English term
Morocco
Literature,Marketing & Legal Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Kuwaiti, Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya, Moroccan, UAE) 
, Berber (Other) (Variants: Tashelhit , Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight , Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit ) 
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 21 more.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
Non-PRO (2): Kim Metzger, gofink
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Proposed translations
Mexico
Committed to Quality and Service
Native in: English (Variant: US)
Works in: German to English
Der Weg zur Hölle ist jedoch mit guten Absichten gepflastert
https://beruhmte-zitate.de/zitate/1949208-karl-marx-der-weg-...
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writeaway
: helpful reference
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Easy Google
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Maïté Mendiondo-George
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gofink
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Zorra Renard
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Cilian O'Tuama
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Language is never innocent
Native in: German
Works in: Italian to German, English to German
Der Weg zur Hölle ist mit guten Vorsätzen gepflastert
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I don't know from which country it comes.
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https://sprueche-liste.com/samuel-johnson-zitate/
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https://de.wikibrief.org/wiki/The_road_to_hell_is_paved_with...
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: since eternity
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Vielen Dank, Renate!
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ibz
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Dankeschön!
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Anne Schulz
: I grew up with that saying
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Vielen Dank, Anna! it exists in many languages, perhaps even in Latin, and the origin is unclear
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Zorra Renard
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thank you!
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Z-Translations Translator
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Vielen Dank!
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Switzerland
Master of Words - IT/Software, Marketing
Native in: German (Variant: Germany)
Works in: English to German
Das Gegenteil von gut ist gut gemeint
Das Sprichwort besagt, dass eine schlechte Handlung durchaus aus einer guten Absicht heraus erfolgen kann. Und dass ein schlechtes Ergebnis durchaus auf einer guten Absicht beruhen kann und nicht gemeint war, den Anderen zu schädigen.
https://www.in-mediation.eu/was-ist-das-gegenteil-von-gut/
Karl Kraus sagte einmal: “ Das Gegenteil von gut ist nicht schlecht, sondern gut gemeint.“ Das Sprichwort wird auch Kurt Tucholsky zugeschrieben, der gesagt haben soll: „Das Gegenteil von Gut ist nicht Böse sondern gut gemeint“.
https://www.zitate-online.de/sprueche/kuenstler-literaten/16...
https://falschzitate.blogspot.com/2017/04/das-gegenteil-von-...
Last not least:
https://www.songtexte.com/songtext/kettcar/im-taxi-weinen-4b...
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https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_und_wieviel_von_deinen_Freu...
Im Song Im Taxi weinen tauchen abgewandelte Zitate von Kurt Tucholsky („Das Gegenteil von gut ist gut gemeint“), Marcel Reich-Ranicki („Aber irgendwie schon besser, im Taxi zu weinen als im HVV-Bus, oder nicht?“) und Wiebuschs früherer Band …But Alive („Hetero und männlich, blass und arm“) auf.
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