Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
comment ca va?
English translation:
How are you?/ How do you do?/ Are you ok?
Added to glossary by
Ritu Bhanot
Aug 26, 2004 09:42
19 yrs ago
French term
sam farrant
comment ca va?
Non-PRO
French to English
Tech/Engineering
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
comment ca va?
Proposed translations
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Proposed translations
+5
2 mins
Ritu Bhanot
France
France
Native in English
France
Correct, On-Time, Always, Without Fail!!
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, Indian, French) 
, Hindi 
Works in: French to Hindi, French to English, Hindi to English, and 9 more.
Selected
How are you?
Are you ok?
Peer comment(s):
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Penelope Ausejo
0 min
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Oana Apetrei
14 mins
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Ioana Bostan
1 hr
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Shaila Kamath
6 hrs
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Nathan Gihoul
2 days 17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
+1
2 mins
+4
3 mins
Timothy Barton
Native in English
Specialist in sport and economics
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Catalan to English, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
How's it going? // What's up? (US)
I'd say "How's it going". American's often say "What's up". A text book would tell you "How are you?", but that's slightly more formal.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
writeaway
: how's it going, how are things going is the right tone-how are you is too formal.
3 mins
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mcguegan
8 mins
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Donovan Libring
25 mins
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Guetta
5 hrs
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-1
7 mins
How do you do?
if you are talking to a British.
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: much too formal for comment ça va-UK English or not.
1 min
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Ritu Bhanot
: For clangfor1: well, this is as correct as any of the terms given. And the term you gave as its meaning can actually be translated as "Nice meeting you."
21 mins
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clangfor1
: this is incorrect; not only overly formal, but means smth different (enchanté de vous rencontrer, etc.)
28 mins
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Guetta
: sorry
5 hrs
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+2
9 mins
33 mins
Narasimhan Raghavan
Also a qualified engineer
Native in: Tamil
Works in: English to Tamil, Tamil to English, French to Tamil, and 6 more.
Related KudoZ points
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4
Howdy, pardner!
Keeping up the spirit of the French phrase.
1 hr
Terry Gwenn
United States
United States
Native in French
Works in field
United States
16 year exp in Health care and Business.
Native in: Vietnamese , French
Works in: English to Vietnamese, Vietnamese to English, French to Vietnamese, and 1 more.
how are you doing?
how are you doing?
Discussion
Well, all of us are trying to be the first to be there...
Right?