How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Michael Blokager Berthelsen Reviewer: Mikael Fuhr

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

Jeg er vant til at tænke på TED's publikum som en vidunderlig samling

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

af nogle af de mest effektive, intelligente

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

intellektuelle, kyndige

worldly and innovative people in the world.

sofistikerede og innovative mennesker i verden.

And I think that's true.

Og jeg mener, at det er rigtigt.

However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you

Men, jeg har også grund til at tro

at mange, hvis ikke de fleste af jer

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

faktisk snører jeres sko forkert.

(Latter)

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

Jeg ved det lyder sindssygt.

Jeg ved det lyder sygt.

I know that seems ludicrous.

And believe me, I lived the same sad life until about three years ago.

Og tro mig, jeg levede det samme triste liv

indtil for cirka tre år siden.

And what happened to me

Og det der skete for mig

was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes.

var, at jeg købte et, for mig, meget dyrt par sko.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

Men de sko havde runde nylon snørebånd,

and I couldn't keep them tied.

og jeg kunne ikke få dem til at holde.

So I went back to the store and said to the owner,

Så jeg gik tilbage til butikken og sagde til ejeren,

"I love the shoes, but I hate the laces."

"Jeg elsker skoene, men jeg hader snørebåndene."

He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong."

Han kikkede på dem og sagde, "Åh, du snører dem forkert."

Op til det øjeblik,

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

ville jeg have troet at, i en alder af 50,

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

ville en af livets færdigheder, som jeg virkelig havde lært

was tying my shoes.

være at snøre mine sko.

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

Men der tog jeg fejl -- lad mig demonstrere.

Dette er måden

This is the way

som de fleste af os blev lært at snøre vores sko på.

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Det viser sig -- tak, tak.

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

Vent, der er mere.

As it turns out --

Det viser sig,

(Laughter)

there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot,

at der er en stærk og en svag form af denne knude,

og vi blev lært at knytte den svage form.

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

Og sådan her man kan se det.

If you pull the strands at the base of the knot,

Hvis du trækker i båndene ved roden af knuden,

you will see that the bow will orient itself

vil du se at sløjfen orienterer sig selv

down the long axis of the shoe.

langs den lange akse af skoen.

That's the weak form of the knot.

Det er den svage form af knuden.

But not to worry.

Men ingen grund til panik.

If we start over

Hvis vi starter forfra

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

og bare går den anden vej

rundt om sløjfen,

får vi dette, den stærke form af knuden.

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

Og hvis du trækker i båndene under knuden

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

vil du se at sløjfen orienterer sig

langs den tværgående akse af skoen.

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

Dette er en stærkere knude. Den går sjældnere op.

It will come untied less often.

Den svigter dig sjældnere.

It will let you down less, and not only that, it looks better.

Og ikke bare det, den ser også bedre ud.

We're going to do this one more time.

Vi gør det lige en gang til.

(Applause)

(Bifald)

Start som normalt,

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

gå den den anden vej rundt om løkken.

This is a little hard for children,

Det her er lidt svært for børn,

but I think you can handle it.

men jeg tror, I kan klare det.

Pull the knot.

Træk i knuden.

There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.

Der er den: den stærke form af knuden.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

Og for at holde mig til dagens tema,

I'd like to point out -- something you already know --

vil jeg gerne pointere -- og noget I alle sammen ved fra før --

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

at nogle gange kan en lille fordel

ét sted i livet

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

føre til et enormt resultat et andet sted.

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

Lev længe og trives.

(Applause)

(Bifald)