C’est ça le vrai bonheur

English translation: That's What Happiness Is All About

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French term or phrase:	C’est ça le vrai bonheur
English translation:	That's What Happiness Is All About
Entered by:	Attorney DC Bar

15:20 Oct 25, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / song title

French term or phrase: C’est ça le vrai bonheur

Hi there

This is actually from a German-English job in which Josephine Baker's "C’est ça le vrai bonheur" is mentioned with the German translation alongside.

I've Googled around but to no avail.
Does anyone know of an "official" English translation - if indeed there is one.
If not, what would be the most elegant way of translating it?

TIA!
p.s. Yes, I'm aware it roughly means "This (here) is true happiness"

Francis Lee (X) KudoZ activity Questions: 174 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 2215
Local time: 15:17

"That's What Happiness Is All About" da da dee da da da

Explanation:
No support available or needed for this kind of translation.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-10-26 11:34:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Appreciate that you liked it. Please note however that if the actual title of the song sung by Josephine Baker was "Esto es Felicidad" then the points really should go to CMJ Trans for digging that up.

Selected response from:

Attorney DC Bar
Local time: 15:17

Grading comment

Merci bien!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

"That's What Happiness Is All About" da da dee da da da

Attorney DC Bar

That is true happiness.

Jean-Claude Gouin

Now That's Happiness!

Andrew Levine

True happiness indeed

Helene Rodriguez

Then I'll be happy

Jonathan MacKerron

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

12 mins confidence:

That is true happiness.

Explanation:
OR That's what I call true happiness.

Jean-Claude Gouin
Canada
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of:

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: If there is no official title, then your 2nd suggestion would be good.

1 hr confidence:

Then I'll be happy

Explanation:
if that is indeed the song mentioned here:
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/music.html

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks for the input. That link refers to the song's subtitle as "I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do" - which as far as I can see doesn't concur with the original French lyrics. Hmmm ...

4 hrs confidence:

True happiness indeed

Explanation:
A different approach emphasizing 'c'est ça'.

Helene Rodriguez
Canada
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: That's funny. My French is pretty rusty - but I orginally had the idea of "indeed" as well. After all, it's not simply "C’est" or even "Ceci est" (le vrai bonheur), right?

11 hrs confidence:

Now That's Happiness!

Explanation:
With the stress placed on the word "that".

Andrew Levine
United States
Local time: 09:17
Native speaker of:

English

31 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

"That's What Happiness Is All About" da da dee da da da

Attorney DC Bar
Local time: 15:17
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Merci bien!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Convincing!

Asker: Wow. Is this type of honesty and generosity typical for the French-English site? Anyway: although I appreciate CMJ's input, a) I specifically needed an English rendering b) she didn't post an answer! ;-)

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