Patience comes easy to old, wise woman!
Chinese translation: 明智的老妇人容易有耐心！
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| 4 +1 | 明智的老妇人容易有耐心！ |
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| 5 | 年长聪慧的妇人常与耐心相伴！ |
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| 4 | 贤达的女人上了年纪，要有耐心并不难。 |
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| 4 | 对年长而睿智的女性来说，耐心並非难事 |
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| 4 | 象我这种耐心，你只能期望从贤达、年长的老奶奶那里获得 |
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| 3 | 对于有智慧的老年妇女来说，忍耐会是一件容易的事。 |
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11 hrs confidence: 
对于有智慧的老年妇女来说，忍耐会是一件容易的事。 Explanation: Well, I am still not so sure in what context you want to use it, epecially who is the person in relation to the speaker. Do you want to say it in a philosophical way or joking way? Here comes my shot of it: Patience comes easy to old, wise woman! 对于有智慧的老年妇女来说，忍耐会是一件容易的事。 |
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14 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1明智的老妇人容易有耐心！ Explanation: 我基本同意 Kevin 的理解，也和他一样对说话人的态度、口气和语言风格没有把握，只是试探性地提出几种可能的译法供您参考。 明智的老妇人容易有耐心！ 年龄和智慧，带给女人耐心！ 聪明的女人，老了自然有耐心！ 饱经事故的老太太有的是耐性！ 对饱经事故的老太太来说，忍耐何其容易！ 我老了，还不糊涂，耐性有的是！ -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-03-23 19:12:45 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 也许可以做另一种理解： “你这女人真聪明，看准了老人有耐心!\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-03-25 22:11:40 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 根据您提供的新的信息，我建议译为： 年长而聪慧的女人，总是很有耐心！ \"patience comes easy\" 是一个俗语，意思大概是“耐心不难”（只有好的结果可以期待）。放在这个句子里，就是说，岁月与智慧给了女性以涵养，有耐心是很自然的。 所以，如果不拘泥于字句，这句话也可以简单地译为： “岁月与智慧给了女性以涵养。” |
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16 hrs confidence:
贤达的女人上了年纪，要有耐心并不难。 Explanation: 贤达的女人上了年纪，要有耐心并不难。 用上了年纪，避免用老，可能更好一些。美国人说老年人为Senior citizen，新加坡说老年人为乐龄，都有避讳的意思。 贤达以往多用于男性，在现在男女平等的时代，用于女性应该提倡。 -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-03-23 16:52:24 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 贤达 - 也是Wise的一个中文翻译，贤明达观的意思。 |
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1 day 10 hrs confidence:
年长聪慧的妇人常与耐心相伴！ Explanation: 年长聪慧的妇人常与耐心相伴！ 前天几位同仁的译法均不错，在此我仅提出一个自认为比较简洁的译法，请诸位指正。 |
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4 days confidence:
对年长而睿智的女性来说，耐心並非难事 Explanation: Just resending this answer that was mistakenly hided. |
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5 days confidence:
象我这种耐心，你只能期望从贤达、年长的老奶奶那里获得 Explanation: It's a friendly critism. |
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