Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

ligereza de la vida

English translation:

the lightness of life

Added to glossary by Marea
Jul 30, 2009 19:19
14 yrs ago
Spanish term

ligereza de la vida

Spanish to English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama Script
...darle sentido al presente, a este encuentro azaroso y envolver este instante con la **ligereza de la vida**...

Proposed translations

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3 mins
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the lightness of life

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Peer comment(s):

agree Marina González : More faithful to the source text, as a literary translation should be. :)
4 hrs
Muchas gracias Marina
agree Rosa Paredes : Life, not being.
5 hrs
Muchas gracias Rosa
agree Giovanni Rengifo : It should be life. There is no need to replace "life" with "being".
7 hrs
Muchas gracias Giovanni
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks again, Remy."
+1
23 mins

the lightness of being

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Note added at 24 mins (2009-07-30 19:43:58 GMT)
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as in Milan Kundera's "Unbearable Lightness of Being"...
Peer comment(s):

agree David Ronder
6 mins
thank you David! ;-)
agree Paula Pereyra
16 mins
thqnk you Paula! ;-)
agree Ramón Ruiz López : Se me ha venido a la cabeza Kundera y su levedad del ser.
4 hrs
thank you Ramón! ;-)
disagree Rosa Paredes : Eso es el 'ser'. "La insoportable levedad del ser". Creo que debe ser 'vida'.
5 hrs
Sorry Rosa, I don't do literal, I do lateral!
disagree Giovanni Rengifo : Although Kundera's book title springs to mind, IMO there's nothing wrong with using "life", is there?
7 hrs
and there's nothing wrong with using "being" is there?
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-1
36 mins

life's ease

Tell me honestly, how much of life's ease by default really is ...Unless they have an agenda, like say charity, I find people could give a ... Lifes ease for the beautiful starts at birth. Ohh what a "beautiful baby, ...
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Peer comment(s):

disagree Rosa Paredes : NO way!
5 hrs
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7 hrs
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