Mysteries of vernacular: Robot - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel

Misterije kolokvijalnog: Robot - Džesika Orek (Jessica Oreck) i Rejčel Til (Rachael Teel)

Prevodilac: Miloš Milosavljević Lektor: Tatjana Jevdjic

Mysteries of vernacular:

Misterije kolokvijalnog:

Robot,

robot,

a machine capable of carrying out

mašina sposobna da izvršava

a programmable series of actions.

nizove programiranih radnji.

The origin of the word robot

Poreklo reči robot

dates back more than a thousand years

datira od pre više od hiljadu godina,

to the era of serfdom in central Europe

iz doba kmetstva u centralnoj Evropi,

when servitude was the currency for rent.

kad je kulučenje bilo sredstvo plaćanja.

In those days,

U to vreme

the Old Church Slavonic word rabota

staroslovenska reč rabota

described the forced labor of the people.

opisivala je prisilan rad ljudi.

A slight adjustment of spelling,

Mala korekcija u pisanju

and rabota became the Czech robota,

i rabota je postala robota na češkom,

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

koja se, da bi definisala patnju kmetova,

was also used figuratively

takođe koristila figurativno

to describe any kind of hard work or drudgery.

da opiše bilo koji težak rad ili kuluk.

In 1920, Czech writer Karel Capek published

1920., češki pisac Karel Čapek je objavio

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

naučno-fantastični komad koji se zvao "R.U.R.",

short for "Rossum's Universal Robots."

skraćeno od: "Rosumovi univerzalni roboti".

The story featured automated machines

Priča je opisivala automatizovane mašine

with distinctly human features

sa jasnim ljudskim osobinama,

that, until they revolt,

koje su, dok se nisu pobunile,

catered to the whims of the people of Earth.

udovoljavale ćudima ljudi na Zemlji.

Capek originally considered

Čapek je prvobitno mislio

calling these hard-working machines labori

da nazove ove vredne mašine "labori",

from the Latin word for labor,

od latinske reči za rad,

but he worried it sounded a bit too scholarly.

ali se plašio da to zvuči malo previše učeno.

He opted, instead, to emphasize their enslaved state

Umesto toga je izabrao da istakne njihovo stanje ropstva,

by naming them roboti,

nazivajući ih "roboti"

or robot in English.

ili robot na engleskom.

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

"R.U.R." je bio izuzetno uspešan

and when it was translated into English in 1923,

i kad je preveden na engleski 1923.,

the word robot was enthusiastically embraced.

reč 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 predvideo.

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

Ali, 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 ostati tako.