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

Kristofer Vorner (Christopher Warner) - Situacijska ironija: Suprotno od onoga što mislite

Translator: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Prevodilac: Anja Saric Lektor: Mile Živković

Picture this:

Zamislite seldeće:

your friend and you are watching a sitcom

gledate komičnu seriju sa prijateljem

and a sassy sidekick walks into a room,

i nadmeni lik ulazi u sobu

carrying a four-tiered wedding cake.

noseći četvorospratnu mladenačku tortu.

He trips,

falls,

Sapliće se,

pada

and face-plants into the cake.

i sleće licem pravo u tortu.

Your friend doubles over with laughter and says,

Prijatelj vam se valja od smeha i kaže:

"It's so ridiculous! So ironic!"

"Ovo je urnebesno! Kakva ironija!"

Well, quick, what do you do?

Brzo, šta ćete uraditi?

Do you laugh along with the laugh track

Da li se smejete sa njim

and let this grievous misinterpretation of irony go?

i dopuštate da se provuče sa ovako bolno pogrešnom interpretacijom ironije?

Or, do you throw caution to the wind

Ili uzimate stvar u svoje ruke

and explain the true meaning of irony?

i objasnite mu pravo značenje ironije?

If you're me, you choose the latter.

Ako ste kao ja, izabraćete drugu opciju.

Unfortunately, irony has been completely misunderstood.

Nažalost, ironija se potpuno pogrešno tumači.

We tend to throw out that term

Gađamo se ovom rečju

whenever we see something funny or coincidental.

kad god vidimo nešto smešno ili slučajno.

And while many examples of true irony can be funny,

Iako mnogi primeri ironije zaista mogu biti smešni,

that is not the driving factor of being ironic.

to nije ono što određuje ironiju.

A situation is only ironic if what happens

Situacija je ironična jedino ako je ono što se dogodilo

is the exact opposite of what was expected.

potpuno suprotno od onoga što se očekivalo.

If you expect A, but get B,

Ako očekujete A, ali dobijete B,

then you have irony.

onda je to ironija.

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

Uzmimo za primer situaciju sa tortom.

When someone walks in precariously balancing something

Kada se neko, ko oprezno balansira nečim

that shouldn't be carried alone,

što ne bi trebalo sam da nosi

trips, falls, and makes a mess,

saplete, padne i napravi nered,

it is funny, but it's not ironic.

to je smešno, ali nije ironično.

In fact, you probably expect someone

Zapravo, verovatno je za očekivati da se neko,

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

ko sam nosi ogromnu tortu, saplete i padne.

When he does, reality aligns with expectations,

Kada se to desi, stvarnost je poravnata sa očekivanjima

and so that is not irony.

i to nije

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

Ali, šta ako nadmeni lik uđe u sobu noseći oko vrata

that he'd won at the cake walking event

zlatnu medalju koju je osvojio na prvenstvu u nošenju torti

at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996?

na Olimpijskim igrama u Atlanti 1996?

What if that sidekick was a professional cake carrier?

Šta ako je nadmeni lik u stvari profesionalni nosač torti?

Then, maybe there would have been a reasonable expectation

Tada bi možda bilo razumno očekivati

that he would have been more skilled

da je on vešt

when carrying a ridiculously large cake.

u nošenju nenormalno velikih torti.

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

U tom slučaju ono što se dogodilo je u suprotnosti sa očekivanim

irony would have been exemplified.

i to je primer ironije.

Another example.

Još jedan primer.

A senior citizen texting and blogging.

Penzioner koji šalje poruke i ima svoj blog.

The common and reasonable expectation

Uobičajeno i razumno očekivanje

of more mature men and women

malo zrelijih ljudi

is that they don't like or know technology,

bilo bi da se penzioneri ne razumeju u tehnologiju i ne vole je,

that they have a hard time turning on a computer,

da imaju poteškoća da pronađu dugme za paljenje kompjutera

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

ili da imaju mobilne telefone iz osamdesetih nalik ciglama.

One should not expect them to be connected,

Ne biste očekivali da su povezani,

high-tech,

tehnološki pismeni

or savvy enough to text

i vešti u kucaju poruka

or to be blogging,

ili pisanju blogova

which must seem like some sort of newfangled thing

što deluje kao nešto moderno

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

čega "u moje vreme" nije bilo.

So when Granny pulls out her smart phone

Tako da kada baka izvadi svoj pametni telefon

to post pictures of her dentures

da podeli slike svoje proteze

or her grandkids,

ili svojih unuka,

irony ensues.

nastaje ironija.

Reasonable expectations of the situation are not met.

Razumna očekivanje situacije nisu ispunjena.

That is irony.

To je ironija.

So while the cake dropper might not be ironic,

Iako momak kojem pada torta možda nije ironičan,

there are all kinds of situations in life that are.

postoji toliko različitih situacija u životu koje jesu.

Go out, and find those true examples of irony.

Izađite napolje i nađite te prave primere ironije.