Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude.

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When I graduated UCLA, I moved to Northern California,
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Després de graduar-me a UCLA, em vaig mudar al nord de Califòrnia
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and I lived in a little town called Elk, on the Mendocino coast.
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i vaig viure en un poblet anomenat Elk
a la costa de Mendocino.
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And I didn't have a phone or TV, but I had US mail.
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No tenia telèfon ni televisió, però sí el correu dels Estats Units.
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And life was good back then -- if you could remember it.
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Llavors la vida era fàcil, si ho recordeu.
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I'd go to the general store for a cup of coffee and a brownie,
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Anava a la botiga a fer un café
i un brownie i enviava la meva pel·lícula
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I'd ship my film to San Francisco,
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a San Francisco. I qui m'ho anava a dir, dos dies més tard
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and lo and behold, two days later,
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it would end up on my front door,
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tornava a ser a la meva porta,
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which was way better than having to fight the traffic of Hollywood.
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que era millor que haver d'enfrontar-me al trànsit
de Hollywood. (Música)
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I didn't have much money,
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No tenia massa diners,
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(Music)
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but I had time and a sense of wonder.
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però tenia temps i molta curiositat. (Música)
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So I started shooting time-lapse photography.
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Així doncs, vaig començar a capturar imatges a intèrvals.
Tardava un mes en filmar quatre minuts
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It would take me a month to shoot a four-minute roll of film,
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de pel·lícula, perquè era tot el que em podia permetre.
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because that's all I could afford.
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I've been shooting time-lapse flowers continuously, nonstop,
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He estat filmant flors a intèrvals contínuament,
sense parar, 24 hores al dia, set dies a la setmana,
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24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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for over 30 years.
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durant 30 anys. I veure-les canviar
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And to see them move is a dance I'll never get tired of.
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és una dansa que no em cansa mai.
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Their beauty immerses us with color, taste, touch.
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La seva bellesa ens submergeix en el color, el sabor, el tacte.
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It also provides a third of the food we eat.
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I també ens proporciona un terç dels aliments que mengem.
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(Music)
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(Música)
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Beauty and seduction are nature's tools for survival,
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La bellesa i la seducció són les eines de la natura per sobreviure,
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because we protect what we fall in love with.
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perquè protegim el que ens enamora.
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It opens our hearts
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Obre els nostres cors i ens recorda
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and makes us realize we are a part of nature,
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que som part de la natura i no estem separats d'ella.
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and we're not separate from it.
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When we see ourselves in nature,
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Quan ens veiem en la natura, també ens connectem
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it also connects us to every one of us,
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entre nosaltres, perquè és evident
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because it's clear that it's all connected in one.
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que tot està interconnectat.
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When people see my images, a lot of times they'll say,
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Quan la gent veu les meves imatges, moltes vegades diuen:
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"Oh my God."
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"Oh, Déu meu!". Us heu preguntat mai què significa això?
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Have you ever wondered what that meant?
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The "oh" means it caught your attention;
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L'expressió "oh" significa que t'ha cridat l'atenció,
que hi ets present i que n'ets conscient.
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it makes you present, makes you mindful.
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The "my" means it connects with something deep inside your soul.
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El "meu" significa que connecta amb allò més profund
de l'ànima.
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It creates a gateway for your inner voice to rise up and be heard.
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Crea una porta perquè la teva veu interior s'enlairi
i sigui escoltada. I "Déu"?
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And "God"?
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Déu és aquell viatge personal del qual tots volem formar part
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God is that personal journey we all want to be on,
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to be inspired,
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per sentir-nos inspirats i connectats a un univers
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to feel like we're connected to a universe that celebrates life.
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que celebra la vida.
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Did you know that 80 percent of the information we receive
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Sabíeu que el 80 %
de la informació que rebem ve pels ulls?
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comes through our eyes,
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and if you compare light energy to musical scales,
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I si comparem l'energia de la llum amb les escales musicals,
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it would only be one octave that the naked eye could see,
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a simple vista sols veuríem una octava,
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which is right in the middle?
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que és just al mig.
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And aren't we grateful for our brains,
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I no us sentiu agraïts que el nostre cervell pugui
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that can take this electrical impulse that comes from light energy
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agafar aquell impuls elèctric que prové de l'energia de la llum
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to create images in order for us to explore our world?
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i convertir-lo en imatges perquè puguem explorar el nostre món?
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And aren't we grateful that we have hearts that can feel these vibrations
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I no us sentiu agraïts de tenir un cor
capaç de rebre aquelles vibracions
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in order for us to allow ourselves
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perquè puguem experimentar el plaer
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to feel the pleasure and the beauty of nature?
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i la bellesa de la natura?
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La bellesa de la natura és un obsequi que cultiva
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Nature's beauty is a gift
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that cultivates appreciation and gratitude.
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l'estima i la gratitud.
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So, I have a gift I want to share with you today,
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Tinc un regal que m'agradaria compartir amb vosaltres avui,
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a project I'm working on called "Happiness Revealed."
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un projecte en el qual treballo anomenat la Felicitat Revelada,
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And it'll give us a glimpse into that perspective --
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que us donarà una idea de la perspectiva,
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from the point of view of a child and an elderly man --
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des del punt de vista d'una nena i d'una persona gran,
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of that world.
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d'aquest món.
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Little girl: When I watch TV,
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Nena: Quan miro la tele,
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it's just some shows that you just -- that are pretend.
