Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Hebrew term or phrase:
פניני לשון
English translation:
language treasures
Added to glossary by
Ruth Rubina
Feb 25, 2008 20:39
16 yrs ago
Hebrew term
United States
Accurate, confidential, reliable.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Hebrew 
, Spanish
Works in: Hebrew to English, Spanish to English, English to Hebrew, and 2 more.
פניני לשון
Hebrew to English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
How to translate this idiom?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | language treasures |
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
|
| 4 | Choice words |
Tal Ganani (X)
|
| 4 | linguistic jewels |
Keren Terret
|
| 4 | words of wisdom |
Mary Jane Shubow
|
| 3 | Bywords |
Gad Kohenov
|
Proposed translations
6 mins
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israel
Israel
Israel
Scientist and Translator
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, Hebrew to German, Latin to German, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
3
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
6 mins
Gad Kohenov
Israel
Israel
Native in Hebrew
Works in field
Israel
30 years of experience+satisfied clients
Native in: French , Hebrew
Works in: English to Hebrew, Hebrew to English, French to Hebrew, and 8 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
6
Bywords
If you take Babylon's word for it!
7 mins
Choice words
A witty remark coming from a sharp tongue, for instance
14 mins
linguistic jewels
It's a fairly direct translation. See Amazon book review link below. Also, if you Google the "linguistic jewels", you'll see numerous more examples.
10 days
words of wisdom
The Hebrew idiom literally means language pearls, which I understand as valuable and precious sayings, which seems to me equivalent to the "words of wisdom" in English.
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Note added at 10 days (2008-03-06 22:51:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry for the typo in the example sentence. It should read --
Both the Bible and Shakespeare's writings contain many words of wisdom.
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Note added at 10 days (2008-03-06 22:51:44 GMT) Post-grading
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Sorry for the typo in the example sentence. It should read --
Both the Bible and Shakespeare's writings contain many words of wisdom.
Example sentence:
Both the Bible and Shakespeare's contain many words of wisdom.
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