unfoldingWord_en_tn/ecc/01/16.md

# I have spoken to my heart

Here the author refers to himself by his "heart" to emphasize his feelings. AT: "I have spoken to myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# My mind has seen

Here the author refers to himself by his "mind" to emphasize what he has learned. AT: "I have gained" or "I have learned"

# I applied my heart

Here the author refers to himself by his "heart" to emphasize his feelings. AT: "I determined" or "I applied myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# madness and folly

The words "madness" and "folly" share similar meanings and refer to foolish thinking and behavior, respectively. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# an attempt to shepherd the wind

The author says learning wisdom and madness and folly is as useless as trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](./12.md). AT: "as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I have spoken to my heart`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here the author refers to himself by his "heart" to emphasize his feelings. AT: "I have spoken to myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# My mind has seen`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here the author refers to himself by his "mind" to emphasize what he has learned. AT: "I have gained" or "I have learned"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# I applied my heart`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here the author refers to himself by his "heart" to emphasize his feelings. AT: "I determined" or "I applied myself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`

			`# madness and folly`

			`The words "madness" and "folly" share similar meanings and refer to foolish thinking and behavior, respectively. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])`

			`# an attempt to shepherd the wind`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The author says learning wisdom and madness and folly is as useless as trying to control the wind. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:14](./12.md). AT: "as useless as trying to control the wind" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/foolish]]`