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I'm trying to translate the lyric: "I don't have anything to smile about."

Does

Je n'en ai rien pour sourire

or

Je n'ai rien pour en sourire

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Does

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Je n'ai rien pour en sourire

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I'm trying to translate the lyric: "I don't have anything to smile about."

Does

Je n'en ai rien pour sourire

or

Je n'ai rien pour en sourire

sound okay to you? Or would a different translation be better?

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Some context would be helpful. Deepl is of handy here:

Je n'ai aucune raison de sourire.

Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire. (already mentioned by @petitrien)

There is also the song Je n'ai pas le Cœur à Sourire of Daniel Guichard

Je n'ai pas le cœur à sourire

(already mentioned by @MercrediAndThenJedi)

Besides, in this link

https://genius.com/Genius-traductions-francaises-halsey-nightmare-traduction-francaise-lyrics

one reads the original lyrics of the song Nightmare by Halsey along the French translation. So

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about.

Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire.

Here is the Pre-chorus

"Come on, little lady, give us a smile" - "Allez, petite fille, fais-nous un sourire"

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about - Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire

I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for -Je n'ai personne à qui sourire, j'ai attendu un certain temps pour

A moment to say I don't owe you a goddamn thing - Un moment pour dire que je ne te dois rien

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In this case, I'd rather say:

1. Je n'ai pas le coeur à (sou)rire


2. Je n'ai pas le coeur à en (sou)rire

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  That seems wrong to me: "Je n'ai pas le coeur à sourire" implies a rather temporary situation, while "I don't have anything to smile about" is more permanent.
  
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  @Blackhole : "I've lost [ beloved one ], I don't have anything to smile about." is = to "Je viens de perdre [ être cher ], je n'ai pas le coeur à sourire", and this doesn't imply any time-frame. Only lasting as long as your sorrow will last. Be it in English or French, to me, the meaning is the same.
  
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Neither translation is working. en for some reason doesn't work here as a pronoun for the object of sourire and rien is problematic too. I think you'd have to say :

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Maybe just:

Plus rien ne me fait sourire.

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  That's "Nothing makes me smile any more."
  
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  Dans ce cas, à quoi sert « any more » dans « "I don't have anything to smile about any more. » ? C'est aller trop loin de l'ajouter dans la traduction.
  
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The two translations are grammatical French but they do not correspond to the context and the contexts that justify them are so far fetched that those sentences will never occur in the language (ngram).

There are several possibilities of translation; I think there'll be yet others besides those listed below;

• Il n'y a rien qui me fasse sourire.


• Il n'y a rien qui me porte à sourire.


• Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Je n'y trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Pour moi, il n'y a pas de quoi sourire.

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  Sorry if I don't understand: linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/je+n%27en+ai+rien.html One encounters a lot of ** Je n'en ai rien** not to say "...will never occur in the language".
  
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  I am not a native speaker but I cannot imagine a native one (even coming from Sorbonne:-)!) to prefer Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire. than Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire in colloquial speech.
  
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  @Dimitris Slight variations in the context might make that preferable but that is not even necessary; all people do not choose the shortest way there is to express what they have to say. 1/ « Je ne trouve pas » insists on the fact that the person does not see anything but that in the end there might be something that they missed (for instance). 2/ There is nothing specially formal in this form, it's quite common; the subjunctive is a commonly found in everyday speech in French, provided one does not restrict their consideration to the least educated portion of the population, of course.
  
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  Ngram is not panacea:-)! According to your link books.google.com/ngrams/… there is no an instance encountered of je n'en ai rien; nevertheless linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/je+n%27en+ai+rien.html shows that this is not the case.
  
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Two idiomatic phrases that may suit your purpose:

Il n'y a (vraiment) pas de quoi sourire.

Il n'y a (vraiment) pas de quoi rire.

This usually applies to a specific situation.

This phrase was used as title of a book, which is a collection of sketches by Raymond Devos.

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Some context would be helpful. Deepl is of handy here:

Je n'ai aucune raison de sourire.

Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire. (already mentioned by @petitrien)

There is also the song Je n'ai pas le Cœur à Sourire of Daniel Guichard

Je n'ai pas le cœur à sourire

(already mentioned by @MercrediAndThenJedi)

Besides, in this link

https://genius.com/Genius-traductions-francaises-halsey-nightmare-traduction-francaise-lyrics

one reads the original lyrics of the song Nightmare by Halsey along the French translation. So

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about.

Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire.

Here is the Pre-chorus

"Come on, little lady, give us a smile" - "Allez, petite fille, fais-nous un sourire"

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about - Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire

I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for -Je n'ai personne à qui sourire, j'ai attendu un certain temps pour

A moment to say I don't owe you a goddamn thing - Un moment pour dire que je ne te dois rien

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Some context would be helpful. Deepl is of handy here:

Je n'ai aucune raison de sourire.

Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire. (already mentioned by @petitrien)

There is also the song Je n'ai pas le Cœur à Sourire of Daniel Guichard

Je n'ai pas le cœur à sourire

(already mentioned by @MercrediAndThenJedi)

Besides, in this link

https://genius.com/Genius-traductions-francaises-halsey-nightmare-traduction-francaise-lyrics

one reads the original lyrics of the song Nightmare by Halsey along the French translation. So

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about.

Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire.

Here is the Pre-chorus

"Come on, little lady, give us a smile" - "Allez, petite fille, fais-nous un sourire"

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about - Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire

I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for -Je n'ai personne à qui sourire, j'ai attendu un certain temps pour

A moment to say I don't owe you a goddamn thing - Un moment pour dire que je ne te dois rien

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Some context would be helpful. Deepl is of handy here:

Je n'ai aucune raison de sourire.

Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire. (already mentioned by @petitrien)

There is also the song Je n'ai pas le Cœur à Sourire of Daniel Guichard

Je n'ai pas le cœur à sourire

(already mentioned by @MercrediAndThenJedi)

Besides, in this link

https://genius.com/Genius-traductions-francaises-halsey-nightmare-traduction-francaise-lyrics

one reads the original lyrics of the song Nightmare by Halsey along the French translation. So

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about.

Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire.

Here is the Pre-chorus

"Come on, little lady, give us a smile" - "Allez, petite fille, fais-nous un sourire"

No, I ain't got nothin' to smile about - Non, je n'ai pas de quoi sourire

I got no one to smile for, I waited a while for -Je n'ai personne à qui sourire, j'ai attendu un certain temps pour

A moment to say I don't owe you a goddamn thing - Un moment pour dire que je ne te dois rien

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In this case, I'd rather say:

1. Je n'ai pas le coeur à (sou)rire


2. Je n'ai pas le coeur à en (sou)rire

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  That seems wrong to me: "Je n'ai pas le coeur à sourire" implies a rather temporary situation, while "I don't have anything to smile about" is more permanent.
  
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  @Blackhole : "I've lost [ beloved one ], I don't have anything to smile about." is = to "Je viens de perdre [ être cher ], je n'ai pas le coeur à sourire", and this doesn't imply any time-frame. Only lasting as long as your sorrow will last. Be it in English or French, to me, the meaning is the same.
  
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In this case, I'd rather say:

1. Je n'ai pas le coeur à (sou)rire


2. Je n'ai pas le coeur à en (sou)rire

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  That seems wrong to me: "Je n'ai pas le coeur à sourire" implies a rather temporary situation, while "I don't have anything to smile about" is more permanent.
  
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  @Blackhole : "I've lost [ beloved one ], I don't have anything to smile about." is = to "Je viens de perdre [ être cher ], je n'ai pas le coeur à sourire", and this doesn't imply any time-frame. Only lasting as long as your sorrow will last. Be it in English or French, to me, the meaning is the same.
  
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In this case, I'd rather say:

1. Je n'ai pas le coeur à (sou)rire


2. Je n'ai pas le coeur à en (sou)rire

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Neither translation is working. en for some reason doesn't work here as a pronoun for the object of sourire and rien is problematic too. I think you'd have to say :

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Neither translation is working. en for some reason doesn't work here as a pronoun for the object of sourire and rien is problematic too. I think you'd have to say :

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Neither translation is working. en for some reason doesn't work here as a pronoun for the object of sourire and rien is problematic too. I think you'd have to say :

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Maybe just:

Plus rien ne me fait sourire.

