Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
mal di vita
English translation:
general malaise for life
Added to glossary by
Pnina
Dec 28, 2005 11:19
18 yrs ago
Italian term
mal di vita
Italian to English
Social Sciences
Psychology
"Mi accade di avere il "mal di vita". La mia vita assomiglia sempre a un ciclone, una dicesa ripida come una pista di sci."
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | malaise (for life) / general malaise |
Ivana UK
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| 4 +1 | My life is a mess. |
Jo Macdonald
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| 4 +1 | melancholy |
Linda 969
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| 4 | out of sorts |
Debora Blake
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| 3 | out-of-sync |
Don Green
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| 2 | downhill spiral |
Rosa Cabral
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Proposed translations
+1
5 hrs
Selected
malaise (for life) / general malaise
"I happen to have a malaise for life"
"I happen to have a general malaise"
...for me it was a phase, but I do know people who have carried their general malaise for life well into their 30s. ...
www.ilecamera.com/stories/071604/lif_smarthealth004.shtml
Medical Encyclopedia. Other encyclopedia topics: ... Malaise is a generalized feeling of discomfort, illness, or lack of well-being that can be associated ... Malaise is a nonspecific symptom that can occur with almost any significant ...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003089.htm
Apr 3 2005, 11:41 PM. This was an article in my sunday paper today, Loss of energy,irritability,forgetfulness,fatigue,decreased sex drive. There is a male version. Change of life malaise is no longer a diagnosis limited to women.
www.power-surge.com/php/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t6366.... -
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Note added at 5 hrs 58 mins (2005-12-28 17:17:55 GMT)
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Additional suggestions:
* I am surrounded by a general malaise
* My life is engulfed in a general malaise
"I happen to have a general malaise"
...for me it was a phase, but I do know people who have carried their general malaise for life well into their 30s. ...
www.ilecamera.com/stories/071604/lif_smarthealth004.shtml
Medical Encyclopedia. Other encyclopedia topics: ... Malaise is a generalized feeling of discomfort, illness, or lack of well-being that can be associated ... Malaise is a nonspecific symptom that can occur with almost any significant ...
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003089.htm
Apr 3 2005, 11:41 PM. This was an article in my sunday paper today, Loss of energy,irritability,forgetfulness,fatigue,decreased sex drive. There is a male version. Change of life malaise is no longer a diagnosis limited to women.
www.power-surge.com/php/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t6366.... -
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Note added at 5 hrs 58 mins (2005-12-28 17:17:55 GMT)
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Additional suggestions:
* I am surrounded by a general malaise
* My life is engulfed in a general malaise
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Comment: "Thanks for all the suggestions. This is the appropriate answer."
37 mins
Debora Blake
France
France
Native in English
France
Audiovisual Translation Specialist
Native in: English 
, French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: French to English, English to French, Italian to English, and 3 more.
out of sorts
"I am feeling quite out of sorts". My life is like a cyclone, as if I'm speeding down some steep ski slope.
or "I happen to be depressed" (mal di vivere=depression)
or "I happen to be depressed" (mal di vivere=depression)
+1
3 hrs
Jo Macdonald
Spain
Spain
Native in English
Spain
An expectation of excellence
Native in: English
Works in: Italian to English, Spanish to English, English
My life is a mess.
My life is a mess.
Not literally.
;-)
Not literally.
;-)
7 hrs
out-of-sync
I happen to feel "out-of-sync". My life is an ongoing storm, It's as if I were skiing down a steep slope.
+1
1 hr
melancholy
*I am given to bouts of melancholy ...*
perhaps a bit closer to the register of yr sentence
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Note added at 10 hrs 3 mins (2005-12-28 21:22:48 GMT)
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...It feels like my life is spinning out of control, as if I was plummeting/plunging down a precipice as steep as a ski slope
perhaps a bit closer to the register of yr sentence
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Note added at 10 hrs 3 mins (2005-12-28 21:22:48 GMT)
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...It feels like my life is spinning out of control, as if I was plummeting/plunging down a precipice as steep as a ski slope
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Romanian Translator (X)
1 day 3 hrs
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thanks, Awana
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12 hrs
Rosa Cabral
United States
United States
Native in Italian
&
English
United States
Medical and Natural Sciences translator
Native in: English , Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Italian to English
downhill spiral
downhill spiral (basically depression)
Trying to keep it as close as possible to the original:
My life is a downhill spiral. My life seems more and more similar to a tornado, a rapid descent like a skiing path.
Trying to keep it as close as possible to the original:
My life is a downhill spiral. My life seems more and more similar to a tornado, a rapid descent like a skiing path.
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