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There were 44 entries submitted in this pair during the submission phase.Entries submitted in this pair were rated on a per-segment basis. Listed below are all submitted translations of each individual source text segment. |
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Translations submitted for each source text segment are listed below. Segments have had surrounding punctuation stripped, and the resulting identical segments have been grouped together, so each listed translation should differ, but the difference may be subtle (eg. internal punctuation or diacritics).| Viewing segment # out of 14 |
Source text segment #14- "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be." Rank by: +26 | -9 To me (a speaker of US English), this sentence is equivalent to "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be (perfect)." I can't see "be" meaning "exist" in this context.  +26 | -11 'be' can also mean 'exist' +15 | -5 I agree with the sense of "exist": if the world were perfect, there wouldn't be a world (i.e., a perfect world is impossible). +11 | -2 True, "be" could mean "exist", although I prefer the contradiction. Both are possible: it wouldn't exist/it wouldn't be perfect; the concept of perfection being highly subjective. SOMEONE would have something to gripe about. +9 | -2 The world, as we know it, exists with its flaws. +9 | -3 He is saying that imperfection is an essential part of life (as is the superfluous, according to Voltaire). Perhaps it is the imperfections which spur us on to better things, allow us to recognize and appreciate moments of perfection, etc. +3 Guys, look at the context this sentence is written in! There are a series of paradoxes or illogical sentences. This is another one. "If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be (perfect)." +4 | -1 So to you, the speaker of US English, Descartes' "I think, therefore I am" is unintelligible? Of course, "be" can mean "exist" in this context. +1 "Be" reminds a phrase from the Bible: "Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more." +1 I suppose that he meant that a perfect world would be dull, thus it wouldn't be perfect. | Translations of this segment (44 total; 21 unique)Si le monde était parfait, il ne serait pas Un monde parfait ne le serait pas Si le monde était parfait, il n'existerait pas Dans un monde parfait, rien n'est parfait Yogi Berra: "Merci, madame. La vôtre me surprend… démesurément Si le monde était parfait, il ne le serait plus Un monde parfait ça n'existe pas, ou alors il serait imparfait Le monde n’est parfait qu’à l’imparfait. Ou : La perfection n’est pas de ce monde Si le monde était parfait, il ne le serait pas Si le monde était parfait, il cesserait de l'être Si le monde était parfait, ce ne serait pas possible Si le monde était parfait il n'existerait pas Un monde parfait, ça n'existe pas Si le monde était parfait, ce ne le serait pas Un monde parfait, on l'aurait deja detruit Si le monde était parfait, il ne serait pas de ce monde Si le Monde était parfait, il n'y aurait pas de Monde Un monde parfait serait imparfait Si le monde était parfait, ce ne serait pas le monde Si le monde était parfait, il n'aurait aucune raison d'exister Si le mode était parfait, il n'existerait pas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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