Robert Jordan
"A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough."
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"A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough."
"الواثق بكل أحد أحمق، والواثق بلا أحد أحمق. وكلنا حمقى إن طال بنا العمر."
Robert Jordan
Winter's Heart
"Larine had a bright future ahead of her, but she had to learn to obey the rules before she could begin learning which could be broken and when."
"كان مستقبل لارين واعداً، لكن كان عليها أن تتعلم الانصياع للقواعد قبل أن تبدأ في استكشاف أيّها يمكن كسرها ومتى."
Robert Jordan
"I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not.-Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)"
"شَهِدتُ رجالًا يلقَونَ حتفَهم، لأنهم كانوا على يقينٍ بأن ما لا ينبغي أن يقع، لن يقع."
Robert Jordan
"What you practice too often, you use without thinking."
"ما أكثرت من ممارسته، أضحى فعلك له بلا روية."
Robert Jordan
"Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gai'don. the Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna"
"البُنيّات يسعين للمعرفة، والزُرق يتدخلن في القضايا، والبيض يتأملن مسائل الحقيقة بمنطق لا يلين. وكلنا نفعل شيئًا من كل ذلك، بالطبع. لكن أن تكوني خضراء، فهذا يعني أن تقفي على أهبة الاستعداد. في حروب الترولوك، كنا غالبًا ما نُدعى "أجاة المعركة". كل الأيس سيداي ساعدن حيثما ومتى استطعن، لكن الأجاة الخضراء وحدها كانت دائمًا مع الجيوش، في كل معركة تقريبًا. كنا الندّ لزعماء الرعب. أجاة المعركة. والآن نقف على أهبة الاستعداد، لعودة الترولوك جنوبًا، لتارمون غايدون، المعركة الأخيرة. سنكون هناك. هذا هو معنى أن تكوني خضراء. -ألانا"
Robert Jordan
"You're bloody insane, Karede," Mat said. "Unfortunately, so am I."
"أنت مجنون بحق يا كاريد،" قال مات. "ولسوء الحظ، أنا كذلك."
Robert Jordan
"Rand had changed a number of laws in Tear, especially those that weighed heavily on the poor, but he had been unable to change everything. He had not even known how to begin. Lews Therin began to maunder on about taxes and money creating jobs, but he might as well have been spilling out words at random for all the sense he made."
"غيّر راند عددًا من القوانين في تير، لا سيما تلك التي أثقلت كاهل الفقراء، لكنه لم يتمكن من تغيير كل شيء. لم يكن يدري حتى من أين يستهل. شرع لويس ثيرين في الهذيان عن الضرائب والمال الذي يخلق فرص عمل، وكأنما كان يرمي بالكلمات جزافًا، خالية من أي معنى."
Robert Jordan
"Nynaeve shook her head. She supposed it was one way to find money for the poor. Simply rob anyone who was not poor. Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end, but it might work for a time"
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The user wants a translation of a short English text into eloquent Fusha Arabic.
I need to capture the meaning and tone, avoiding a literal word-for-word translation.
Text: "Nynaeve shook her head. She supposed it was one way to find money for the poor. Simply rob anyone who was not poor. Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end, but it might work for a time"
Key phrases and their nuances:
- "Nynaeve shook her head": نينيف هزت رأسها (standard) or هزت نينيف رأسها (more common in Arabic narrative).
- "She supposed it was one way": افترضت أن هذه طريقة / رأت أن هذه إحدى الطرق. "رأت" or "اعتبرت" might fit better than "افترضت" to convey her internal thought process, perhaps with a touch of resignation or cynicism.
- "to find money for the poor": لإيجاد المال للفقراء / لتوفير المال للفقراء.
- "Simply rob anyone who was not poor": ببساطة، سرقة كل من ليس فقيراً / مجرد سلب الأغنياء. "سلب" or "نهب" might be stronger than "سرقة" to convey the idea of forceful taking. "كل من ليس فقيراً" is accurate.
- "Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end": بالطبع، هذا سيجعل الجميع فقراء في النهاية / لكن هذا، بطبيعة الحال، سيؤول بالجميع إلى الفقر. "سيؤول بالجميع إلى الفقر" is more elegant.
- "but it might work for a time": لكنه قد ينجح لبعض الوقت / لكنه قد يؤتي أكله لبرهة. "يؤتي أكله لبرهة" is more poetic.
Let's try to combine these:
نينيف هزت رأسها. رأت أن هذه إحدى الطرق لتوفير المال للفقراء: مجرد سلب كل من ليس فقيراً. بالطبع، هذا سيجعل الجميع فقراء في النهاية، لكنه قد ينجح لبعض الوقت.
