Mar 29, 2006 21:52
18 yrs ago
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English term
Help with Murphy's Law of Monetary Equilization
English to Spanish
Art/Literary
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings
"A fool and your money are soon partners." This of course paraphrases ‘A fool and his money soon part.’ My (unsatisfactory) translation: Su dinero y un tonto pronto se hacen socios. Please excuse me if I only give points to a better alternative.
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un tonto y tu dinero son buenos seran pronto compañeros
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un tonto y tu dinero son buenos seran pronto compañeros
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-29 21:57:57 GMT)
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ups => un tonto y tu dinero son buenos compañeros / seran pronto compañeros
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Note added at 5 mins (2006-03-29 21:57:57 GMT)
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ups => un tonto y tu dinero son buenos compañeros / seran pronto compañeros
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Gisela Herrera
: I agree! Entre ambas posibilidades, me quedo con la segunda opción...
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gracias gisela
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Un tonto y tu dinero serán pronto compañeros
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Monika Jakacka Márquez
Spain
Spain
Native in Spanish
Works in field
Spain
I came, I saw, I (sworn) translated
Native in: Polish 
, Spanish (Variant: Standard-Spain)
Works in: Polish to Spanish, Spanish to Polish, Catalan to Polish, and 6 more.
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Un tonto y tu dinero serán perfectos compañeros
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¿Ves que le viene mucho aplicar el tuteo y no la forma de Ud.? Bueno, eso por lo menos opino yo...
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Fabio Descalzi
: Sin duda, Monika
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Gracias, Fabio :)
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David Russi
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Gracias David :)
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Luisa Fiorini
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Mucahs gracias, Luisa
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JaneTranslates
: It won't do any good, since the asker declined your answer, but I think it's terrific!
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Thanks a lot, Jane :)
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Comment: "Thanks Monica. Yours was the bestr try, but I think this just doesn't translate well. I advised the client to susbstitute another phrase from a previous edition for this. "
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María Teresa Taylor Oliver
Panama
Panama
Native in Spanish
Panama
Synesthete with a flair for tasty words!
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
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English term (edited):
A fool and your money are soon partners.
A ti te cuesta ganarlo, pero a otro no le cuesta gastarlo.
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"A fool and your money are soon partners" is a pun for "A fool and his money are soon parted", which can be translated as:
1. "Al que no le cuesta ganarlo, no le cuesta gastarlo"
2. "Así como viene, se va"
3. "Dineros de sacristán, cantando vienen, cantando se van"
(Ref.: Dictionary of Proverbs & Sayings, Berta Alicia Chen)
I decided to use No. 1 and give it a twist to reflect the pun, instead of translating the modified proverb literally.
Hope that helps!
1. "Al que no le cuesta ganarlo, no le cuesta gastarlo"
2. "Así como viene, se va"
3. "Dineros de sacristán, cantando vienen, cantando se van"
(Ref.: Dictionary of Proverbs & Sayings, Berta Alicia Chen)
I decided to use No. 1 and give it a twist to reflect the pun, instead of translating the modified proverb literally.
Hope that helps!
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Jairo Payan
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
Colombia
"Knowledge and quality"
Native in: Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
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un cretino y su dinero se harán rápidamente amigos (Ley de Marks)
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Como sabemos las Leyes de Murphy ya han sido traducidas desde hace muchos años y su significado está ya enraizado.
En este enlace encontré la traducción tradicional y conocida en los libros:
En este enlace encontré la traducción tradicional y conocida en los libros:
Discussion
Las encontrarás en español, con su significado desde hace años.