vit au rythme de

English translation: is in step with / in tune with

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French term or phrase:	vit au rythme de
English translation:	is in step with / in tune with
Entered by:	MoiraB

08:19 Apr 16, 2015

French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / promotional brochure

French term or phrase: vit au rythme de

This is a Belgian university brochure, intended to attract international students to do a Master's degree. Introductory bit extols the virtues of Belgium itself. This is a short piece in a separate boxed section.

Le coeur battant de l'Europe

L’Europe est chez elle en Belgique. La preuve : elle y a établi sa capitale. Bruxelles abrite aujourd’hui la plupart des institutions européennes. Installée au carrefour des grandes capitales du continent, elle y est reliée par un réseau de transports en commun performant. En train, Paris est à 1h30, Londres à 2h et Francfort à 3h. La Belgique **vit au rythme de** l’Union européenne et de ses peuples.

Anything I've thought of so far sounds a bit laughable (possibly so does the source text): pulsates/beats to the rhythm of, lives by the rhythm of, vibrates to the beat of. Presumably it's echoing the title. Any inspiration welcome.

MoiraB KudoZ activity Questions: 725 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (21 closed without grading) Answers: 545 France
Local time: 09:55

is in step with / in tune with

Explanation:
Other possibilities:

Belgium is in step with the European Union and its peoples.

Belgium is in tune with the European Union and its peoples.

Selected response from:

Jeffrey Henson
France
Local time: 09:55

Grading comment

I think this conveys the rhythm idea. Thanks, Jeff - and Chris, who first suggested 'in step with'! ;-) - and everyone else for the wide range of suggestions.
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

lives to the beat of

Ana Vozone

4 +1

pulsates to the rhythm of

Estelle Demontrond-Box

4 +1

Belgium's heartbeat is that of the European Union and its peoples.

Ben Lenthall

moves to the rhythm of

YousraElBaradie

is in sync with

Jane F

3 +1

is in step with / in tune with

Jeffrey Henson

(Belgium is) the beating heart of ( the EU...)

Colin Morley (X)

sets the pace

Verginia Ophof

Tuned in

Chakib Roula

Discussion entries: 13

MoiraB

France

ASKER

Thanks, Yolanda!

14:52 Apr 19, 2015

Will try and remember to drop my aitches in future ;-)

Yolanda Broad

United States

Spelling edited

21:26 Apr 18, 2015

All taken care of.

MoiraB

France

ASKER

Possible to change spelling in original question?

14:00 Apr 18, 2015

I corrected my spelling mistake (rhythme instead of rythme in queried term) when I added it to the glossary, but can someone access the original question to change the spelling? I know some people have authority to change the fields and language combination.

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

20:53 Apr 16, 2015

I think this one needs to be put very simply. The register of the French is simple. There is nothing poetic about it. Yes, Philippa's suggestion is fine. Emminently useable!

Yolanda Broad

United States

Agree with Tony, Philippa, Jennifer and Chris.

20:39 Apr 16, 2015

Translations "au rythme de" all sound like praises of Latin music. I especially like Philippa's proposed solution, and will remember it for the next time I run into that expression.

chris collister

France

12:40 Apr 16, 2015

Yes, forget rhythms and beating hearts. "In step with Europe" might do the job.

Jennifer White

United Kingdom

09:00 Apr 16, 2015

....in harmony with.

Philippa Smith

Agree with Tony

08:53 Apr 16, 2015

You need to get away from the French expression. Try something like "Life in Belgium is deeply rooted in ...." or "very much shaped by".

Chakib Roula

Algeria

08:39 Apr 16, 2015

I would suggest the following:Pace your life/enjoy a life of .....

Tony M

France

@ Asker

08:35 Apr 16, 2015

It's a fairly common expression — but one that I always find a pain to render successfully in EN, since as you say, almost any solution always seems on the verge of laughable.

I think your only solution really is to detach yourself entirely from the FR expression and just copy-write something that sounds more natural in EN.

polyglot45

or turn it round

08:34 Apr 16, 2015

the pace of life is dictated by, everything revolves round

Estelle Demontrond-Box

Australia

08:32 Apr 16, 2015

Actually "Rhythm" in English. "Rythme" in French.

Chakib Roula

Algeria

08:31 Apr 16, 2015

Hello,
There is a spelling mistake in your "rhythm" that should be written "rythm" instead.

Answers

6 mins confidence:

vit au rhythme de moves to the rhythm of

Explanation:
Belgium moves to the rhythm of the European Union and its peoples.

YousraElBaradie
Egypt
Native speaker of:

Arabic

15 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vit au rhythme de lives to the beat of

Explanation:
Suggestion.

Example sentence(s):

It seems that what really saddens us at life's end is not living our lives' to the beat of our own drum.
A city that breathes and lives to the beat of tourists and devotees.

Ana Vozone
Local time: 08:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 8

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vit au rhythme de pulsates to the rhythm of

Explanation:
an idea
lives to the rhythm of the European Union

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https://books.google.com.au/books?id=b6Hjo_bi_J0C&pg=PA4991&...

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http://www.publiscan.fi/re29e-2.htm

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http://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/blogs/globe-trotti...

Estelle Demontrond-Box
Australia
Local time: 17:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 12

1 hr confidence:

vit au rhythme de (Belgium is) the beating heart of ( the EU...)

Explanation:
I think this would get the point across in the context of the FR.

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In my hasty reading of the text I hadn't noticed the title. Maybe you could go with a variant such as "the heart which pumps life into.." or something along those lines?

Colin Morley (X)
France
Local time: 09:55
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Notes to answerer

Asker: Except that it's also the title, of which this phrase is presumably an echo

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vit au rhythme de Belgium's heartbeat is that of the European Union and its peoples.

Explanation:
Maybe not a literal translation but closer I feel to the spirit and meaning of the original?

Ben Lenthall
France
Local time: 09:55
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

4 hrs confidence:

vit au rhythme de is in sync with

Explanation:
"Today, the visions in the different countries of the European Union are very much in sync."

https://books.google.fr/books?id=b6Dyn9SunmYC&pg=PT29&lpg=PT...

Jane F
France
Local time: 09:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 58

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

vit au rhythme de

is in step with / in tune with

Explanation:
Other possibilities:

Belgium is in step with the European Union and its peoples.

Belgium is in tune with the European Union and its peoples.

Jeffrey Henson
France
Local time: 09:55
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 11

Grading comment

I think this conveys the rhythm idea. Thanks, Jeff - and Chris, who first suggested 'in step with'! ;-) - and everyone else for the wide range of suggestions.

5 hrs confidence:

vit au rhythme de sets the pace

Explanation:
Lead the way in doing something: space movies have set the pace for the development of special effects

Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/thesaurus/set%20the%20pace

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 01:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 53

12 hrs confidence:

vit au rhythme de Tuned in

Explanation:
Suggestion

Chakib Roula
Algeria
Local time: 08:55
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French
PRO pts in category: 12

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