Nov 17, 2004 11:27
20 yrs ago
Chinese term
Translator and voiceover actress from HK
Native in: Chinese (Variants: Sichuanese , Mandarin, Traditional, Cantonese, Simplified) 
Works in: Chinese to English, English to Chinese, Chinese
有志者，事竟成
Non-PRO
Chinese to French
Other
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
(the equivalent idiom in French please)
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 | Vouloir, c'est pouvoir (UTF-8 encoded) |
Xiaren
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| 5 | Avec de la volonté, on arrive à tout |
Mathilde Colo Wu
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Proposed translations
10 hrs
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Vouloir, c'est pouvoir (UTF-8 encoded)
Vouloir, c'est pouvoir (more popular)
或 :
- À qui veut assez, rien ne faut. (this one is more close to the chinese formulation)
- À bonne volonté, ne faut la faculté.
Cf. http://minilien.com/?xCVX1O5hRs (google cache)
或 :
- À qui veut assez, rien ne faut. (this one is more close to the chinese formulation)
- À bonne volonté, ne faut la faculté.
Cf. http://minilien.com/?xCVX1O5hRs (google cache)
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9 days
Mathilde Colo Wu
France
France
Native in French
France
As if it has be writing in french!
Native in: French
Works in: Chinese to French, French
Chinese term (edited):
衄祩氪ㄛ岈器傖
Avec de la volonté, on arrive à tout
"Vouloir c'est pouvoir" is ok too but "Avec de la volonté, on arrive à tout" is better (in a better french and closer to chinese idiom)
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Note added at 9 days (2004-11-27 03:48:52 GMT) Post-grading
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Discussion
Also Quand on veut on peut "When you want, sure you can" (= 1, maybe better).
Thank you!