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Godfather  #36516  Thu, 08 Jul 04 05:32 PM
"Napoleon represented to him the worldly genius that, at the same time, failed."

From the dictionary:

worldly
1: devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion
2: sophisticated

Do you think 1 is an appropriate translation in this context?

  
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lostfrogg  #36791  Sun, 11 Jul 04 01:16 AM
It is certainly more appropriate than 2.
  
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migo  #36972  Mon, 12 Jul 04 08:21 AM
I don't see why 2 wouldn't be appropriate. Is there something unsophisticated about Napoleon's genius?
  
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