English: [So I read these emails]1 [and I had a little bit of an epiphany]2 – [that]4 [I don’t think]3 [non-procrastina-tors exist.]4
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Russian: [Я всё читал эти сообщения]1 – [и тут меня озарило:]2 [непрокрастинаторов не существует.]4
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Hungarian: [Ahogy olvastam ezeket a leveleket,]1 [támadt egy kisebb megvilágosodásom:]2 [nem hiszem,]3 [hogy léteznek nem-halogatók.]4
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Turkish: [Bu e-postaları okuyunca]1 [birden,]2 [aslında er-teleyici olmayan hiç kimse olmadığını]4 [anladım.]2
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Mandarin (traditional – mouse over for simplified):
[所以我看這些信件時，]1 [突然有種領悟]2 – [那就是不拖延的人根本不存在。]4
Mandarin (simplified – mouse off for traditional):
[所以我看这些信件时，]1 [突然有种领悟]2 – [那就是不拖延的人根本不存在。]4
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Japanese: [そういうメールを読んでいて]1 [ひらめいたことがあります]2 [先延ばし屋でない人なんていないということです]4
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| Subtitle translation | Tim Urban | 66 | 2 | ||
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