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Re:The Wisdom in Kung Fu Panda by waynesonfire on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @01:38PM (#30781104)
What a terrible translation. it's not true at all. Same resoucres in the futute? Unlikely. Nothing provides such guarantee.

The original quote with thou and thees that you're curious about instead speaks to the intrinsic motivations being available when the future arrives not resources.

So there is your answer? Meaning is lost in translation so best to stay as true to the original message as possible.

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Re:The Wisdom in Kung Fu Panda by unsupp0rted on Wednesday March 23, 2022 @02:49PM (#30781875)
How would you translate the original quote into modern English?

Surely any major human language can accurately capture a translation from any other major human language, even if it requires more words than the original to convey the meaning.

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Re:The Wisdom in Kung Fu Panda by dTal on Thursday March 24, 2022 @06:21AM (#30787995)
The translation I've always heard is:

"Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present."

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