\"Qualidade de vida\"

12:39 May 31, 2017
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Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Advertising / Public Relations / Advertising slogan
Portuguese term or phrase: \"Qualidade de vida\"
This is a slogan for an architecture company to put up on their website about the homes they design.
"Quality of life" sounds clumsy to me in English, particularly in this context, so I'd love to hear your suggestions for something snappier.

Thanks in advance!
Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 18:09


Summary of answers provided
4 +2Superior quality of life
Gilmar Fernandes
4Comfortable Lifestyle
Matheus Chaud
3 +1well-being
Verginia Ophof
4Enviable lifestyle
Jo Hance
4quality of life
Mason Hiatt


Discussion entries: 5





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Qualidade de vida
Comfortable Lifestyle


Explanation:
As in
http://www.comfortlife.ca/retirement-communities/ontario-ind...

Other ideas, depending on the context:
Comfort and Convenience
Luxury Lifestyle


Matheus Chaud
Brazil
Local time: 15:09
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 16
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Superior quality of life


Explanation:
I'd stick with "quality of life" since it's a well known term in socioeconomics, just add some zest to it with an adjective like superior.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life

http://www.kcdc.com/quality.html



Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

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agree  Mario Freitas:
46 mins
  -> Thanks Mario :)

agree  Mason Hiatt
1 day 4 hrs
  -> Thanks Mason :)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
well-being


Explanation:
suggestion still depending on more context

Architecture for Well-being and Health
Sustainable Building Design and Wellbeing

Example sentence(s):
  • While the idea that architectural design plays a critical role in our wellbeing

    Reference: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/features/what-makes-...
    Reference: http://www.interiordesign.net/articles/11298-two-architects-...
Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 12:09
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3

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agree  Tacispinelli
10 hrs
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Enviable lifestyle


Explanation:
If, as you say, it is 'high-end'/aspirational, how about this?

Jo Hance
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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1 day 4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
quality of life


Explanation:
As native speaker of American English, it sounds fine to me and I also looked up the expression on the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) to see just how frequently it's used. There are 4310 occurrences (quite a few for the COCA). Personally, I think it might be OK to use on its own depending on the context, but I second another of the suggestions to add a positive adjective to the phrase. If there's space, of course.

Mason Hiatt
United States
Local time: 11:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
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