Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:23:
- Kupsabiny: “When a poor person begs, he pleads
and/but when a rich man responds, (he) speaks with arrogance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “When poor people speak out,
they speak humbly,
When rich people speak out,
they speak harshly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “A poor pleads-for-mercy, but a rich answers harshly.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A poor-person begs/pleads to speak, but the rich-person, harsh is his answer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “It is necessary for poor people to speak politely when they request rich people to do something for them,
but rich people reply very impolitely when poor people speak to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
