From a7f59e8ad84457b253a0cccdf8a44db51dd10244 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 19:28:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update ecc/05/11.md --- ecc/05/11.md | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/ecc/05/11.md b/ecc/05/11.md index 85232045a4..3c67c46670 100644 --- a/ecc/05/11.md +++ b/ecc/05/11.md @@ -1,16 +1,15 @@ # As prosperity increases -The word "prosperity" may be expressed as an adjective. Alternate translation: "As a person becomes more prosperous" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]]) +"As a person becomes more prosperous" # so also do the people who consume it -Possible meanings are 1) "so also the person spends more money" or 2) "so also there will be more people who use his wealth." +"so also the person spends more money" or "so also there will be more people who use his wealth." # who consume it -This speaks of people spending wealth as if they were "eating" it. Alternate translation: "who use it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"who use it" # What advantage in wealth is there to the owner except to watch it with his eyes? -The author uses this rhetorical question to emphasize that the wealthy do not benefit from their wealth. This question can be written as a statement. Alternate translation: "The only benefit that the owner has from wealth is that he can look at it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) - +"The only benefit that the owner has from wealth is that he can look at it" \ No newline at end of file