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Sentence #1828411

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 amazighgirl amazighgirl June 28, 2013 June 28, 2013 at 6:48:43 PM UTC link Permalink

I don't understand this translation. the saying means literally "if many people help the job will be small/easy/ get done quickly"

Amastan Amastan June 28, 2013 June 28, 2013 at 9:26:59 PM UTC link Permalink

The English sentence (or proverb) should be "Many hands make light work". I translated the Amazigh sentence from the Esperanto or Dutch source sentence. Since it's a proverb, its literal translation would sound unnatural in Amazigh. This is why, I chose to suggest this translation which literary means: "From dialog there will come a solution". However, since you have attracted my attention to the meaning of the original proverb, I think that another proverb may suit better the meaning of the original one. In Amazigh, they say: "Afus deg ufus, taɛkemt ad tifsus" literally meaning "Hand in hand, a heavy burden will be lighter." Would this latter proverb suit better?

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #422902Vele handen maken licht werk..

Seg wemciweṛ ay d-tettekk tifrat.

added by Amastan, September 9, 2012
➜ #422902Vele handen maken licht werk.

linked by Amastan, September 9, 2012
➜ #1195851Multaj manoj igas laboron malpeza.

linked by Amastan, June 28, 2013
➜ #2032077Muchas manos hacen liviano el trabajo.

linked by Amastan, June 28, 2013
➜ #2532684

linked by Amastan, June 28, 2013
➜ #2532684

unlinked by Horus, January 20, 2015
➜ #270373Many hands make light work.

linked by Horus, January 20, 2015