«Después --añadió la santa--, el pobre hombre ha tenido que valerse de mil arbitrios no muy limpios para poder vivir, porque es preciso vivir... Hay que ser indulgente con la miseria, y otorgarle un poquitín de licencia para el mal».
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"Then," the holy woman added, "the poor man has had to resort to all sorts of shady tricks to get by, because a man's got to live... One must be lenient with destitution and grant it a little leeway for wrongdoing."
Translated by markvanroode 9928 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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"Then," the holy woman added, "the poor man has had to resort to all sorts of shady tricks to get by, because a man's got to live... The poor man has had to resort to a thousand not-so-clean expedients to make a living, for one must live... One must be lenient with destitution and grant it a little leeway for wrongdoing."
Translated by markvanroode 9928 2 weeks, 1 day ago
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"Then, the holy woman added, "the poor man has had to resort to all sorts of shady tricks to get by, because a man's got to live... The poor man has had to resort to a thousand not-so-clean expedients to make a living, for one must live... One must be lenient with destitution and grant it a little leeway for wrongdoing."
Translated by markvanroode 9928 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Discussion

Oops! Thanks, marina.

by markvanroode 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Hi Mark. You have left your 2 translations.
1) the poor man has had to resort to all sorts of shady tricks to get by, because a man's got to live...
2) The poor man has had to resort to a thousand not-so-clean expedients to make a living, for one must live.

by marina 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Merci.

by markvanroode 2 weeks, 1 day ago

''Then, ''

by Boot2 2 weeks, 1 day ago

"the poor man ...... The poor man has had
You'll have to choose. ;-)

by marina 2 weeks, 1 day ago