" Nada es más terrible que actividad," Translation exercise.

Question

Nada es más terrible que actividad sin penetración.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Por favor corregir para mí y ofrecer una explicación.

Please translate for me and offer an explanation .

Of course, it does depend on what it is you want to say.. - annierats, Mar 7, 2012

I disagree. Nothing wrong with foreplay.:) - 0054c8e6, Mar 7, 2012

This could become very interesting. - annierats, Mar 7, 2012

Oh dear ! You see i did not think this one through . I did not anticipate the direction it has taken , - ray76, Mar 7, 2012

Or am I just terribly " naive" ? - ray76, Mar 7, 2012

Answer 1

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

No hay nada peor que hacer cosas sin percepción.. (or sin comprender algo. )

That's suggestions. I think your sentence could be misunderstood ( you know, look back to yesterdays problems with the libido etc..)

I think we just showed everyone our Freudian slips. ;) - ciscocaja, Mar 7, 2012

Unless it was Ray that had a slip-up? - annierats, Mar 7, 2012

I was just playing on "showed our slips". Of course, I include Ray in "we". But, I'm not positive that he didn't just bate the trap. - ciscocaja, Mar 7, 2012

No i would not do that , would I ? but i did not see the other one on libido , whatever that is . - ray76, Mar 7, 2012

Thanks for accepting this feble offering, ray. Good comments, ciscocaja. - annierats, Aug 20, 2012

Answer 2

The Spanish sentence seems to have some undertones. I don't know just what to think of it yet. I'll get back to you. jeje.

added:

I don't know how this would sound to the native ear, but it seems to touch on a couple of the possible meanings.

"Nada es más terrible que actividad sin sagacidad."

I take the English version almost as a lamentation of the lack of awareness of people as they perform their daily routines.

I believe the converse of that statement to be just as, if not more meaningful. Though, with an entirely different proverbial warning.

"Nothing is more terrible than insight without activity."

That was what I thought too. - annierats, Mar 7, 2012

Answer 3

The way I understand it , most of us are procrastinators , or as we say here,

they are " gunners " they are gunner do this and gunner do that , in other words

we all see and understand the problem but stand aside whilst someone else

performs the action to provide the solution .

Answer 4

That is a quotation from " Thomas Carlyle " who I doubt was given to

double entendre. I merely want us to "think " and extend our understanding of

Spanish beyond . " como se dice G'day ."

Answer 5

Es necesaria a pensar y mirar de tus palabras antes de ponerlas en la caja, pero es una buena manera a iniciar debates interesantes.

Nada es peor que actividad sin una idea o una visión, pero si tienes esta en tu mente, entonces, puedes alcanzar tu objetivo.