Sep 3, 2003 07:16
21 yrs ago
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French term
volente
Se la vie
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
In a greeting
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +19 | That's life ! |
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
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| 5 | Se la vie |
NobleSavage
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| 3 +1 | such is life |
Pascale Dahan
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Proposed translations
+19
2 mins
Selected
That's life !
probably "C'est la vie"
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+1
20 mins
Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
14 years in medical/pharmaceutical trans
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
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81
such is life
But would seem strange as a greeting.
1932 days
Se la vie
The interesting thing about this phrase is that the sense can depend on how it is used. C'est la vie [phonetically se la vie] can be a phrase about good events or bad events according to intonnation:
- with a shrug means that's life (and we just have to live with it)
- with a prefixed 'ah c'est la vie'means life is beautiful (la vie est belle)
Se-la-vie is also the name of an online service to help people stop smoking - because this too has good and bad times!
- with a shrug means that's life (and we just have to live with it)
- with a prefixed 'ah c'est la vie'means life is beautiful (la vie est belle)
Se-la-vie is also the name of an online service to help people stop smoking - because this too has good and bad times!
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