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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

C’est ça le vrai bonheur

English translation:

That's What Happiness Is All About

Added to glossary by Attorney DC Bar
Oct 25, 2007 15:20
16 yrs ago
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French term

C’est ça le vrai bonheur

French to English Art/Literary Music song title
Hi there

This is actually from a German-English job in which Josephine Baker's "C’est ça le vrai bonheur" is mentioned with the German translation alongside.

I've Googled around but to no avail.
Does anyone know of an "official" English translation - if indeed there is one.
If not, what would be the most elegant way of translating it?

TIA!
p.s. Yes, I'm aware it roughly means "This (here) is true happiness"
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 "That's What Happiness Is All About" da da dee da da da
4 That is true happiness.
4 Now That's Happiness!
3 True happiness indeed
2 Then I'll be happy
Change log

Oct 26, 2007 11:31: Attorney DC Bar Created KOG entry

Discussion

Francis Lee (X) (asker) Oct 26, 2007:
Thanks to all. I almost went for Rose's idea, but decided to go with the flow.
Francis Lee (X) (asker) Oct 25, 2007:
a) I see (top right) that the forum debate about "flags" has been settled rather swiftly! b) Thanks for the info - which makes my task even more difficult!
BrigitteHilgner Oct 25, 2007:
I agree with CMJ_Trans - the Spanish title seems to be the original one:
www.amazon.com/Fabulous-Josephine-Baker/dp/B000003FH0
CMJ_Trans (X) Oct 25, 2007:
It's actually a Spanish song called Esto es felicidad - HTH !!!
CMJ_Trans (X) Oct 25, 2007:
It's actually a Spanish song called Esto es felicidad - HTH !!!

Proposed translations

+3
31 mins
Selected

"That's What Happiness Is All About" da da dee da da da

No support available or needed for this kind of translation.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2007-10-26 11:34:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Appreciate that you liked it. Please note however that if the actual title of the song sung by Josephine Baker was "Esto es Felicidad" then the points really should go to CMJ Trans for digging that up.
Note from asker:
Convincing!
Wow. Is this type of honesty and generosity typical for the French-English site? Anyway: although I appreciate CMJ's input, a) I specifically needed an English rendering b) she didn't post an answer! ;-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Assimina Vavoula
15 mins
agree siragui : Good!
2 hrs
agree jean-jacques alexandre : sounds familiar indeed
16 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci bien!"
12 mins

That is true happiness.

OR That's what I call true happiness.
Note from asker:
If there is no official title, then your 2nd suggestion would be good.
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1 hr

Then I'll be happy

if that is indeed the song mentioned here:
http://www.cmgww.com/stars/baker/about/music.html
Note from asker:
Thanks for the input. That link refers to the song's subtitle as "I Wanna Go Where You Go, Do What You Do" - which as far as I can see doesn't concur with the original French lyrics. Hmmm ...
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4 hrs

True happiness indeed

A different approach emphasizing 'c'est ça'.
Note from asker:
That's funny. My French is pretty rusty - but I orginally had the idea of "indeed" as well. After all, it's not simply "C’est" or even "Ceci est" (le vrai bonheur), right?
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11 hrs

Now That's Happiness!

With the stress placed on the word "that".
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