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Tradução - Alemão-Inglês - Aphorisme 70

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Título
Aphorisme 70
Texto
Enviado por Minny
Idioma de origem: Alemão

Verschwende deine kraft
nicht auf etwas,
was du nicht beeinflussen kannst.
Verwende sie für das,
was du beeinflussen kannst.
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Britisch
Fransösisch aus Frankreich

Título
Aphorism 70
Tradução
Inglês

Traduzido por bgl88
Idioma alvo: Inglês

Don't waste your energy
on things over which
you have no influence.
Use it for things
you can influence.
Último validado ou editado por lilian canale - 30 Janeiro 2009 10:51





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29 Janeiro 2009 01:07

itsatrap100
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Maybe influence instead of control.

29 Janeiro 2009 09:36

Minny
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Exactly - influence! :-)

29 Janeiro 2009 10:06

peterbald
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"influence" instead of "control" is better

29 Janeiro 2009 14:54

bgl88
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I agree, usually I would translate 'beeinflussen' as influence, but it does not sound right to me here, if you simply use it both times in this translation.

It has been asked for specifically in British English, so, as an English person, I wrote what I think seems the best way to express what is written in German, in a British style that befits an Aphorism.

But thank you for making me think again about using 'influence' - it enabled me to incorporate it

30 Janeiro 2009 08:30

IanMegill2
Número de Mensagens: 1671
I think there should be more parallelism between the first half and the second half of the quotation, as in the original.
For example, we could either use "control"
Don't waste your energy on things you can't control. Use it for things you can control.
or "influence"
Don't waste your energy on things over which you have no influence. Use it for things you can influence.
But meaning-wise, the translation is fine, of course!

30 Janeiro 2009 09:34

Minny
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I wote for IanMegill2's 2nd translation"Don't waste your energy on things over which you have no influence. Use it for things you can influence."
Thanks a lot all of you for your endeavours!
:-)

30 Janeiro 2009 10:28

Francky5591
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Yes, sorry I didn't see Ian's post before voting, but I think "use it for things you can influence" would be better.