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233 months ago

Martine COTTARD   asked this question:

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233 months ago

   wrote:

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

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233 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

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

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233 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

Definitely not

My comment:

I'm Vietnamese, and my language has a lot in common with Chinese. Just translate it literally. It just means that once you cover half the route, you are almost reaching the destination.

233 months ago

Claude Le Frapper   wrote:

I don't think so

233 months ago

Andreea Condurache   wrote:

no

My comment:

It is probably the literal translation of the original proverb