Sirena Huang: An 11-year-old's magical violin

Prevoditelj: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG Recezent: Romana Perković

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Hi, everyone. I'm Sirena.

Pozdrav svima. Ja sam Sirena.

I'm 11 years old and from Connecticut.

Imam 11 godina i dolazim iz Connecticuta.

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Well, I'm not really sure why I'm here.

Dobro, nisam posve sigurna zašto sam ovdje.

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(Smijeh)

I mean, what does this have to do with technology, entertainment and design?

Mislim, kakve veze ovo ima s

tehnologijom, zabavom i dizajnom?

Well, I count my iPod, cellphone and computer as technology,

Dobro, mislim da su moj iPod, mobitel i računalo tehnologija

but this has nothing to do with that.

ali ovo nema nikakve veze s time.

So I did a little research on it.

Tako sam napravila malo istraživanje.

Well, this is what I found.

Evo što sam pronašla.

Of course, I hope I can memorize it.

Naravno, nadam se da to mogu zapamtiti.

(Clears throat)

The violin is made of a wood box and four metal strings.

Violina je u osnovi napravljena od drvene kutije

By pulling a string, it vibrates and produces a sound wave,

i četiri glavne žice.

Svirajući preko žice, žica vibrira

i proizvodi zvučni val.

which passes through a piece of wood called a bridge,

Zvuk prelazi preko komada drveta kojeg nazivamo mostom

i ide dolje prema drvenoj kutiji gdje se pojačava

and goes down to the wood box and gets amplified, but ... let me think.

ali... da razmislim.

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(Smijeh)

Ok. S druge strane

Placing your finger at different places on the fingerboard

stavljajući prste u različite položaje na vratu violine

changes the string length, and that changes the frequency of the sound wave.

mijenjamo dužinu žice

što mijenja frekvenciju zvučnog vala.

(Sighs) Oh, my gosh!

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O, moj bože!

OK, this is sort of technology,

(Smijeh)

OK. To je vrsta tehnologije

but I can call it a 16th-century technology.

ali je mogu nazvati tehnologijom 16. stoljeća.

But actually, the most fascinating thing that I found

Ali zapravo, najfascinantnija stvar koju sam pronašla

was that even the audio system or wave transmission nowadays

je audio sustav

are still based on the same principle of producing and projecting sound.

ili današnja transmisija valova

u srži je bazirana na jednakim principima

proizvodnje i projekcije zvuka.

Isn't that cool?

Zar to nije fora?

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Design -- I love its design.

Dizajn -- ja volim dizajn.

I remember when I was little, my mom asked me,

Sjećam se dok sam bila mala

mama me pitala,

"Would you like to play the violin or the piano?"

želiš li svirati violinu ili klavir?

I looked at that giant monster and said to myself --

Pogledala sam tog velikog monstruma

i rekla sebi --

"I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day!"

neću se zaključati na tu klupu

cijeli dan.

(Laughter)

This is small and lightweight.

Ovo je malo i lagano.

I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

Mogu svirati dok stojim, sjedim ili hodam.

And, you know what?

I znaš što?

The best of all is that if I don't want to practice,

Najbolje od svega je, ako ne želim vježbati

(Whispering) I can hide it.

mogu je sakriti.

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(Smijeh)

The violin is very beautiful.

Violina je stvarno prekrasna.

Some people relate it as the shape of a lady.

Neki ljudi je povezuju s oblikom žene

But whether you like it or not, it's been so for more than 400 years,

ali volite li je ili ne

takva je već 400 godina,

unlike modern stuff [that] easily looks dated.

i za razliku od modernih stvari koje brzo zastarjevaju.

But I think it's very personal and unique that,

Ali mislim da je jako osobno i unikatno to,

although each violin looks pretty similar,

što iako svaka violina izgleda slično

no two violins sound the same --

ne postoje dvije violine koje zvuče isto.

even from the same maker or based on the same model.

Čak i od istog proizvođača

ili bazirane na istom modelu.

Entertainment -- I love the entertainment.

Zabava -- ja volim zabavu

But actually, the instrument itself isn't very entertaining.

ali u stvari, instrument sam po sebi

nije jako zabavan.

I mean, when I first got my violin and tried to play around on it,

Mislim, kada sam dobila violinu

it was actually really bad,

i pokušala je svirati bila je

u stvari, jako loša jer

because it didn't sound the way I'd heard from other kids --

nije zvučala na način na koji sam je čula kod druge djece

it was so horrible and so scratchy.

toliko strašna i toliko kreštava

So, it wasn't entertaining at all.

tako da uopće nije bila zabavna.

But besides, my brother found this very funny:

Također, moj brat je to smatrao jako smiješnim.

Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!

Jak, jak, jak.

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A few years later, I heard a joke

Nekoliko godina kasnije čula sam vic o

about the greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz.

najvećem violinistu, Jaschi Heifetzu.

After Mr. Heifetz's concert,

Poslije koncrta gosp. Heifetza

a lady came over and complimented him:

gospođa je došla do njega i dala mu kompliment:

"Oh, Mr. Heifetz, your violin sounded so great tonight!"

"Oh, gosp. Heifetz, vaša violina je zvučala sjajno večeras."

And Mr. Heifetz was a very cool person,

A gosp. Heifetz je bio jako spokojna osoba

so he picked up his violin and said,

i tako je uzeo svoju violinu i rekao,

"Funny -- I don't hear anything."

"Smiješno, ne čujem ništa."

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Now I realize that as the musician,

I sada, shvaćam da kao glazbenik,

we human beings, with our great mind, artistic heart and skill,

mi ljudska bića, mi imamo sjajan um,

umjetničko srce i vještinu

can change this 16th-century technology and a legendary design

koja može promijeniti tehnologiju iz 16-og stoljeća

i legendarni dizajn

to a wonderful entertainment.

u prekrasnu zabavu.

Now I know why I'm here.

Sada, znam zašto sam ovdje.

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At first, I thought I was just going to be here to perform,

Na prvu sam mislila kako ću doći ovdje i samo svirati

but unexpectedly, I learned and enjoyed much more.

ali nenadano, naučila sam i uživala bitno više.

But ... although some of the talks were quite up there for me.

Ali... premda su neki bili stvarno uz mene.

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Like the multi-dimension stuff.

Poput multi-dimenzionalnog osoblja.

I mean, honestly, I'd be happy enough

Mislim, iskreno, bila bih dovoljno sretna

if I could actually get my two dimensions correct in school.

kada bih dobila moje ispravne dvije dimenzije u školi.

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But actually, the most impressive thing to me is that --

U stvari, najimpresivnija stvar za mene

well, actually, I would also like to say this for all children

je... dobro, u stvari,

htjela bih ovo izjaviti u ime sve djece

is to say thank you to all adults, for actually caring for us a lot,

i reći, hvala vam, svim odraslima

jer stvarno puno brinete o nama

and to make our future world much better.

i osiguravate da nam je budućnost bolja.

Thank you.

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Hvala vam.

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