"Question Everything" in all Languages

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 13 Sep 2003 04:05

Hello! I would like to know how to say AND write what "Question Everything" is in all possible langauges. What I have so far is:

German - Frage alles.
Irish - Ceistigh gach. (Not grammatically correct)

These were made by a friend, please if inaccurate please correct:

French - Question tout
Spanish - Pregunda todo

Thanks.

Beaumont · Post by **Beaumont** » 13 Sep 2003 05:01

Esenthiel wrote:Hello! I would like to know how to say AND write what "Question Everything" is in all possible langauges.

Do you mean "You can ask any question"? This is what you got so far in French, Spanish... (French and Spanish had been inverted by the way).

If you mean "Question Everything" in the sense of "Don't take everything for granted", then the translations won't be the same.

Also, if it is an advice to someone, please tell us if you will address one person or several people.

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 13 Sep 2003 05:58

I found correct translations of Spanish and French. They are Pregunta todo, and Question Tout. It's a statement, saying "Question everything" - I don't know how to make it any clearer.

MaisseArsouye · Post by **MaisseArsouye** » 13 Sep 2003 10:18

"question tout " doesn't mean anything in french !

maybe you should try "demander tout" or "questionner sur tout"

tseo2 · Post by **tseo2** » 13 Sep 2003 14:19

hi
Well, in Swissgerman it would be "Frög alles" or "Froog alles". -

But it makes not very much sense, even your german "Frage alles" is not used. "Frage nach allem" would be more precise, if you want someone to allow to ask for anything. Or "Alles in Frage stellen" would mean to have doubts in everything.

SubEspion · Post by **SubEspion** » 13 Sep 2003 14:27

I think it means in French « Se questionner sur tout » or « Tout
questionner » but the first translation does not have any sense...

bambino · Post by **bambino** » 13 Sep 2003 20:58

In Croatian it doesn't make any sence, but here you are: PITAJ SVE,
does it make ANY sence in English at all? I have never heard that before, weird, but ok...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 13 Sep 2003 23:29

Hi

I guess "Question everything" is the same construction as the famous saying: "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil".

The meaning would be: 'Don't take anyting for granted'.

That's for the English translation (I hope)

In French (assuming it's a general order to many people), it would be:
"Doutez de tout", if the accent is on scepticism, or "Posez des questions sur tout", if the accent is on learning.

Maybe Esenthiel could confirm the meaning so we can all get on with it. Certainly "Question tout" doesn't mean anything.

Regards

ChrisP

ChrisP · Post by **ChrisP** » 13 Sep 2003 23:31

Uh Oh,
I forgot to log in again!

ChrisP

Esenthiel · Post by **Esenthiel** » 14 Sep 2003 00:27

Yes, I was given a couple of inaccurate translations by friends who said they could speak those languages.

. I'm having trouble putting it in a way you could understand, instead of saying "You should question everything," - it's just "question everything." It's the verbal form of question, I guess sentence fragments are difficult to translate sometimes. I know they're difficult to translate into Gaelic.

helena · Post by **helena** » 14 Sep 2003 00:29

Anonymous wrote:The meaning would be: 'Don't take anyting for granted'.

In that case, in croatian it would be: "Sumnjaj u sve". (or "Sumnjajte u sve." if plural)

serenita · Post by **serenita** » 14 Sep 2003 00:45

SubEspion wrote:I think it means in French « Se questionner sur tout » or « Tout
questionner »

Yes, or simply "Questionne tout", which was perhaps what your friend wanted to say at first, and he just made a little spelling mistake.

Pontus · Post by **Pontus** » 14 Sep 2003 22:03

Swedish: 'Ifrågasätta allt'

Olivier · Post by **Olivier** » 15 Sep 2003 09:13

Hello, I think that indeed the meaning would be in French "Remets tout en question" or "Doute de tout", as was suggested above.
And in Hungarian "Vonj kétségbe mindent!". Or perhaps rather "Vond kétségbe a világot!" = Question the whole world!
-- Olivier

Soleil · Post by **Soleil** » 15 Sep 2003 13:19

Esenthiel wrote:I guess sentence fragments are difficult to translate sometimes.

Do you mean this is part of a sentence? In this case, could you give us the sentence?

About Serenita and Olivier's proposals in French, it also depends if you're talking to a friend or to a more distant person; otherwise, if it's to many people, it's like ChrisP (among others) has suggested.

Basically, I would say we can only help if you help us understand

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