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  Dans ce cas, à quoi sert « any more » dans « "I don't have anything to smile about any more. » ? C'est aller trop loin de l'ajouter dans la traduction.
  
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Maybe just:

Plus rien ne me fait sourire.

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  That's "Nothing makes me smile any more."
  
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  Dans ce cas, à quoi sert « any more » dans « "I don't have anything to smile about any more. » ? C'est aller trop loin de l'ajouter dans la traduction.
  
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Maybe just:

Plus rien ne me fait sourire.

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The two translations are grammatical French but they do not correspond to the context and the contexts that justify them are so far fetched that those sentences will never occur in the language (ngram).

There are several possibilities of translation; I think there'll be yet others besides those listed below;

• Il n'y a rien qui me fasse sourire.


• Il n'y a rien qui me porte à sourire.


• Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Je n'y trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Pour moi, il n'y a pas de quoi sourire.

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  Sorry if I don't understand: linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/je+n%27en+ai+rien.html One encounters a lot of ** Je n'en ai rien** not to say "...will never occur in the language".
  
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  I am not a native speaker but I cannot imagine a native one (even coming from Sorbonne:-)!) to prefer Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire. than Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire in colloquial speech.
  
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  @Dimitris Slight variations in the context might make that preferable but that is not even necessary; all people do not choose the shortest way there is to express what they have to say. 1/ « Je ne trouve pas » insists on the fact that the person does not see anything but that in the end there might be something that they missed (for instance). 2/ There is nothing specially formal in this form, it's quite common; the subjunctive is a commonly found in everyday speech in French, provided one does not restrict their consideration to the least educated portion of the population, of course.
  
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  Ngram is not panacea:-)! According to your link books.google.com/ngrams/… there is no an instance encountered of je n'en ai rien; nevertheless linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/je+n%27en+ai+rien.html shows that this is not the case.
  
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The two translations are grammatical French but they do not correspond to the context and the contexts that justify them are so far fetched that those sentences will never occur in the language (ngram).

There are several possibilities of translation; I think there'll be yet others besides those listed below;

• Il n'y a rien qui me fasse sourire.


• Il n'y a rien qui me porte à sourire.


• Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Je n'y trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Pour moi, il n'y a pas de quoi sourire.

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  Sorry if I don't understand: linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/je+n%27en+ai+rien.html One encounters a lot of ** Je n'en ai rien** not to say "...will never occur in the language".
  
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  I am not a native speaker but I cannot imagine a native one (even coming from Sorbonne:-)!) to prefer Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire. than Je n'ai pas de quoi sourire in colloquial speech.
  
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  @Dimitris Slight variations in the context might make that preferable but that is not even necessary; all people do not choose the shortest way there is to express what they have to say. 1/ « Je ne trouve pas » insists on the fact that the person does not see anything but that in the end there might be something that they missed (for instance). 2/ There is nothing specially formal in this form, it's quite common; the subjunctive is a commonly found in everyday speech in French, provided one does not restrict their consideration to the least educated portion of the population, of course.
  
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  Sorry I have been working in an academic environment for several years and I can certainly say that even prof usually prefer the shortest way to express an idea.
  
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  Ngram is not panacea:-)! According to your link books.google.com/ngrams/… there is no an instance encountered of je n'en ai rien; nevertheless linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/je+n%27en+ai+rien.html shows that this is not the case.
  
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The two translations are grammatical French but they do not correspond to the context and the contexts that justify them are so far fetched that those sentences will never occur in the language (ngram).

There are several possibilities of translation; I think there'll be yet others besides those listed below;

• Il n'y a rien qui me fasse sourire.


• Il n'y a rien qui me porte à sourire.


• Je ne trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Je n'y trouve pas quoi que ce soit qui me fasse sourire.


• Pour moi, il n'y a pas de quoi sourire.

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