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Corrected translation Q: Let sleeping dogs lie.

by Miland, May 6, 2016

Messages: 5

Language: English

Miland
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Miland (User's profile) May 6, 2016, 7:10:38 AM

Is there an equivalent in the Proverbaro?

eshapard
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eshapard (User's profile) May 6, 2016, 5:02:37 PM

You know, I'm not sure that this is idiomatic enough that it can't be used as a direct translation.

Alkanadi
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Alkanadi (User's profile) May 8, 2016, 7:55:04 AM

I don't think Esperanto is supposed to have idioms.

noelekim
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noelekim (User's profile) May 9, 2016, 3:58:22 AM

Miland:Is there an equivalent in the Proverbaro?

From the Proverbaro:

Ne veku malfeliĉon, kiam ĝi dormas.
www.robkeetlaer.nl/esperanto/proverbaro/eo/vorto_dorm.htm

Ne elvoku lupon el la arbaro.
Ne voku diablon, ĉar li povas veni.
www.robkeetlaer.nl/esperanto/proverbaro/eo/vorto_vok.htm

richardhall
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richardhall (User's profile) May 9, 2016, 6:10:50 AM

Alkanadi:I don't think Esperanto is supposed to have idioms.

'Let sleeping dogs lie', is a proverb not an idiom