Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Quem o alheio veste na praça o despe.
English translation:
ill-gotten gains do not profit / do not bring prosperity
Added to glossary by
William Stein
Jun 30, 2003 16:40
21 yrs ago
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Portuguese term
Traduttore...ma non traditore!
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese, French to Portuguese, Italian to Portuguese, and 4 more.
Quem o alheio veste na praça o despe.
Non-PRO
Portuguese to English
Other
E por fim o terceiro.
Proposed translations
(English)
Proposed translations
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William Stein
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Native in English
Costa Rica
Translations that read like originals
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US) 
Works in: French to English, German to English, Spanish to English, and 3 more.
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ill-gotten gains do not profit / do not bring prosperity
Or
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit
CINBIBL Archives: [email protected]: [VOTD] 5/5/98 (PRO 10:2)
... NIV. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit. - RSV. Ill-gotten gains
do not profit. - NAS. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing. - KJV. ...
www.cin.org/archives/cinbibl/199805/0070.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
PROVERBS - Chapter 10 ~ New American Standard Bible
... A wise son makes a father glad,. But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. -1.
Ill-gotten gains do not profit,. But righteousness delivers from death. -2. ...
tree-of-life.truepath.com/NASPROVERBS10.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
Imprint: Forum - Who is John Galt?
... gains? Do you want to force the bad guys to just take home those millions
of dollars instead of putting them back into the community? ...
imprint.uwaterloo.ca/issues/020797/2Forum/galt.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
DIDASKALOS - Le curiosità della lingua italiana on line - [ Translate this page ] ... wears out his welcome); la farina del diavolo va tutta in crusca
(ill-gotten gains do not bring prosperity); lupo non mangia lupo ...
www.didaskalos.org/coseUtili/proverbi.html
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Note added at 2003-06-30 18:01:03 (GMT)
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I found a French translation which definitely corresponds to the English one:
Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais.
Quem o alheio veste, na praça o despe.
http://members.tripod.com.ar/kocher/franco/franco1.htm#b
Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit
CINBIBL Archives: [email protected]: [VOTD] 5/5/98 (PRO 10:2)
... NIV. Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit. - RSV. Ill-gotten gains
do not profit. - NAS. Treasures of wickedness profit nothing. - KJV. ...
www.cin.org/archives/cinbibl/199805/0070.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
PROVERBS - Chapter 10 ~ New American Standard Bible
... A wise son makes a father glad,. But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. -1.
Ill-gotten gains do not profit,. But righteousness delivers from death. -2. ...
tree-of-life.truepath.com/NASPROVERBS10.html - 12k - Cached - Similar pages
Imprint: Forum - Who is John Galt?
... gains? Do you want to force the bad guys to just take home those millions
of dollars instead of putting them back into the community? ...
imprint.uwaterloo.ca/issues/020797/2Forum/galt.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages
DIDASKALOS - Le curiosità della lingua italiana on line - [ Translate this page ] ... wears out his welcome); la farina del diavolo va tutta in crusca
(ill-gotten gains do not bring prosperity); lupo non mangia lupo ...
www.didaskalos.org/coseUtili/proverbi.html
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Note added at 2003-06-30 18:01:03 (GMT)
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I found a French translation which definitely corresponds to the English one:
Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais.
Quem o alheio veste, na praça o despe.
http://members.tripod.com.ar/kocher/franco/franco1.htm#b
2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "This english version does nor correspond exactly to the portuguese meaning, but I accept it as the closer one...thanks for your help!"
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Gordana Podvezanec
Croatia
Croatia
Croatia
A new job is a new challenge!
Native in: Croatian , Slovenian 
Works in: German to Croatian, English to Croatian, Croatian to English, and 25 more.
Who the other people's vestment in the square undresses it.
:)
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Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Ecuador
Native in English
Ecuador
Language and engineering expert
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: English to Spanish, Portuguese to English, Spanish to English, and 7 more.
Related KudoZ points
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287
Ill gotten, ill spent
Hola,
Te incluyo un sitio donde hay muchos proverbios.
Saludos.
Provérbios Franceses - [ Translate this
... On reconnaît le vilain, même sous le pourpoint. Quem o alheio veste,
na praça o despe. Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais. Quem ...
members.tripod.com.ar/kocher/franco/franco2.htm
Dictionary of French Expressions - French Dictionary of ...
... Bien faire et laisser dire. Do your work well and never mind the critics. Bien
mal acquis ne profite jamais. Ill gotten ill spent. bien sûr, of course. ...
french.about.com/library/express/blexdico-b.htm
Te incluyo un sitio donde hay muchos proverbios.
Saludos.
Provérbios Franceses - [ Translate this
... On reconnaît le vilain, même sous le pourpoint. Quem o alheio veste,
na praça o despe. Bien mal acquis ne profite jamais. Quem ...
members.tripod.com.ar/kocher/franco/franco2.htm
Dictionary of French Expressions - French Dictionary of ...
... Bien faire et laisser dire. Do your work well and never mind the critics. Bien
mal acquis ne profite jamais. Ill gotten ill spent. bien sûr, of course. ...
french.about.com/library/express/blexdico-b.htm
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A fool and his money are soon parted.....
Or the companion proverb which is translated...
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