Esta soy yo (in this context)

English translation: Thinking: \"This is the life!\"

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Spanish term or phrase:Esta soy yo (in this context)
English translation:Thinking: \"This is the life!\"
Entered by: Richard Vranch

03:07 Nov 2, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
Spanish term or phrase: Esta soy yo (in this context)
From a police interview transcript:

PENSÉ: ESTOY DE VACACIONES, ME ESTÁN DANDO UN MASAJE: ESTA SOY YO

this will be for a U.K. audience...

It's a woman who was on holiday when an incident occurred.

I'm thinking along the lines of "this is the life", "this ain't bad at all" kind of thing..

I'm looking forward to hearing your creative suggestions...
Richard Vranch
Local time: 15:04
Thinking: "This is the life!"
Explanation:
www.dmotioninfo.com/video/.../amy-macdonald-this-is-the-lifewith-lyrics
Jul 3, 2015 - Lyrics. This is the Life. ... thinking this is the life and you wake up in the morning. http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/lyrics/this_is_the_life.
Selected response from:

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 08:04
Grading comment
There were so many good answers, and at least four of them would definitely fit, but I think you captured the spirit of it, and it certainly fits in with the greater context, which I couldn't disclose here for confidentiality purposes. Thanks so much!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5Thinking: "This is the life!"
Muriel Vasconcellos
4 +4This is the real me
Charles Davis
4 +4I was in my element
James A. Walsh
4 +2Now, this is just my cup of tea
Margarida Martins Costelha
4here I am
David Hollywood
4This is who/what I am
Lisa Jane
2This is me right now / This is my life right now
Victor Cadenas


Discussion entries: 12





  

Answers


7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
This is me right now / This is my life right now


Explanation:
Just adding up to your line of thought

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Not too sure because I would think there is a, erm, more British way to say that.

Victor Cadenas
Local time: 12:04
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Thinking: "This is the life!"


Explanation:
www.dmotioninfo.com/video/.../amy-macdonald-this-is-the-lifewith-lyrics
Jul 3, 2015 - Lyrics. This is the Life. ... thinking this is the life and you wake up in the morning. http://www.amymacdonald.co.uk/gb/lyrics/this_is_the_life.

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 08:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80
Grading comment
There were so many good answers, and at least four of them would definitely fit, but I think you captured the spirit of it, and it certainly fits in with the greater context, which I couldn't disclose here for confidentiality purposes. Thanks so much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil!

agree  Carol Gullidge
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Carol!

agree  Darius Saczuk: Life could not be any better?
8 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dariusz!

agree  Wendy Streitparth
10 hrs
  -> Thanks, Wendy!

agree  James A. Walsh: When I read Richard's first utterance of this phrase, I instantly thought "yeah, that's just what I'd say." But then went and over-thought it, and probably shouldn't have. Isn't hindsight a wonderful thing. This fits like a glove, and if it's not broken..
1 day 19 hrs
  -> Thanks, James!
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
here I am


Explanation:
I would say in this context

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which would fit in with what you're thinking but I would cover my bases with this

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"here I am" and whatever happens next

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don't tnink "this is the life" cuts it

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and there I am

David Hollywood
Local time: 12:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  neilmac: This says nothing to me. "This is the life" is how I feel when on the receiving end of a massage...
6 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
This is the real me


Explanation:
I am very tempted to go with "This is the life", because it's just the sort of thing you would expect someone to say in that situation. But the trouble is that I don't think it can be what it means. "Esta soy yo" doesn't mean "this is great", "I'm having a nice time". What it means is "the way I feel right now is the way I really am, in this situation I can really be myself, get in touch with my real self", with the implication that the routine of daily life when I'm not on holiday having a massage prevents me from really being myself. So I think that if possible we want a natural phrase, something a person might actually say or think in that situation, that expresses this idea and that also conveys a sense of wellbeing. "This is the real me" fits the bill, I think. There are several songs with this phrase in the title or the lyrics, for example: just google it.

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"This is the real me" can imply an uncomfortable facing up to the truth, a stripping away of comforting illusion, but it can also express the joy of not having to pretend any more and finding inner peace:

"This is the real me, I'm home again… again"
http://www.imagesofeden.com/lyrics3.htm

And a quote from Marilyn Monroe:

"Why do I take all those pills? Why do I worry about what all those men think? Why do I let myself get pushed around? This is how I ought to feel, every day of my life. This is the real me . . . isn’t it, Colin?"
http://www.myweekwithmarilynbook.com/?p=4

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 16:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 123
Notes to answerer
Asker: I see what you mean Charles, nice reasoning... I suppose the English expression, "I could get used to this" might transmit the idea...


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: I share your thoughts about the actual phrase. I was thinking of posting "I'm in a good place" but in reflection I think it's not a 'feelgood' thing, she's saying "I was in holiday mode, having a nice massage...THAT'S THE SORT OF THING I DO /PERSON I AM
2 hrs
  -> Many thanks! // Could be, though if so I think she'd probably have said "Así soy yo". I read it as part of what she was thinking. What I do feel is that this is not a creative writing exercise; it must reflect a plausible interpretation of the Spanish.

agree  neilmac: In Glasgow you can hear things like "See me? That's been me all day"...
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Neil. So do I, but that's not what she says (there are plenty of ways she could have said it if that was all she meant). Maybe she's a bit dippy or going through a crisis or something; we don't know. We can only work from what she says.

agree  Darius Saczuk
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Dariusz :)

agree  Michele Fauble
12 hrs
  -> Thanks, Michele :)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
This is who/what I am


Explanation:
In the sense...this is how it should be!

Lisa Jane
Italy
Local time: 16:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Now, this is just my cup of tea


Explanation:
IMHO, this sounds more like what the British might say.

Margarida Martins Costelha
Portugal
Local time: 15:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carol Gullidge: or "just up my street" :)
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Carol

agree  Wendy Streitparth: Preferably without the "now" and I like "just up my street" too.
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Wendy
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Esta soy yo (in this context)
I was in my element


Explanation:
This phrase is often used in situations like this.

Definition: be in your element
​to be happy because you are doing what you like or can do best:
Kate, of course, was in her element, making all the arrangements.
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/be-in-you...


James A. Walsh
Spain
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac
10 mins
  -> Cheers Neil

agree  Carol Gullidge: I think this fits perfectly!
35 mins
  -> Thank you kindly, Carol!

agree  Darius Saczuk
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Dariusz

agree  Wendy Streitparth: Though I tend to think this is used when one is actively doing something rather than being on the receiving end of a massage.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Wendy. I guess you could argue that she was "actively relaxing", as in she made an effort to relax :)
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