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Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" » English to Italian » Entry by CRISTINA RACCA


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Translation by CRISTINA RACCA (#12121)

- "I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous."

- "When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

- "You can observe a lot just by watchin'."

- "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

- "I can't concentrate when I'm thinking."

- "The future ain't what it used to be."

- "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."

- "We're lost, but we're making good time."

- "Half the lies they tell about me aren't true."

- "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore."

- "It's like deja-vu, all over again."

- "It ain't over till it's over."

- Mrs. Lindsay: "You certainly look cool." Yogi Berra: "Thanks, you don't look so hot yourself."

- "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be."
- "Darei il mio braccio destro per essere ambidestro".

- "Quando arrivi a un bivio, prendilo".

- "Si può osservare molto, semplicemente guardando".

- "Non ci va più nessuno. C’è già troppa gente".

- "Non riesco a concentrami quando penso".

- "Il futuro non è più quello di una volta".

- "Non ho intenzione di comprare un'enciclopedia ai miei figli. Che vadano a scuola come ho fatto io".

- "Siamo persi, ma ci stiamo divertendo".

- "La metà delle bugie che dicono su di me non sono vere".

- "Ormai un nichelino non vale neanche un centesimo".

- "È come un déjà vu, si ricomincia tutto da capo".

- "Non è finita finché non è finita"

- "Signora Lindsay: “Certo che hai davvero un bell'aspetto”. Yogi Berra: ”Grazie. Tu invece non sembri proprio una rosa”.

- "Se il mondo fosse perfetto, non lo sarebbe".


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Too literal!! Nov 17, 2012

Fro your answer & the jurists' selection, I would say that your translation- as I would have done as new- was too literal. We both have to learn, better luck next time
 

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