Situational irony: The opposite of what you think - Christopher Warner

Situacijska ironija: Suprotno od onoga što mislite - Christopher Warner

Translator: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Prevoditelj: Tamara Schön Čerina Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Picture this:

Zamislite ovo:

your friend and you are watching a sitcom

ti i tvoj prijatelj gledate humorističnu seriju

and a sassy sidekick walks into a room,

i vrckavi sporedni lik ušeta u sobu,

carrying a four-tiered wedding cake.

noseći svadbenu tortu na četiri kata.

He trips,

falls,

Saplete se,

padne,

and face-plants into the cake.

i zabije se licem ravno u tortu.

Your friend doubles over with laughter and says,

Vaš prijatelj se presavija od smijeha i kaže:

"It's so ridiculous! So ironic!"

''To je presmiješno! Tako ironično!''

Well, quick, what do you do?

Sada, brzo, što ćete uraditi?

Do you laugh along with the laugh track

Da li se smijete sa svojim prijateljem

and let this grievous misinterpretation of irony go?

i ignorirate tu groznu misinterpretaciju ironije?

Or, do you throw caution to the wind

Ili se odvažite

and explain the true meaning of irony?

i objasnite pravo značenje ironije?

If you're me, you choose the latter.

Da ste ja, izabrali bi ovo drugo.

Unfortunately, irony has been completely misunderstood.

Nažalost, ironija je potpuno krivo shvaćena.

We tend to throw out that term

Imamo naviku razbacivati se tim terminom

whenever we see something funny or coincidental.

kad god vidimo nešto smješno ili slučajno.

And while many examples of true irony can be funny,

I dok mnogi primjeri prave ironije mogu biti smiješni.

that is not the driving factor of being ironic.

to nije glavna odlika ironije.

A situation is only ironic if what happens

Situacija je samo ironična ako ono što se dogodi

is the exact opposite of what was expected.

je upravo suprotno od onog što se očekivalo.

If you expect A, but get B,

Ako očekujete A, a dobijete B,

then you have irony.

onda je to ironija.

Let's take the slap-stick cake situation as an example.

Uzmimo djetinjasti primjer sa tortom kao primjer.

When someone walks in precariously balancing something

Kada netko ušeta pažljivo noseći nešto

that shouldn't be carried alone,

što ne bi smjeli nositi sami,

trips, falls, and makes a mess,

saplete se, padne, i napravi nered,

it is funny, but it's not ironic.

to je smiješno, ali nije ironično.

In fact, you probably expect someone

Zapravo, i očekujete nekoga

who is single-handedly carrying a huge cake to trip.

tko sam nosi ogromnu tortu da se spotakne.

When he does, reality aligns with expectations,

I kada se to dogodi, naša očekivanja su ispunjena

and so that is not irony.

tako da to nije ironija.

But what if the sassy sidekick walked in wearing a gold medal

Ali što da je vrckavi sporedni lik ušetao noseći zlatnu medalju

that he'd won at the cake walking event

koju je osvojio na natjecanju u nošenju torti

at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?

na Olimpijadi u Atlanti 1996?

What if that sidekick was a professional cake carrier?

Što ako je taj lik profesionalni nosač torti?

Then, maybe there would have been a reasonable expectation

U tom slučaju postoji racionalno očekivanje

that he would have been more skilled

da će on biti sposobniji

when carrying a ridiculously large cake.

pri nošenju ogromne torte.

Then, when that reasonable expectation was not met by the tripping sidekick,

I tad, kada sporedni lik ne ispuni to razumno očekivanje,

irony would have been exemplified.

to bi bio primjer ironije.

Another example.

Još jedan primjer.

A senior citizen texting and blogging.

Stariji građanin koji koristit SMS poruke i piše blog.

The common and reasonable expectation

Od zrelijih muškaraca i žena,

of more mature men and women

učestalo i razumno očekivanje je

is that they don't like or know technology,

da oni ne vole ili nisu upoznati sa tehnologijom,

that they have a hard time turning on a computer,

da imaju problema upaliti kompjuter,

or that they have the old brick cell phones from the 1980s.

ili da imaju velike stare mobitele iz 1980-ih godina.

One should not expect them to be connected,

Malo tko će očekivati da budu povezani,

high-tech,

upućeni u tehnologiju,

or savvy enough to text

ili sposobni slati SMS poruke

or to be blogging,

ili da pišu blog,

which must seem like some sort of newfangled thing

što mora biti nekakvi novitet

that "back in my day," they never had.

koji ''u svoje vrijeme'' nisu imali.

So when Granny pulls out her smart phone

Pa, kada Bakica izvuče svoj smartphone

to post pictures of her dentures

da bi postavila slike svojih zubala

or her grandkids,

ili svojih unuka,

irony ensues.

ironija nastaje.

Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.

Razumna očekivanja u toj situaciji nisu ostvarena.

That is irony.

To je ironija.

So while the cake dropper might not be ironic,

Iako ispuštač torte nije ironičan,

there are all kinds of situations in life that are.

postoje raznolike situacije u životu koje jesu.

Go out, and find those true examples of irony.

Izađi van i pronađi prave primjere ironije.