suffer fools gladly
글쓴이: mkj1887, 2017년 7월 4일
글: 15
언어: English
mkj1887 (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 4일 오후 5:55:00
So, in the entry in my online dictionary for this expression, I have added my own (liberal – not literal) translation into Esperanto: dolĉe dorloti idiotojn – which has the additional feature – absent in the original English – of alliteration.
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Vestitor (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 4일 오후 10:13:41
Seriously though, the phrase is always used negatively: not suffer fools gladly/doesn't suffer fools gladly and I can't tell how your translation works. I didn't even recognise the word 'dorloti' How would I construct the phrase to translate e.g: 'Everyone knew he didn't suffer fools gladly'.
noelekim (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 5일 오전 4:42:17
I am not one to suffer fools gladly - mi ne emas indulgi stultulojn
eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vortaro_angla-Esperanta_g
tommjames (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 5일 오후 3:49:10
Vestitor (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 5일 오후 11:39:35
mkj1887 (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 6일 오후 3:25:11
Vestitor:As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity."Only the stupid believe that being truthful is easy."
-- Willa Cather
Vestitor (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 6일 오후 4:28:52
mkj1887:Is this a not-so-veiled implication that I am stupid?Vestitor:As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity."Only the stupid believe that being truthful is easy."
-- Willa Cather
Aiming for clarity in language is not stupid. That would make people like Wittgenstein stupid and that is ridiculous.
Get that chip off your shoulder. Maybe you make an Esperanto phrase for that?
mkj1887 (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 7일 오후 9:37:59
Vestitor:An Esperanto version of 'A hit dog always yelps.' would be more apropos.mkj1887:Is this a not-so-veiled implication that I am stupid?Vestitor:As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity."Only the stupid believe that being truthful is easy."
-- Willa Cather
Aiming for clarity in language is not stupid. That would make people like Wittgenstein stupid and that is ridiculous.
Get that chip off your shoulder. Maybe you make an Esperanto phrase for that?
Vestitor (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 7일 오후 10:39:33
mkj1887 (프로필 보기) 2017년 7월 8일 오전 3:35:39
Vestitor:It would, because you do. A great deal.So, we’ve descended to the level of “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off me, and sticks to you.”