Sir Ken Robinson

The following pages show six-language versions and feature counts for each sentence in Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk, Do schools kill creativity?, as translated and published on the TED website, followed by the measurements of the three indicators of difficulty for each language version of each sentence:

sentence 1: 00:21
sentence 2: 00:21
sentence 3: 00:21
sentence 4: 01:13
sentence 5: 01:33
sentence 6: 01:33
sentence 7: 01:33
sentence 8: 01:33
sentence 9: 02:16
sentence 10: 02:16
sentence 11: 02:16
sentence 12: 02:16
sentence 13: 02:49
sentence 14: 02:49
sentence 15: 03:23
sentence 16: 03:23
sentence 17: 04:19

sentence 18: 05:14
sentence 19: 05:14
sentence 20: 05:14
sentence 21: 05:57
sentence 22: 06:25
sentence 23: 07:27
sentence 24: 07:51
sentence 25: 08:19
sentence 26: 08:19
sentence 27: 08:19
sentence 28: 09:06
sentence 29: 09:15
sentence 30: 09:44
sentence 31: 10:28
sentence 32: 10:54
sentence 33: 11:10
sentence 34: 11:33

sentence 35: 11:33
sentence 36: 11:33
sentence 37: 11:59
sentence 38: 11:59
sentence 39: 12:30
sentence 40: 12:48
sentence 41: 12:48
sentence 42: 13:25
sentence 43: 13:25
sentence 44: 13:51
sentence 45: 13:59
sentence 46: 14:20
sentence 47: 14:20
sentence 48: 14:43
sentence 49: 14:43
sentence 50: 14:43
sentence 51: 15:14

sentence 52: 15:46
sentence 53: 15:46
sentence 54: 16:19
sentence 55: 16:19
sentence 56: 16:19
sentence 57: 16:19
sentence 58: 16:43
sentence 59: 16:43
sentence 60: 16:43
sentence 61: 17:32
sentence 62: 17:32
sentence 63: 17:32
sentence 64: 17:32
sentence 65: 18:05
sentence 66: 18:25
sentence 67: 18:25
sentence 68: 18:25
sentence 69: 18:25

Data for talk by Sir Ken Robinson


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14Russian11
Hungarian1
Turkish3211
Mandarin721
Japanese4211
24Russian32
Hungarian1
Turkish222
Mandarin54
Japanese243
31Russian2
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin1
Japanese22
45Russian4
Hungarian
Turkish312
Mandarin3
Japanese24
51Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese
61Russian
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin1
Japanese11
72Russian1
Hungarian1
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese11
83Russian22
Hungarian
Turkish42
Mandarin12
Japanese42
9Russian
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin
Japanese11
101Russian
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese1
11Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin11
Japanese112
121Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese1
131Russian
Hungarian1
Turkish1
Mandarin
Japanese1
142Russian
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin11
Japanese111
153Russian
Hungarian2
Turkish2
Mandarin1
Japanese13
162Russian3
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese3
172Russian11
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin2
Japanese212
185Russian2
Hungarian
Turkish2
Mandarin11
Japanese22
191Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin
Japanese11
201Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin1
Japanese1
211Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese1
22Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin11
Japanese
231Russian
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin
Japanese
241Russian
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese1
252Russian2
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin2
Japanese11
261Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin11
Japanese11
272Russian
Hungarian
Turkish21
Mandarin
Japanese2
284Russian
Hungarian11
Turkish31
Mandarin5
Japanese123
2912Russian12
Hungarian2
Turkish65
Mandarin1
Japanese37
301Russian
Hungarian11
Turkish11
Mandarin
Japanese2
312Russian
Hungarian11
Turkish1
Mandarin
Japanese1
321Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin12
Japanese11
335Russian11
Hungarian11
Turkish742
Mandarin21
Japanese46
341Russian
Hungarian
Turkish3
Mandarin31
Japanese1
352Russian
Hungarian11
Turkish11
Mandarin11
Japanese11
363Russian11
Hungarian
Turkish12
Mandarin1
Japanese12
373Russian
Hungarian1
Turkish2
Mandarin11
Japanese11
381Russian
Hungarian11
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese211
394Russian12
Hungarian12
Turkish213
Mandarin11
Japanese222
402Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin
Japanese1
414Russian
Hungarian223
Turkish411
Mandarin45
Japanese661
421Russian
Hungarian
Turkish3
Mandarin1
Japanese1
431Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese
441Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese
452Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese
463Russian11
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin11
Japanese
473Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin1
Japanese32
482Russian
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese2
492Russian
Hungarian1
Turkish31
Mandarin1
Japanese22
501Russian
Hungarian
Turkish5
Mandarin1
Japanese12
513Russian12
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin11
Japanese122
521Russian
Hungarian111
Turkish114
Mandarin111
Japanese212
535Russian2
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin1
Japanese12
542Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish1
Mandarin11
Japanese2
552Russian
Hungarian
Turkish11
Mandarin
Japanese11
561Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish13
Mandarin13
Japanese2
573Russian
Hungarian
Turkish33
Mandarin
Japanese1
584Russian121
Hungarian12
Turkish21
Mandarin11
Japanese23
59Russian
Russian
Hungarian
Hungarian
Turkish
60Turkish
Mandarin
Mandarin
Japanese
Japanese
611Russian
Hungarian1
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese11
626Russian
Hungarian1
Turkish213
Mandarin11
Japanese753
632Russian
Hungarian
Turkish321
Mandarin
Japanese221
641Russian
Hungarian1
Turkish1
Mandarin1
Japanese11
654Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese
663Russian1
Hungarian
Turkish13
Mandarin2
Japanese22
674Russian11
Hungarian2
Turkish11
Mandarin
Japanese22
682Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin1
Japanese1
69Russian
Hungarian
Turkish
Mandarin
Japanese