If superpowers were real, which would you choose? - Joy Lin

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

What if I could fly?

Šta ako bih mogla da letim?

What if I could live forever?

Šta ako bih mogla da živim zauvek?

What if I could be invisible?

Šta ako bih mogla da budem nevidljiva?

What if I could lift a tank?

Šta ako bih mogla da podignem tenk?

For ages, people have craved for answers

Ljudi su vekovima tragali za odgovorima

to these questions,

na ova pitanja,

and what unbelievably gratifying way

i nema prijatnijeg načina

that we have used to express our fantasies

na koji smo izrazili svoje fantazije

is through the invention of superheroes

nego kroz izmišljanje superheroja

and their superpowers.

i njihovih supermoći.

Ovih dana leto ne može da prođe

These days a summer doesn't go by

without a comic book hero transforming

a da se heroj iz stripa ne pretvori

into a giant to defend a girl next door

u džina kako bi spasio devojku iz komšiluka

or fly across a screen to protect the human race

ili preleti preko ekrana da zaštiti čovečanstvo

from unspeakable evil.

od neopisivog zla.

While an audience's hearts pump with excitement,

Dok srca publike lupaju od uzbuđenja,

some people have found another path

neki ljudi su našli drugačiji način

to make their dreams last

da njihovi snovi traju

beyond the movie-going experience --

duže od filmskog iskustva -

through science!

kroz nauku!

When the first comic book appeared in 1933,

Kada se 1933. pojavio prvi strip,

flying was a luxury.

letenje je bilo luksuz.

Nowadays, flying is the safest way to travel.

Danas je letenje najbezbedniji način putovanja.

The world's life expectancy has increased

Očekivani životni vek se uvećao

by 15 years since 1960

za 15 godina od 1960.

due to biology and chemistry advancements.

zbog napredaka u biologiji i hemiji.

There's been tremendous progress

Napravljen je ogroman pomak

in stealth technology,

u tehnologiji kamuflaže

sa pokušajima da se naprave stvarni plaštovi za nevidljivost.

trying to make real-life invisible cloaks.

The fastest speed ever clocked

Najveća brzina koja je ikad zabeležena

by a human being on land

za ljudsko biće na kopnu je

is 760 miles per hour in a jet-propelled car.

1223 kilometara na čas u automobilu na mlazni pogon.

And athletes routinely dead-lift over 1,000 pounds

Sportisti rutinski dižu 450kg iz mrtvog dizanja

in Strongman Competitions.

na takmičenjima za najjačeg čoveka.

We're practically breeding real life superheroes!

Skoro da uzgajamo superheroje u stvarnosti!

From bicycles to jet packs,

Od bicikala do mlaznih motora za lični transport,

from looking up at the stars

od gledanja na zvezde

to entering outer space in the shuttle,

do ulaženja u svemir u letelicama,

our capacity to acquire knowledge and imagination

naš kapacitet za sticanje znanja i mašte

to achieve impossible goals

kako bi se postigli neverovatni ciljevi

appears to be limitless.

čiin se da je neograničen.

Exciting developments in the worlds

Uzbudljiva razvića u svetovima

of both humans and superheroes

ljudi i superheroja

will always influence each other.

će uvek imati međusobni uticaj.

For as you will see by clicking on any superpower

Kako ćete videti kliktanjem

presented in this series,

na bilo koju supermoć u ovoj seriji,

the rules of superpowers

pravila supermoći

and the laws of science

i zakoni nauke

don't always agree.

se ne slažu baš uvek.