complete verse (Proverbs 26:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “A foolish person is not praised
    like rain does not rain when it is dry season.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “To honor a fool
    is like having snow in summer,
    or rain at harvest time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “As ice is not fitting to drop on hot-season or rain on harvest-season, (it is) not also fitting to praise a foolish-one.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is not appropriate that it-rain in the dry-season and snow/frost when-it-gets-hot. The same also it is not appropriate that a foolish-person is praised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Just like it is not appropriate for snow to fall in summer time, or rain to fall at harvest time,
    it is not appropriate to praise/honor foolish people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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