Translating Cervantes
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Buenos días, mis amigos! Por favor, Cervantes is attributed with the proverb: It is one thing to praise discipline, and another to submit to it.
So I make this: Una cosa es para alabar la disciplina, es otra lo a presentar. (literally, One thing is for to praise discipline, it is another it to submit (to)...)
Ahhhh, is this even close? muchas gracias!
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updated Apr 5, 2011
posted by Lector_Constante
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You have several mistakes: "para" is not needed, "presentar" isn't the correct verb and the second part of the sentence is not correctly worded.
That's a phrase from the novel "El coloquio de los perros" and in the original it is written as: "Una cosa es alabar la disciplina y otra el darse con ella".
updated Apr 5, 2011
edited by 00e657d4
posted by 00e657d4
muchas gracias! How about "es otra lo someterse" ??? tenx mutch! - Lector_Constante, Apr 4, 2011
"Someterse" is correct, but it is: "y otra es someterse a ella." - 00e657d4, Apr 4, 2011
Guillermo has everything under control, as usual. - lazarus1907, Apr 4, 2011
Thanks, Lazarus. - 00e657d4, Apr 5, 2011
