2007-03-29 04:58:04 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
i think we need to know the target language in order to translate it
in spanish it would be "La suerte favorece al valiente"
in italian: "La fortuna favorisce i coraggiosi"
2007-03-29 05:03:14 · answer #1 · answered by Queen of the Rÿche 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
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2017-01-22 14:13:09 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The origin of the phrase is Virgil's Aeneid, and the original Latin was:
Fortes fortuna adiuvat.
The Roman Claudian used a similar phrase in his Epistles (IV, 9):
Fors juvat audentes,
Either may be translated as either "Fortune favors the bold" or "Fortune favors the brave."
An English version, as Fortune Favors the Brave, was the motto of the Republic of Texas Navy.
2007-03-29 13:02:18 · answer #3 · answered by Tom L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry you do need to specify the language. In Latin it is Fortes Fortuna adjuvat. It actually means Fortune helps the brave, a quotation from Terence.
2007-03-29 05:10:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You must not translate proverbs literally. You have to look for proverbs in the target language which convey the same message.
The equivalent proverbs in Italian are:
Fortuna va col coraggio
(literally, Fortune goes with courage - also in the metaphorical sense of "goes with" - I don't have to spell it out)
and
Fortuna va presa dai capelli
(literally, Fortune must be grabbed by the hair - again, this alludes to the symbology of Fortune as a woman with long hair blowing in the unstable winds of fate)
2007-03-29 06:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by Cosimo )O( 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In french: La fortune sourit aux audacieux
2007-03-29 09:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by Topaps 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
la fortune favorise le braver - french
Vermögen bevorzugt das tapfere - german
a fortuna favorece o bravo - portuguese
благоприятствует удача смелых - russian!!
these are from the google translate tool.
2007-03-29 05:10:23 · answer #7 · answered by bottomburps 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Are you looking for a translation into another language or an interpretation? If the latter: "If you want to win, you've got to play."
2007-03-29 05:06:04 · answer #8 · answered by tracymoo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2017-02-17 15:24:41 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means you make your own luck by launching out and being brave.
What language do you want to translate it into? You forgot that part.
2007-03-29 05:24:33 · answer #10 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A sorte favorece os corajosos.
2007-03-29 05:13:13 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