How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Krystian Aparta Reviewer: Barbara Lawniczek

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

Tak se myśla, że sōm z wōs mondre,

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

szprytne, pochytane,

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

rozumne

worldly and innovative people in the world.

a akuratne ludziska.

And I think that's true.

Możno mōm recht,

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

ale tyż wōntpia, czy znōcie sie

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

na akuratnym wiōnzaniu szczewików.

(Laughter)

(Lachanie)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

A to nie ma takie gupie,

I know that seems ludicrous.

jak wom sie zdo!

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

Tak to je w życiu, że niy wiysz, co cie czeko, czamu ci tesno.

And what happened to me

I naroz dzieje sie coś, co ci zmienio żywot.

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

A bōło tak: kupiołżech szczewiki, ôgrōmnie drogie.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

A sznurki miały rube, sztuczne pierońsko!

and I couldn't keep them tied.

Cołki czos sie rozmatlały.

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

Poszołżech nazod do geszeftu i nazdoł tymu chopu:

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

"Te szczewiki som gryfne, ale sznurki som ô dupa rozczaś".

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

A on mi pedzioł: "Chopie, dyć je naôpak wiōnżesz!

Now up until that moment,

I wiecie, pinznoł mi Abraham, a ôn mi pado,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

że niy poradza wiōnzać sznurków?

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

A jo myśloł cołki czos, że to umia robić blank dobrze.

was tying my shoes.

(Laughter)

(Lachanie)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

A tyn chop mi gôdo, że jo je mamlas.

This is the way

Ôd bajtla nos uczom

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

tak wionzać szczewiki.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Dziynki.

(Applause)

(Klackanie)

Wait, there's more.

Dejcie pozōr a słuchejcie.

As it turns out --

Wychodzi na to,

(Laughter)

(Lachanie)

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

że maszki idzie wiōnzać słabo abo mocno.

and we were taught the weak form.

Nos uczom tych słabych maszek.

And here's how to tell.

A kere som kere?

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

Sznurki wiōnżecie, tak jak wom pokazuja.

you will see that the bow will orient itself

Jak ôwiniecie maszka sznurkiem ôd dołu,

down the long axis of the shoe.

to sie wynzeł ôbróci z wierchu na dōł.

That's the weak form of the knot.

To je ta słabszo maszka.

But not to worry.

Nic się niy starejcie.

If we start over

I tera robiemy to tak:

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

wiōnżecie na ôdwrót i sztram trzymiecie szlajfka.

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

Trzymie?

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

To je isto ta mocno maszka.

you will see that the bow orients itself

Jak zaciōngniecie sznurki pod wynzłym,

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

ta maszka sie ôbróci na krzyż szczewika.

This is a stronger knot.

Tera je gryfnie,

It will come untied less often.

bo sztram trzymie, nie matlo sie i sie nie łobalicie.

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

No, tera je richtik doporzondku zawiōnzane.

We're going to do this one more time.

Moga to pokōzać jeszcze roz.

(Applause)

(Klackanie)

Start as usual --

Zaczynosz normalnie.

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

Wiōnżecie naôpak, dokoła pyntli.

This is a little hard for children,

Dziecka to poradzom zrobić, a wy niy?!

but I think you can handle it.

Pull the knot.

Zaciōngosz wynzeł.

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

Jak to to uczynicie, to sie maszka nie rozwiōnże.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

(Klackanie)

Cobyście co z tyj godki spamiyntali,

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

to na koniec wōm powiem,

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

że cołki czas musicie sztudirować,

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

co by szprytnym być a szprymy chytać.

(Laughter)

(Lachanie)

Live long and prosper.

Żyjcie a kwitnijcie.

(Klackanie)

(Applause)