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ligereza de la vida

English translation: the lightness of life

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Spanish term or phrase:ligereza de la vida
English translation:the lightness of life
Entered by: Marea

19:19 Jul 30, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
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Spanish term or phrase: ligereza de la vida
...darle sentido al presente, a este encuentro azaroso y envolver este instante con la **ligereza de la vida**...
Marea
Paraguay
the lightness of life
Explanation:
an option
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Remy Arce
United States
Local time: 13:45
Grading comment
Thanks again, Remy.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3the lightness of life
Remy Arce
5 +1the lightness of being
Edward Tully
4swiftness of life
delveneto
4 -1life's ease
swisstell


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the lightness of life


Explanation:
an option

Remy Arce
United States
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Thanks again, Remy.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the lightness of being


Explanation:
!

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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"...

Edward Tully
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 65

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
life's ease


Explanation:
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, ...
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid

swisstell
Italy
Local time: 19:45
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Rosa Paredes: NO way!
5 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
swiftness of life


Explanation:
A suggestion:

http://www.answers.com/topic/swiftness

http://books.google.com/books?id=j1-WuDHD5ccC&pg=RA1-PA19&lp...

:-)

delveneto
United States
Local time: 13:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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