Mientras más amistad, más claridad.

English translation: The closer the relationship, the more specific you need to be / "Good fences make good neighbors"

16:38 Aug 18, 2008

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Spanish term or phrase: Mientras más amistad, más claridad.

I am working on a text that describes how different cultures do business. This seems to be explaining the belief in certain Spanish-speaking countries that "the friendlier you are with someone, the more open/specific you can be." I wanted to know if I am getting the essence of this phrase, first of all, and if anyone can think of an equivalent saying in English that gets the same idea across.

Thanks in advance for your help!

Gabrielle Parnes Garcia KudoZ activity Questions: 31 (none open) (2 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 03:41

English translation:The closer the relationship, the more specific you need to be / "Good fences make good neighbors"

Explanation:
The way I see it as a native SPA speaker, this means that the closer the relationship is with the other party, the greater the established clarity/transparency needs to be.

There is another saying in Spanish that goes "Cuentas claras conservan amistades" - "Good fences make good neighbors", as per this Kudoz and another reference:

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/idioms_maxims_s...

http://wordcurious.com/wordlists/1-spanish-folk-sayings/entr...

My 2 cents...

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Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 05:41

Grading comment

This seemed to really fit in with exactly what the text was trying to say. Thank you so much.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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4 +2

As friendship builds, so does communication

Lydia De Jorge

The closer the relationship, the more specific you need to be / "Good fences make good neighbors"

Daniel Coria

Stronger friendship, more clarity

Sp-EnTranslator

friends can call a spade a spade

Giovanni Rengifo

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37 mins confidence:

The closer the relationship, the more specific you need to be / "Good fences make good neighbors"

Daniel Coria
Argentina
Local time: 05:41
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 79

Grading comment

This seemed to really fit in with exactly what the text was trying to say. Thank you so much.

39 mins confidence:

Stronger friendship, more clarity

Explanation:
ENTRE MAS AMISTAD, MAS CLARIDAD. (The greater the friendship, the more need for frankness.) Stronger friendship, more clarity.

HTH

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Sp-EnTranslator
United States
Local time: 04:41
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16

5 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

As friendship builds, so does communication

Explanation:

building trust, opens communication

Lydia De Jorge
United States
Local time: 03:41
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in category: 97

6 hrs confidence:

friends can call a spade a spade

Explanation:
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Giovanni Rengifo
Colombia
Local time: 03:41
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 96

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