Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
el interés del vivir consiste en el barajar de la suerte
English translation:
what makes life interesting is how one's luck can change
Spanish term
United States
Laudable Lady Linguist
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 3 more.
el interés del vivir consiste en el barajar de la suerte
Mi filosofía de la vida es que debe haber diferencias entre pobres y ricos. El interés de vivir para mí, consiste en el barajar de la suerte; que los pobres o los ricos,dejen de serlo algun día.
Mil Gracias,
Barbara
Dec 26, 2020 19:39: Barbara Cochran, MFA Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
(What makes life interesting) is how one's luck can change
Portuguese translations
Native in: Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, South African, European/Portugal, Cape Verdean)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 4 more.
life is interesting because (your/our/-) luck keeps changing
¡Suerte!
My interest in living/ life lies in the dealings of lady luck/ in what lady luck deals
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
the appealing thing about living resides in reshuffling the pack
Note that there is no need for anyone but the asker to decide which, if any, is the answer.
RESHUFFLING THE PACK: THE TRANSITION FROM SLAVERY ... it was itself but a part of the larger, longer process, with what happened
Mexico
Dual-Native English & Spanish Translator
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK, US, Canadian) , Spanish (Variants: Cuban, Puerto Rican, Argentine, Chilean, Venezuelan, Costa Rican, Mexican, Standard-Spain, US, Ecuadorian , Dominican, Latin American, Peruvian, Colombian, Uruguayan)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
interest in life depends on the cards we are dealt
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Francois Boye
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Thank you, Francois!
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ormiston
: Implying a bad hand means little interest in life ?
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In this context, we are talking about the nature, not the amount, of said interest.
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United Kingdom
experienced and well qualified linguist
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, English, Spanish, and 3 more.
Life's interest consists of interchanging luck
It's in connection with the differences between rich people and poor people, in the hope that one day in the future we could stop being either rich or poor. I imagine that we'd reach a form of equilibrium in order to become more equal.
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