please help translate 2 phrases.

[khahlin]

Yield not to fate, for choice opposees destiny.

 

and

 

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be.

 

 

 

I had a friend translate it into

 

昨日种种譬如昨日死，今日种种譬如今日生

 

does this translation make any sense?

[Lu]

No. It means 'Yesterday all kinds of for example yesterday die, today all kinds of for example today live'.

[skylee]

Re #2.  Not sure if that is a serious reply.  Have you read/heard Cao Cao's 短歌行？ "譬如朝露，去日苦多"? "For example"? Seriously?

http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cgi-bin/agrep-lindict?query=Ĵ&category=wholerecord

[Lu]

Seriously? No, I haven't read Cao Cao's poetry. There is a rather large number of things I haven't read, and Cao Cao is among them. I don't mind my mistakes being pointed out, but there is no need to be sarcastic.

Perhaps when you're done pointing out where I get it wrong, you can give the OP a better answer than I could.

[Tiana]

khahlin: does this translation make any sense?

My answer: the "translation" makes some sense but has no connection with the original English. The "translator" probably didn't understand what the original English means.

(The so-called "translation" is in fact a well-known quote, and not a translation  )

 

PS: Personally, I think "昨日种种譬如昨日死，今日种种譬如今日生" means "Forget the past, live the present!"

[khahlin]

thank you for the replies so far.  i did notice that i had a typo in the original post.

 

Yield not to fate, for choiceopposes destiny.

 

and

 

Let go of the battle. Breathe quietly and let it be.

 

 

Typo fixed.

 

If "昨日种种譬如昨日死，今日种种譬如今日生" is in fact a Quote and not a translation then pls kindly translate.

 

I know google translate doesn't do much in terms of accuracy when it comes to phrases so that is out of the picture.