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There were 17 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 #14- "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." Rank by: +26 | -9 To me (a speaker of US English), this sentence is equivalent to "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be (perfect)." I can't see "be" meaning "exist" in this context.  +26 | -11 'be' can also mean 'exist' +15 | -5 I agree with the sense of "exist": if the world were perfect, there wouldn't be a world (i.e., a perfect world is impossible). +11 | -2 True, "be" could mean "exist", although I prefer the contradiction. Both are possible: it wouldn't exist/it wouldn't be perfect; the concept of perfection being highly subjective. SOMEONE would have something to gripe about. +9 | -2 The world, as we know it, exists with its flaws. +9 | -3 He is saying that imperfection is an essential part of life (as is the superfluous, according to Voltaire). Perhaps it is the imperfections which spur us on to better things, allow us to recognize and appreciate moments of perfection, etc. +3 Guys, look at the context this sentence is written in! There are a series of paradoxes or illogical sentences. This is another one. "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be (perfect)." +4 | -1 So to you, the speaker of US English, Descartes' "I think, therefore I am" is unintelligible? Of course, "be" can mean "exist" in this context. +1 "Be" reminds a phrase from the Bible: "Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more." +1 I suppose that he meant that a perfect world would be dull, thus it wouldn't be perfect. | Translations of this segment (17 total; 17 unique)ถ้าทุกอย่างจะสมบูรณ์แบบ, มันไม่มีทาง ถ้าโลกนี้มันสมบูรณ์แบบ มันก็คงไม่สมบูรณ์แบบหรอก ถ้าโลกเคยสมบูรณ์แบบ ต่อไปคงไม่สมบูรณ์แบบแล้ว ถ้าโลกสมบูรณ์แบบ มันคงไม่น่าใช่ ถ้าโลกนี้สมบูรณ์แบบ โลกก็คงจะไม่สมบูรณ์แบบ โลกนี้จะไม่สมบูรณ์แบบ ถ้ามันสมบูรณ์แบบ ถ้าโลกนี้สมบรูณ์แบบ มันก็ไม่ใช่โลก หากโลกนี้สมบูรณ์แบบ มันก็คงจะปราศจากความสมบูรณ์แบบ ถ้าโลกนี้สมบูรณ์แบบไปซะทุกอย่าง ก็คงไม่ใช่โลกของเราแล้ว ถ้าโลกสมบูรณ์แบบ มันจะไม่สมบูรณ์แบบ ถ้าโลกนี้สมบูรณ์แบบ ไม่มีทาง ถ้าโลกของเรามันสมบูรณ์แบบ มันจะไม่สมบูรณ์แบบ หากโลกนี้มันดีพร้อม มันจะไม่ค่อยดีเท่าไร ไม่มีทางที่โลกนี้จะเพอร์เฟคหรอกนะ ถ้าโลกนั้นสมบูรณ์แบบ จะไม่เป็นอย่างนี้หรอก ถ้าโลกใบนี้สมบูรณ์แบบเสียทุกอย่าง มันจะไม่เป็นอย่างนี้ ถ้าโลกนี้สมบูรณ์แบบละก็ โลกก็ไม่ใช่โลก | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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