el periple vital

English translation: journey through life

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Catalan term or phrase:el periple vital
English translation:journey through life
Entered by: Comunican

18:43 May 14, 2008
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Catalan term or phrase: el periple vital
This relates to the writings of a Catalan poet and the whole sentence is "Lògicament, el diàleg epistolar està estretament lligat a l’experiència personal i els interlocutors varien tot seguint el curs de la vida i, per tant, poden ajudar a dibuixar el periple vital del poeta."

The best I can think of so far is "life course" or "life's journey"- but they don't really seem right - any ideas, please?

Thanks!
Comunican
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:48
journey through life
Explanation:
Just another option - since you already have 'curs de la vida', I didn't want to repeat 'course' here.


HTH


Sheila


Our Journey Through Life
Our Journey Through Life. Our family consists of an MSW, a SAHM vbactivist/lactivist, a laughing machine, a pirate builder, and the drooling one. ...
journey-throughlife.blogspot.com/ - Pàgines semblants
Guided Imagery: Journey Through Life
Guided Imagery: Journey Through Life. Instructions: Before the presentation begins, each participant is handed six index cards. ...
www.wiu.edu/ucoso/journey.htm - 11k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
My Lounge: A Journey Through Life
A Journey Through Life. that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. that it's taking me a long time to become the person ...
thestamfordraffles.blogspot.com/ 2007/08/journey-through-life.html - 128k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants


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Note added at 28 mins (2008-05-14 19:11:22 GMT)
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So, perhaps you could say 'the poet's journey through life'.

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Note added at 29 mins (2008-05-14 19:12:53 GMT)
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black authors, african american authors, Indiana poet, Indiana ...
James introduced me to my first album of then Poet, Gil Scott Heron and my life changed forever. ... but it is the journey through life that really counts. ...
www.jlivory.info/ - 30k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
The Hindu : He was much more than a poet
Vedanayagam Pillai was a remarkable poet. But that was only one of the .... The peace loving man that Pillai was, his journey through life also had a smooth ...
www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/ fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101570600.htm - 19k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
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Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 17:48
Grading comment
Thank you - I used this one
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +1trace the poet's lifeline
yayeboy
4the course of life / the lifetime
Etienne Muylle Wallace
3 +1journey through life
Sheila Hardie


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the course of life / the lifetime


Explanation:
rather than 'life course'


Etienne Muylle Wallace
Spain
Local time: 17:48
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FrenchFrench
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
journey through life


Explanation:
Just another option - since you already have 'curs de la vida', I didn't want to repeat 'course' here.


HTH


Sheila


Our Journey Through Life
Our Journey Through Life. Our family consists of an MSW, a SAHM vbactivist/lactivist, a laughing machine, a pirate builder, and the drooling one. ...
journey-throughlife.blogspot.com/ - Pàgines semblants
Guided Imagery: Journey Through Life
Guided Imagery: Journey Through Life. Instructions: Before the presentation begins, each participant is handed six index cards. ...
www.wiu.edu/ucoso/journey.htm - 11k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
My Lounge: A Journey Through Life
A Journey Through Life. that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life. that it's taking me a long time to become the person ...
thestamfordraffles.blogspot.com/ 2007/08/journey-through-life.html - 128k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants


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Note added at 28 mins (2008-05-14 19:11:22 GMT)
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So, perhaps you could say 'the poet's journey through life'.

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Note added at 29 mins (2008-05-14 19:12:53 GMT)
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black authors, african american authors, Indiana poet, Indiana ...
James introduced me to my first album of then Poet, Gil Scott Heron and my life changed forever. ... but it is the journey through life that really counts. ...
www.jlivory.info/ - 30k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants
The Hindu : He was much more than a poet
Vedanayagam Pillai was a remarkable poet. But that was only one of the .... The peace loving man that Pillai was, his journey through life also had a smooth ...
www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/ fr/2002/11/01/stories/2002110101570600.htm - 19k - Còpia en memòria - Pàgines semblants

Sheila Hardie
Spain
Local time: 17:48
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you - I used this one

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Aïda Garcia Pons: I like 'the poet's journey through life'.
19 hrs
  -> thanks, Aida :-)
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
trace the poet's lifeline


Explanation:
Life line is one of the lines that palm readers read on your hand. This is obviously more metaphoric, but I think it works well with dibuixar. Here trace is like draw, meaning to follow, not interpret, the line of his life. If the original is very literary you could also get away with periplus (or periplous) with is used rarely.


yayeboy
Local time: 17:48
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Milena Bosco (X): I like this one, far in meaning but close in heart.
2 days 11 hrs
  -> grazie
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