Can you solve "Einstein’s Riddle"? - Dan Van der Vieren

Znaš li riješiti Einsteinovu zagonetku? - Dan Van der Vieren

Prevoditelj: Irma Komljenović Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Before he turned physics upside down,

Prije no što je okrenuo fiziku naglavačke,

a young Albert Einstein supposedly showed off his genius

mladi Albert Einstein navodno je pokazao svoju genijalnost

by devising a complex riddle involving this list of clues.

osmislivši složenu zagonetku koja uključuje ovu listu tragova.

Can you resist tackling a brain teaser

Možeš li se oduprijeti od rješavanja mozgalice

written by one of the smartest people in history?

koju je napisao jedan od najpametnijih ljudi u povijesti?

Let's give it a shot.

Idemo probati.

The world's rarest fish has been stolen from the city aquarium.

Najrjeđa riba na svijetu ukradena je iz gradskog akvarija.

The police have followed the scent to a street with five identical looking houses.

Policija je miris pratila do ulice sa pet identičnih kuća.

But they can't search all the houses at once,

Međutim, ne smiju pretraživati sve kuće odjednom,

and if they pick the wrong one, the thief will know they're on his trail.

jer ako izaberu krivu, lopov će znati da su mu na tragu.

It's up to you, the city's best detective, to solve the case.

Na tebi je, najboljem detektivu u gradu, da riješiš slučaj.

When you arrive on the scene, the police tell you what they know.

Kad stigneš na mjesto zločina, policija ti kaže što znaju.

One:

Prvo:

each house's owner is of a different nationality,

vlasnici kuća različitih su nacionalnosti,

drinks a different beverage,

piju različita pića

and smokes a different type of cigar.

i puše različite vrste cigara.

Two:

Drugo:

each house's interior walls are painted a different color.

unutrašnji zidovi svake kuće obojani su različitom bojom.

Three:

each house contains a different animal, one of which is the fish.

Treće:

u svakoj je kući različita životinja, od kojih je jedna riba.

After a few hours of expert sleuthing, you gather some clues.

Nakon par sati istraživanja, skupio si neke tragove.

It may look like a lot of information,

Možda izgleda kao puno informacija,

but there's a clear logical path to the solution.

ali postoji jasni logički put prema rješenju.

Solving the puzzle will be a lot like Sudoku,

Riješiti zagonetku bit će poput rješavanja sudokua,

so you may find it helpful to organize your information in a grid, like this.

pa će ti možda biti lakše posložiti informacije u tablicu; ovako.

Pause the video on the following screen to examine your clues and solve the riddle.

Zaustavi video na sljedećem zaslonu da pregledaš tragove i riješiš zagonetku.

Answer in: 3

Odgovor u: 3

2

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To start, you fill in the information from clues eight and nine.

Za početak, unesi informacije iz osmog i devetog traga.

Immediately, you also realize that since the Norwegian is at the end of the street,

Odmah je jasno da pošto Norvežanin živi na kraju ulice,

there's only one house next to him,

pokraj njega postoji samo jedna kuća,

which must be the one with the blue walls in clue fourteen.

koja mora biti ona s plavim zidovima iz četrnaestog traga.

Clue five says the green-walled house's owner drinks coffee.

Peti trag kaže da kavu pije vlasnik kuće sa zelenim zidovima.

It can't be the center house since you already know its owner drinks milk,

Ne može biti kuća u središtu, jer već znaš da njen vlasnik pije mlijeko,

but it also can't be the second house, which you know has blue walls.

no također ne može biti druga kuća, za koju znaš da ima plave zidove.

And since clue four says

Ako četvrti trag kaže da

the green-walled house must be directly to the left of the white-walled one,

kuća zelenih zidova mora biti lijevo od kuće bijelih zidova,

it can't be the first or fifth house either.

ne može biti ni prva ni peta kuća.

The only place left for the green-walled house

Za kuću zelenih zidova čiji vlasnik pije kavu

with the coffee drinker is the fourth spot,

ostala je samo četvrta kuća,

meaning the white-walled house is the fifth.

što znači da je kuća bijelih zidova peta po redu.

Clue one gives you a nationality and a color.

Prvi trag daje ti i nacionalnost i boju.

