Beautiful is better than ugly. #优美比丑陋好
Explicit is better than implicit. #清晰比晦涩好
Simple is better than complex. #简单比复杂好
Complex is better than complicated. #复杂比错综复杂好
Flat is better than nested. #扁平比嵌套好
Sparse is better than dense. #稀疏比密集好
Readability counts. #可读性很重要
Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. #特殊情况也不应该违反这些规则
Although practicality beats purity. #但现实往往并不那么完美
Errors should never pass silently. #异常不应该被静默处理
Unless explicitly silenced. #除非你希望如此
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. #遇到模棱两可的地方,不要胡乱猜测
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. #虽然这种方案并不是显而易见的,因为你不是那个荷兰人^这里指的是Python之父Guido^
Now is better than never. #现在开始做比不做好
Although never is often better than *right* now. #不做比盲目去做好^极限编程中的YAGNI原则^
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea. #如果一个实现方案难于理解,它就不是一个好的方案
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea. #如果一个实现方案易于理解,它很有可能是一个好的方案
Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those! #命名空间非常有用,我们应当多加利用