Translation help
של ludomastro, 30 באפריל 2014
הודעות: 8
שפה: English
ludomastro (הצגת פרופיל) 30 באפריל 2014, 14:40:17
I think it would be "Neniam estas la glavo murdisto; gxi estas ilo en la manoj de murdisto."
Is there a better way to render that thought?
Balbutanto (הצגת פרופיל) 30 באפריל 2014, 16:19:43
ludomastro:I'm trying to translate a old saying, "The sword is never a killer; it is a tool in the killer's hands."Ne murdas la glavo mem, sed ĝia uzanto.
I think it would be "Neniam estas la glavo murdisto; gxi estas ilo en la manoj de murdisto."
Is there a better way to render that thought?
Hmm. A bit laconic, it seems.
Clarence666 (הצגת פרופיל) 30 באפריל 2014, 16:30:07
Glavo sen gxia tenanto ne kapablas murdi, sed murdisto povas murdi ecx sen glavo.
nornen (הצגת פרופיל) 30 באפריל 2014, 16:35:39
la murdisto ĉiam kaj ĉiam estas homo.
sudanglo (הצגת פרופיל) 30 באפריל 2014, 19:09:07
morfran (הצגת פרופיל) 30 באפריל 2014, 21:42:50
(Per si mem) glavo neniun mortigas: ĝi estas (nur) armilo de mortiganto.
(From Seneca’s Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.)
ludomastro (הצגת פרופיל) 1 במאי 2014, 02:05:52
morfran:A more literal translation, though not a zippier one:You nailed the quote from Seneca. I like your translation; however, I'm confused by arm-il-o. I know that "ilo" is "tool" and the dictionary tells me that "armilo" is "weapon." However, I don't know what "armo" would be.
(Per si mem) glavo neniun mortigas: ĝi estas (nur) armilo de mortiganto.
(From Seneca’s Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit: occidentis telum est.)
morfran (הצגת פרופיל) 1 במאי 2014, 02:47:00
ludomastro:however, I'm confused by arm-il-o. I know that "ilo" is "tool" and the dictionary tells me that "armilo" is "weapon." However, I don't know what "armo" would be.Armilo is an instrument of armi, that is, “to arm” (“provizi per bataliloj, por ataki aŭ defendi”). Historically, an armilo would include armor as well as weapons, but since armor went by the wayside for a long time after the introduction of firearms, “arms”, “to arm”, etc., came to refer to just weapons.