phrase translation please

Please tell me the translation of this phrase: a jamais plus que l'entier de ma propre vie. I have not been part of any type of discussion group before so not sure if I am doing this correctly. thanks

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Permalink Reply by Pamela Kingfisher on October 28, 2009 at 1:49pm

Never more in my whole entire life

Pam

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Permalink Reply by Marc Vonhalmen on October 28, 2009 at 3:05pm

Actually, this sentence doesn't mean anything. Where did you find/read/hear it? Are you sure you wrote it correctly?
Is it "Jamais plus de l'entier de ma propre vie" ? Then Pam's translation would be correct, even if this sentence sounds really weird in French. We'd rather say "Jamais plus de toute ma vie".
Or maybe it is "Jamais plus que l'entier de ma propre vie" ? (without the "à" at the beginning of the sentence).
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Permalink Reply by Frank on October 29, 2009 at 3:26pm

Hi Heather,

Indeed, it doesn't make any sense...

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Permalink Reply by Heather on November 24, 2009 at 11:00pm

Hi again -thanks - what about : "Plus Que Ma Propre Vie" ? My daughter wants to have it tattoed, she is now 18 and I can't stop her or talk her out of it, so at least I'd like to make sure that she is not having something that does not make sense. Is this correct? What does it mean ? Is it "more than my own life" ? She won't tell me and it was an exchange student from France who wrote it out for her.

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Permalink Reply by Frank on November 24, 2009 at 11:06pm

Hi Heather,

Yes, "Plus que ma propre vie" makes sense. Even better: Bien plus que ma propre vie.

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Permalink Reply by Heather on November 25, 2009 at 12:38am

Thank you very much Frank - but what does it actually mean in English? And what does it mean with bien added to it? I speak no French. Would appreciate both translations.