明晰和简洁并不简单——它们很难，真的很难。
Clarity and simplicity are not easy-they are hard, very hard.
简洁描述XP是很难的，因为价值、原则和实践之间相互联系、相互补充；常见的错误是仅关注某个原则或者实践便称之为XP。
It's hard to describe XP concisely because the values, principles, and practices are strongly interrelated and complementary; a common mistake is to focus on one principle or practice and call it XP.
然而，它的确会告诉代码管理员，某个程序员的注释是极其简洁的、异常冗长的还是对非编程人员来说是很难理解的。
It does, however, tell the code manager if comments from a programmer are unusually terse, unusually verbose, or difficult for a nonprogrammer to understand.
Rubyon Rails有时候很难予以简洁地描述，因为其中包括如此多的东西。
Ruby on Rails is sometimes difficult to describe succinctly because it includes so many things. Ruby on Rails (hereafter referred to as Rails) is
德国汉堡——德语中有个词叫wutburger，意思是“愤怒的公民”，不过与许多德语复合词一样，你很难用简洁有力的英语把它的意思完全翻译出来。
HAMBURG, Germany - We have a word in German, "wutburger," which means "angry citizen" - though like many German compound words, its meaning can never quite be captured in a pithy English translation.
德国汉堡——德语中有个词叫wutburger，意思是“愤怒的公民”，不过与许多德语复合词一样，你很难用简洁有力的英语把它的意思完全翻译出来。
HAMBURG, Germany - We have a word in German, "wutburger," which means "angry citizen" - though like many German compound words, its meaning can never quite be captured in a pithy English translation.
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