"Truth and love will prevail over lies and hatred."

Translation: Pravda a láska zvítězí nad lží a nenávistí.

[marekpolacek]

Vaclav Havel <3

[endless_sleeper]

To those learners who are not familiar with the first President of the Czech Republic, go and check this link. And maybe read a play of his as well ;)

[Christine_nl]

Which one do you recommend?

[nueby]

I would suggest Audience. David Danaher's annotated pdf (on cokdybysme.net) is helpful. ETA: http://cokdybysme.net/pdfs/audience.pdf

[ally.x]

Doufám, že pan prezident nebyl jen přílišný optimista...

[jirka92122]

Možná je stejně lepší být přílišný optimista, i když to nakonec všechno dopadne blbě. Ne? :)

[ally.x]

V zásadě jo :-)

[FionaC12]

Let's hope so

[Mark841597]

Would "pravda a láska nad lží a nenávistí zvítězí" make sense?

[nueby]

Yes, I added it. It corresponds to Truth and love will prevail over lies and hatred.

[ken55414]

Why isn't "lžemi" used here?

[svrsheque]

because it is less idiomatic and would just copy the non-parallel structure from english. the original author had no reason to let english and its constraints dictate what he said in czech. we accept the czech plural, but it cannot become the best translation. our respect for VH would demand we remove the exercise rather than butcher it.

[ken55414]

Thank you very much. I really appreciate all the time and effort you spend trying to help English speakers understand such a different language, especially those of us who have never had intensive exposure to Czech.

[DaffyDuck978329]

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