Sep 16, 2003 10:49
20 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.
Vale mais quem Deus ajuda do que quem muito madruga.
Non-PRO
Portuguese to English
Other
Na série de provérbios que iniciei há uns tempos este é mais um.
Proposed translations
(English)
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PRO (1): leddado
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Proposed translations
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3 hrs
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God helps those who help themselves
God helps those who help themselves. SAYING
said to show you believe that if you make an effort to achieve something, you will be successful
(Cambridge Dictionary)
said to show you believe that if you make an effort to achieve something, you will be successful
(Cambridge Dictionary)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement."
50 mins
Douglas Divers
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Accuracy, Integrity, Prompt Delivery
Native in: English 
Works in: Portuguese to English, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
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46
He who God helps is worth more than he who helps himself a lot.
This is a twist on the expression, "God helps him who helps himself."
+1
2 hrs
Roberto Cavalcanti
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
Brazil
Engineer, translator on tech/ business
Native in: Portuguese
Works in: English to Portuguese
Related KudoZ points
:
309
it's better be lucky than hard-worker
I don't agree but:
- this is the idea
- a little bit of luck helps a lot
- this is the idea
- a little bit of luck helps a lot
Peer comment(s):
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rhandler
: É o que mais se aproxima, até agora (5 respostas)
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Grato
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: sorry Roberto, it's not grammatical..It's better to be lucky than to work hard OR Luck is better than hard work
1 hr
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Jane, larga deu
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airmailrpl
: it's better (to) be lucky than (a) hard-worker
3 hrs
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Larga deu mané
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Daniel Marcus
: Roberto, doesn't this proverb mean the opposite of what you say... i.e. those who work hard will get the rewards??
17 hrs
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Daniel, not the way it's written, I know this one as: Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga, whis has the meaning you said.
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Whom God teaches not, man cannot
tambéem pode ser:
God's help is better than early rising
they are well guided that God guides
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Note added at 2003-09-16 23:33:04 (GMT)
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FRASES LATINAS
Mais vale a quem Deus ajuda que quem muito madruga.
God\'s help is better than early rising.
Rien ne réussit si Dieu n\'y donne sa bénédiction.
in
http://www.geocities.com/hkocher/maximasA.htm
God's help is better than early rising
they are well guided that God guides
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Note added at 2003-09-16 23:33:04 (GMT)
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FRASES LATINAS
Mais vale a quem Deus ajuda que quem muito madruga.
God\'s help is better than early rising.
Rien ne réussit si Dieu n\'y donne sa bénédiction.
in
http://www.geocities.com/hkocher/maximasA.htm
+3
2 hrs
airmailrpl
Brazil
Brazil
Native in Portuguese
&
English
Brazil
Technical - Fast - good price - accurate
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
3881
God helps he who helps himself
155. Blumentritt, Leitmeritz, 29 September 1890
... is good for the Philippine cause that the friars have only intriguers at their services and not men of talent - God helps he who helps himself - The artistic ...
www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/ apsis/aufi/rizal/rbcor155.htm
eye - GET OFF YOUR ASS! A walk would do you good - 09.28.95
... For more caring info, call 340-WALK. GOD HELPS HE WHO HELPS HIMSELF. Bet you didn't know that it's Self-Help Week this week. But
www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_09.28.95/NEWS/ass0928.htm
Worship or Self
... Some see this as a beneficial situation where "God helps he who helps himself" if you will. There is another way to view this relationship. ...
www.churchofsatan.org/selfworship.html
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Note added at 5 hrs 57 mins (2003-09-16 16:46:52 GMT)
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God alone understands fools.
- (French) [Proverbs]
God and man think him a fool who brags of his own great wisdom.
- [Proverbs]
God comes at last, when we think he is farthest off.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God cometh with leaden feet, but striketh with iron hands.
- [Proverbs]
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
- (Jewish) [Proverbs]
God created a world full of little worlds.
- (Yiddish) [Proverbs]
God cures the sick, and the doctor gets the money.
- (German) [Proverbs]
God cures, and the doctor gets the money.
