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Following the example of our colleague from China, who a few months ago shared with us some nuggets of wisdom from his country, I would like to recall a proverb in Latin from my home town: "De minimis non curat praetor".
À l'instar de notre collègue chinois qui, il y a quelques mois, a partagé avec nous quelques pépites de la sagesse de son pays, je voudrais rappeler un proverbe en latin issu de ma ville natale: <<De minimis non curat praetor>>.
Nuggets: - No less than 90 percent by weight pass through a screen (15.6mm2) or 5/82 inch.
Pépites (<<Nuggets>>): Au moins 90 % en poids passent à travers des mailles de crible de15,6mm2) (5/82 pouce)
Since then, however, South-South and, as he put it, "quietly, South-to-North" transfers were taking place, often involving what could be seen as "nuggets of knowledge from very humble beginnings".
Toutefois, on assistait depuis lors à des transferts Sud-Sud, voire même, à des transferts << Sud-Nord discrets >> comportant souvent des << pépites de savoir d'origines modestes >>.
As a consequence we are really failing to serve them well if data are all of what we produce: most people will not sift through the millions of printed pages we produce in order to find the occasional golden nuggets.
C'est pourquoi nous ne pouvons pas lui fournir réellement les prestations dont elle a besoin si nous n'avons que des données à lui proposer : la plupart des gens ne vont pas passer au peigne fin les millions de pages imprimées sortant de nos services dans l'espoir d'y trouver une pépite ici ou là.
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