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

Competition in this pair is now closed, and the winning entries have been announced.

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- "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 entries have been announced in this pair.

There were 11 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase, 6 of which were selected by peers to advance to the finals round. The winning entries were determined based on finals round voting by peers.

Competition in this pair is now closed.


Entries (11 total; 6 finalists) Expand all entries

Entry #11227 — Discuss 0
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
347 x41 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.173.21 (136 ratings)3.14 (136 ratings)
Entry2.652.50 (4 ratings)2.80 (5 ratings)
Entry #11504 — Discuss 0
Nihan Pekmen
Nihan Pekmen
Türkiye
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
345 x45 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.073.05 (125 ratings)3.08 (129 ratings)
Entry3.003.00 (3 ratings)3.00 (4 ratings)
Entry #11147 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
296 x41 x23 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.053.23 (149 ratings)2.87 (155 ratings)
Entry3.853.86 (7 ratings)3.83 (6 ratings)
Entry #11380 — Discuss 0
Ahu Yalcin
Ahu Yalcin
Türkiye
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
273 x46 x23 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.413.37 (139 ratings)3.46 (143 ratings)
Entry2.752.75 (4 ratings)2.75 (4 ratings)
Entry #11818 — Discuss 0
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
263 x45 x24 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.173.26 (141 ratings)3.09 (147 ratings)
Entry2.752.75 (4 ratings)2.75 (4 ratings)
Entry #11831 — Discuss 0
altugk
altugk
Türkiye
Finalist
Voting points1st2nd3rd
213 x44 x21 x1
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.033.07 (122 ratings)3.00 (122 ratings)
Entry2.752.75 (4 ratings)2.75 (4 ratings)


Non-finalist entries

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

Entry #11359 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.133.19 (134 ratings)3.06 (138 ratings)
Entry2.632.75 (4 ratings)2.50 (4 ratings)
Entry #11270 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments3.053.08 (137 ratings)3.03 (140 ratings)
Entry2.702.60 (5 ratings)2.80 (5 ratings)
Entry #11513 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.932.87 (142 ratings)2.98 (143 ratings)
Entry2.302.20 (5 ratings)2.40 (5 ratings)
Entry #11404 — Discuss 0
avicenna
avicenna
Germany
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.842.88 (141 ratings)2.81 (141 ratings)
Entry2.502.50 (4 ratings)2.50 (4 ratings)
Entry #11326 — Discuss 0
Rating typeOverallQualityAccuracy
Segments2.802.91 (144 ratings)2.69 (145 ratings)
Entry2.672.67 (3 ratings)2.67 (3 ratings)