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combien jadis il faisait bon vivre

English translation: how wonderful it was to experience life on the coast, to stroll along its shores and fall in love


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French term or phrase:combien jadis il faisait bon vivre, se promener, aimer sur ses rivages
English translation:how wonderful it was to experience life on the coast, to stroll along its shores and fall in love
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02:18 Sep 11, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / An article on the Mediterranean
French term or phrase: combien jadis il faisait bon vivre
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Avant de refermer ce livre d’images et de vous tirer sa révérence, la Côte d’Azur nous rappelle encore une fois combien jadis il faisait bon vivre, se promener, aimer sur ses rivages … comme si le temps des vacances ne devait jamais y finir.
Anna Maria Augustine at proZ.com
France
Local time: 16:03
how wonderful it was to live
Explanation:
I think you need to simplify it a bit in English.

... reminds us once again how wonderful it was to live...

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Note added at 1 hr 11 mins (2005-09-11 03:29:38 GMT)
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...reminds us once again how wonderful it was to experience life on the coast, to stroll along its shores and fall in love...
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PB Trans
Grading comment
Thank you to everyone for all your input and efforts which I appreciate. I especially liked the words courting and joy but I'm only allowed to choose one answer.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3just how good life once wasStephanie Sullivan
5how good living, strolling and loving could be along this coastJane Lamb-Ruiz
4 +1...how much bliss could be experienced in the happy days of yore...(SEE below
Carmen Schultz
4 +1how joyful it was to live, walk, love...Sylvia Smith
4how great life was in yesteryear
David Hollywood
4what happiness/contentment was to be had in those days just to live, walk and lovesporran
3how wonderful it was to livePB Trans
3of the simple pleasures that were to be had walking, courting...
Mark Nathan


  

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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
what happiness/contentment was to be had in those days just to live, walk and love


Explanation:
une suggestion

sporran
Canada
Local time: 10:03
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
just how good life once was


Explanation:
Another suggestion.

Stephanie Sullivan
Local time: 15:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aisha Maniar: or how good it felt to be alive - I like your suggestion :-)
6 hrs
agree  David Hunter: or "...life was then"
8 hrs
agree  Paige Stanton
16 hrs
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz: no because there are three things
16 hrs
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
how wonderful it was to live


Explanation:
I think you need to simplify it a bit in English.

... reminds us once again how wonderful it was to live...

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Note added at 1 hr 11 mins (2005-09-11 03:29:38 GMT)
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OR

...reminds us once again how wonderful it was to experience life on the coast, to stroll along its shores and fall in love...

PB Trans
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you to everyone for all your input and efforts which I appreciate. I especially liked the words courting and joy but I'm only allowed to choose one answer.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
how great life was in yesteryear


Explanation:
my take :)

David Hollywood
Local time: 12:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
how joyful it was to live, walk, love...


Explanation:
fits with the parallel verb structure

Sylvia Smith
Local time: 16:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: perh. "it once was..."
13 mins
  -> yes, good idea
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16 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
of the simple pleasures that were to be had walking, courting...


Explanation:
Just to put my oar in. "Courting" is of course now an old fashioned word, and so a reference to times past.

Mark Nathan
Local time: 16:03
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
how good living, strolling and loving could be along this coast


Explanation:
pithy and simple

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Note added at 12 hrs 9 mins (2005-09-11 14:27:09 GMT)
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correction: how good living, strolling and loving once was along this coast.....



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Note added at 12 hrs 9 mins (2005-09-11 14:27:44 GMT)
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the phrase has to fit into the whole sentence, methinks

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Note added at 16 hrs 48 mins (2005-09-11 19:06:59 GMT)
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final correction: how good it was to live,stroll and love along this coast

Jane Lamb-Ruiz
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PRO pts in category: 80
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
...how much bliss could be experienced in the happy days of yore...(SEE below


Explanation:
…The Côte d’Azur reminds us once again how much bliss could be experienced in the happy days of yore; taking walks, being in love (making love) along the river banks… as if the leisure time of vacation lived there was never going to end …

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Note added at 50 mins (2005-09-11 03:08:43 GMT)
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if yore sounds too archaic, you can say "days gone by or days of old...(something more simple):
how much bliss could be experienced in the days gone by(days of old)...

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Note added at 17 hrs 19 mins (2005-09-11 19:37:15 GMT)
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Note: I gave more text than asked for (below in comments section)-however, being that the text refers to the shores of the coast, I may have misrendered it as riverbanks so feel free to change to "shores" or "beaches"

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Note added at 17 hrs 19 mins (2005-09-11 19:37:16 GMT)
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Note: I gave more text than asked for (below in comments section)-however, being that the text refers to the shores of the coast, I may have misrendered it as riverbanks so feel free to change to "shores" or "beaches"

Carmen Schultz
Local time: 09:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hacene
8 hrs
  -> merci bien
neutral  Jane Lamb-Ruiz: there are no river banks..it's the Cote d'azure....
16 hrs
  -> Note: Thanks-I gave more text than asked for (below in comments section)-I noted new change -good observation
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Sep 11, 2005 - Changes made by Jane Lamb-Ruiz:
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Sep 11, 2005 - Changes made by writeaway:
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