Since the only column missing both these values is the center one,

Jedini je stupac kojem nedostaju obje vrijednosti srednji,

this must be the Brit's red-walled home.

pa to mora biti kuća Britanca crvenih zidova.

Now that the only unassigned wall color is yellow,

Sada je ostala samo žuta boja zidova,

this must be applied to the first house,

pa znamo da se radi o prvoj kući,

where clue seven says the Dunhill smoker lives.

čiji vlasnik, po sedmom tragu, puši Dunhill.

And clue eleven tells you that the owner of the horse is next door,

Jedanaesti trag kaže ti da mu je vlasnik konja susjed,

which can only be the second house.

pa se mora raditi o drugoj kući.

The next step is to figure out what the Norwegian in the first house drinks.

Onda treba pronaći piće koje Norvežanin pije.

It can't be tea, clue three tells you that's the Dane.

Ne može biti čaj, jer treći trag kaže da ga pije Danac.

As per clue twelve, it can't be root beer since that person smokes Bluemaster,

Po dvanaestom tragu, ne može bit pivo jer ta osoba puši Bluemaster,

and since you already assigned milk and coffee,

a jer si već dodijelio mlijeko i kavu,

it must be water.

mora biti voda.

From clue fifteen,

Zbog petnaestog traga

you know that the Norwegian's neighbor, who can only be in the second house,

znaš da susjed Norvežanina, koji može biti samo iz druge kuće,

smokes Blends.

puši Blends.

Now that the only spot in the grid without a cigar and a drink

Sada kada jedino u petom stupcu

is in the fifth column,

nedostaju cigara i piće,

that must be the home of the person in clue twelve.

to mora biti kuća osobe iz dvanaestog traga.

And since this leaves only the second house without a drink,

Sada jedino vlasnik druge kuće nema piće,

the tea-drinking Dane must live there.

pa tu mora živjeti Danac koji pije čaj.

The fourth house is now the only one missing a nationality and a cigar brand,

Samo četvrtoj kući nedostaje i nacionalnost i cigara,

so the Prince-smoking German from clue thirteen must live there.

pa tu mora živjeti Nijemac iz trinaestog traga koji puši Prince.

Through elimination, you can conclude that the Brit smokes Pall Mall

Pomoću eliminacija možeš zaključiti da Britanac puši Pall Mall

and the Swede lives in the fifth house,

i Šveđanin živi u petoj kući,

while clue six and clue two tell you

dok ti šesti i drugi trag kažu

that these two have a bird and a dog, respectively.

da ta dvojica imaju, redom, pticu i psa.

Clue ten tells you that the cat owner lives next to the Blend-smoking Dane,

Deseti trag ti kaže da vlasnik mačke živi pokraj Danca koji puši Blend,

putting him in the first house.

što ga stavlja u prvu kuću.

Now with only one spot left on the grid,

Sa samo jednim praznim poljem,

you know that the German in the green-walled house must be the culprit.

sada znaš da Nijemac iz kuće zelenih zidova mora biti krivac.

You and the police burst into the house,

Ti i policajci upadate u kuću,

catching the thief fish-handed.

hvatajući lopova u djelu.

While that explanation was straightforward,

Dok je ovo objašnjenje bilo izravno,

solving puzzles like this often involves false starts and dead ends.

rješavanje ovakvih zagonetki nosi lažne početke i slijepe ulice.

Part of the trick is to use the process of elimination

Jedan je trik koristiti proces eliminacije

and lots of trial and error to hone in on the right pieces,

i puno pokušaja i pogreški za izoštrenje pravih dijelova,

and the more logic puzzles you solve,

a što više logičkih zagonetki riješiš,

the better your intuition will be

to će ti intuicija biti bolja

for when and where there's enough information to make your deductions.

da prepoznaš kad ima dovoljno informacija za dedukciju.

And did young Einstein really write this puzzle?

Je li mladi Einstein stvarno napisao ovu zagonetku?

Probably not.

Vjerojatno ne.

There's no evidence he did,

Ne postoji dokaz da je,

and some of the brands mentioned are too recent.

a neke spomenute marke su prilično nove.

But the logic here is not so different

Ali logika ovdje nije različita

from what you'd use to solve equations with multiple variables,

od one koja se koristi za rješavanje jednadžbi s više varijabli,

even those describing the nature of the universe.

čak i onih koje opisuju prirodu svemira.