The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
《蟒蛇之禅》(The Zen of Python)，蒂姆·彼得斯(Tim Peters)著
Beautiful is better than ugly.
美丽总比丑陋好。
Explicit is better than implicit.
显式比隐式好。
Simple is better than complex.
简单总比复杂好。
Complex is better than complicated.
复杂总比复杂好。
Flat is better than nested.
平的比嵌套的好。
Sparse is better than dense.
稀疏总比密集好。
Readability counts.
可读性。
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
特殊情况还不足以打破规则。
Although practicality beats purity.
虽然实用性胜过纯洁性。
Errors should never pass silently.
错误不应该悄无声息地过去。
Unless explicitly silenced.
除非显式地沉默。
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
面对模棱两可的情况，拒绝猜测的诱惑。
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
应该有一种——而且最好只有一种——显而易见的方法来做到这一点。
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
不过，除非你是荷兰人，否则这种方式一开始可能并不明显。
Now is better than never.
现在总比不做好。
Although never is often better than *right* now.
虽然从来没有比“现在”更好。
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
如果实现很难解释，这是一个坏主意。
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
如果实现很容易解释，这可能是一个好主意。
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
名称空间是一个很棒的主意——让我们做更多这样的事情!
感谢菜鸟康康！！！