English: [These people were writing]1 [with intense frus-tration]2 [about what procrastination had done to their lives,]3 [about what this Monkey had done to them.]4
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Russian: [Люди были глубоко расстроены тем,]2 [как прокрастинация повлияла на их жизнь,]3 [тем,]2 [что с ними сделала Обезьянка.]4
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Hungarian: [Ezek az emberek]1 [végtelen frusztrációjuk-ban]2 [írtak,]1 [azért, amit a halogatás tett az életükkel,]3 [amit ez a Kismajom tett velük.]4
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Turkish: [Bu insanlar]1 [ertelemenin hayatlarına ne yap-tığını,]3 [bu Maymun’un onlara ne yaptığını]4 [yoğun bir hüsranla]2 [anlatıyorlardı.]1
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Mandarin (traditional – mouse over for simplified):
[這些人都非常挫折，]2 [覺得]Χ [拖延對生活有很大影響，]3Δ [對]Υ [猴子的行為]4Δ [感到挫敗。]Υ
Mandarin (simplified – mouse off for traditional):
[这些人都非常挫折，]2 [觉得]Χ [拖延对生活有很大影响，]3Δ [对]Υ [猴子的行为]4Δ [感到挫败。]Υ
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Japanese: [先延ばしが彼らの人生に及ぼしている影響への]3 [強い苛立ちをもって]2 [書かれていたんです]1 [おサルのせいでどんな目に遭っているかと]4
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| Mode | Text / Speech | Sentence # | Subordinations | ||
| Subtitle translation | Tim Urban | 53 | 3 | ||
Target language | Reordering Σi=1 Σj=i+1 I(xj<xi) | ± Nestings { } {{ }} {{{ }}} | Semantic changes Δ |
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| Russian | — | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Hungarian | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Turkish | 5 | 4 | — | — | — |
| Mandarin | — | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| Japanese | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 |