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suffer fools gladly

貼文者: mkj1887, 2017年7月4日

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語言: English

mkj1887 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月4日下午5:55:00

This expression is so well-known in English that it has its own separate entry in Merriam-Webster, and in Wiktionary, and even in Wikipedia. However, it is not acknowledged in Benson, nor in Wells, nor in Vikivortaro, nor in ReVo, nor in Sonja, nor in Vikipedio.
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 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月4日下午10:13:41

Maybe Benson, Wells, Vikivortaro, ReVo, Sonja and Vikipedio just don't suffer fools gladly enough.

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 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月5日上午4:42:17

My suggestion:
I am not one to suffer fools gladly - mi ne emas indulgi stultulojn
eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vortaro_angla-Esperanta_g

tommjames (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月5日下午3:49:10

I would go with volonte toleri stultulojn.

Vestitor (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月5日下午11:39:35

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.

mkj1887 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月6日下午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 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月6日下午4:28:52

mkj1887:
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
Is this a not-so-veiled implication that I am stupid?
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 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月7日下午9:37:59

Vestitor:
mkj1887:
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
Is this a not-so-veiled implication that I am stupid?
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?
An Esperanto version of 'A hit dog always yelps.' would be more apropos.

Vestitor (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月7日下午10:39:33

It would, because you do. A great deal.

mkj1887 (顯示個人資料) 2017年7月8日上午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.”

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