How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

テリー・ムーア：靴紐の正しい結び方

翻訳: SHIGERU MASUKAWA 校正: Takako Sato

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

TEDの観客である皆様は

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

すばらしく知的で

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

経験豊かで 国際的で

worldly and innovative people in the world.

創造力に富んだ方々とお察しします

And I think that's true.

本当にそう思います

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

しかしながら 皆様のうち

何人かは

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

靴紐が正しく結べてません

（笑）

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

ばかげた話だと

お思いでしょうが

I know that seems ludicrous.

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

実は数年前までは私も

そうした悲しき人生を送る一人でした

And what happened to me

ある日私にとって

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

大変高価な靴を買いました

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

靴紐はナイロンの丸型で

and I couldn't keep them tied.

すぐに解けてしまうんです

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

店員に言いました

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

「靴は良いのに紐が気に入らない」

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

すると 「結び方がおかしいですよ」って

50才のその時まで

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

靴紐の結び方だけは

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

キチンとできてると

was tying my shoes.

思ってました

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

ご覧ください

これが

This is the way

通常の結び方です

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

どうも

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

でもまだ終わってません

As it turns out --

教えてもらったのは

(Laughter)

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

２種類の結び方があるということです

多くの方が弱い方で結んでます

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

さてご覧ください

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

こうして引っ張りますと

you will see that the bow will orient itself

紐のループの向きが

down the long axis of the shoe.

靴と同じ方向になります

That's the weak form of the knot.

これが弱い結び目です

But not to worry.

ご心配なく

If we start over

もう一度

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

ただ逆の方向で

くるりと回します

すると固い結び目ができます

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

引っ張ってみますと

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

ご覧のように

ループの向きは変わりません

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

こちらが固い結び目で 解けにくく

It will come untied less often.

煩わしいことも少なくなります

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

それに見た目もいいでしょ

We're going to do this one more time.

もう一度

(Applause)

（拍手）

最初は同じ

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

くるりと逆の方向で回します

This is a little hard for children,

お子さんには難しいかも

but I think you can handle it.

でも 皆様なら大丈夫でしょ？

Pull the knot.

結びます

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

ほらできました　固い結び目です

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

本日のテーマと絡めまして

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

申し上げたいのは

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

人生の中では

ほんの小さなことが

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

大きな結果を生む事があるということです

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

長寿と繁栄を

(Applause)

（拍手）