Sayings and Proverbs
Good evening, I have proverbs and I need translate them into English correctly, I ll write them here in a way I think they re correct and I hope you correct them for me regarding the right choice of words, grammer, punctuation marks and the best poetic language for proverbs, here re the proverbs as I tried to compose: - smile, your sadness will not change the universe. -the elegance of your speech comes from the elegance of your mind ( here I wonder if it is better and correct to say: the elegance of your tongue is the translation of the elegance of your mind) is it correct to use (tongue) and (translation) in this way here? does it bear the correct meaning? if you can give me better proverb for that, thank you -In the race for excellence there is no end line ( here is it correct to say end line? i mean the final point where racers stop do we name it end line? and do we have to capitalize the first letters in (race) and (excellence) ? I mean by the word excellence is to be distinguished as someone good . is there better word for that? -when you trust yourself, you terrify your enemies, whatever strength they have ( is the choice of words good? and do we need a comma here before (whatever)? -no one can feel your feelings, do not exhaust yourself expressing them. (and can we use exhaust with expressing? - knowledge is acquired and intelligence is some gift of nature. is this right? or : the mind is a gift and the knowledge is a gain? or: minds are talents and sciences are gains? any better translation? -friendship is a well that deepens whenever you take from it -happiness decreases as conceit increases -you get envied for your mind greatness and get befriended for your heart greatness -contentment alone is the best way to happiness (i meant to say that contentment is half the happiness ) does this give the meaning? - and also i need a proverb or any good sentence that means (half of good health comes from smiling) - I want a proverb or good sentence that means: (without wrongness, the rightness light will not shine) and a proverb that means: (who knows the door of hope do not know the word impossible) and a proverb that means (smile is a password to to heart of others) and (language of honesty is easy) and (the impossible is a hard rock that be broken under the hits of well) and (best friends are those who do not color with the change of time) and (love do not give but itself and do not take but from itself)
5 Answers
'Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.'
Responding to one tiny part of your question: The end point of a race is called the finish line.
I am a very old lady, and found your question far too long to be able to dissect it easily. But I have found a link to a site with the 50 most used proverbs in English, and I think some of them may fit your requirements. http://www.phrasemix.com/collections/the-50-most-important-english-proverbs
Hello, Mandal. Yours is a long, but interesting question, and one that many people will likely jump into. Please keep in mind that many of us have jobs or go to school or both, so it's not always easy to answer a question or post right away. Answering your question will take some effort, so please be patient.
Are these Spanish proverbs that you're trying to translate into English, or proverbs you found somewhere else? Some of yours are similar to traditional English ones, but not quite. Are you looking for the traditional ones, or just help to make yours sound a little better?
Searching on internet is the solution. 
