Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Slandering is so sweet in some other people!
It penetrates into them up to the bone marrow.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Listening to gossip is like eating a choice morsel.
It goes deep into people’s hearts.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “A gossip as-if like a food which is good to chew and swallow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The talk of a gossip is like food that is sweet/delicious to swallow.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “People enjoy listening to what gossips say like they enjoy tasty food;
they accept what gossips tell them like they swallow tasty food.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
