afterlife

vie après la mort

Vie qui, selon certaines croyances, continue après la mort d'une personne.

En anglais simple : A life that some people believe continues after a person dies.

• Do you believe in an afterlife?
• Her faith promised a peaceful afterlife.
• Different religions describe the afterlife in different ways.

Synonymes : life after death

Expressions courantes : an eternal afterlife, life and afterlife, believe in the afterlife

au-delà, autre monde

Lieu où, selon certaines croyances, les morts vont vivre.

En anglais simple : The place where some people believe those who have died go to live.

• She hoped to meet him in the afterlife.
• The story follows a soul into the afterlife.
• They left gifts to help the dead reach the afterlife.

Synonymes : next world, hereafter

Expressions courantes : in the afterlife, enter the afterlife, reach the afterlife

postérité, influence posthume

Effet durable de l'œuvre ou de la réputation d'une personne après sa mort.

En anglais simple : The continuing effect of someone's work or reputation after they die.

• The poet enjoyed a long literary afterlife.
• Her afterlife rests on the schools she founded.
• His reputation had a troubled afterlife as new evidence emerged.

Synonymes : legacy, posthumous influence

Expressions courantes : literary afterlife, posthumous afterlife, afterlife of someone

vie ultérieure

Partie de la vie qui suit un événement important ou la fin d'une période marquante.

En anglais simple : The later part of someone's life, after an important event or period has ended.

• Retirement offered him a quiet afterlife.
• She described her years after divorce as a new afterlife.
• His political career ended, but his afterlife as a writer flourished.

Synonymes : later life

Expressions courantes : afterlife of retirement, a peaceful afterlife