How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Liridon Shala Reviewer: Amantia Gjikondi

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

Jam mesuar te mendoj per audiencen e Ted-it si nje koleksion shume te persosur

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

te disa prej inteligjenteve, me te efektshem,

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

intelektual, te urte,

worldly and innovative people in the world.

boterisht e njekohesisht njerez shume inovativ ne bote.

And I think that's true.

Dhe une mendoj se kjo eshte e vertete.

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

Sidoqofte, une gjithashtu kam arsye per te besuar

qe shume, nese jo shume nga ju

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

jane duke i lidhur kepcet e tuaja ne menyre te gabuar.

(Te qeshura)

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

Tani e di qe duket qesharake.

E di qe ju duket qesharake

I know that seems ludicrous.

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

Dhe besomni mua, kam jetuar te njejten jete te dhimbshme

deri para 3 viteve.

And what happened to me

Dhe cfare ndodhi me mua eshte qe une

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

kisha blere, ate cfare ishte per mua, nje pale kepuce shum te shtrenjta.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

Po keto kepuce erdhen me nje lidhese najloni,

and I couldn't keep them tied.

dhe smund ti mbaja te lidhura.

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

Keshtu qe u ktheva ne dyqan dhe e pyeta pronarin,

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

"I dua shum kepucet, por i urrej lidheset."

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

Ai i pa dhe tha, "Oh po ju jeni duke i lidhur ato gabim."

Tani e deri ne ate moment,

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

une kisha menduar se, deri ne moshen 50,

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

njera prej aftesive te jetes qe une me te vertete e kisha gozhduar

was tying my shoes.

ishte te lidhja kepucet e mia.

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

Por nuk ishte ashty --- me lejoni t'jua demonstroj.

Kjo eshte menyra

This is the way

qe shumicesh prej nesh i eshte mesuar sesi te lidhim kepucet tona.

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Tani sic duket -- Faliminderit.

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

Prisni, ka me teper.

As it turns out --

Sic duket,

(Laughter)

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

eksiston nje menyr e forte dhe nje forme e dobet nyjeje,

dhe ne jemi mesuar per ti lidhur me ate me te dobten.

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

Dhe kjo eshte se si duhet.

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

Po ta vendosni fijen ne baze te nyjes,

you will see that the bow will orient itself

ju do te shihni qe harku do ta orientoj veten

down the long axis of the shoe.

poshte boshtit te kepuceve.

That's the weak form of the knot.

Kjo eshte forma e dobet e lidhjes se nyjes.

But not to worry.

Por mos u merzitni.

If we start over

Nese fillojme nga e para

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

dhe thjesht shkojme ne drejtimin e kundert

rreth harkut,

perfitojme kete, menyren e forte te lidhjes se nyjes.

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

Dhe nese i vendosim spangot nen nyje,

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

do te shihni se boshti orienton veten

gjate aksit te kepucve.

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

Kji eshte nje menyr e forte e lidhjes se nyjeve. Shumicen e koheve vjen e palidhur.

It will come untied less often.

Do t'ju le pa te,

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

dhe jo vetem kjo, duket me mire.

We're going to do this one more time.

Ne do ta bejme kete edhe nje here tjeter.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)

Fillon si zakonisht,

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

shkon ne menya te tjera rreth lakut.

This is a little hard for children,

Kjo eshte pak e veshtir per femijet,

but I think you can handle it.

por une mendoj se mund ta perballojme ate.

Pull the knot.

Terhiqni nyjen.

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

Ja ku eshte: Menyra e fort e lidhjes se nyjes.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

Tani, po te vazhdojme me temen e dites,

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

deshiroj te theksoi -- dicka qe ju tashme e dini --

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

qe ndonjehere nje avantazh i vogel

diku ne jet

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

mund t'ju sjell rezultate shum te mira diku tjeter.

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

Jetoni gjate dhe me sukses.

(Applause)

(Duartrokitje)