Let's refine:
- "Nynaeve shook her head." -> هزت نينيف رأسها. (More natural flow)
- "She supposed it was one way to find money for the poor." -> وتخيلت أن هذه إحدى السبل لتوفير المال للفقراء. (تخيلت adds a touch of her internal, perhaps cynical, musing)
- "Simply rob anyone who was not poor." -> أن يُسلب كل من ليس فقيراً. (Passive voice for "rob" makes it sound more like a general principle she's observing, rather than an active command) or "ببساطة، سلب كل من ليس فقيراً." (This is also good, keeping the "simply" aspect). Let's go with "ببساطة، سلب كل من ليس فقيراً."
- "Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end," -> بالطبع، سيؤول هذا بالجميع إلى الفقر في نهاية المطاف، (أو "في آخر المطاف" or "في نهاية الأمر"). "في نهاية المطاف" is good.
- "but it might work for a time." -> لكنه قد يؤتي أكله لبرهة. (Poetic and fits the literary tone).
Revised attempt:
هزت نينيف رأسها. وتخيلت أن هذه إحدى السبل لتوفير المال للفقراء: ببساطة، سلب كل من ليس فقيراً. بالطبع، سيؤول هذا بالجميع إلى الفقر في نهاية المطاف، لكنه قد يؤتي أكله لبرهة.
This sounds good. It captures the meaning, the slightly cynical tone, and uses eloquent Fusha.
"تخيلت" (she imagined/supposed) works well.
"سلب" (plundering/robbing) is strong.
"يؤتي أكله لبرهة" (bear fruit for a moment/work for a time) is elegant.
"سيؤول هذا بالجميع إلى الفقر في نهاية المطاف" (this will lead everyone to poverty in the end) is also very good.
Final check for flow and accuracy.
"Nynaeve shook her head." -> هزت نينيف رأسها. (Perfect)
"She supposed it was one way to find money for the poor." -> وتخيلت أن هذه إحدى السبل لتوفير المال للفقراء. (Good, "تخيلت" implies a thought, a supposition, perhaps with a hint of irony or resignation).
"Simply rob anyone who was not poor." -> ببساطة، سلب كل من ليس فقيراً. (Accurate and concise).
"Of course, that would just make everyone poor in the end," -> بالطبع، سيؤول هذا بالجميع إلى الفقر في نهاية المطاف، (Eloquent and precise).
"but it might work for a time." -> لكنه قد يؤتي أكله لبرهة. (Poetic and conveys the temporary nature).
The translation seems solid."
Robert Jordan
"But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice."
Robert Jordan
"Sometimes she thought the Creator had only made men to cause trouble for women."
Robert Jordan
"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again."
Robert Jordan
"I'd run. But maybe you can't run. Think of that, too.' His yellow eyes seemed to look inward, and he sounded tired. 'Sometimes you can't run."
Robert Jordan
"I'm not a clever man, but I'm willing to listen to people who are, and I think you are. Just don't try poking me in the direction you want me to go. I don't like that Master Balwer."
Robert Jordan
"Oh, how long were the days of a man. When he strode upon the broken land. He sailed as far as a man could steer. And he never wished to lose his fear. For the fear of man is a thing untold. It keeps him safe, and it proves him bold!Don’t let fear make you cease to strive,for that fear it proves you remain alive!I will walk this broken road,and I will carry a heavy load!So come at me with your awful lies,I’m a man of truth and I’ll meet your eyes!"
Robert Jordan
"And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it. We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve."
Robert Jordan
"The only rules he wanted to remember were "never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars" and "never gamble without knowning a back way out"
Robert Jordan
"Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile."
Robert Jordan
"All was shattered, and all but memory lost, and one memory above all others, of him who brought the Shadow and the Breaking of the World. And him they named Dragon."
Robert Jordan
"I'll never forget the first time Davram took me by the scruff of my neck and showed me he was the stronger of us. It was magnificent! If a woman is stronger than her husband, she comes to despise him. She has the choice of either tyrannizing him or else making herself less in order not to make him less. If the husband is strong enough, though, she can be as strong as she is, as strong as she can grow to be."
Robert Jordan
"They were the sort who berated a man for meddling and chased him away, then berated him again for not being there when he was needed. Not that they would admit he was needed, even then, not them. Raise a hand to help and you were interfering, do nothing and you were an un-trustworthy wastrel."
Robert Jordan
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