Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 5:5:
Kupsabiny: “The ways of this woman destroys people and leads people to world of the dead.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “She will take you down into the pit of death. Her way is the path to the grave.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) follow her she will-bring you (sing.) to the place of the dead; the path she walks-on leads to death.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The place- her feet -head-toward is death, for the path-she-takes, it leads to the place of the dead.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 6:14:
Kupsabiny: “This person arouses conflicts/strife and brings chaos with (his) words.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Their evil hearts only scheme evil, and they are always creating disputes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “In their being-deceitful, they always plan to do bad/evil, and they start/stir-up trouble.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Trickery is what is stored in his mind, all evil are his purposes and he is the one who begins misunderstandings (lit. not mutually-understanding).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 7:11:
Kupsabiny: “This woman was quarrelsome and disrespectful, her leg/foot is sharpened/eager for prostitution that (it) cannot make her stay in her house.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “She was one who was always busy on the street and was a woman whose heart was unrestrained.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “This woman is talkative and has no shame. She does- not -stay-put in her house.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “She was bold having no (proper)-sense-of-shame and continually she did not stay in her house (= she was always away/outside the house).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 9:12:
Kupsabiny: “If you are wise, you will get life, but if you are disregard/scorn wisdom, you will suffer.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “If you have wisdom, it will be good for you, If you scorn wisdom, however, it will not be good for you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) are wise, this can-give you (sing.) goodness, but if you (sing.) under-estimate/belittle wisdom, you (sing.) just causing- yourself -to-suffer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) are wise, you (sing.) are the one who will experience good. If you (sing.) are a scoffer, you (sing.) alone will-bear-the-penalty.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 10:26:
Kupsabiny: “Laziness of a person who drags his feet pains the one who sends him like how smoke disturbs the eyes, or like when bitter fruits are eaten.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Getting lazy people to work is like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “As vinegar can-cause- the teeth -to-set-on-edge and smoke can-cause- the eyes -to-become-bitter, the lazy man can-cause-vexation to the one who commands him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The lazy-one in the viewpoint of his master can-be-compared to vinegar that tastes-sour/tart and smoke that is-sour/bitter to the eyes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Shilluk: “Sending a lazy person is bad like chewing boiled sorghum that has small stones in it, it is like smoke in the eyes of the person who sent him.” (Vinegar is not known in the culture so a substitute had to be found. “Small stones may get into the sorghum flour during the harvesting process. Biting on a stone while eating the porridge is a very painful experience.” — Source: Cynthia Miller in The Bible Translator 2005, p. 129ff. )
English: “We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, just like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:26:
Kupsabiny: “Cursed is a person who hides food/crops that ought to be sold, but blessed is the one who accepts to sell his.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Whoever hoards [Lit.: hides] grain, everyone will curse him, Whoever gives out grain, [everyone] will bless him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “People curse the-one-who keeps his something-for-sale in-order to sell it when the price is now high, but people praises the one-who does- not -keep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If you store-away pounded-rice so that you (sing.) will then make-very-expensive its price, they will curse you (sing.), but if you (sing.) sell (it) at its proper value, they will praise you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain and does not sell it, waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it when people need it, even when the price is not high.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