- (Dutch) [Proverbs]
God cures, and the doctor takes the fee.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God defend you from the devil, the eye of a harlot, and the turn of a die.
- [Proverbs]
God delays but doesn\'t forget.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God deliver me from a man of one book.
- (Dutch, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night.
- (Dutch, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God did not create hurry.
- (Finnish) [Proverbs]
God did not create woman from man\'s head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather from his side, that she should be near his heart.
- (Hebrew) [Proverbs]
God does not give to the cow that butts.
- (Russian) [Proverbs]
God does not pay weekly, but pays at the end.
- (Dutch) [Proverbs]
God does not smite with both hands.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gave teeth; He will give bread.
- (Lithuanian) [Proverbs]
God give you luck, my son, for little wit must serve your turn.
- (Portuguese, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gives a curst one short horns.
- (Italian) [Proverbs]
God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives almonds to one who has no teeth.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gives birds their food, but they must fly for it.
- (Dutch) [Proverbs]
God gives burdens, also shoulders.
- (Jewish) [Proverbs]
God gives clothes according to the cold.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives little folks small gifts.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives the cold according to the cloth.
- (French) [Proverbs]
God gives the milk, but not the pail.
- (Romanian) [Proverbs]
God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
- (German) [Proverbs]
God gives the will, necessity gives the law.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives wings to the ant that she may perish the sooner.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gives, but man must open his hand.
- (German) [Proverbs]
God grant me a good sword and no use for it.
- (Polish) [Proverbs]
God grant me to argue with those who understand me.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God grant me to contend with those that understand me.
- [Proverbs]
God grant me to dispute with those who understand me.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God grant, dear wife, that this son be ours.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God has given nuts to one who has no teeth.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God heals and the doctor has the thanks.
- (Italian) [Proverbs]
God heals, and the doctor gets the money.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God help the sheep when the wolf is the judge.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God helps him who helps himself.
- (French, Italian, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God helps the early riser.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God helps the strongest.
- (Dutch, German) [Proverbs]
God helps them that help themselves.
- (German, Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.
- (French) [Proverbs]
God is a good worker but loves to be helped.
- (Basque) [Proverbs]
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Note added at 12 hrs 4 mins (2003-09-16 22:54:05 GMT)
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I need a translation:
\"Larga deu mané \" No clue what this means!!
... is good for the Philippine cause that the friars have only intriguers at their services and not men of talent - God helps he who helps himself - The artistic ...
www.univie.ac.at/Voelkerkunde/ apsis/aufi/rizal/rbcor155.htm
eye - GET OFF YOUR ASS! A walk would do you good - 09.28.95
... For more caring info, call 340-WALK. GOD HELPS HE WHO HELPS HIMSELF. Bet you didn't know that it's Self-Help Week this week. But
www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_09.28.95/NEWS/ass0928.htm
Worship or Self
... Some see this as a beneficial situation where "God helps he who helps himself" if you will. There is another way to view this relationship. ...
www.churchofsatan.org/selfworship.html
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Note added at 5 hrs 57 mins (2003-09-16 16:46:52 GMT)
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God alone understands fools.
- (French) [Proverbs]
God and man think him a fool who brags of his own great wisdom.
- [Proverbs]
God comes at last, when we think he is farthest off.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God cometh with leaden feet, but striketh with iron hands.
- [Proverbs]
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
- (Jewish) [Proverbs]
God created a world full of little worlds.
- (Yiddish) [Proverbs]
God cures the sick, and the doctor gets the money.
- (German) [Proverbs]
God cures, and the doctor gets the money.
- (Dutch) [Proverbs]
God cures, and the doctor takes the fee.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God defend you from the devil, the eye of a harlot, and the turn of a die.
- [Proverbs]
God delays but doesn\'t forget.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God deliver me from a man of one book.
- (Dutch, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God deliver us from a gentleman by day and a friar by night.
- (Dutch, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God did not create hurry.
- (Finnish) [Proverbs]
God did not create woman from man\'s head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she should be his slave, but rather from his side, that she should be near his heart.
- (Hebrew) [Proverbs]
God does not give to the cow that butts.
