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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 #5- "I can't concentrate when I'm thinking." Rank by: +26 | -1 This doesn't make sense because the whole point of concentrating is to improve one's thinking - just the opposite of what this hillarious sentence is implying.  +12 It's [definitely] humorous because [usually] when you concentrate, you ARE thinking... but concentrating on the ball at sports does not imply you are necessarily thinking. There is a common missing element to all the source quotes: CONTEXT. It is key to k +8 | -3 It makes perfect sense to me: when one tries to focus (concentrate) on the game (run fast, throw or catch the ball, etc,), one has no time to stop & consider one's options & risks: you just play without thinking it over: you had prepared in advance! +3 This is a merger of two expressions that each mean the same thing but together the logically cancel each other out. They are "I can't think while doing X" and "I can't concentrate while [you're] doing X". +4 | -1 Typical surrealistic impossibility +5 | -2 It's [supposedly] humorous because when you concentrate, you ARE thinking. +1 This is about difference between concentrating and thinking. +1 Both thinking and concentrating occupy your mind in the same way, but paradoxically, they are not synonims. They are, actually, exclusive (can't be in your mind at the same time), but one needs the other in order to occur!! Nice complexity... I can't concentrate when I am thinking. Meaning you think too much, losing your focus. Не могу сосредоточиться, слишком много мыслей в голове. +4 | -8 I can't concentrate on another thing when I am thinking about something else. | Translations of this segment (44 total; 30 unique)Je n'arrive pas à me concentrer quand je réfléchis Pendant que je pense je n'arrive plus à me concentrer Je ne peux pas me concentrer quand je pense Impossible de me concentrer lorsque je réfléchis Je ne parviens pas à me concentrer quand je réfléchis Réfléchir me déconcentre Je ne peux pas me concentrer en pensant Penser ou me concentrer : je ne peux pas tout faire à la fois Je ne peux pas penser si je réfléchis Je ne peux pas me concentrer quand je réfléchis Je n'arrive pas à me concentrer lorsque je réfléchis Je n'arrive pas à me concentrer quand je pense Je n'arrive pas à me concentrer lorsque je pense Je suis incapable de me concentrer quand je suis préoccupé(e Penser m’empêche de réfléchir Je ne peux pas me concentrer pendant que je réfléchis Impossible de me concentrer quand je réfléchis Je ne peux pas me concentrer et réfléchir en même temps Quand je pense, je n'arrive pas à me concentrer La réflexion empêche la concentration J'ai du mal a me concentrer quand je pense Je ne peux me concentrer quand je pense J'arrive pas à me concentrer quand je réfléchis Je n'arrive plus à me concentrer et penser Quand je réfléchis, je n'arrive pas à me concentrer Je n’arrive pas à me concentrer lorsque je réfléchis Je n'arrive pas à me concentrer quand je suis en train de réfléchir Je ne puis me focaliser sur quoi que ce soit tout en méditant Je ne peut pas me concentrer quand je suis en train de réflechir Je ne peux pas me concentrer si je réfléchis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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