English: [If you’re a dog]1 [and you spend your whole life doing nothing other than easy and fun things,]2 [you’re a huge success!]3
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Russian: [Если вы собака]1 [и всю жизнь только и делаете, что веселитесь,]2 [вы очень успешный пёс!]3
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Hungarian: [Ha mondjuk kutya vagy,]1 [és egész életed-ben csak könnyű és élvezetes dolgokat csinálsz,]2 [óriási sikert aratsz!]3
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Turkish: [Eğer bir köpekseniz]1 [ve bütün hayatınızı sade-ce rahat ve eğlenceli şeyler yaparak geçiriyorsanız]2 [bu büyük bir başarıdır!]3
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Mandarin (traditional – mouse over for simplified):
[如果你是隻狗，]1 [一輩子只做輕鬆有趣的事，不做別的，]2 [那你就成功了啊！]3
Mandarin (simplified – mouse off for traditional):
[如果你是只狗，]1 [一辈子只做轻松有趣的事，不做别的，]2 [那你就成功了啊！]3
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Japanese: [犬であれば]1 [ずっとラクで楽しいことだけやって過ごすのは]2 [大成功の生き方でしょう]3
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| Mode | Text / Speech | Sentence # | Subordinations | ||
| Subtitle translation | Tim Urban | 26 | 2 | ||
Target language | Reordering Σi=1 Σj=i+1 I(xj<xi) | ± Nestings { } {{ }} {{{ }}} | Semantic changes Δ |
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