Can someone translate for "Đời người có mấy cái mười năm."

[Tricky42]

"man" sounds sexism
I guess:
"people have only some decades to live"

words by words: 'đời người có mấy cái mưởi năm' = how many decades is in your life/ lives?

It sounds similar to " ba vạn sáu ngàn ngày là mấy"

You mean 'sexist'. No, it isn't. If Neil Armstrong had said 'One small step for a person, one giant leap for people kind' it just wouldn't have had the same impact. Man is the species name for men and women just as dog is the same species name for dogs and bitches. Don't be fooled by political correctness. Its simply someone else trying to modify our language based on the premis that this will alter the way we think. Try reading 1984, George Orwell. Scary stuff!! As we say in English. This is the thin edge of the wedge!

[rukkhamula]

Another attempt:

Human life is only a few decades.

[camtieu]

The simplest way to say is " Life is short" . Can't be simpler.

cheers

[camtieu]

You mean 'sexist'. No, it isn't. If Neil Armstrong had said 'One small step for a person, one giant leap for people kind' it just wouldn't have had the same impact. Man is the species name for men and women just as dog is the same species name for dogs and bitches. Don't be fooled by political correctness. Its simply someone else trying to modify our language based on the premis that this will alter the way we think. Try reading 1984, George Orwell. Scary stuff!! As we say in English. This is the thin edge of the wedge!

I can see your point and that's true, women live longer than men. But language is alive and its evolution never stops and political correctness is one of the attributes to the evolution. No one is trying to modify English. Try to undersand online language such as gr8 (great), ayspon (Are you stupid or not) It just happens. Baby boomers can hardly understand a gen y's msg.

In your point of view, Shakespeare wouldn't appreciate our today English if he was still alive.

cheers

Camtieu