前往目錄
回應

Sayings

貼文者: Trilernisto, 2008年7月5日

訊息: 8

語言: English

Trilernisto (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月5日上午5:20:55

I've been thinking about this, and so far have no idea what the solution is. How would "to defeat the purpose" be translated into Esperanto?

Can anyone think of other sayings like this, which are used a lot but are hard to translate?

Miland (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月5日上午7:53:42

Trilernisto:translated into Esperanto?
frustri la celon is the first thing that came to my mind (la unua ideo kiu venis en la kapo).

Another hard one might be 'object of the exercise'. I might translate that celo de la klopodo.

OK, I think I've done my bit. Mi opinias ke mi faris mian/ioman/taugan/suficxan* kontribuon.
(take your pick - faru vian elekton)

Trilernisto (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月7日上午3:47:56

Dankon, that sounds like a good translation, to the point.

borja (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月7日上午7:22:21

I would like to know how can be traslated "unless" into Esperanto. Does anybody know it? I didn´t find any word in Esperanto with its meaning.

mnlg (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月7日上午8:17:17

borja:I would like to know how can be traslated "unless" into Esperanto. Does anybody know it? I didn´t find any word in Esperanto with its meaning.
Not every time there is a 1-to-1 correspondence between English and Esperanto words. Anyway in this case I think I would use "krom" or "escepte". Can you give a whole sentence as an example?

borja (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月7日上午8:49:44

I asked because in spanish there is an expression with the same meaning "a menos que" and I think it can be useful sometimes.

"You'll never understand Esperanto if you don't study" (Vi neniam komprenos Esperanton se vi ne studas)

But what about: "You'll never understand Esperanto unless you study"?

Miland (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月7日上午10:01:12

borja:"You'll never understand Esperanto if you don't study" (Vi neniam komprenos Esperanton se vi ne studas)

But what about: "You'll never understand Esperanto unless you study"?
My understanding is that "unless" = krom se, which is in the English-Eo vortaro here (which I interpret as "other than if").
So "You'll never understand Esperanto unless you study" is Vi neniam komprenos Esperanton krom se vi studas.

But generally, it is better to aim at a simple and direct translation of the meaning into E-o (which you did at first), than try to find an exact word-for-word equivalent. In my opinion this makes E-o easier to learn and use, and so more suitable as a tool for international communication.

mnlg (顯示個人資料) 2008年7月7日上午11:09:40

borja:I asked because in spanish there is an expression with the same meaning "a menos que" and I think it can be useful sometimes.
We also have it in Italian, "a meno che" (and also "a meno di", which roughly means ~"unless in the event of").

As for your example, Miland's translation is what I would also suggest.

I also concur on the fact that most of the times it is better to reshape your original sentence so that its Esperanto translation is simpler, and more linear. However, especially when translating literature, it is also useful to know how to replicate such forms.

回到上端