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suffer fools gladly

من mkj1887, 4 يوليو، 2017

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mkj1887 (عرض الملف الشخصي) 4 يوليو، 2017 5:55:00 م

This expression is so well-known in English that it has its own separate entry in Merriam-Webster, and in Wiktionary, and even in Wikipedia. However, it is not acknowledged in Benson, nor in Wells, nor in Vikivortaro, nor in ReVo, nor in Sonja, nor in Vikipedio.
So, in the entry in my online dictionary for this expression, I have added my own (liberal – not literal) translation into Esperanto: dolĉe dorloti idiotojn – which has the additional feature – absent in the original English – of alliteration.
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Vestitor (عرض الملف الشخصي) 4 يوليو، 2017 10:13:41 م

Maybe Benson, Wells, Vikivortaro, ReVo, Sonja and Vikipedio just don't suffer fools gladly enough.

Seriously though, the phrase is always used negatively: not suffer fools gladly/doesn't suffer fools gladly and I can't tell how your translation works. I didn't even recognise the word 'dorloti' How would I construct the phrase to translate e.g: 'Everyone knew he didn't suffer fools gladly'.

noelekim (عرض الملف الشخصي) 5 يوليو، 2017 4:42:17 ص

My suggestion:
I am not one to suffer fools gladly - mi ne emas indulgi stultulojn
eo.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vortaro_angla-Esperanta_g

tommjames (عرض الملف الشخصي) 5 يوليو، 2017 3:49:10 م

I would go with volonte toleri stultulojn.

Vestitor (عرض الملف الشخصي) 5 يوليو، 2017 11:39:35 م

As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity.

mkj1887 (عرض الملف الشخصي) 6 يوليو، 2017 3:25:11 م

Vestitor:As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity.
"Only the stupid believe that being truthful is easy."
-- Willa Cather

Vestitor (عرض الملف الشخصي) 6 يوليو، 2017 4:28:52 م

mkj1887:
Vestitor:As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity.
"Only the stupid believe that being truthful is easy."
-- Willa Cather
Is this a not-so-veiled implication that I am stupid?
Aiming for clarity in language is not stupid. That would make people like Wittgenstein stupid and that is ridiculous.

Get that chip off your shoulder. Maybe you make an Esperanto phrase for that?

mkj1887 (عرض الملف الشخصي) 7 يوليو، 2017 9:37:59 م

Vestitor:
mkj1887:
Vestitor:As a related aside; is it really desirable to render such things as set phrases, rather than just expressing the idea at the moment. Whilst Esperanto is not like a pidgin or something like 'Basic English', I do tend to see it more as a means for communicating with clarity.
"Only the stupid believe that being truthful is easy."
-- Willa Cather
Is this a not-so-veiled implication that I am stupid?
Aiming for clarity in language is not stupid. That would make people like Wittgenstein stupid and that is ridiculous.

Get that chip off your shoulder. Maybe you make an Esperanto phrase for that?
An Esperanto version of 'A hit dog always yelps.' would be more apropos.

Vestitor (عرض الملف الشخصي) 7 يوليو، 2017 10:39:33 م

It would, because you do. A great deal.

mkj1887 (عرض الملف الشخصي) 8 يوليو، 2017 3:35:39 ص

Vestitor:It would, because you do. A great deal.
So, we’ve descended to the level of “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Whatever you say bounces off me, and sticks to you.”

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