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veig programes que… són de mentida,
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And when you explore,
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i quan explores, obtens
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you get more imagination than you already had,
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més imaginació de la que tenies,
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and when you get more imagination,
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i quan obtens més imaginació,
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it makes you want to go deeper in
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vols anar més enllà
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so you can get more and see beautifuller things,
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i aconseguir-ne més per veure coses més boniques,
com un camí, si és un camí, et pot portar a la platja
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like the path,
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if it's a path, it could lead you to a beach or something,
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o a qualsevol altre lloc bonic.
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and it could be beautiful.
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(Música)
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(Music)
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Persona gran: Creus que aquest és un altre dia de la teva vida?
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(Narrator) Brother David Steindl-Rast: Do you think this is just another day
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in your life?
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It's not just another day.
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No és sols un altre dia. És el dia que se t'ha regalat
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It's the one day that is given to you:
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today.
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avui.
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(Music)
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It's given to you.
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Te l'han donat. És un regal.
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It's a gift.
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It's the only gift that you have right now.
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És l'únic regal que tens ara mateix
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And the only appropriate response
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i l'única resposta vàlida
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is gratefulness.
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és la gratitud.
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(Music)
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Si et dediques a cultivar aquesta resposta
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If you do nothing else but to cultivate that response
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to the great gift that this unique day is,
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al magnífic regal de viure un dia únic,
si aprens a respondre
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if you learn to respond as if it were the first day in your life
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com si fos el primer dia de la teva vida
i l'últim,
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and the very last day,
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then you will have spent this day very well.
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aleshores hauràs passat un bon dia.
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(Music)
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Comenceu per obrir els ulls i sorpreneu-vos
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Begin by opening your eyes
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and be surprised that you have eyes you can open,
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de tenir ulls que podeu obrir,
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that incredible array of colors that is constantly offered to us
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aquesta col·lecció increïble de colors que constantment se'ns ofereix
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for our pure enjoyment.
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per poder gaudir-la.
MIreu el cel.
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Look at the sky.
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No solem mirar el cel.
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We so rarely look at the sky.
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No ens adonem dels canvis,
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We so rarely note how different it is from moment to moment,
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núvols que van i vénen.
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with clouds coming and going.
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Només pensem en el temps
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We just think of the weather,
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and even with the weather,
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i així i tot, no pensem en
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we don't think of all the many nuances of weather.
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els diferents matisos del temps.
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We just think of "good weather" and "bad weather."
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Únicament pensem en el bon temps i el mal temps.
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This day, right now, has unique weather,
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Aquest dia, ara mateix, té un temps únic
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maybe a kind that will never exactly, in that form, come again.
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que probablement no tornarem
a veure mai més exactament com avui.
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The formation of clouds in the sky will never be the same
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Aquella formació dels núvols al cel mai no tornarà
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as it is right now.
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a ser la mateixa.
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Open your eyes. Look at that.
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Obriu els ulls. Mireu-ho.
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(Music)
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Mireu les cares de les persones que coneixeu.
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Look at the faces of people whom you meet.
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Cada una amaga una història extraordinària,
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Each one has an incredible story
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behind their face,
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una història que potser mai arribeu a comprendre,
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a story that you could never fully fathom,
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not only their own story, but the story of their ancestors.
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no sols la seva història, sino també la dels seus avantpassats.
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We all go back so far,
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Tots venim de molt enrere,
i en aquest moment precís, avui,
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and in this present moment, on this day,
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all the people you meet, all that life from generations
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totes les persones que has conegut, totes aquelles vides de generacions
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and from so many places all over the world
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i de tants llocs diferents del món
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flows together and meets you here,
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conflueixen i et troben aquí
com aigua que dóna la vida, si obriu el cor i beveu.
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like a life-giving water,
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if you only open your heart and drink.
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(Music)
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Obriu el cor als fantàstics regals que ens dóna
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Open your heart to the incredible gifts
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that civilization gives to us.
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la civilització.
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You flip a switch, and there is electric light.
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Accionem un interruptor i tenim llum,
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You turn a faucet, and there is warm water and cold water,
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Obrim l'aixeta i tenim aigua calenta i freda,
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and drinkable water.
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fins i tot potable.
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It's a gift that millions and millions in the world
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És un regal que milions de persones al món
no podran experimentar mai.
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will never experience.
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So these are just a few of an enormous number of gifts
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Aquests són alguns dels nombrosos regals
als quals podem obrir el nostre cor.
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to which we can open your heart.
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And so I wish you that you will open your heart
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I us desitjo que obriu el vostre cor
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to all these blessings,
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a tots aquests obsequis i deixeu que flueixin a través vostre
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and let them flow through you,
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that everyone whom you will meet on this day
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i que tots els qui conegueu en aquest dia
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will be blessed by you,
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siguin beneïts per vosaltres,
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just by your eyes,
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per la vostra mirada,
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by your smile,
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el vostre somriure,
el vostre tacte,
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by your touch,
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per la vostra presència.
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just by your presence.
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Let the gratefulness overflow
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Deixeu que la gratitud doni pas
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into blessing all around you.
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a la benedicció i, aleshores,
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(Music)
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And then, it will really be
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serà realment un bon dia. (Música)
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a good day.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
Louie Schwartzberg: Gràcies.
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Louie Schwartzberg: Thank you.
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09:33
(Applause)
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Thank you very much.
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Moltes gràcies. (Aplaudiments)
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(Applause)
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