[{"id": 114496, "created": "2016-12-13T09:36:44.379529", "project_id": 212, "task_id": 40498, "user_id": 427, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2016-12-13T09:36:44.379554", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"other": "Very difficult to translate! Matthias Claudius was a German poet, and this text is very lyric.", "translation": "About friendship\r\n\r\nAbout friendship, one says it is everywhere; the other says it is nowhere; and it is unclear which of the two has lied the most.\r\n\r\nIf you hear Paul praise Peter you will find that Peter praises Paul in return, and this they then call friends. And often between them is nothing more than the one scratching the other so that he will be scratched as well, and thus they make a fool of each other alternatively; because, as you see, here as in many other cases, each is only his own friend and not the other's friend. I use to call such a thing an \"elder friendship\". If you look at a young elder branch, it looks nicely stout and well set; but if you cut it off, it is hollow on the inside, and filled with dry, spongy substance.\r\n\r\nHowever, rarely it is so clear, and something humane usually interferes; but the first law of friendship should be: that one is the other one's friend.\r\n\r\nAnd the second is that it comes from your heart and that you share good and bad with your friend, as it comes. The delicacy that you want to keep in parts for yourself to spare your friend is mostly pampering; because this is why he is your friend, so that he stands by your side and makes the weight easier for you to carry.\r\n\r\nThirdly, do not let your friend ask you twice. But, if you are in need and he can help, do not hesitate but go and ask for his assistance, as if that was the way it has to be and cannot be any other way. If there is something about your friend what you do not like, you do not have to hold this against him nor excuse it. But against a third party you have to stand up for him and excuse it. Do not become friends with someone easily, but once you do, stand up for him against third parties with all his mistakes. Some sensuality and partiality for your friend seems to me to belong to friendship in this world. Because if you only want to honor and love the truly honorable and amiable features, why would you be his friend; this is what every perfect stranger and unbiased person should do. No, you have to take your friend with everything that is on him into your arms and under your protection; the granum salis is self-understanding, and that from something noble may become nothing ignoble.\r\n\r\nThere is physical friendship. According to this, two horses standing together for a while may also become friends and do not want to go without each other. Besides that, there are also other kinds and reasons. But true friendship cannot exist without unity; and where that exists, it starts to grow by itself. Thus, people that are shipwrecked and are cast upon a desert island are friends. Namely, that same feeling of need is within all of them, the same hope and the one wish for help unifies them; and that will remain for their whole life.\r\n\r\nConsistend feelings, consistent wishes, consistant hopes unify; and the more intense and noble these feelings, these wishes, this hope are, the more intense and noble is the friendship that grows from it. But, you may think, in this way all humans on earth should be dearest friends. Just so. And it is not my fault that they are not.\r\n\r\nPost scriptum: There may be some friendships that were resolved in heaven and fulfilled on earth.\r\n\r\nMatthias Claudius"}}, {"id": 115298, "created": "2017-01-25T15:49:46.241965", "project_id": 212, "task_id": 40498, "user_id": 138, "user_ip": null, "finish_time": "2017-01-25T15:49:46.241994", "timeout": null, "calibration": null, "external_uid": null, "media_url": null, "info": {"other": "", "translation": "On Friendship\r\n\r\nOf friendship, one only says that it be everywhere; the other says that it is nowhere.\r\n\r\nWhen you hear Paul praise Peter, you will find that Peter will praise Paul right back, and that is what they call friends. And often, there is nothing in between them but that one scratches the other's back, so that the other will scratch his in return, and they fool each other; because as you see here, and in many other cases, each one is only his own friend and not the other's. I tend to call this thing \"Elder friendship\". Because if you look at an Elder branch, it looks finely shaped and well grown; but if you cut it off, it is hollow on the inside, and is in there a dry and spongy being.\r\n\r\nWell, it rarely happens entire pure, and somethin human tends to mingle in, but the first law of freindship should be: that one be the other's friend.\r\n\r\nThe second is, that you be it from the heart, and share good and evil with him as it happens. The delicateness, where one wants to keep this or that grief for one self, and wants to spare the friend, is most often indulgence; because this is exactly why he is your friend, so that he can step in and ease the load on your shoulders.\r\n\r\nThirdly don't let your friend bid you twice. But if there is need, and he can help, you should also not hesitate, but go and challenge freshly, as if it has to be this way and could not be any other way. If your friend has something that does not do, you should not cover it up and excuse it in front of him, but in front of others you need to cover for him and excuse him. Don't make somebody your friend hastily, but once he is, he has to be it towards others with all his flaws. Some sensibility and partisanship for a friend seem to me to belong to friendship in this world. Because if you just wanted to love and honour his loveable and honorable traits, why would you be his friend; as any complete and non-partisan stranger should do that.No, you have to take your friend in your arms and your protection with everything that is on him; the granum salis understood, that something noble must not turn into something ignoble.\r\n\r\nThere exists a physical friendship. Following that, even two horses which stand next to each other for a while, become friends, and cannot bear the the absence of each other.There exist also several kinds and causes. But true friendship cannot be without agreement; and where that exists, it will happily build itself. So people, who are shipwrecked together or who are thrown onto a desolate island, are friends. Namely the same feeling of need, the same hope and the one desire for rescue unite them, and that remains oftentimes throughout their entire life.\r\n\r\nUniform feeling, uniform desire, uniform hope unite; and the more sincere or noble this wish and this hope are, the more sincere and noble is also the friendship, which comes from them. But you might think, that this way all people on Earth should be most sincere friends. Yes indeed. And it is not my fault that they are not.\r\n\r\nPostscriptum: There are indeed some friendships, that are resolved in Heaven and consummated on Earth.\r\n\r\nMatthias Claudius"}}]