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Translation of English proverbs

от cFlat7, 20 октомври 2013

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cFlat7 (Покажи профила) 27 октомври 2013, 14:10:17

Noelekim, these are great, esp. the German, version.
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...Last night I was pondering over this one:

En: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Apart from literal translations, I haven't come up with anything satsfactory. There is likely something in the Proveraro but I haven't come across it yet.

noelekim (Покажи профила) 28 октомври 2013, 04:39:13

cFlat7:

En: An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Apart from literal translations, I haven't come up with anything satsfactory. There is likely something in the Proveraro but I haven't come across it yet.
I can't find an equivalent in the Proverbaro, but in the *style* of the Proverbaro, Tatoeba has:
Ĉiutage unu pomo - ĉiam sana restas homo.

But I think the best one is in Vikipedio :
pomo ĉiun tagon forturnas malsanon. Nice.

sudanglo (Покажи профила) 28 октомври 2013, 12:02:02

It's my understanding that the apple in 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' is actually an onion'. Historically 'apple' refers to an onion the word being used for a range of round comestibles.

richardhall (Покажи профила) 28 октомври 2013, 18:28:01

sudanglo:It's my understanding that the apple in 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away' is actually an onion'. Historically 'apple' refers to an onion the word being used for a range of round comestibles.
Suggests a new proverb: Manĝu ĉiutage pomon - tage cepo mallogas ĉiujn
(Paraphrasing a lyric from the band Slade, "Eat an apple every day / An onion keeps everyone away" )

sudanglo (Покажи профила) 29 октомври 2013, 10:42:27

I suppose that the modern equivalent of 'an apple a day' is five portions of fruit and vegetables. That may be more international. They keep hammering that recommmendation out on French children's television.

sudanglo (Покажи профила) 30 октомври 2013, 10:49:34

Tage po kvin konsilas medicin'.

Unu el via po-taga kvino (one of your five a day)

jismith1989 (Покажи профила) 30 октомври 2013, 11:31:59

sudanglo:I suppose that the modern equivalent of 'an apple a day' is five portions of fruit and vegetables. That may be more international. They keep hammering that recommmendation out on French children's television.
Opiniis, ke en Francio oni estas dirita manĝi ĉiutage dek kvantojn da fruktoj kaj legomoj.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/may/2... [angle]

cFlat7 (Покажи профила) 30 октомври 2013, 12:18:55

I'd like to know how they decide what a 'poetion' is? Which varies from country to country.

cFlat7 (Покажи профила) 31 октомври 2013, 19:01:32

I came across the following proverb from Denmark:

En: What is play to the cat is death to the mouse.

Eo: Kato ludas, muso mortigotas.

or maybe:

Eo: Ludo laŭ kato, sed morto laŭ muso.

Perhaps there's a better expression of this? And is this the proper use of laŭ here?

noelekim (Покажи профила) 01 ноември 2013, 03:30:03

cFlat7:
Eo: Ludo laŭ kato, sed morto laŭ muso.
I suggest "rato" instead of "muso" for the rhyme, and "por" after "morto", so:

Ludo laŭ kato, sed morto por rato.

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