The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
Beautiful is better than ugly.
优美胜于丑陋
Explicit is better than implicit.
明了胜于隐晦
Simple is better than complex.
简洁胜于复杂
Complex is better than complicated.
复杂胜于混乱
Flat is better than nested.
扁平胜于嵌套
Sparse is better than dense.
间隔胜于紧凑
Readability counts.
可读性很重要
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
即便是特例，也不可违背这些规则
Although practicality beats purity.
虽然现实往往不那么完美
Errors should never pass silently.
有错必究
Unless explicitly silenced.
除非你确定需要这样做
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
当存在多种可能，不要尝试去猜测
There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it.
肯定有一种——通常也是唯一一种——最佳的解决方案
Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
虽然这并不容易，除非你是荷兰人
Now is better than never.
做也许好过不做
Although never is often better than right now.
但不假思索就动手还不如不做
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
如果你无法向人描述你的方案，那肯定不是一个好方案
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
反之亦然
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
名称空间是一种绝妙的理念，我们应当多加利用