Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
Quem não sente não é filho de boa gente.
English translation:
He who has no sentiment is of no good descent.
Added to glossary by
Henrique Magalhaes
Jul 7, 2003 11:13
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 não sente não é filho de boa gente.
Non-PRO
Portuguese to English
Other
In the sense that one someone does something that hurts us we must show what we felt...
Proposed translations
+1
12 hrs
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Benchmark Translations
Native in: Portuguese 
, English
Works in: Portuguese, English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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421
Selected
He who has no sentiment is of no good descent.
descent
n 1: a movement downward
2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
4: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: line of descent, lineage]
'sente' is in the sense of having feeling(s) and 'sentiment' is a synonym of feeling'.
I can't find an equivalent in any of my proverb books, maybe Daniel can do even better with these words.
My translation was done in an old fashioned turn-of-phrase because I am a sucker for old English Literature.
n 1: a movement downward
2: properties attributable to your ancestry; "he comes from good origins"
3: the act of changing your location in a downward direction
4: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors [syn: line of descent, lineage]
'sente' is in the sense of having feeling(s) and 'sentiment' is a synonym of feeling'.
I can't find an equivalent in any of my proverb books, maybe Daniel can do even better with these words.
My translation was done in an old fashioned turn-of-phrase because I am a sucker for old English Literature.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Obrigado,de novo, Paula. Pareceu-me a mais apropriada forma de tradução, até c/ rima, o q. n/ é fácil. "
2 mins
Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
US Court Cert. 1980 Ph.D. 1981
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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3474
He who is not compassionate does not have good parents.
Meaning - but not a proverb
+6
1 hr
If you don't show what you feel, it probably means you aren't real!
This doesn't exist. I just made it up!
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Note added at 2003-07-07 12:31:23 (GMT)
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Keep your feelings hidden inside...
...and you\'ll never take life\'s exciting ride!
Another one of mine!!
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Note added at 2003-07-08 08:42:54 (GMT)
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Thanks for all your \'agrees\' everyone. Perhaps we could start a new movement entitled \'new proverbs,\' or something. I think we may have hit upon a good idea here!
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Note added at 2003-07-07 12:31:23 (GMT)
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Keep your feelings hidden inside...
...and you\'ll never take life\'s exciting ride!
Another one of mine!!
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Note added at 2003-07-08 08:42:54 (GMT)
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Thanks for all your \'agrees\' everyone. Perhaps we could start a new movement entitled \'new proverbs,\' or something. I think we may have hit upon a good idea here!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Norbert Hermann
: s/b has to start and create -- maybe it'll soon be used by many and appear in reference works :-))
8 mins
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| agree |
silviafont
: yES. iNGENIOUS
27 mins
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| agree |
Carlos Monteiro
: Great Daniel !!!
45 mins
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| agree |
Clauwolf
51 mins
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| agree |
Michael Powers (PhD)
: Very nice - Mike :)
56 mins
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| agree |
x-Translator (X)
5 hrs
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| neutral |
Paula Vaz-Carreiro
: You're very good with rhymes! See below for my suggestion and feel free to improve it. Honestly :)
11 hrs
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