E\' facile crederci.

English translation: It\'s easy to believe that.

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Italian term or phrase:E\\\' facile crederci.
English translation:It\'s easy to believe that.
Entered by: Lara Barnett

18:55 Jan 22, 2018
Italian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / in a character-based fiction
Italian term or phrase: E\' facile crederci.
Character is explaining how comfortable his life has been since gaining a contract for writing what is now a very successful comic strip. He now goes out to eat, is hoping to buy his own place etc

"Mi sforzo di essere positivo e cerco di convincermi che ce l’ho fatta. Grazie a [another character], ce l’ho fatta. A volte, addirittura, arrivo a pensare che sia questa la felicità. E' facile crederci. Basta volerlo. Certo. "

I get the idea here, that all you need to do is wish for something and you can have it, but I can't think of the right way of expressing "crederci" here if my next phrase is "all you have to do is want it." It sounds tautologous to me, or could it be I have misunderstood?

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Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:47
It's easy to believe that.
Explanation:
Un'altra possibilità.
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Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 02:47
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4Believing is easy
Fiona Grace Peterson
4 +3It's easy to believe that.
Barbara Cochran, MFA


Discussion entries: 4





  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Believing is easy


Explanation:
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Fiona Grace Peterson
Italy
Local time: 08:47
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 143

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard
8 mins

agree  writeaway
1 hr

agree  Rachel Fell
2 hrs

agree  Isabelle Johnson
12 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
It's easy to believe that.


Explanation:
Un'altra possibilità.

Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 02:47
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 42

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lisa Jane: Yes I think 'that' or 'it' is necessary here to render the 'ci' which refers to questo sia la felicità.
55 mins
  -> Thanks a lot, Lisa Jane.

agree  JohnMcDove: With Lisa. :-)
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, John.

agree  Michele Fauble
23 hrs
  -> Thank you, Michele.
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