practice makes perfect

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47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: təkrar biliyin anasıdır — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Chinese Cantonese: 熟能生巧 (suk6 nang4 sang1 haau2) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Chinese Mandarin: 熟能生巧 (shúnéngshēngqiǎo) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Czech: opakování matka moudrosti — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Danish: øvelse gør mester — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Dutch: oefening baart kunst — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Esperanto: ekzercado lertigas — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Estonian: harjutamine teeb meistriks — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Finnish: harjoitus tekee mestarin — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• French: usage rend maître — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• French: c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• German: Übung macht den Meister — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Hebrew: קשה באימונים קל בקרב — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Hindi: गाते गाते कला वंत हो जाते हैं (gāte gāte kalā vant ho jāte ha͠i) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Hungarian: gyakorlat teszi a mestert — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Hungarian: ismétlés a tudás anyja — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Icelandic: æfingin skapar meistarann — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Italian: la pratica rende esperti; sbagliando s'impara — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Italian: val più la pratica della grammatica — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Japanese: 習うより慣れろ (narau yori narero) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Japanese: 鏡は重磨によって輝く (kagami wa jūma ni yotte kagayaku) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Korean: 서당개 삼 년에 풍월 읇는다 (seodanggae sam nyeone pung'wol eulleunda) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Latin: repetītiō est māter studiōrum — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Latin: fabricandō fit faber — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Latin: exercitātiō artem parat — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Malay: alah bisa, tegal biasa — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Maltese: il-pratika tagħmlek perfett — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Norwegian Bokmål: øvelse gjør mester — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: øving gjer meister — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Persian: کار نیکو کردن از پر کردن است (kâr nêku kardan az por kardan ast) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Polish: ćwiczenie czyni mistrza — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Polish: trening czyni mistrza — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Portuguese: a prática faz a perfeição — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Russian: повторе́ние мать уче́ния (povtorénije matʹ učénija) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Russian: у кого́ сноро́вка, тот рабо́тает ло́вко (u kovó snoróvka, tot rabótajet lóvko) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Russian: на́вык ма́стера ста́вит (návyk mástera stávit) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Russian: де́ло де́лу у́чит (délo délu účit) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Inari-Sami: hárjehusat rahkada measttir — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Scottish Gaelic: is e an cleachdadh a nì teòma — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Serbo-Croatian: вежба чини мајстора — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Serbo-Croatian: vežba čini majstora — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Spanish: la práctica hace al maestro — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Spanish: la práctica hace la perfección — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Swedish: övning ger färdighet — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Telugu: అభ్యాసం కూసు విద్య (abhyāsaṁ kūsu vidya) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Urdu: گاتے گاتے کلاونت ہو جاتے ہیں (gāte gāte kalāvant ho jāte ha͠i) — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it
• Vietnamese: có công mài sắt có ngày nên kim — if one practices an activity enough, one will eventually master it