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English translation: moderation


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Spanish term or phrase:medio
English translation:moderation
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19:45 Oct 26, 2009
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Spanish term or phrase: medio
Una cita de Paul Valéry dice así:

"La vida se salva por el medio, pero se justifica por los extremos". Aparece en un texto sobre psicología donde se habla de los extremos y el equilibrio.

Quisiera confirmar mi interpretación:

"Life is saved by the middle, but it is justified by the extremes."

Gracias a todos.
Alicia Orfalian
Argentina
Local time: 23:46
moderation
Explanation:
Le monde ne vaut que par les extrêmes et ne dure que par les moyens. Il ne vaut que par les ultras et ne dure que par les modérés

The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world
great, the moderates give it stability."
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patinba
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4 +9moderationpatinba
4 +1core
Simon Harris
4center
Enrique Garcia
3middle groundxxxmediamatrix
3Balance
Ruth Ramsey


  

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center


Explanation:
I would perhaps use center. The term "center" is used to describe the middle ground, as opposed to the "extremes" in politics. Hope this helps.

Saludos.

Enrique Garcia
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Balance


Explanation:
I know that "equilibrio" is balance but the whole sentence is talking about extremes and the opposite of extremes, which would be "balance" or a "balanced life".

Ruth Ramsey
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moderation


Explanation:
Le monde ne vaut que par les extrêmes et ne dure que par les moyens. Il ne vaut que par les ultras et ne dure que par les modérés

The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world
great, the moderates give it stability."

patinba
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core


Explanation:
'Life is saved by its core and justified by its extremes' gives a sense of both psychological and physical centre.

Simon Harris
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middle ground


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