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Source text in English

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.


Submitted segment translations

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).

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Source text segment #3

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

Puoi vedere molte cose se guardi
Puoi osservare un sacco di cose solo guardandole
Si può osservare molto, semplicemente guardando
Si può osservare molto anche solo guardando
Si può osservare molto solamente guardando
Puoi osservare molto semplicemente guardando
Si osservano un sacco di cose semplicemente guardando
Si può osservare tanto guardando
Si può osservare molto semplicemente guardando
Puoi osservare molto semplicemente tenendo gli occhi aperti
Basta guardare, per osservare
Si può osservare parecchio semplicemente guardando
Puoi osservare molte cose anche solo guardando
Puoi vedere molte cose guardando
Puoi osservare tante cose semplicemente guardando
Puoi vedere tante cose, semplicemente osservando
Si può notare molto, semplicemente guardando
Puoi osservare un sacco di cose: basta guardare
Se vuoi vederci chiaro, apri gli occhi
Puoi osservare molto solo guardando
Anche solo guardando si può osservare un sacco
Si può imparare molto anche solo guardando
Puoi osservare molto se guardi
Guardare ti permette di osservare parecchie cose
Guardando si può vedere molto
Lo spirito di osservazione vien guardando
Si può vedere molto solo osservando
Si possono osservare tante cose anche solo guardando
Per guardare bene basta osservare
Si possono osservare un sacco di cose guardando
Guardando si possono osservare molte cose
Si può osservare molto stando solo a guardare
Per vedere tante cose basta guardare
Si puo' imparare tanto solamente guardando
Puoi osservare molto anche soltanto guardando
Non limitarti a guardare la vita intorno a te, vedila
Si osserva molto semplicemente guardando

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