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# I said about laughter, "It is crazy,"

The direct quotation can be translated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "I said that laughter is crazy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])

# laughter

If your language has a special word for laughter about meaningless things, you might want to use it here.

# What use is it?

The author uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that pleasure is useless. Alternate translation: "It is useless." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# I said about laughter, "It is crazy,"`

From PDF Ecclesiastes 1-4 2019-03-28 21:48:58 +00:00			`The direct quotation can be translated as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: "I said that laughter is crazy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])`

			`# laughter`

			`If your language has a special word for laughter about meaningless things, you might want to use it here.`
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			`# What use is it?`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`The author uses a rhetorical question to emphasize that pleasure is useless. Alternate translation: "It is useless." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]])`
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