Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
No hay peor gestión que la que no se hace.
English translation:
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
- The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2009-11-14 12:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Nov 11, 2009 11:11
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Spanish term
Uruguay
Seriedad y confidencialidad
Native in: Spanish 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish
No hay peor gestión que la que no se hace.
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Poetry & Literature
proverbios
No me parece que las versiones que encontré de este proverbio hasta ahora se ajusten al significado en español.
Desde ya muchas gracias.
Desde ya muchas gracias.
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained
A possibility which is close in meaning.
Note from asker:
| Thank you to everyone for the prompt answers. As the proverb in Spanish is used in a commercial letter, I think this is the closest version in English. Once again, thank you to everyone. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+2
5 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
I'm sure there are closer proverbs, but this is what immediately springs to mind. I guess you are looking for an idiom rather than a translation...
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Carmen Schultz
: This hits the nail on the head!
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many thanks Carmen!
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Natalia Pedrosa (X)
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many thanks Natalia!
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21 mins
You never know what you can do until you try
15 mins
Doing something badly is worse than doing nothing at all /Anything worth doing is worth doing right
It think the interpretation depends on the context of the original text in which the proverb is quoted.
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Note added at 25 mins (2009-11-11 11:37:16 GMT)
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I have to admit that the different perspective toward "doing nothing" makes this translation difficult. I did find the line (There are times) "when doing nothing works better than doing something" brainzooming.blogspot.com/.../arghhhh-when-doing-nothing-works-better.html
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Note added at 25 mins (2009-11-11 11:37:16 GMT)
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I have to admit that the different perspective toward "doing nothing" makes this translation difficult. I did find the line (There are times) "when doing nothing works better than doing something" brainzooming.blogspot.com/.../arghhhh-when-doing-nothing-works-better.html
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Carol Gullidge
: isn't this the opposite of what is being said? Ie, it's better to do something than nothing at all...
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To try and fail is better than to never have tried at all.
This could possibly capture the Spanish meaning which, I believe, refers to complete inactivity vs. at least trying.
Another possibility would be
Nothing is worse than doing nothing at all.
Another possibility would be
Nothing is worse than doing nothing at all.
5 hrs
Marsha Wilkie
Colombia
Colombia
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
Colombia
True meaning, right feeling
Native in: English , Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, Spanish
The worst thing you can do is do nothing.
Una opción sencilla.
13 hrs
Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today
Somehow it also applies.
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