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Se la vie

English translation: That's life !

07:16 Sep 3, 2003
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
French term or phrase: Se la vie
In a greeting
volente
English translation:That's life !
Explanation:
probably "C'est la vie"
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Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
France
Local time: 21:54
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Summary of answers provided
4 +19That's life !
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
5Se la vie
NobleSavage
3 +1such is life
Pascale Dahan


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +19
That's life !


Explanation:
probably "C'est la vie"

Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
France
Local time: 21:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 268
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheila Hardie
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agree  Florence Evans
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agree  Francis MARC
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agree  Anna Launay (X)
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agree  jerrie
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agree  asusisu (X)
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agree  C.A.Joseph
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agree  JessicaC
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agree  Daniel Ehret
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agree  Sinziana Paltineanu (X)
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agree  Thierry LOTTE: But I would leave it in french...
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agree  Eugen Cojocaru (X)
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agree  Oleg Sollogub: But why greeting...
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agree  moya
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agree  margaret caulfield: I would also leave it in (correct) French.
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agree  Brigith Guimarães: if it were correctly written in FRENCH
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agree  Mary Quinn
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
such is life


Explanation:
But would seem strange as a greeting.

Pascale Dahan
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 81

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agree  snowfreeze: This is correct.
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1932 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Se la vie


Explanation:
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!




    Reference: http://www.se-la.vie.com
    Reference: http://se-la-vie-support.blogspot.com/
NobleSavage
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