How Braille was invented | Moments of Vision 9 - Jessica Oreck

Kako je stvoreno Braillovo pismo | Trenuci vizije 9 - Jessica Oreck

Prevoditelj: Jasna Matek Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

In a Moment of Vision...

U trenutku vizije...

Early 1800s.

Rane 1800e.

It's the middle of the Napoleonic Wars in the middle of Europe,

Usred napoleonskih ratova, usred Europe,

and it's the middle of the night.

usred noći.

One Captain Charles Barbier of Napoleon's army

Kapetan Napoleonove vojske, Charles Barbier,

is trying to relay a message to one of his troops.

pokušava svojoj trupi prenijeti poruku.

But sending written communications to the front lines

No, slanje pisanih poruka na fronte

can be deadly for the recipient.

za primatelja može biti smrtonosno.

Lighting a candle to read the missive can give away their positions to the enemy.

Čitanje poruke uz svijeću može neprijatelju odati njihovu poziciju.

In a moment of vision,

U trenutku vizije,

Barbier pokes a series of holes into a sheet of a paper with his blade,

Barbier oštricom izbuši nekoliko rupa na listu papira

creating a coded message that can be deciphered by fingertip,

stvarajući kodiranu poruku koja se može dešifrirati vršcima prstiju,

even in the pitch black.

čak i u mrklom mraku.

The merits of his so-called night writing are never acknowledged by the military,

Pogodnosti ovog tzv. noćnog pisanja vojska nikad nije priznala,

but in 1821, Barbier approaches the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris

ali 1821., Barbier se približava Kraljevskom institutu za slijepu mladež u Parizu

in the hopes that they might find a use

u nadi da će možda naći korist

for his innovative, new communication method.

za svoju inovativnu novu komunikacijsku metodu.

There, a precocious teen by the name of Louis Braille does just that.

Ondje nadareni tinejdžer imena Louis Braille čini upravo to.

Louis spends the next several years improving on Barbier's idea,

Louis provodi sljedećih nekoliko godina poboljšavajući Barbierovu ideju,

creating an organized alphabet fitting into a six dot standardized cell.

stvarajući organiziranu abecedu koja se sastoji od ćelija sa 6 točaka.

The system catches on.

Sustav je postao popularan.

Today, Braille is the universally accepted system of writing for the blind,

Danas, Braillovo pismo je sveopće prihvaćen sustav pisanja za slijepe,

adapted for more than 130 languages.

koji je prilagođen za više od 130 jezika.