How the bendy straw was invented | Moments of Vision 12 - Jessica Oreck

Translator: Nika Kotnik Reviewer: Matej Divjak

In a Moment of Vision...

[V trenutku vizije...]

It's the 1930s, San Francisco.

Smo leta 1930 v San Franciscu.

Joseph B. Friedman and his young daughter Judith

Joseph B. Friedman in njegova mlada hčerka Judith

are sitting at the counter in a soda parlor.

sedita pri pultu prodajalne gaziranih pijač.

Judith has just ordered a milkshake.

Judith si je pravkar naročila milkšejk.

Vanilla or strawberry, we may never know.

Vanilijev ali jagodni, morda ne bomo nikoli vedeli.

When the milkshake arrives, Joseph watches as little Judith struggles.

Ko dobita milkšejk, Joseph gleda, kakšne težave ima mala Judith.

Seated on the parlor stool,

Sedeč na stolu

z usti ne doseže črtaste slamice,

she is unable to reach the mouth of the striped paper straw

protruding from her shake.

ki gleda iz milkšejka.

Joseph, v trenutku vizije, modificira njeno slamico.

Joseph, in a moment of vision, modifies Judith's straw.

V en konec vstavi vijak

He inserts a screw into one end,

and using a piece of dental floss,

in s kosom zobne nitke

crushes the paper between the threads of the screw

potisne papir v brazde na vijaku

creating a series of tiny equidistant corrugations.

in s tem ustvari veliko majhnih, med seboj enakomerno oddaljenih valov.

After removing the screw,

Ko umakne vijak,

the straw is able to bend over the side of the glass

se slamica lahko ukrivi čez rob kozarca

and Judith is able to savor her milkshake.

in Judith lahko uživa v milkšejku.

Joseph initially markets the new flexible straw

Joseph to novo upogljivo slamico sprva trži

to hospitals to help patients drink while reclining,

bolnišnicam, da pacienti lažje pijejo leže,

but eventually, with the marketing and business savvy from his sister Betty,

a sčasoma z oglaševanjem in poslovnim znanjem njegove sestre Betty,

the bendy straw becomes a beloved utensil of every child

upogljiva slamica postane priljubljen pripomoček otrok

and a regular household item.

in del vsakega doma.