viviendo fatal in this context
English translation: living wretched lives
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| 17:20 Feb 23, 2017 |
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|  Selected response from: Marie Wilson Spain Local time: 14:04 | ||||||
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| 3 +5 | living wretched lives |
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| 4 +3 | suffering from poor quality of life |
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| 5 | Bad life experience |
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| 3 | who are [absolutely] miserable |
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4 mins confidence: 
Bad life experience Explanation: Hi. "Vivir fatal" doesn't necessarily mean having a low quality of life, but having certain factors affecting your life in a negative way, such as stress, poor diet habits, too much work, etc. You could be a millionaire and still "vivir fatal." I hope I was clear. Happy translating! |
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43 mins confidence: 
| que está viviendo fatal who are [absolutely] miserable Explanation: Or, if you prefer, "feel" rather than "are." This suggestion seems to preserve the register, intended meaning, and subjective experience conveyed in the original. "Fatal" here is more than just "bad" and "quality of life" is mental health jargon that seems out of place here. |
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35 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +3
peer agreement (net): +3suffering from poor quality of life Explanation: An option. "...but many people suffering from (this kind of) poor quality of life are surprised to find that young people also have issues, often work-related, due to workplace pressure and or because they are unemployed" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 36 mins (2017-02-23 17:57:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you think "suffering" is too strong you can just use "with" or "having", etc. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2017-02-23 18:39:52 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I don't agree that "quality of life" can be so airily dismissed as "mental health jargon". In several dictionaries and elsewhere, it is defined as the standard of health, comfort, and happiness experienced by an individual or group. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/quality... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life |
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