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162 months ago

Chantal Low (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Other

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

Ah, le monde est mal fait!

Context:

Brusquement, une décennie plus tard, il comprenait ce que l'inconnu avait voulu dire.

 

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162 months ago

Darras  See profile wrote:

Oh, the world is poorly done! OR How badly made this world is!

My comment:

The choice would depend on the tone of the context.

162 months ago

Darras  See profile wrote:

What a pity! Life is this way...

world is unfair.

My comment:

that is the only right and very simple answer that says it all....

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

162 months ago

María P. Álvarez  See profile wrote:

I agree... even in Spanish, "el mundo está mal hecho" refers to the same thing... The world is unfair.

The world is complicated

the world is not what it should be, it's not the way the world should go

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Ah, the world has been put in disorder!

My comment:

The world is not correct anymore....

Oh it's a cruel world

162 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

Ah, such a cruel world!

My comment:

Just trying to come up with something different...

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

162 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

I didn't see the other answers. Sorry if I came up with a similar suggestion. I guess great minds think alike.

162 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

Ah, the world is a poor/awful place (we have to live in).

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

162 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

Or a BAD place.

162 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

"where we have to carry out our existence"

162 months ago

Marie-Claire  See profile wrote:

Life is unfair or Something is rotten in the state of Denmark

My comment:

Oft used Shakepeare quotation