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Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" » English to Serbian

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Source text in English

There were 18 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 #7

- "I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did."
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+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..
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+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 (18 total; 18 unique)

Neću da kupim mojoj deci enciklopediju. Neka idu u školu kao što sam i ja
Нећу да купим деци енциклопедију. Нека иду пешке у школу као што сам и ја
Нећу да купим својој деци енциклопедију. Нека иду пешице у школу, као што сам и ја
Neću deci da kupim bukvar. I ja sam bez njega u život išao
Mojim klincima neću kupovati enciklopediju. Neka pešaće do škole kao što sam i ja
Neću deci da kupim enciklopediju. Šta meni fali što sam u školu išao peške
Neću da kupim svojoj deci enciklopediju. Neka idu u školu kao što sam i ja
Neću svojoj deci da kupim enciklopediju. Neka pešače do škole kao što sam i ja radio
Neću da kupujem deci enciklopediju. Neka idu peške u školu kao što sam ja
Neću svojoj deci da sažvaćem ručak. Nek`se malo pomuče
Нећу купити деци енциклопедију. Нека иду пешке у школу као што сам и ја ишао
Ја својој деци нећу купити енциклопедију. Нека иду у школу као што сам и ја ишао
Deci ne kupujem enciklopediju. Neka uče pešaka, kao sto sam i ja radio
Neću kupovati enciklopediju mojoj djeci. Nek idu u školu kao i ja
Нећу да купим енциклопедију својој деци. Нек иду у школу као што сам ишао и ја
Нећу да купим енциклопедију деци. Нека иду пешке у школу као што сам ја ишао
Neću deci da kupim enciklopediju. Neka idu u školu kako sam i ja išao
Ja svojoj deci necu kupiti enciklopediju. Pusti ih, neka hodaju do skole, kao sto sam i ja morao

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