صواب داشتن

English translation: for the sake/love of God

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Persian (Farsi) term or phrase:	ثواب داشتن
English translation:	for the sake/love of God

04:48 Apr 28, 2013

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Persian (Farsi) to English translations [PRO]
Religion

Persian (Farsi) term or phrase: صواب داشتن

Hi...

How is this verb expressed in English?

Thanks...

Masoud KL KudoZ activity Questions: 60 (4 open) Answers: 24
Local time: 19:58

for the sake/love of God

Explanation:
I guess it can be The best equivalence. It's a common expression mostly used in everyday conversation

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-04-28 06:53:34 GMT)
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You're very WELCOME

Selected response from:

Mahdieh Kandoei
United States
Local time: 12:28

Grading comment

thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

for the sake/love of God

Mahdieh Kandoei

5 +1

(you will) win/gain points in heaven

Edward Plaisance Jr

God will give you rewards

Mina Ahmadi

Doing the 'right' thing

Greg Watson

Good Cause

Habibulla Josefi

Benevolent Act

Habibulla Josefi

Discussion entries: 4

Answers

20 mins confidence:

God will give you rewards

Explanation:

Mina Ahmadi
United States
Local time: 12:28
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

for the sake/love of God

Mahdieh Kandoei
United States
Local time: 12:28
Native speaker of:

Persian (Farsi)
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

thanks!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Actually this IS a pretty good one... Thanks!

7 hrs confidence:

Doing the 'right' thing

Explanation:
"!تو رو خدا کار ما رو هم راه بندازین ثواب داره"...
"I swear, you getting this job underway for us is the right thing to do."

Its true that in Persian many of the idioms have a religious background, but if we want to give them a culturally appropriate interpretive translation into a colloquial English context we may need to take God out of some of these phrases. For example translating انشالله as 'hopefully' rather than 'God willing'.

The idiom "doing the 'right' thing" in English can carry the connotation of an act that is both good for society and that God might approve of, without mentioning God.

See the following for some examples:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/doing_the_right_t...

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Note added at 17 hrs (2013-04-28 21:48:36 GMT)
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Yes, you are right - the context is all important. So in a religious context maybe a better translation would be "you'll be rewarded"? Again everyone understands from the context that it is God doing the rewarding, although he is not mentioned.

I'm afraid I can't agree with Mahdieh, because "for the love of God" is used as a term conveying exasperation in colloquial English.

Greg Watson
Local time: 04:28
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: But how can we translate "do the right thing" from English to "ثواب داره" when the subject is not exactly clear? Since this expression has a religious background, I think we should be looking for something that is a little religious-style in English, too... This expression can't be translated from English to Persian as "ثواب داره"... I'm looking for something more mutual (If this is the correct way to say it...)...

2 days 13 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

(you will) win/gain points in heaven

Explanation:
we really do not have common expression like this in English...but you could easily use this to give it a small religious connotation...for example, you see someone giving money to a beggar...you could say "that will gain points in heaven"

Edward Plaisance Jr
Local time: 12:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 135

2 days 16 hrs confidence:

Good Cause

Explanation:
Doing something for " a good cause"

Habibulla Josefi
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Dari

2 days 16 hrs confidence:

Benevolent Act

Explanation:
Also, it can be said : Benevolent Act.

Habibulla Josefi
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Dari

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