Ìwà ní ńjọ oníwà lójú.
Where character shows
Original
Ìwà ní ńjọ oníwà lójú.
Glose littérale
- Ìwà character ní ńjọ is-what pleases oníwà its-owner lójú in-the-eye.
Anglais idiomatique
"Character is always remarkable (or good) in the opinion of its owner."
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Ce que cela signifie
Everyone approves of their own character.
Employé quand
Owomoyela: "One naturally approves of one's own character" Said to deflate a self-assessment.
Notes sur la traduction
Owomoyela's parenthetical "(or good)" records a genuine ambiguity in jọ... lójú, which covers both being pleasing to and seeming right to. The proverb is the Yorùbá statement of the problem that self-knowledge is not available by introspection, which is why entry 19 says the information has to come from other people.