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Martine COTTARD   asked this question:

Language pair:	English > French
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	Est-ce un proverbe ?
Context:	'half of the one hundred mile
Keywords:	Chine ancienne

 

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Lorsque vous avez fait 99 milles d’un trajet de 100 milles, vous êtes à mi-chemin.

My comment:

Here is an excerpt from a speech by Rod Eddington, former chairman of British Airways:
I’m going to leave you with an exhausting Chinese saying. It may change your life, if you’re young enough. “When you’ve completed ninety nine miles of a hundred mile journey — you’re half way there.”
You can debate whether this is a proverb or a saying, in my view, it is the same thing.

My references:

http://www.aerosociety.com/RAeSOther/cp_news/Jan_06/Aviation.pdf

The asker's comment:

Merci beaucoup Claude.

Un grand merci pour toutes les réponses et en particulier à Trinh pour son explication.
Martine

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