Mysteries of vernacular: Robot - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

Prevoditelj: Sanda L Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

Mysteries of vernacular:

Misteriji kolokvijalnog jezika

Robot,

Robot,

a machine capable of carrying out

stroj sposoban izvršavati

a programmable series of actions.

programirane nizove radnji.

The origin of the word robot

Podrijetlo riječi robot

dates back more than a thousand years

datira od prije više od tisuću godina,

to the era of serfdom in central Europe

iz doba kmetstva u središnjoj Europi,

when servitude was the currency for rent.

kad je služinstvo bilo sredstvo plaćanja.

In those days,

U to vrijeme,

the Old Church Slavonic word rabota

staroslavenska riječ rabota

described the forced labor of the people.

opisivala je prisilan rad ljudi.

A slight adjustment of spelling,

Malom prilagodbom u pisanju

and rabota became the Czech robota,

rabota je postala robota na češkom,

which, in addition to defining the toil of the serfs,

koja se, da bi definirala napor kmetova,

was also used figuratively

koristila i figurativno

to describe any kind of hard work or drudgery.

za opis bilo kojeg teškog ili napornog rada.

In 1920, Czech writer Karel Capek published

Godine 1920. češki pisac Karel Čapek je objavio

a science fiction play called "R.U.R.",

znanstveno-fantastičnu dramu "R. U. R.",

short for "Rossum's Universal Robots."

kratica od "Rossumovi univerzalni roboti".

The story featured automated machines

Priča je opisivala automatizirane strojeve

with distinctly human features

izraženih ljudskih značajki,

that, until they revolt,

koji su, dok se nisu pobunili,

catered to the whims of the people of Earth.

udovoljavali hirovima ljudi na Zemlji.

Capek originally considered

Čapek je prvobitno mislio

calling these hard-working machines labori

nazvati ove vrijedne strojeve "labori",

from the Latin word for labor,

od latinske riječi za rad,

but he worried it sounded a bit too scholarly.

ali se bojao da to zvuči malo previše učeno.

He opted, instead, to emphasize their enslaved state

Umjesto toga je izabrao istaknuti njihovo stanje ropstva,

by naming them roboti,

nazvajući ih roboti,

or robot in English.

ili robot na engleskom.

"R.U.R." was wildly successful,

"R. U. R." je bio izuzetno uspješan,

and when it was translated into English in 1923,

i kada je preveden na engleski 1923. godine,

the word robot was enthusiastically embraced.

riječ robot je oduševljeno prihvaćena.

Though most of today's robots look

Iako većina današnjih robota

quite different than Capek imagined,

izgleda prilično drugačije nego što je Čapek zamišljao,

they've become just as popular as he predicted.

oni su postali popularni baš onoliko koliko je predvidio.

Unlike in "R.U.R.", though,

No, za razliku od "R. U. R.-a",

our robots haven't risen up against us,

naši roboti se nisu pobunili protiv nas

and here's hoping it stays that way!

i nadamo se da će tako i ostati!