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Conges terminology question

226 months ago

Brenda Galvan (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	English > Spanish
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	(Necesito el contexto en ESPAÑ
Context:	"A man who is ignorant of fore
Keywords:	-

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225 months ago

wrote:

si ignorais otos idiomas ignorais el propio

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225 months ago

wrote:

Quien ignora otros idiomas ignora el propio.

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226 months ago

wrote:

El hombre que ignora la existencia de idiomas extranjeros ignara su propia lengua

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226 months ago

wrote:

El hombre que ignora la existencia de idiomas extranjeros ignora su propia lengua

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226 months ago

wrote:

"Quien no conoce las lenguas extranjeras, nada sabe de la suya propIa."

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www.misfrasescelebres.com

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226 months ago

wrote:

Me gusta esta traduccion, Rosa

226 months ago

Dr. rer. nat. Anja Masselli (Ph. D.) wrote:

I like this one too, because in this case, Goethe did not mean to be ambiguous - "his own" clearly refers to his own language (judged by the original quote in German).

226 months ago

Dr. rer. nat. Anja Masselli (Ph. D.) wrote:

Thank you both!

226 months ago

Clara Fernández wrote:

"Quien no conoce los idiomas extranjeros no sabe nada del propio."

My comment:

Vea este enlace de las traducciones de frases célebres:
http://www.logosdictionary.org/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.gdic.st?phrase_code=6341752

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226 months ago

Dr. rer. nat. Anja Masselli (Ph. D.) wrote:

Una traducción excelente, la tuya, Clara.

226 months ago

Dr. rer. nat. Anja Masselli (Ph. D.) wrote:

La forma más idónea de decirlo. Tere

226 months ago

Isabel Ruivo wrote:

Excellent! This is a good translation, because "del" can refer to both the "idioma" and his "inner self"; and that is exactly what an esoteric person like Goethe would have wanted to convey... Well done! (Minha Pátria é Minha Língua! - Caetano Veloso)

226 months ago

Spanish Translation wrote:

Un hombre que es ignorante de lenguas extranjeras es ignorante de su propia lengua

My comment:

I think in this phrase it really means he would be ignorant of his own language, not himself. Correct me as I'm sure you will :)

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226 months ago

Spanish Translation wrote:

Un hombre que es ignorante de lenguas extranjeras es ignorante de si mismo

My comment:

Creo que la frase está conforme al espíritu de este ejemplo:

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que demuestra que es ignorante de sí mismo y de cuanto lo rodea. Su. ambición y sus deseos no se extienden jamás más allá de sus necesidades. inmediatas. ...
www.decimononica.org/VOL_2.1/Solodkow_V2.1.pdf

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226 months ago

Spanish Translation wrote:

"El hombre que ignora las lenguas extranjeras, se ignora a sí mismo"

My comment:

Yo lo pondría así

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