"Hadet hjælper ikke."

Translation: The hate does not help.

[Photoadventure]

In English there is no article with hate. It should be: Hate does not help.

[RyagonIV]

It is talking about a certain kind of hate here. Like "That kind of hate doesn't help". Else it wouldn't have the definite form in Danish either: "Had hjælper ikke."

[geometry667721]

Thanks for the clarification!

[NZydGiaV]

How do you know that it is talking about a certain kind of help?

[NGN410833]

It's certainly a lot more idiomatic/plausible without the article.

[Mathewgk]

but it does.
Montrose: I have had a message from His Grace the Duke of Argyll. It seems our MacGregor is holed up with him. He offers us a match: you and the Highlander.

Archibald Cunningham: [rasping whisper] Bring him on.

Montrose: You speak, Archibald! One must never underestimate the healing power of hatred.

movie. ROb Roy

[kduffyirl]

Historically yes, but nowadays hate most certainly can take an article as well.

[PatrickMer27541]

Agreed. DuoLingo has given us another too literal translation

[parfonsk]

What doesn't help is that in another sentence of this series "Livet er hardt," the article in English can be omitted "Life is hard", yet in this very sentence it is not accepted even though "the hate doesn't help" is frankly not idiomatic in English.

[Adam_Waddington]

Just wondering would 'The hate is not helping' also be correct?

[miacomet]

Yep. There is a lesson on how to specifically make verbs continuous, but all present tense verbs could be helps, is helping, and does help.

[JeremyButt3]

Et andet eksempel på forskel mellem engelsk og dansk. Med abstrakte navneord har engelsk ikke brug for nogen artikel, hvis de ikke er kvalificerede på en eller anden måde.

[jillsmith643321]

Definitely "hatred "is correct.

[Carl497541]

Do you need to insert a specific modal verb to make this a future tense statement? It wouldn't accept "the hate won't help."