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Not sure which is the correct translation:
1.       Roswitha
4132 posts
 15 Jun 2008 Sun 02:02 am

Çok yaşayan bilmez, çok gezen bilir.
He that travells far knows much.

Literal translation: Not he who lived long knows, but he who traveled much knows.


Meaning: Experience counts more than years

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olmaz deme, olmaz olmaz. Never rule out the impossible

2.       longinotti1
1090 posts
 15 Jun 2008 Sun 03:58 am

Quoting Roswitha:

Çok yaşayan bilmez, çok gezen bilir.
He that travells far knows much.

Literal translation: Not he who lived long knows, but he who traveled much knows.


Meaning: Experience counts more than years

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olmaz deme, olmaz olmaz. Never rule out the impossible



My attempt. You probably already now that I tend toward literal.

"On that lives long doesn't (ever) know. One that travels much always knows."

3.       lady in red
6947 posts
 15 Jun 2008 Sun 10:11 am

Quoting Roswitha:

Çok yaşayan bilmez, çok gezen bilir.
He that travells far knows much.

Literal translation: Not he who lived long knows, but he who traveled much knows.


Meaning: Experience counts more than years



He who has lived long doesn't know, he who has travelled much does - meaning exactly what you said Ros!

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