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”Le mot världen, och världen ler mot dig”

English translation: Smile and the world smiles with you

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Swedish term or phrase:”Le mot världen, och världen ler mot dig”
English translation:Smile and the world smiles with you

21:20 Feb 1, 2012
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-02-05 15:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Swedish term or phrase: ”Le mot världen, och världen ler mot dig”
Equivalent in English?
Diarmuid Kennan
Ireland
Local time: 18:59
Smile and the world smiles with you
Explanation:
this is the most common version that springs to my mind.

Seems there is even an album of the same name
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Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 19:59
Grading comment
Thanks...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +10Smile and the world smiles with you
Tania McConaghy
5 +2smile to the world and the world smiles to you
Andrei Gitch (X)
3Smile at the world and the world will smile back
Alison MacG
5 -3Laugh, and the World Laughs With You
tihomir


Discussion entries: 2





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
smile to the world and the world smiles to you


Explanation:
:)

Andrei Gitch (X)
Sweden
Local time: 19:59
Native speaker of: Russian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Gabriela E Ascencio Z
0 min
  -> Cпасибо!
agree  Christine Andersen: Smile and the world smiles with you is the version I know
6 mins
  -> Cпасибо! http://www.lyrics007.com/Louis Armstrong Lyrics/When You're%20Smiling%20(The%20Whole%20World%20Smiles%20With%20Y%20Lyrics.html we all know this version :)
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +10
Smile and the world smiles with you


Explanation:
this is the most common version that springs to my mind.

Seems there is even an album of the same name


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_and_the_World_Smiles_with...
Tania McConaghy
Sweden
Local time: 19:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine Andersen
2 mins
neutral  Andrei Gitch (X): nice jazz song
6 mins
agree  sans22 (X)
29 mins
agree  Mel Willetts (X)
1 hr
agree  Rodna Ruskovska
2 hrs
agree  Åsa Schoening: “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.” ― Stanley Gordon West, Growing an Inch
5 hrs
agree  lena helson
10 hrs
agree  Alison MacG: or Smile and the world "will smile" with you
17 hrs
agree  Anna Herbst: Åsa is right about the continuation of the saying, however, it is extremely unlikely that this old saying could be attributed to the writer of a book published in 2003 as she suggests.
1 day 10 hrs
agree  Helen Johnson
1 day 13 hrs
agree  trsk2000 (X)
1 day 23 hrs
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
Laugh, and the World Laughs With You


Explanation:
Apparently it is a quote by Ella Wheeler

Also credited to Charlie Chaplin

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Note added at 14 mins (2012-02-01 21:35:14 GMT)
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"laugh" is not exactly "smile" but that's the original quote:)


    Reference: http://www.trivia-library.com/b/origins-of-sayings-laugh-and...
    Reference: http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=2009051414285...
tihomir
Iceland
Native speaker of: Bulgarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andrei Gitch (X): laugh is exactly not smile
12 mins
disagree  Mel Willetts (X): världen ler, inte skrattar
1 hr
  -> I know. should have posted it as a discussion entry.
disagree  trsk2000 (X): this is simply not right, it is by no means a recognised proverb or turn of phrase in English
2 days 19 hrs
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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Smile at the world and the world will smile back


Explanation:
Just another alternative

Alison MacG
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:59
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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