Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Proverbs 18:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person does evil, he is rebuked,
    and if he does sin, he is shamed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “False work causes shame,
    and destroys one’s reputation.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Doing evil and shameful thing can-give disgrace.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The doing of evil, that is the cause-of-being-mocked/belittled and cause-of-being-shamed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Whenever people do wicked things, others will despise them;
    when people do things that cause themselves to no longer be honored, they will be disgraced also.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 19:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 19:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “A wise person is patient/endures things,
    and the one who does not tie things in his stomach (bears a grudge) is praised.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “People who are wise will suppress their anger.
    And it is their great virtue to close their eyes
    even to matters that make their hearts ache.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) are patient, just shows that you (sing.) are wise. And if you (sing.) forgive the one who has-sinned against you (sing.), it can-give honor to you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) are wise, restrain your (sing.) anger. It-is-the-cause-of-your(sing.)-being-praised if you (sing.) cause-to-be-passed-over the mistakes of your (sing.) companion.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who have good sense do not quickly become angry;
    people respect those who ignore offensive things that people say to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 20:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who buys something beats down (the price) saying, ‘You! Go away, this one is not good,’
    or/but when he has bought, he boasts about it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The buyer bargains saying,
    "This is too expensive, this is too expensive!"
    As soon as he turns to go
    he brags about the good deal he got.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “A buyer under-estimate/belittles the sale so-that he can-bargain. But if he has-bought already, he no long under-estimate/belittle (it), but-rather he even boasts/brags-about (it).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “The one-who-buys, he complains-about the price of what he buys, but when he leaves, he boasts-about his skill in bargaining.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “People look at things that they are about to buy, and in order to get it for a lower price sometimes they say, ‘It is no good/It is poor quality,’
    but after they buy it, they go and boast about having bought it for a cheap price.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 21:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who withdraws from the way of wisdom will die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The one who abandons the good path
    and goes on the evil path
    will get caught in the mouth of death.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Death is the destination of a man who avoids from wisdom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “One who does not use right/proper thoughts, death is his outcome.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Those who stop behaving like those who have good sense behave
    will soon discover that they have gone to the place where dead people are.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 22:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Be attentive and listen to the words of wise people. Stick the words I am saying in (the) head.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Listen to what the wise say!
    Keep what I teach in [your] heart.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The following are still the additional saying of the wise men. Listen to it carefully while I teach it to you (sing.),” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “This is the advice of the wise. Be-thorough/careful to listen-to this that I teach you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 23:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 23:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not join with drunkards and gluttons,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do not associate with drunkards.
    Don’t associate with gluttons.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -be-like the drunkards and fond-of-eating/glutton, for that kind of people will- easily -become-poor. They just keep-on sleeping, therefore some time-later they will- just -cloth rags.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Do not (sing.) be-joining-with drunkards and habitual-food-cravers.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 24:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do not be happy when your enemy falls into calamity and do not rejoice when he stumbles.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Do not rejoice when disaster comes to your enemies.
    Do not rejoice when they fall down.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -rejoice if your (sing.) enemy is destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “You (sing.) should not be-happy to see the stumbling and falling-over of your (sing.) enemies.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 25:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “If/When one speaks good words, (it) appeases people, but/and if one perseveres (it) brings back/corrects even a king.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If there is patience even a ruler can be placated.
    and by soft words even bones can be softened.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Being-patient and a gentle speaking can-persuade the ones-who-rule and even the ones-who have a hard heart.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) are patient and your (sing.) words are slow/soft, you (sing.) can cause- the ruler -to-give-in and defeat the strongest who opposes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “If someone keeps requesting a ruler long enough to do something, he will often agree to do it;
    similarly, by speaking gently we can often convince others that what we say is right.” (Source: Translation for Translators)