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"le mieux est l'ennemi du bien." is wrongly translated into "perfect is the enemy of good". The correct translation is "the better is the enemy of good". Totall
by itwy 7y ago
"le mieux est l'ennemi du bien." is wrongly translated into "perfect is the enemy of good". The correct translation is "the better is the enemy of good". Totally different meaning IMO. I understand it as the new "better" will eventually replace the existing "good".
- gowld 7y agoDo you have a citation for that? Wikipedia disagrees on the history (it's originally Italian before French: "Il meglio è l'inimico del bene"), and playing with Google Translate shows its ambiguious without context http://go/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good http://go/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good https://www.google.com/search?q=le+mieux+translation https://www.google.com/search?q=le+mieux+translation
- itwy 7y agoUnfortunately, I don't speak Italian, but I feel a better translation for "the best" in French is "le meilleur". In fact, if you just click the swapping icon in the Google translation link you posted above, you'll see it uses "meilleur". "c'est mieux" = "it's better", "c'est mieux que..." = "it's better than..."
- notacode 7y ago“Il meglio è nemico del bene”
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