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Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354 | Love it!

Christine Andersen — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 09:04:00 +0000

Forum: ProZ.com contests - discussion of individual entries
Topic: Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354
Poster: Christine Andersen
Post title: Love it!

I usually stay away from this contest, and stumbled on it years later when looking for something else...

Definitely to be printed out, with names, for my collection of Danish 'proverbs'...

Thanks, Gitte!

Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354 | A gem of a translation

Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:58:00 +0000

Forum: ProZ.com contests - discussion of individual entries
Topic: Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354
Poster: Peter Smedskjaer-Stenland
Post title: A gem of a translation

Loved this gem.
Jeg ville give min højre arm for at kunne bruge begge hænder samtidigt.
I use this translation myself when I am in a bar. Always get a weird stare, then a few laughs.

Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354 | Couldn't think of anything else

564354352 (X) — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:01:00 +0000

Forum: ProZ.com contests - discussion of individual entries
Topic: Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354
Poster: 564354352 (X)
Post title: Couldn't think of anything else

Hi Tina
I wasn't particularly happy with that sentence either. The direct translation of 'encyclopedia' doesn't have the funny pun of the American quote, where it sounds like 'encyclopedia' could be some kind of bike. However, it was the best I could come up with, and I just hoped that the sentence as a whole would convey that Yogi Berra had no clue what an encyclopedia is, along with the hint that his schooling was maybe not all that it could have been.
Gitte

Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354 | Leksikon?

Tina Colquhoun — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:11:00 +0000

Forum: ProZ.com contests - discussion of individual entries
Topic: Discussion about Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" in English to Danish - Entry #11354
Poster: Tina Colquhoun
Post title: Leksikon?

I'm not sure I understand the reasoning for using 'leksikon' as a translation for 'encyclopedia' in sentence no. 7...