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A comment on IBM's “Think” Motto in Chinese. Parent comment

Re:IBM's “Think” Motto in Chinese by edblarney on Saturday January 14, 2017 @02:39PM (#13400141)
The work 'think' in English can often represent something deeper, as in 'think as if to contemplate' - not just 'think of the children' or 'think about it'.

In French 'pense' really is the later. It doesn't have that reflective connotation that can be applied to it.

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Re:IBM's “Think” Motto in Chinese by lobster_johnson on Saturday January 14, 2017 @05:23PM (#13400930)
Which is interesting, since the English "pensive" (being engaged in deep thought) comes directly from French "penser". The parent Latin word also means to consider or weigh (which also gave us "pension", essentially payment by weight).
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