Translating Sentences

References to Irving Copi, Symbolic Logic, are to the fifth edition, Macmillan, 1979.

Translations at pp. 69-70

  1. Snakes are reptiles. Answer
  2. Snakes are not all poisonous. Answer
  3. Children are present. Answer
  4. Executives all have secretaries. Answer
  5. Only executives have secretaries. Answer
  6. Only property owners may vote in special municipal elections. Answer
  7. Employees may use only the service elevator. Answer
  8. Only employees may use the service elevator. Answer
  9. All that glitters is not gold. Answer
  10. None but the brave deserve the fair. Answer
  11. Not every visitor stayed for dinner. Answer
  12. Not any visitor stayed for dinner. Answer
  13. Nothing in the house escaped destruction. Answer
  14. Some students are both intelligent and hard workers. Answer
  15. No coat is waterproof unless it has been specially treated. Answer
  16. Some medicines are dangerous only if taken in excessive amounts. Answer
  17. All fruits and vegetables are wholesome and delicious. Answer
  18. Everything enjoyable is either immoral, illegal, or fattening. Answer
  19. A professor is a good lecturer if and only if he is both well-informed and entertaining. Answer
  20. Only policemen and firemen are both indispensable and underpaid. Answer
  21. Not every actor is talented who is famous. Answer
  22. Any girl is healthy if she is well nourished and exercises regularly. Answer
  23. It is not true that every watch will keep good time if and only if it is wound regularly and not abused. Answer
  24. Not every person who talks a great deal has a great deal to say. Answer
  25. No automobile that is over ten years old will be repaired if it is severely damaged. Answer

    Translations at p. 70

  26. Some horses are gentle and have been well trained. Answer
  27. Some horses are gentle only if they have been well trained. Answer
  28. Some horses are gentle if they have been well trained. Answer
  29. Any horse is gentle that has been well trained. Answer
  30. Any horse that is gentle has been well trained. Answer
  31. No horse is gentle unless it has been well trained. Answer
  32. Any horse is gentle if it has been well trained. Answer
  33. Any horse has been well trained if it is gentle. Answer
  34. Any horse is gentle if an only if it has been well trained. Answer
  35. Gentle horses have all been well trained. Answer
  36. Only well trained horses are gentle. Answer
  37. Only gentle horses have been well trained. Answer
  38. Only horses are gentle if they have been well trained. Answer
  39. Some horses are gentle even though they have not been well trained. Answer
  40. If something is a well trained horse, then it must be gentle. Answer
  41. Some horses that are well trained are not gentle. Answer
  42. Some horses are neither gentle nor well trained. Answer
  43. No horse that is well trained fails to be gentle. Answer
  44. A horse is gentle only if it has been well trained. Answer
  45. If anything is a gentle horse, then it has been well trained. Answer
  46. If any horse is well trained, then it is gentle. Answer

    Translations at p. 71

  47. Blessed is he that considereth the poor. Answer
  48. He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Answer
  49. Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing. Answer
  50. He that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. Answer
  51. They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree. Answer
  52. He that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Answer
  53. Nothing is secret which shall not be made manifest. Answer
  54. Whom The Lord loveth He chasteneth. Answer
  55. If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. Answer
  56. He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him. Answer

