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Translation - French-English - la meilleure chose qui me soit arrivée

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la meilleure chose qui me soit arrivée
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Submitted by williamv
Source language: French

la meilleure chose qui me soit arrivée

Title
The best thing that has ever happened to me.
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Translated by lilian canale
Target language: English

the best thing that has ever happened to me
Validated by IanMegill2 - 25 May 2008 05:21





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22 May 2008 22:28

TaniaS
จำนวนข้อความ: 2
Pour moi il faudrait dire plutôt "The best thing that has happened to me" et ne pas rajouter "ever" donnerai comme sens "la meilleure chose qui me soit jamais arrivée".

23 May 2008 05:34

pirulito
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The best thing that happened to me.

23 May 2008 05:51

María17
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Well, I think the same that ''ever'' is not in the Spanish version...

23 May 2008 06:06

lilian canale
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Hi girls,

When translating we need to make the meaning sound natural into the target language.
In English when we refer to something that happened (up to now) we don't use Simple Past Tense, but Present Perfect since the action was in the past but is valid until now.
When using "has/have happened", "ever" comes naturally.
Therefore "that has ever happened to me" means exactly "qui me soit arrivée" of French and "que me ha ocurrido" of Spanish even if the words are not "exactly" the same, but those needed for the target language to keep the meaning the source has.

23 May 2008 10:30

Triton21
จำนวนข้อความ: 124
I agree with your explanation, Lillian, and therefore have voted this translation as correct.