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There were 41 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase.Entries submitted in this pair were rated on a per-segment basis. Listed below are all submitted translations of each individual source text segment. |
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Translations submitted for each source text segment are listed below. Segments have had surrounding punctuation stripped, and the resulting identical segments have been grouped together, so each listed translation should differ, but the difference may be subtle (eg. internal punctuation or diacritics).| Viewing segment # out of 14 |
Source text segment #3- "You can observe a lot just by watchin'." Rank by: +24 | -2 The usual saying is "you can learn a lot just by watching". This version simply says that you see things if you watch them.  +18 | -4 Trying to offer a profound piece of advice when in fact saying nothing is what makes this Yogi Berra quote humorous. +12 That nice little apostrophe in "watchin'" - "You watchin' me, son?"; "Whatcha watchin'?" - lends a lovely dichotomy to the more professorial "observe". The quote's educational message is charmingly phrased. Don't know if Yogi really considered this, I +5 This is the advising communication style, in contrast with the critical "Pay attention!". A close alternative could be "You can hear a lot by just listenin'." A more distant one could be "It pays off to pay attention". +6 | -1 Want to know what's going on around you. Well just look around you +4 | -2 I'm sure there's a technical term but it's just "logical obviousness" using synonymy (given that "observe" and "watch" are pretty much the same). It's obvious you can observe a lot just by watching. +1 Just by evaluating these various segments, I'm beginning to realize how destabilizing this segment actually is: did Yogi mean a lot of observation (the action) or the many outcomes of one observation? AAAAAAAAAhhhh, philosophical questionings......!!! You learn from the mistakes of others. Можно учиться на чужих ошибках. +2 | -2 They say that this phrase was yelled to players in the dugout annoyingly not paying attention to the game. In a different book, Yogi says he gave that answer to reporters when asked if he could coach. Sometimes multi-tasking limits our observations, one c -2 observar is ver with intention. Ver is just to see, what happens when you open your eyes, very different to observe | Translations of this segment (41 total; 37 unique)Si può osservare tanto guardando Si può imparare molto anche solo guardando Puoi osservare molto semplicemente guardando Puoi osservare un sacco di cose solo guardandole Si possono osservare un sacco di cose guardando Guardare ti permette di osservare parecchie cose Si può osservare molto stando solo a guardare Puoi osservare molto solo guardando Si può osservare molto solamente guardando Si può osservare molto semplicemente guardando Si può osservare molto anche solo guardando Si può notare molto, semplicemente guardando Puoi osservare molte cose anche solo guardando Si osservano un sacco di cose semplicemente guardando Puoi osservare un sacco di cose: basta guardare Si può osservare molto, semplicemente guardando Se vuoi vederci chiaro, apri gli occhi Per guardare bene basta osservare Puoi vedere molte cose guardando Lo spirito di osservazione vien guardando Basta guardare, per osservare Si possono osservare tante cose anche solo guardando Puoi osservare molto se guardi Si può osservare parecchio semplicemente guardando Puoi vedere tante cose, semplicemente osservando Puoi osservare tante cose semplicemente guardando Guardando si possono osservare molte cose Guardando si può vedere molto Puoi osservare molto semplicemente tenendo gli occhi aperti Si può vedere molto solo osservando Puoi vedere molte cose se guardi Anche solo guardando si può osservare un sacco Puoi osservare molto anche soltanto guardando Per vedere tante cose basta guardare Si osserva molto semplicemente guardando Non limitarti a guardare la vita intorno a te, vedila Si puo' imparare tanto solamente guardando | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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