    Translations at pp. 88-89

  57. If anything is damaged, someone will be blamed. Answer
  58. If anything is damaged, the tenant will be charged for it. Answer
  59. If nothing is damaged, nobody will be blamed. Answer
  60. If something is damaged, but nobody is blamed, the tenant will not be charged for it. Answer
  61. If any bananas are yellow, they are ripe. Answer
  62. If any bananas are yellow, then some bananas are ripe. Answer
  63. If any bananas are yellow, then if all yellow bananas are ripe, they are ripe. Answer
  64. If all ripe bananas are yellow, some yellow things are ripe. Answer
  65. If all officers present are either captains or majors, then either some captains are present or some majors are present. Answer
  66. If any officer is present, then either no majors are present or he is a major. Answer
  67. If some officers are present, then if all officers present are captains, then some captains are present. Answer
  68. If some officers are present, then if all officers present are captains, then they are captains. Answer
  69. If all survivors are fortunate and only women were survivors, then if there are any survivors, then some women are fortunate. Answer
  70. If any survivors are women, then if all women are fortunate, they are fortunate. Answer
  71. If there are any survivors and only women are survivors, then they are women. Answer
  72. If every position has a future and no employees are lazy, then some employees will be successful. Answer
  73. If any employees are lazy, then if some positions have no future, then they will not be successful. Answer
  74. If any employees are lazy and some positions have no future, then some employees will not be successful. Answer
  75. If any husband is unsuccessful, then if all wives are ambitious, then some wives will be disappointed. Answer
  76. If any husband is unsuccessful, then if some wives are ambitious, he will be unhappy. Answer

    Translations at pp. 128-29

  77. Dead men tell no tales. Answer
  78. A lawyer who pleads his own case has a fool for a client. Answer
  79. A dead lion is more dangerous than a live dog. Answer
  80. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Answer
  81. If a boy tells only lies, none of them will be believed. Answer
  82. Anyone who consults a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Answer
  83. No one ever learns anything unless he teaches it to himself. Answer
  84. Delilah wore a ring on every finger and had a finger in every pie. Answer
  85. Any man who hates children and dogs cannot be all bad. Answer
  86. Anyone who accomplishes anything will be envied by everyone. Answer
  87. To catch a fish, one must have some bait. Answer
  88. Every student does some problems, but no student does all of them. Answer
  89. Any contestant who answers all the questions put to him will win any prize he chooses. Answer
  90. Every son has a father, but not every father has a son. Answer
  91. A person is maintaining a nuisance if he has a dog that barks at everyone who visits its owner. Answer
  92. A doctor has no scruples who treats a patient who has no ailment. Answer
  93. A doctor who treats a person who has every ailment has a job for which no one would envy him. Answer
  94. If a farmer keeps only hens, none of them will lay eggs that are worth setting. Answer

    Translations at p. 129

  95. Everyone buys something from some store (or other). Answer
  96. There is a store from which everyone buys something (or other). Answer
  97. Some people make all their purchases from a single store. Answer
  98. No one buys everything it (sic) sells from any store. Answer
  99. No one buys things from every store. Answer
  100. No store has everyone for a customer. Answer
  101. No store makes all its sales to a single person. Answer

    Translations at pp. 129-30

  102. Nobody donates to every charity. Answer
  103. Nobody donates money to every charity. Answer
  104. Nobody donates all of his money to charity. Answer
  105. Nobody donates all of his money to any single charity. Answer
  106. Nobody donates all of his belongings to any single charity. Answer
  107. Nobody gives all of his donations to any single charity. Answer
  108. No charity receives all of its money from any single person. Answer
  109. No charity receives all of his (sic) money from any single person. Answer
  110. No charity receives all of his (sic) donations from any single person. Answer
  111. No charity receives all of his (sic) donations from any one donor. Answer
  112. No charity receives only money as donations. Answer
  113. Somebody gives money to charity. Answer
  114. Somebody donates all of his money to charity. Answer
  115. At least one person donates all of his belongings to a single charity. Answer
  116. At least one person gives all of his donations to a single charity. Answer
  117. Some charities receive donations from everybody. Answer
  118. Some charities receive donations from every donor. Answer
  119. Some donations are not given to a charity. Answer
  120. Some donors donate to every charity. Answer
  121. Every charity receives donations from at least one donor. Answer

    Translations at p. 130

  122. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed. Answer
  123. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. Answer
  124. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Answer
  125. A wise son maketh a glad father. Answer
  126. He that spareth his rod hateth his son. Answer
  127. The borrower is servant to the lender. Answer
  128. Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Answer
  129. The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. Answer
  130. The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Answer
  131. the good that I would, I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do. Answer