tool. I don't trust babelfish very much... so I want to ask if the translations are grammatically correct in Japanese and if not, what should they be?:

"This is our love story"
これは私達のラブストーリーである

"I love you" (Aishiteru)
私は愛する

Thank you everyone for their help!
I will post the picture when i am done ^__^

"This is our love story"
これは私達のラブストーリーである

grammatically correct, though I would not put である at last.
これは私達のラブストーリー works perfectly.

"I love you" (Aishiteru)
私は愛する

not really...
As you said there, "愛してる（aishiteru）" or
"私はあなたを愛してる" would be the correct translation.

私は愛する doesn't include the word YOU in its meaning.
it is like saying "I love" without any object!

Hi, thanks for the reply Giorgia!

I really appreciate your help!

You mentioned that これは私達のラブストーリー works perfectly for "This is our love story". But just out of curiosity, what does "である" mean? How does it change the phrase?

Also what is the difference between
愛してる
and
私はあなたを愛してる
? Which one is recommended for what purpose?

Thanks so much for everyone's help

icky said:

Hi, thanks for the reply Giorgia!

I really appreciate your help!

You mentioned that これは私達のラブストーリー works perfectly for "This is our love story". But just out of curiosity, what does "である" mean? How does it change the phrase?

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"である" is a form of the copula "です". It's basically equivalent to the English verb "to be". "である" is a very formal verb which is used almost exclusively when writing. In spoken Japanese, it's very common to leave out the copula entirely (at least in informal situations), so it would be much more natural to leave it out as Giorgia suggested.

Also what is the difference between
愛してる
and
私はあなたを愛してる
? Which one is recommended for what purpose?

Thanks so much for everyone's help

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The difference is that in the second sentence the subject and object are explicitly stated, and in the first they are implied by context. The second one is more stilted and less natural, because in Japanese subjects and objects are usually left unstated if they are already understood. For example, if you were talking to your girlfriend, the first one would be better, because she would be able to tell that you meant "I love you", and not something ridiculous like "The cat loves the rock."

As a side note, "私は愛する" means "I love", and it sounds like a very general statement that you tend to love things.

Hi thanks CorDarei!
You are very knowledgable!

Can you tell me how i would pronounce
これは私達のラブストーリー
and
これは私達のラブストーリーである
??

Thanks !

icky said:

Hi thanks CorDarei!
You are very knowledgable!

Can you tell me how i would pronounce
これは私達のラブストーリー
and
これは私達のラブストーリーである
??

Thanks !

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これは私達のラブストーリー = "Kore wa watashitachi no rabusutorii"
これは私達のラブストーリーである = "Kore wa watashitachi no rabusutorii de aru"