- (Russian) [Proverbs]
God does not pay weekly, but pays at the end.
- (Dutch) [Proverbs]
God does not smite with both hands.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gave teeth; He will give bread.
- (Lithuanian) [Proverbs]
God give you luck, my son, for little wit must serve your turn.
- (Portuguese, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gives a curst one short horns.
- (Italian) [Proverbs]
God gives all birds their food but does not drop it into their nests.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives almonds to one who has no teeth.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gives birds their food, but they must fly for it.
- (Dutch) [Proverbs]
God gives burdens, also shoulders.
- (Jewish) [Proverbs]
God gives clothes according to the cold.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives little folks small gifts.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives the cold according to the cloth.
- (French) [Proverbs]
God gives the milk, but not the pail.
- (Romanian) [Proverbs]
God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
- (German) [Proverbs]
God gives the will, necessity gives the law.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God gives wings to the ant that she may perish the sooner.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God gives, but man must open his hand.
- (German) [Proverbs]
God grant me a good sword and no use for it.
- (Polish) [Proverbs]
God grant me to argue with those who understand me.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God grant me to contend with those that understand me.
- [Proverbs]
God grant me to dispute with those who understand me.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God grant you good fortune, my son, for knowledge avails you little.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God grant, dear wife, that this son be ours.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God has given nuts to one who has no teeth.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God heals and the doctor has the thanks.
- (Italian) [Proverbs]
God heals, and the doctor gets the money.
- (Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God help the sheep when the wolf is the judge.
- (Danish) [Proverbs]
God helps him who helps himself.
- (French, Italian, Spanish) [Proverbs]
God helps the early riser.
- (Spanish) [Proverbs]
God helps the strongest.
- (Dutch, German) [Proverbs]
God helps them that help themselves.
- (German, Portuguese) [Proverbs]
God helps three sorts of people: fools, children and drunkards.
- (French) [Proverbs]
God is a good worker but loves to be helped.
- (Basque) [Proverbs]
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Note added at 12 hrs 4 mins (2003-09-16 22:54:05 GMT)
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I need a translation:
\"Larga deu mané \" No clue what this means!!
Peer comment(s):
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Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
: him, direct object....:)
1 hr
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same phrase with 'he' => 14 times on Google.. with 'him' => 102 times on google
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Daniel Marcus
: sorry, airmail, those/themselves works better. Great proverb examples, though.
8 hrs
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I forgot to give the site - it is full of sayings and proverbs
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suesimons
: God helps those who help themselves, I think.
4 days
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I hope he helps us all !!!
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leddado
: Larga deu means leave me and mané is a short name od Manoel and means idiot, fool.
1091 days
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Thanks - but I don't know who posted that request - I didn't - must be a system glitch .. anyways you are reviewing "ancient history" on Kudoz from 2003
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10 hrs
[in support of Clarice's answer]
Just to say:
Quem madruga Deus o ajuda = G-d helps those who help themselves. Or so according to the Dicionario Porto Editora.
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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs 7 mins (2003-09-17 12:57:20 GMT)
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Could it be something like: It\'s better to help G-d than to help yourself... ???
Quem madruga Deus o ajuda = G-d helps those who help themselves. Or so according to the Dicionario Porto Editora.
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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs 7 mins (2003-09-17 12:57:20 GMT)
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Could it be something like: It\'s better to help G-d than to help yourself... ???
Peer comment(s):
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Roberto Cavalcanti
: Yes but this one is the opposite as the one Henrique posted
14 hrs
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1092 days
God's help is worthful than ourselves helping
This is oposite of anoter quote which says: "Deus ajuda quem cedo madruga" which means: "God helps who wake up very early in the morning", in other words, who works hard. In this case it doesn't matter if the guy wake up early, if God decides to help another guy.
4026 days
Seth Phillips
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
M.S. Leg/Fin Translator - 12 yrs - MemoQ
Native in: English (Variants: UK, US, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, French to English, and 2 more.
Related KudoZ points
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16
God helps the early riser
My personal suggestion for simpler phrase
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