Oct 9, 2007 12:15
16 yrs ago
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French term

Elle est pas belle la vie

Non-PRO French to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters expression
Baby annoucement:
Depuis neuf mois qu'ils ne parlent que de moi,
je me suis enfin décidé à les rejoindre le 3 mai.
Mes parents sont fous de joie et mon grand frere veut déjà jouer avec moi.
Elle est pas belle la vie ?!

(Merci d'avance.)
Change log

Oct 9, 2007 13:34: Emma Paulay changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Julie Barber, French Foodie, Emma Paulay

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Proposed translations

+13
2 mins
Selected

Isn't life wonderful?

Isn't life grand?

Or countless other variations on this theme.
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge : or ...great?
0 min
thanks Carol, great, awesome, peachy, swell, the list goes on :-)
agree suezen
1 min
thanks suezen
agree tatyana000
1 min
thanks tatyana000
agree msabeh
3 mins
thanks msabeh
agree Assimina Vavoula
5 mins
thanks Assimina
agree Shaila Kamath
14 mins
thanks Shaila
agree Miranda Joubioux (X)
17 mins
thanks Miranda
agree Ingeborg Gowans (X) : yes, speaking as a grandma: our grandson is 4 weeks old, and I bet he would say the same thing:))
32 mins
thanks Ingeborg :-)
agree Estelle Demontrond-Box
51 mins
thanks Estelle
agree Mariavita
1 hr
thanks Mariavita
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
1 hr
thanks 1045
agree Tony M
2 hrs
thanks Tony
agree Valeska Nygren
3 hrs
thanks Valeska
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci bcp a tous."
+10
3 mins

Ain't life great?

I suppose you could use "swell" instead of great for US audience.
Peer comment(s):

agree Carol Gullidge
0 min
Thanks, Carol.
agree tatyana000
1 min
Thanks, Tatyana.
agree Assimina Vavoula
4 mins
Thanks, Assimina.
agree John ANTHONY : or "gorgeous" ?
25 mins
Thanks, John. Yes, that's another one for the list.
agree B D Finch : Or: "Life's great innit?"
1 hr
Thanks, Ms Finch. I offered a US version... is that the Estuary English one? ;-)
agree Jean-Claude Gouin
1 hr
Thanks, 1045!
agree veratek : -also like Finch's sugg
1 hr
Thanks, vera-tech!
agree Tony M
2 hrs
Thanks, Tony.
agree Olga Layer
6 hrs
Thanks, Olga.
agree Melissa McMahon : another variation: "aint life grand?"
10 hrs
Yes, there are umpteen variations!
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+1
1 hr

isn't (ain't) life beautiful/ what a wonderful life

the second proposal is just thinking of Sinatra.
Peer comment(s):

agree veratek
16 mins
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