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Hungarian to English translations [Non-PRO] Art/Literary - Linguistics / szólásmondás | ||||
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3 +1 | "A man who knows four languages is worth four men." |
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4 | You are as many people as the languages you speak |
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"A man who knows four languages is worth four men." Explanation: This is the version usually quoted; in any case, the Hungarian construction you cite is difficult to render elegantly in English. (That would be Charles *V*.) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2008-12-03 12:13:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- (... and he was talking about himself, of course, so there is no need to translate this with an expression that is open-ended in number.) |
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