How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Jone Aliri Lazcano Reviewer: Nerea Guib

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

Ohituta nago pentsatzera TED-eko entzuleak

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

munduko pertsona eraginkorrenak,

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

inteligenteenak, intelektualenak, azkarrenak,

worldly and innovative people in the world.

trebatuenak eta berritzaileenak direla.

And I think that's true.

Eta hori egia dela uste dut.

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

Hala ere, badut arrazoi bat pentsatzeko zuetako askok, edo gehienok,

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

zuen zapatak gaizki lotzen dituzuela.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

Orain badakit barregarria dirudiela.

I know that seems ludicrous.

Badakit barregarria dirudiela.

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

Baina sinetsi iezaidazue, bizi triste bera bizi izan nuen duela 3 urte arte.

And what happened to me

Eta zera gertatu zitzaidan,

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

niretzat oso garestiak ziren zapata batzuk erosi nituen.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

Zapata horiek nylonezko lokarri borobilak zituzten,

and I couldn't keep them tied.

eta ezin nituen lotuta mantendu.

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

Beraz, dendara itzuli eta dendariari esan nion,

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

"zapatak maite ditut, baina lokarriak gorroto ditut."

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

Begirada bat bota, eta esan zidan, "Oh, gaizki lotzen dituzu."

Now up until that moment,

Une hartaraino,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

pentsatzen nuen, 50 urterekin,

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

benetan ondo egiten nuen gauza bat baldin bazegoen,

was tying my shoes.

lokarriak lotzea zela.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

Baina ez -- utzi erakusten.

This is the way

Hau da

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

gutariko gehienoi zapatak lotzen irakatsi ziguten modua.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Gauza da -- mila esker.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

Wait, there's more.

Itxaron, gehiago esango dut.

As it turns out --

Gauza da --

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

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

Korapilo hau egiteko modu ahula eta indartsua ditugu,

and we were taught the weak form.

eta modu ahula irakatsi ziguten.

And here's how to tell.

Eta hau da arrazoia.

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

korapiloaren oinarrian dauden lokarriei tiratzen badiezu,

you will see that the bow will orient itself

begizta bere kaxa orientatuko da

down the long axis of the shoe.

zapataren alde luzera.

That's the weak form of the knot.

Hori korapiloa egiteko modu ahula da.

But not to worry.

Baina ez arduratu.

If we start over

Berriz hasten bagara

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

eta begizta beste norabidean inguratzen badugu,

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

hau lortuko dugu, korapiloaren modu indartsua.

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

Eta korapiloaren azpiko lokarriei tiratzean,

you will see that the bow orients itself

begizta bere kaxa orientatzen da

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

zapataren zeharkako ardatzera.

This is a stronger knot.

Hau korapilo sendoagoa da.

It will come untied less often.

Gutxiagotan askatuko da.

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

Gutxiagotan makurtuko zara, eta gainera politagoa da.

We're going to do this one more time.

Beste behin egingo dugu.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

Start as usual --

Beti bezala hasi --

(Applause)

(Txaloak)

go the other way around the loop.

begizta alderantzizko aldetik inguratu.

This is a little hard for children,

Hau haurrentzat zail xamarra da,

but I think you can handle it.

baina egin dezakezuela uste dut.

Pull the knot.

Tira korapiloari.

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

Hemen dago: korapiloa egiteko modu indartsua.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

Gaurko gaira bueltatuz,

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

azpimarratu nahiko nuke -- jada badakizuen zerbait--

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

batzuetan leku batean egindako aurrerapen txikiek

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

beste nonbait erantzun izugarriak eman ditzakeela.

(Laughter)

(Barreak)

Live long and prosper.

Bizitza luzea eta oparoa.

(Applause)

(Txaloak)