Thread: don't make your people fool you with their silence

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Пусть вас не обманывает молчание вашего народа.

Thanks but what's the difference between your sentence and " Не дайте вашему народу обмануть вас своему молчанию "
hope someone can explain it to know what is better to choose

Originally Posted by thedriver51

Thanks but what's the difference between your sentence and "Не дайте вашему народу обмануть вас своему молчанию "
hope someone can explain it to know what is better to choose

"Не дайте вашему народу обмануть вас своим молчанием" - This sentence means "people want to decieve you but you have to resist that intention of your people". I don't think you mean that. In English you don't even notice such kind of possible interpretation because in English it is a literary cliche. I provided you with an equivalent cliche in Russian ("Пусть вас не обманывает...") instead of word-by-word translation which is ambiguous and not completely comprehensible in my opinion.