Can you solve the bridge riddle? - Alex Gendler

Translator: Nuri Tuğluk Reviewer: Daban Q Jaff

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab

Tu vê stajertiyê li laboratureka li çiyayekî dûr bike

might not have been the best idea.

belkî ne fikrekî baş bî?

Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did

Tenê ji bo ku fem bike bi kêrî çi tê, tu deste dêrî bikşînî

probably wasn't so smart, either,

ne karekî biaqil e?

but now is not the time for regrets

Lê niha ne dema poşmantiyê ye,

because you need to get away from these mutant zombies fast.

ji ber ku dive tu niha ji zombiyan bi lêz bireve.

With you are the janitor, the lab assistant, and the old professor.

Li gel te xedeme, asîstan û profesorekî kal heye.

You've gotten a headstart, but there's only one way to safety:

Tu behtir bi şans î, lê ji bo xilasbûnê rêyeke tenê heye:

across an old rope bridge spanning a massive gorge.

Dive hûn li ser pireka di navbera du çiyayan de ye derbas bibin.

You can dash across in a minute,

Tu bi bazê deqîqeyekê de dikare derbas bibe,

while the lab assistant takes two minutes.

asîstan du deqîqeyan de,

The janitor is a bit slower and needs five minutes,

Xademe hinekî hêdî ye û penc deqîqe jê re dive,

and the professor takes a whole ten minutes,

lê profesor ji ber ku xwe bi ta digire

holding onto the ropes every step of the way.

deh deqîqeyan de derbas dibe.

By the professor's calculations,

Li gor hesabên profesor

the zombies will catch up to you in just over 17 minutes,

zombî 17 deqîqeyan de ê bigihin we

so you only have that much time to get everyone across and cut the ropes.

lewma ji bo ku hûn hemû derbas bin û ta qut bikin 17 deqîqe hene.

Unfortunately, the bridge can only hold two people at a time.

Mixabin pir di carekê de tenê du kesan hildigire.

To make matters worse,

Ya hê xirabtir,

it's so dark out that you can barely see,

her der tarî ye, hûn bi zorê dibînin,

and the old lantern you grabbed on your way only illuminates a tiny area.

Lambeye bi we re hindik ronî dide ber we.

Can you figure out a way to have everyone escape in time?

We di vê demê de rêyêke ku her kesî xilas bike dît?

Remember: no more than two people can cross the bridge together,

Ji bîr nekin: ser pirê carekî de du kes tenê derbas dibin,

anyone crossing must either hold the lantern or stay right next to it,

kesekî derbas dibe divê lambeyê hilbigire an nêzîkî lambeyê bimeşe;

and any of you can safely wait in the dark on either side of the gorge.

wisa kesek dikare bi ewlehî derbas bibe.

Most importantly, everyone must be safely across before the zombies arrive.

Ya herî girîng berî ku zombî werin divê her kes derbasî aliye din bibe.

Otherwise, the first zombie could step on the bridge while people are still on it.

Wekî din, zombî ê werin ser pirê.

Finally, there are no tricks to use here.

Ya dawî jî li vir hûn nikarin hileyan bikin.

You can't swing across,

Hûn nikarin bi daliqandine herin

use the bridge as a raft,

û nikarin pirê bikin kelek,

or befriend the zombies.

nikarin bi zombiyan re bibin heval.

Pause the video now if you want to figure it out for yourself!

Ku hûn bixwazin bi xwe vê mamikê çareser bikin vîdeo bisekînin!

Answer in: 3

Ji bo bersive : 3

Answer in: 2

2

Answer in: 1

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At first it might seem like no matter what you do,

Serê peşî, hûn çawa bikin jî di encamê de

you're just a minute or two short of time, but there is a way.

yek an du deqîqeyan dereng dimînin, lê çareyek heye.

The key is to minimize the time wasted by the two slowest people

Nuqteya girîng: Divê du kesên hêdî bi hev re derbas bibin

by having them cross together.

deqene dema ku lazim kêm bibe.

And because you'll need to make a couple of return trips with the lantern,

Ji bilî vê, dive kesek lambeyê şûn de vegerine,

you'll want to have the fastest people available to do so.

yê bi lez vê bike çêtir e.

So, you and the lab assistant quickly run across with the lantern,

Tu û asîstan bi lez derbas bibin

though you have to slow down a bit to match her pace.

lê dive tu li gorî leza wî bimeşî.

After two minutes, both of you are across,

Du deqîqe pişt re hûn her du jî li aliyê din in

and you, as the quickest, run back with the lantern.

ji bo ku yê bi lez tu yî te lambeyê vegerîne.

Only three minutes have passed.

Tenê sê deqîqe derbas bûn.

So far, so good.

Niha baş e.

Now comes the hard part.

Niha cihê zor ma ye.

The professor and the janitor take the lantern and cross together.

profesor û xademe bi lambeyê derbas dibin.

This takes them ten minutes

Çunkî xademe dive li gor

since the janitor has to slow down for the old professor

profesorê kal ku dibêje dive zombî me nebînin,

who keeps muttering

hêdîka

that he probably shouldn't have given the zombies night vision.

derbas bibe.

By the time they're across, there are only four minutes left,

Dema ku gihiştin aliyê din çar deqîqe dimînin.

and you're still stuck on the wrong side of the bridge.

û tu hê li aliyê bi xeter disekinî.

But remember, the lab assistant has been waiting on the other side,

Lê bîne bîra xwe asîstan li aliyê din e

and she's the second fastest of the group.

û yê duyem bi lez ew e.

So she grabs the lantern from the professor

Lambeyê ji destê profeser hildigire û

and runs back across to you.

baz dide aliyê te.

Now with only two minutes left, the two of you make the final crossing.

Di her du deqîqeyên mayin de hûn her du derbas dibin.

As you step on the far side of the gorge,

Dema ku hûn derbas bûn,

you cut the ropes and collapse the bridge behind you,

di sanîyeya dawiyê de ta jê dikin

just in the nick of time.

û pirê hildiweşînin.

Maybe next summer, you'll just stick to the library.

Belkî havîna were tu ji pirtûkxaneyê dernekevî.