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el interés del vivir consiste en el barajar de la suerte

English translation: what makes life interesting is how one's luck can change

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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
Entered by: Barbara Cochran, MFA

15:34 Dec 25, 2020
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / In An Autobiography
Spanish term or phrase: el interés del vivir consiste en el barajar de la suerte
Contexto:

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
Barbara Cochran, MFA
United States
Local time: 12:54
(What makes life interesting) is how one's luck can change
Explanation:
Isn't it rather that that the game keeps changing, rather than the cards being dealt once and for all ?
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ormiston
Local time: 18:54
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1interest in life depends on the cards we are dealt
Steven Huddleston
3life is interesting because (your/our/-) luck keeps changing
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
3My interest in living/ life lies in the dealings of lady luck/ in what lady luck deals
bcsantos
3Life's interest consists of interchanging luck
Lisa Rosengard
3(What makes life interesting) is how one's luck can change
ormiston
2the appealing thing about living resides in reshuffling the pack
Adrian MM.


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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
life is interesting because (your/our/-) luck keeps changing


Explanation:
That's how I'd put it
¡Suerte!

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
My interest in living/ life lies in the dealings of lady luck/ in what lady luck deals


Explanation:
Just a suggestion.

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 18:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 36
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
the appealing thing about living resides in reshuffling the pack


Explanation:
el interés can also mean attractiveness: Harrap's dictionary eng/spa translation entry no. 3 for appeal.

Note that there is no need for anyone but the asker to decide which, if any, is the answer.

Example sentence(s):
  • RESHUFFLING THE PACK: THE TRANSITION FROM SLAVERY ... it was itself but a part of the larger, longer process, with what happened

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Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
interest in life depends on the cards we are dealt


Explanation:
Trying to use the same metaphor.

Steven Huddleston
Mexico
Local time: 10:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 39

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Francois Boye
19 hrs
  -> Thank you, Francois!
neutral  ormiston: Implying a bad hand means little interest in life ?
21 hrs
  -> In this context, we are talking about the nature, not the amount, of said interest.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Life's interest consists of interchanging luck


Explanation:
Se habla de las diferencias entre pobres y ricos, con la esperamza de que un día al futuro podamos dejar de ser ricos o pobres. Imagino que llegaríamos a una forma de equilibrio para ponernos ser más iguales.

Example sentence(s):
  • 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.
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
(What makes life interesting) is how one's luck can change


Explanation:
Isn't it rather that that the game keeps changing, rather than the cards being dealt once and for all ?

ormiston
Local time: 18:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 34
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