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

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Source text in English

- "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."

There were 13 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..
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 (13 total; 13 unique)

Hindi ko ibibili ang mga anak ko ng encyclopedia. Hayaan na silang pumasok sa paaralan tulad ko
Bakit ko bibilhan ng encyclopedia ang mga anak ko? Hayaan mong maglakad sila papasok sa eskuwela tulad ng ginawa ko
Hindi ko bibilhan ang mga anak ko ng encyclopedia. Hayaan silang maglakad papuntang paaralan tulad ng ginawa ko
Hindi ko bibilhan nang encyclopedia ang mga anak ko. Hayaan mo silang maglakad papunta sa paaralan katulad nang ginawa ko dati
Hindi ko bibilhan ng ensiklopedya ang aking mga anak. Hahayaan ko silang maglakad papuntang eskwelahan tulad ng aking ginawa
Hindi ko bibilhan ng encyclopedia yung mga anak ko. Maglakad sila papunta sa eskwelahan tulad ko
Hindi ko ibibili ng encyclopedia ang aking mga anak. Hayaan mo silang maglakad papuntang paaralan kagaya ng ginawa ko
Hindi ko bibilhan ng encyclopedia ang aking mga anak. Maglakad sila papuntang paaralan katulad ng ginawa ko
Hindi ko ibibili ng encyclopedia ang mga anak ko. Hayaan mo silang maglakad patungo sa paaralan gaya ng ginawa ko
Hindi ko ibibili nang ensaiklopidya ang mga anak ko. Maghirap sila sa pag-aaral gaya ko
Hindi ko bibilhan ang mga anak ko ng encyclopedia, matuto silang maglakad papasok tulad ko
Hindi ko ibibili ng encyclopedia ang aking mga anak. Bayaan mo silang lakarin ang patungo sa paaralan katulad ng aking pinagdaanan
Hindi ako bibili ng encyclopedia para sa mga batang anak ko. Hayaan mo silang paglakad pamuntang paaralan kagaya ko noon
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