" There is no greater fraud;"Translation exercise;All Levels;Spanish /English.

Question

No hay mayor fraude , que una promesa que no se mantiene.

There is no greater fraud, than a promise not kept.

Celtic Proverb

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Please correct my sentence .

Describe the meaning , and whether it is universally believed.

Very true, Ray! - jessicamccall117, Apr 20, 2013

Answer 1

Por cierto.

I can feel the fraud way down in my D.N.A..

We have exactly the same here mate , good one. - ray76, Apr 20, 2013

Answer 2

I'll give you two choices:

No hay peor engaño que una promesa incumplida.

No hay peor decepción que una promesa incumplida.

Thank you francobollo, you certainly like to make me think and work , thanks again. - ray76, Apr 20, 2013

Well--- to keep to the letter of the saying , i have to go with" deception" but how does "peor" which is " worse", morph into , " greater " ? A mystery mate. - ray76, Apr 20, 2013

There are obviously many different ways of saying this , have I chosen the " peor" one ? - ray76, Apr 20, 2013

Peor engaño sounds stronger than mayor engaño - francobollo, Apr 20, 2013

Aha ! Thank you franco, now I understand. - ray76, Apr 21, 2013

Answer 3

Maybe this is ok Ray.

No hay mayor fraude, que una promessa no mantenida.

Lets wait for a native speaker though.

As for the state pension at 65 (paid for over a lifetime) - the government here have started calling it a "benefit" . They are cutting benefits - except their pensions of course.

That I call a fraud.

You bet , and here it has gone to 67, soon to be 70. - ray76, Apr 20, 2013

Answer 4

No hay mayor fraude/engaño que una promesa que no se mantiene/mantenga/cumpla/cumple.

Thank you chileno , there are many ways obviously , and probably it would rely on colloquial usage in wherever one was living. - ray76, Apr 21, 2013

Correct, but i wanted to make it a point that you almost had it. Were not for that missing "que" - chileno, Apr 21, 2013

Got it mate thanks. - ray76, Apr 21, 2013