English term
life is going nowhere
Mes premières idées : une vie sans but, dénuée d'objectifs, sans destination/sans orientation, désorientée, terne, sans éclat, une vie statique ... Qui dit mieux ?
Mar 7, 2009 08:47: Stéphanie Soudais (X) changed "Field" from "Social Sciences" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Poetry & Literature" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"
Mar 8, 2009 22:45: swanda changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Mar 10, 2009 00:41: Emanuela Galdelli changed "Term asked" from "life is going nowwhere" to "life is going nowhere"
Mar 16, 2009 06:23: Premium✍️ changed "Field" from "Other" to "Art/Literary" , "Field (specific)" from "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" to "Poetry & Literature"
PRO (2): Alain Chouraki, lorette
Non-PRO (3): Stéphanie Soudais (X), Stéphanie Bellumat, swanda
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Proposed translations
la vie ne mène nulle part
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Note added at 23 heures (2009-03-07 20:11:12 GMT)
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la vie ne rîme à rien
Peut-être, bien que le sens est un peu différent...
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Merline
: (Un homme pour qui) la vie ne mène nulle part...
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Merci, j'avoue que j'avais du mal avec le pronom relatif: dont ? pour qui ? ...la clé est sûrement dans le texte.
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arrathoonlaa
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Merci, bon week-end
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Stéphanie Soudais (X)
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Merci, bon week-end
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lorette
: ne rîme à rien
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merci lorette
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Belgium
Your partner for excellence
Native in: French 
Works in: Dutch to French, Flemish to French
une vie sans issue
Native in: English , French
Works in: English to French, French to English, German to French, and 4 more.
qui mène une vie sans intérêt
qui ne fait rien de sa vie
une vie sans savoir quelle direction suivre
- mener une vie loin d'être palpitante
- une vie sans savoir quelle direction suivre (le plus proche de l'anglais)
Bonne fin de semaine à tou(te)s.
une vie sans aucun sens / sans aucune ambition
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Mexico
Native Translator. Expert in Chemistry
Native in: Spanish , French
Works in: Spanish to French, English to French, French to Spanish, and 1 more.
un homme sans projet de vie
France
FRENCH QUALIFIED TRANSLATOR-ADAPTOR
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, Italian to French, French
La vie / Ma vie n'avait pas de sens
Un homme éperdu
France
never lost in translation
Native in: French
Works in: English to French, French to English
dont la vie est au point mort
France
Translation with style
Native in: French , German
Works in: German to French, French to German, English to French, and 5 more.
dont la vie est une impasse, décide
Un homme dont la vie s'enlise
Ou alors, selon l'expression consacrée, et même si plus interprété :
Un homme dont la vie est un échec...
n'ayant aucun but dans la vie / qui n'a aucun but dans la vie
qui mène une vie sans perspective
AITC member Eng-Fre + 20 years of exp.
Native in: French (Variants: Standard-France, Canadian)
Works in: English to French, Spanish to French
une vie médiocre/insipide/stagnante
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Note added at 22 hrs (2009-03-07 18:56:32 GMT)
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qui mène une vie dénuée de sens (autre suggestion, peut-être + idiomatique et + utilisée en français)
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