Does this mean “dumb” as in “silent” and not “stupid”? If so, actually saying “silent” might be better because the first place my mind goes when I hear the word “dumb” is not “silent” but rather “stupid”.
Ugh, whats the english translation they’re using?
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Oh, sorry, they are translating this in English as “Danger makes dumb.”
Ugh, yes, either of these translations is a bit off. The meaning of stumm and stupid doesn’t correlate at all so your proposal would be better.
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Thanks! I’ll see about updating this on Tatoeba next time it comes up in my lessons.
It looks like someone else has already added “Danger makes mute.” as a translation, perhaps it’s slightly better?
They’ve changed it now to “danger makes you numb”, which I still don’t think captures the original meaning. If I understand it correctly, it means that you’re stunned into silence, so perhaps “danger leaves you speechless” would work better.