[vn-trans] eulogy & Guile

[Phuong Nguyen]

Josh,

My dictionary defines guile as: sự lừa đảo, sự lừa gạt, mư mẹo, thủ đoạn, xảo trá
 
(Note: if you don't see the above in correct Vietnamese, you need to change view/encoding to Unicode UTF-8)
 
Example:
 
- to take something from somebody by guile
lừa ai lấy vật gì

- a man full of guile
con người xảo trá lắm mư mẹo

So I would translate the sentence something like this: "Bà ấy là một người có tấm lòng trong sạch." or "Cuộc đời chị chưa bao giờ có một vết nhơ."
 
Hope that helps.
 
 
Hoai Phuong
 
 

Joshua Ford <jford at byu.net> wrote:
Hello all,
 
I am translating a eulogy and am struggling with the phrase "She truly was one in whom there was no guile".  Specifically, the word guile.  The dictionary translations I am finding indicate a sense of guile meaning wanting to kill someone.  This is simply not the case I want to indicate.
 
I think the sense I am trying to convey is more of...she didn't judge anyone, she respected everyone, she befriended everyone etc...
 
Thank you,
 
Joshua

 
 
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