"Η απόδειξη στο σκοτάδι."

Translation: The proof in the dark.

[jeanprendiville]

Odd sentence, I think the writer had some saying in mind but what! " The proof is in the pudding"?

[jaye16]

I cannot think of any phrase, idiom, proverb that would account for this. I'm asking the other contributors but I think it will need to be deleted. Maybe it's a film noir? Thanks again for bringing it to our attention.

[Paco_Escipion]

Still here. I'm not a native, but it does not make sense to me either...

[GiorgioYianni]

It's one of the odd phrases that DL uses sometimes. It is not an idiom or proverb, nor does it have any special significance. Grammatically it is correct, but a complete sentence would be "Η απόδειξη είναι στο σκοτάδι".

P.S. I am a native speaker of Greek.

[Stergi3]

A wannabe film noir, but it would be a commercial failure with this title. Maybe a more attractive one could be :-)

[Condorandi]

Giorgio Yianni, thank you for your comment. Duo has many sentences which make no sense, not only in Greek but in several other languages too.

[NigelKJ]

This could be a bread baking term. Bakers getting up hours before dawn to prove their dough. Probably not.

[jaye16]

I wish that was possible but the word "απόδειξη " refers to the literal meaning...

establishing that something is 'true/not a lie'.

For "prove the dough" we'd use the same word we use for "let the dough rise" φουσκώνει τη ζύμη/αφήστε τη ζύμη να φουσκώσε.

That was a really good idea, this sentence has been a mystery for some time thanks for your efforts..

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O.ZoeMODPLUS

I think the phrase refers to cryptography.

[HellasCad]

Ακόμα εδώ είναι αυτή η παράξενη φράση :-)

[Dimitra956826]

Μέχρι τώρα δεν είχα δώσει σημασία σε αυτή τη φράση. Τώρα συνειδητοποιώ πόσο παράξενη είναι. Τι θέλει να πει ο ποιητής; ._.

[GiorgioYianni]

This phrase would make a nice title for a detective story!

[Lng52-._]

"Η απόδειξη είναι στο πουτίγκα".

[D_..]

Pudding is η πουτίγκα in Greek. ;)

[WilmaCaxton]

Sorry to be pedantic but the actual full phrase is " the proof of the pudding is in the eating"

[jaye16]

It's not pedantic, it's accurate. Thank you.

[GiorgioYianni]

Therefore: "Η απόδειξη είναι στην πουτίγκα" is the right phrase.

[Jon345104]

Would this be used in Greece

[O.Zoe]

I think the phrase refers to cryptography.

[JamesL629559]

This is an excellent phrase. It means the truth should be obvious.

[Goren17]

Can anyone please elaborate as to what it means? Is it like "there is a proof, but it's hidden from us" kinda deal?

[GiorgioYianni]

It is an incomplete phrase and so the meaning is vague, just as in the English transaltion. Sometimes DL uses odd fragments of sentences to stress word learning rather than text comprehension, so I wouldn't worry too much if I were you.

[Dimitra956826]

Honestly... I personally don't have a clue.

It could mean that the proof is hidden, or it's literally somewhere dark. This sentence seems to have an obscure context, if not no context at all. :P

It's not too bad though. Just a bit strange. We might replace it with another one. ^.^

[Languages127]

Duo sto skotadhi...and he proves you should take your lesson every day, or at least every other day! XD

[hmh541012]

When a phrase has noob ious meaning, and includes words like στο, it is hard to translate !

[RossXOreo]

I think 'darkness' should also be accepted as a translation as in 'the evidence in the darkness' (the strengthen bot wanted 'dark').

Perhaps it could be the translation of the title of a Scando Noir detective story? It has a sort of Arnaldur Indriðason feel, to my ear