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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 #7- "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did." Rank by: +25 | -1 He plays the ignorant, on purpose, of course, making use of 'cyclopedia' as if it were a vehicle.  +12 | -2 I think it's a pun, not a malapropism. In my opinion it's also important that he used "walk" and not "go" ... so on foot vs. other means of transportation you can ride on. [Edited] +6 | -1 There are two meanings here, as in almost all Berra's quotes. The first implication being that Encyclopedia and Cycloped sound alike to Yogi and he could either misinterpret what an encyclopedia really is or could deliberately play on that words.. The sec +7 | -2 The Cycloped was an early horse-drawn locomotive, and the term is now being used a little for man-powered tourist vehicles in various parts of the world. So, is this a Malapropism or a play on words? +3 To me, Y Berra is playing with the word enCYCLOpedia. Kids, "walk" (not "ride" which would be the easy way) through life and "learn" through your own experiences not a written book. +5 | -2 Sorry, non native comment: "encyclopedia" sounds abstruse (I guess) and reminds a bicycle. +5 | -2 I think he played with the word since it sounds similar to the name of a "low-powered motorcycle designed to provide economical and relatively safe transport with minimal licensing requirements" (and therefore, appropriate to go to school), ie moped. +3 | -1 I am with the cycloped, because he says "walk" and not "go". This means, they should "go on foot" and not by "bike/vehicle" etc. +1 I also understood this a Y.B. wanting his children to walk to school, like he used to, i.e. not to go on some "cycloped". This, however, showed up only in one translation out of the four. +1 I think "walk to school" means "learn such the way". | Translations of this segment (14 total; 14 unique)لن أشتري موسوعة لأولادي، فليذهبوا للمدرسة كما ذهبت لن أشتري موسوعة لأولادي. سأدعهم يذهبون إلى المدرسة مثلما كنت أذهب لن أشتري لأبنائي موسوعة، فليذهبوا إلى المدرسة كما فعلت لن أشتري موسوعة لأطفالي. دعهم يسيرون على الأقدام إلى المدرسة مثلما فعلت أنا طلب العلم لن يكون بهذه السهولة لأولادي, سيكون عليهم أن يشقوا في سبيله مثلي لن أشتري لأطفالي موسوعة ليتعلموا، فليسيروا في درب العلم لوحدهم كما فعلت من قبلهم لن أزرع الأرض وردا لأولادي. سأدعهم يختبرون الحياة بأنفسهم كما أختبرتها أنا لن أشترى لأبنائى موسوعة. دعهم يجتازون الدراسة كما فعلت لن أشتري موسوعة لأولادي. دعهم يذهبون للمدرسة سيراً كما فعلت أنا أطفالي ليسوا بحاجة للمعاجم لكسب المعرفة ما عليهم إلا المشي بالشارع إلى المدرسة مثلما فعلت أنا دع الأولاد يشقون طريقهم في الحياة لن أشتري لأبنائي موسوعة، دعهم يمشون إلى المدرسة كما فعلت لن اعلم أبنائي كل نواحي الحياة، لكني سأدعهم يخوضون بدروب الحياة فهي كفيلة بتعليمهم كما علمتني سأترك أولادي ليتعلموا من الحياة | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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