ProZ.com translation contests »
Mini-contest 2012: "Yogi Berra Quotes" » English to Russian

Competition in this pair is now closed, and the winning entry has been announced.

Discussion and feedback about the competition in this language pair may now be provided by visiting the "Discussion & feedback" page for this pair. Entries may also be individually discussed by clicking the "Discuss" link next to any listed entry.

Source text in English View comments about this source text »

- "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."

The winning entry has been announced in this pair.

There were 29 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 7 of which were selected by peers to advance to the finals round. The winning entry was determined based on finals round voting by peers.

Competition in this pair is now closed.


Entries (29 total; 7 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #12037 — Discuss 0
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
7715 x46 x25 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.683.65 (366 ratings)3.72 (358 ratings)
Entry3.643.75 (16 ratings)3.53 (17 ratings)
Entry #11405 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
7210 x412 x28 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.613.60 (343 ratings)3.62 (331 ratings)
Entry3.473.61 (18 ratings)3.33 (18 ratings)
Entry #12106 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
509 x44 x26 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.613.64 (354 ratings)3.58 (338 ratings)
Entry3.623.68 (19 ratings)3.56 (18 ratings)
Entry #11804 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
499 x44 x25 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.623.61 (345 ratings)3.63 (334 ratings)
Entry3.633.75 (16 ratings)3.50 (16 ratings)
Entry #11770 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
488 x45 x26 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.653.57 (340 ratings)3.72 (331 ratings)
Entry3.613.71 (14 ratings)3.50 (14 ratings)
Entry #11039 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
446 x47 x26 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.673.69 (334 ratings)3.64 (319 ratings)
Entry3.593.71 (17 ratings)3.47 (17 ratings)
Entry #11873 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
448 x44 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.623.58 (346 ratings)3.67 (342 ratings)
Entry3.543.46 (13 ratings)3.62 (13 ratings)


Non-finalist entries

The following entries were not selected by peers to advance to finals-round voting.

Entry #11611 — Discuss 0
Natalia Kulichkina
Natalia Kulichkina
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.633.56 (337 ratings)3.69 (337 ratings)
Entry3.253.42 (12 ratings)3.08 (12 ratings)
Entry #12173 — Discuss 0
Iryna Crany
Iryna Crany
United States
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.603.48 (338 ratings)3.71 (326 ratings)
Entry3.002.93 (15 ratings)3.07 (15 ratings)
Entry #11275 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.593.50 (330 ratings)3.68 (327 ratings)
Entry3.173.40 (15 ratings)2.93 (15 ratings)
Entry #11230 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.503.60 (351 ratings)3.41 (335 ratings)
Entry3.373.53 (15 ratings)3.20 (15 ratings)
Entry #11977 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.493.40 (332 ratings)3.58 (321 ratings)
Entry3.073.21 (14 ratings)2.93 (14 ratings)
Entry #11408 — Discuss 0
Olga Savelyeva
Olga Savelyeva
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.483.34 (336 ratings)3.61 (335 ratings)
Entry3.273.15 (13 ratings)3.38 (13 ratings)
Entry #11428 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.463.38 (329 ratings)3.55 (321 ratings)
Entry2.852.92 (13 ratings)2.77 (13 ratings)
Entry #11330 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.443.37 (328 ratings)3.51 (322 ratings)
Entry3.043.15 (13 ratings)2.92 (13 ratings)
Entry #11332 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.433.28 (323 ratings)3.58 (320 ratings)
Entry2.752.93 (14 ratings)2.57 (14 ratings)
Entry #11395 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.403.43 (335 ratings)3.36 (327 ratings)
Entry2.863.29 (14 ratings)2.43 (14 ratings)
Entry #11479 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.323.33 (330 ratings)3.31 (328 ratings)
Entry3.173.17 (12 ratings)3.17 (12 ratings)
Entry #12203 — Discuss 0
Yelena Fukalova
Yelena Fukalova
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.323.35 (326 ratings)3.29 (316 ratings)
Entry2.913.08 (12 ratings)2.73 (11 ratings)
Entry #11602 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.293.44 (338 ratings)3.14 (333 ratings)
Entry3.263.44 (16 ratings)3.07 (14 ratings)
Entry #11299 — Discuss 0
Sofia Gutkin
Sofia Gutkin
Australia
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.243.13 (317 ratings)3.35 (312 ratings)
Entry2.502.72 (18 ratings)2.28 (18 ratings)
Entry #11057 — Discuss 0
Natalia Mackevich
Natalia Mackevich
United Kingdom
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.203.24 (291 ratings)3.17 (278 ratings)
Entry2.872.91 (11 ratings)2.82 (11 ratings)
Entry #11221 — Discuss 0
Sergei V. Kasyanov
Sergei V. Kasyanov
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.153.20 (325 ratings)3.09 (316 ratings)
Entry2.632.75 (12 ratings)2.50 (12 ratings)
Entry #11590 — Discuss 0
Gennady Lapardin
Gennady Lapardin
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.133.14 (306 ratings)3.13 (305 ratings)
Entry2.402.50 (10 ratings)2.30 (10 ratings)
Entry #11683 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.033.18 (324 ratings)2.88 (318 ratings)
Entry2.672.83 (12 ratings)2.50 (12 ratings)
Entry #11452 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.973.06 (314 ratings)2.87 (311 ratings)
Entry2.322.45 (11 ratings)2.18 (11 ratings)
Entry #11515 — Discuss 0
Roman Bouchev
Roman Bouchev
Russian Federation
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.943.14 (327 ratings)2.75 (318 ratings)
Entry2.723.18 (11 ratings)2.25 (12 ratings)
Entry #12214 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.943.15 (306 ratings)2.73 (294 ratings)
Entry2.232.36 (11 ratings)2.09 (11 ratings)
Entry #11257 — Discuss 0
Scott Bean
Scott Bean
United States
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.812.67 (321 ratings)2.95 (312 ratings)
Entry1.921.83 (12 ratings)2.00 (12 ratings)