請教：發展是硬道理如何譯為英文？[求助]

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Development is an absolute principle.

Development is of over-riding importance.

i don't really know what that means.
but after i read two translations, i feel this way
"Developing is the first priority".
be aware developing and develoment r different in english but not in chinese.

i am not sure either.

the one used most frequent might be the one best.

you are welcome, yuheng_xinyu. hope it helps!

發展是硬道理

Development is the indisputable truth.

Context: at a time when many theories compete to lead the direction of China's future, Deng made "development" as the only viable choice for the nation.  The 硬 here is to emphasize the choice as having no alternatives, as against the word 軟，which indicates flexibility.

yes, it sounds reasonable!

I don't know why but the use of the word "development" alone makes me a bit uncomfortable. I have read phrases  like "the development of a new computer program," "the latest development in Foreign affairs," and "a development area" but can't recall any occasions that this word appeared alone in a sentence.

In "發展是硬道理", the phrase "發展" seems to mean "developing economy", or "lifting the status of China's economy as a whole".

發展是硬道理:

Development is of the over-riding importance (official translation?)

Developing (economy) is the first/top priority (makes a lot of sense to "Laowai");

Development is the indisputable truth/Development is an absolute principle (faithful to the original);

Improving (our) economy takes the priority (more of an interpretation);

The top priority is to facilitate the development of China's economy as a whole and any other initiatives that are in conflicts (with this rule of thumb) should yield the way. (a lengthy explanation with a lot of redundancies).

"硬道理" 有真理、最重要的意思

說實話，其實硬道理按中國傳統語法來解釋，這是個病句。道理不能用硬來修飾。。。。。

戰士說的有道理，呵呵，不過偉人是不會說病句的。

嗯，樓上的都很有才幹吶，翻譯得都真好~~我想了半天都沒想出咋翻譯~~~

it is the major concern to keep (economic) development in progress.

Development is the rule.

新華網的譯法：Development is overriding principle. 語法有毛病：overriding principle 前應有冠詞 the 。

人民網：The development is the overriding principle. 冠詞倒是有了。但是矯枉過正，畫蛇添足：Development 前不應該有冠詞。

類似的譯法：Development is of overriding importance. 比較：

the overriding principle: 壓倒/高於一切的準則。
of overriding importance: 具有壓倒/高於一切的重要性。


「硬道理」，中文習語，沒有什麼不通的。「硬」，不僅可以形容看得見摸得著的東西，也可以形容抽象的事物。這裡是指「難以輕視的、難以迴避的、難以打折扣的、難以被犧牲的」準則。但指發展為「壓倒/高於一切」的準則，似較中文原意過火。建議譯為：

Development is an uncompromisable principle.

Development 不加冠詞，在國際社會語境中有特定含義，即：經濟或社會的開發。這種用法在國際組織中尤為常見。如：

Development is not everything.

這句話與鄧的話可以相得益彰。

Thank you!