I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life

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I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life

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“I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life!”

That is part of the chorus of Billy Joel's "My Life" (one of my absolute favorite songs) ─ and a common mantra among conlangers.
(This is more focused on singability and meaning than on getting the words exactly translated.)

:con: Yoshó
Nulasainás wolla yessaki aisa pitsa; ya’cheratsá asshinó tsal!
[nu.la.saj.'nas 'wol.la 'jes.sa.ki 'aj.sa 'pi.tsa ja.tʃe.ra.'tsa aʃ.ʃi.'no tsal]
Nu-lasai-nás wolla yessak(ú)-i aisa pitsa / ya’=cheratsá asshinó tsal
NEG-NR.FUT-hurt-NR.FUT 2sg.INF.GEN word-PL 1sg.ACC again / COP=life this 1sg.GEN
"Your words will not hurt me again; this life is mine!"

Translation challenge: 9%
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:con: 3SDL:
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(my action not constrained by word from you...)
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:con: Yélian

Cîyvaliyʻacso sao matayan; vat vinquasé but æ'reol!
[kɨɕvɐla̯iːˈʔakso saʊ̯ ˈmaːtɐʃɐn; vɐt ˌviŋkɐˈseː bʉt əˈɾeː.ɔ̈l]
not_anymore-hurt-INV.1SG 2SG.POSS word-PL; DEM life COP.3SG.INAN DEF.CONC=1SG.POSS.NOMZ
"Your words will not hurt me again; this life is mine!"
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:con: griushkoent (without script here)

bah, shur soena. aeskdaei.
/'bah, 'ʃur 'sɯna. 'eskdei/
bah NEG care-V. 1SG-T3-POSS-A
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Iyionaku wrote: 03 Jun 2023 15:42 :con: Yélian

Cîyvaliyʻacso sao matayan; vat vinquasé but æ'reol!
[kɨɕvɐla̯iːˈʔakso saʊ̯ ˈmaːtɐʃɐn; vɐt ˌviŋkɐˈseː bʉt əˈɾeː.ɔ̈l]
not_anymore-hurt-INV.1SG 2SG.POSS word-PL; DEM life COP.3SG.INAN DEF.CONC=1SG.POSS.NOMZ
"Your words will not hurt me again; this life is mine!"
Is this the natural Yélian phrasing? The Billy Joel quote is "I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life"; "your words will not hurt me again; this life is mine!" is just how I phrased it in Yoshó. I write the literal rendering of the Yoshó in English below the text, the actual thing I translated above.
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Üdj wrote: 03 Jun 2023 18:12
Is this the natural Yélian phrasing? The Billy Joel quote is "I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life"; "your words will not hurt me again; this life is mine!" is just how I phrased it in Yoshó. I write the literal rendering of the Yoshó in English below the text, the actual thing I translated above.
Whoops, no, you're right. I accidentally translated your phrase in Yoshó instead of the original one - a mini-relay, if you'd like [:)]
Let's give this another try:

:con: Yélian

Cîyvalulcoro vit sat bicut, vat bit reo vinquasé!
[ˈkɨɕvalʉlˈkoːɾɔ̈ vɨt sa‿ˈbiːkʉt, va‿bɨt ˈɾeː.ɔ̈ ˌviŋkɐˈseː]
not_anymore-concern-INV.1SG REL 2SG.OBL say-INV.3SG.INAN, DEM COP.3SG.ANIM 1SG.POSS life
I am not concerned by what you say anymore, this is my life!
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:con: Rireinutire

siki mano vuisa yakava· moekaseva:
/ˈsiki ˈmɑno ˈvuisɑ ˈjɑkɑvɑ | ˈmoekɑsevɑ/
siki ma-no vuisa ya-ka-va | moe-ka-se-va ||
this.NOM 1S-GEN life.NOM be-PRS-SENS | listen-PRS-NEG-SENS ||

"I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life!"
More literally: "This is my life, I'm not listening [to you]!"

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:con: Śkalaźwë

Źoixwaf gubhalkez, rëɣ micamlë naimicamlë mrëlaŋ!
źoi-xwaf gubha-l-ke-z rëɣ micamlë nai-micamlë mrë-l-a-ŋ
2pl-phrase care.about-HAB-FUT-1sg / this life 1sg-life be-HAB-PST-3sg

(If it's just to one person, feel free to say ɣoixwaf instead.)

This happens to be 13 syllables ─ exactly the same number as the English translation. So in theory, one could sing it!
Edit: Wait no it's 15
Translation challenge: 12%
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