Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
comme bon vous semble
English translation:
as you see fit
Added to glossary by
Vanessa Lindsey
Oct 6, 2004 10:03
19 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
Communicates message; preserves style
Native in: English 
Works in: Latin to English, French to English
comme bon vous semble
French to English
Other
Philosophy
Philosophical speech on war/arms.
Is there a standard way of expressing this, e.g. 'as you like', or 'as much as you want to'?
Context:
"vivez comme bon vous semble dans les limites de la loi, sinon c’est la mort".
Is there a standard way of expressing this, e.g. 'as you like', or 'as much as you want to'?
Context:
"vivez comme bon vous semble dans les limites de la loi, sinon c’est la mort".
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +6 | as you see fit |
Philip Taylor
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| 4 +4 | as you wish |
MurielP (X)
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| 5 +1 | as you wish |
newcomer
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| 5 | live your life any way you want |
Michele Fauble
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| 4 | Do as you think best |
Channel
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| 4 | how you want |
CMJ_Trans (X)
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| 3 | as seems good to you |
Michael Powers (PhD)
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| 3 | as much as you want too |
Lucie Fourneyron
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Proposed translations
+6
2 mins
Selected
as you see fit
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Great, thanks!"
2 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
Works in field
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
as seems good to you
I believe it would be expressed like this.
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2004-10-06 10:06:40 GMT)
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Live as seems tood to you within the limits of the law, ...
Mike :)
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Note added at 2 mins (2004-10-06 10:06:40 GMT)
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Live as seems tood to you within the limits of the law, ...
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
writeaway
: too literal-not very idiomatic English (what time is it in Florida anyway? ;-) ).
6 mins
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+4
3 mins
as you wish
another option
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Vicky Papaprodromou
1 min
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| agree |
chaplin
2 mins
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Thanks
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| agree |
writeaway
2 mins
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Thanks
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| agree |
Julie Roy
8 hrs
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3 mins
as much as you want too
me semble bien ici
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-10-06 10:07:09 GMT)
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to and not too
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Note added at 3 mins (2004-10-06 10:07:09 GMT)
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to and not too
5 mins
Do as you think best
From Harrap's Shorter dictionary
15 mins
how you want
especially in your context
+1
2 hrs
as you wish
comme bon vous semble means as you wish , as you want,
11 hrs
Michele Fauble
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Native English
Native in: English 
Works in: Norwegian to English, Danish to English, Swedish to English
live your life any way you want
"Just remember, it is your right to live your life any way you want
to, as long as you are not harming anyone else by doing so. ..."
www.planetout.com/romance/qanda.html?sernum=862
"... family. This is your life, not theirs. You can live your life any way you want to. If you love this baby, then consider parenting her. ..."
forums.adoption.com/t160979.html
"... Liberty means having the freedom to think and advocate anything you desire and to live your life any way you want, so long as doing so does not encroach on ..."
www.townhall.com/columnists/jackkemp/jk20040419.shtml
"... thejenigma's comments: MMORPG. Become any profession. Live your life any way you want."
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2M3JLHFFR5NTB
to, as long as you are not harming anyone else by doing so. ..."
www.planetout.com/romance/qanda.html?sernum=862
"... family. This is your life, not theirs. You can live your life any way you want to. If you love this baby, then consider parenting her. ..."
forums.adoption.com/t160979.html
"... Liberty means having the freedom to think and advocate anything you desire and to live your life any way you want, so long as doing so does not encroach on ..."
www.townhall.com/columnists/jackkemp/jk20040419.shtml
"... thejenigma's comments: MMORPG. Become any profession. Live your life any way you want."
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/listmania/list-browse/-/2M3JLHFFR5NTB
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