Mysteries of vernacular: Inaugurate - Jessica Oreck

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika: inauguracija - Džesika Orek (Jessica Oreck)

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

Mysteries of vernacular

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika:

Inaugurate:

inauguracija:

to begin or introduce a system, policy, or period

početak ili uvođenje sistema, politike ili perioda

or to admit someone formally into public office.

ili zvanični početak nečijeg rada u javnoj kancelariji.

The word inaugurate probably begins

Reč "inauguracija" verovatno potiče

with the Latin word avis,

od latinske reči "avis",

meaning bird.

št znači ptica.

In ancient Rome, avis was combined

U drevnom Rimu, reč "avis" je kombinovana

with the Latin verb garrire, to talk.

sa latinskim glagolom "garrire", što znači pričati.

The two words together made augur,

Ove dve reči dale su "augur",

literally one who talks to birds.

bukvalno onaj koji priča s pticama.

Figuratively, however, augur was the name given

Ipak, u prenesenom značenju, naziv augur je davan

to a specific religious official,

određenim verskim zvaničnicima,

a type of soothsayer or prophet,

nekoj vrsti proroka,

koji su predviđali događaje na osnovu ponašanja ptica.

who foretold events by studying the behavior of birds.

No major decision was made

Nije mogla da se donese nijedna bitna odluka

without the augur's consultation.

a da se ne konsultuje augur.

He would analyze flight patterns and direction,

On bi analizirao šablone i pravac letenja,

bird calls,

zov ptica

and general bird activities,

i njihove opšte aktivnosti

and then use these signs to interpret the will of the gods.

i onda bi kroz ove znakove tumačio volju bogova.

From augur comes the verb inaugurare,

Od "augur" dolazi glagol "inaugurare",

to see omens from the flight of birds,

videti znakove iz leta ptica

and, then later, to consecrate or act

i nakon toga posvetiti se ili delati

when such omens are favorable.

kada su takvi znaci povoljni.

Roman officials could only be installed in office

Rimski zvaničnici mogli su da dobiju mesto

when the avian omens were auspicious.

samo onda kada su znaci ptica bili povoljni.

Centuries later,

Vekovima kasnije,

the word was eventually transmuted into English

ta reč se prenela u engleski

as inaugurate.

kao "inaugurate".

Along the way, it lost its veneer of superstition

Tokom svog puta, izgubila je značenje sujeverja

and was admitted formally

i zvanično je primljena

into the jargon of politics.

u politički žargon.