Isabel Allende: Tales of passion | TED

Prevoditelj: Sanjin Vukojevic Recezent: Dijana Ivezic

Thank you so much.

Puno vam hvala. Zbilja je zastrašujuće biti ovdje

It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart.

među najpametnijima od pametnih.

(Laughter)

Ovdje sam kako bih vam ispričala nekoliko priča o strasti.

I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion.

There's a Jewish saying that I love:

Ima jedna židovska poslovica koju volim:

What is truer than truth?

"Što je istinitije od istine? Odgovor: priča."

Answer: the story.

I'm a storyteller.

Ja sam pripovjedač. Želim prenijeti nešto što je istinitije od istine

I want to convey something that is truer than truth

about our common humanity.

o našoj zajedničkoj ljudskosti.

All stories interest me,

Zanimaju me sve priče, a neke me i progone

and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

sve dok ih ne napišem.

Certain themes keep coming up:

Neke se teme stalno iznova javljaju:

justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues,

pravda, odanost, nasilje, smrt, politička i društvena pitanja,

freedom.

sloboda.

I'm aware of the mystery around us,

Svjesna sam zagonetki koje nas okružuju,

so I write about coincidences, premonitions,

i zato pišem o slučajnostima, predosjećajima,

emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

osjećajima, snovima, snazi prirode, magiji.

In the last 20 years, I have published a few books,

U posljednjih 20 godina objavila sam nekoliko knjiga,

but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006,

no živjela sam u anonimnosti sve do veljače 2006. godine,

when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy.

kada sam nosila olimpijsku zastavu na Zimskoj olimpijadi u Italiji.

To me proslavilo. Sada me ljudi prepoznaju u Macy's-u,

That made me a celebrity.

(Laughter)

Now people recognize me in Macy's,

a moji unuci misle da sam cool.

and my grandchildren think that I'm cool.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Allow me to tell you about my four minutes of fame.

Dopustite mi da vam ispričam o moje četiri minute slave.

Jedan od organizatora olimpijske ceremonije,

One of the organizers of the Olympic ceremony,

of the opening ceremony,

ceremonije otvaranja igara,

called me and said that I had been selected to be one of the flag bearers.

nazvao me i rekao da sam izabrana

da budem jedan od nositelja zastava.

I replied that surely, this was a case of mistaken identity,

Odgovorila sam da mora da se radi o zamjeni identiteta

because I'm as far as you can get from being an athlete.

jer sam ja sušta suprotnost sportaša.

Actually, I wasn't even sure that I could go around the stadium

U stvari, nisam bila sigurna ni hoću li moći napraviti krug oko stadiona

without a walker.

bez hodalice.

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

I was told that this was no laughing matter.

Rečeno mi je da se radi o ozbiljnoj stvari.

This would be the first time

To će biti prvi put

that only women would carry the Olympic flag.

da isključivo žene nose olimpijsku zastavu.

Pet žena, predstavljajući pet zemalja,

Five women, representing five continents,

and three Olympic gold medal winners.

te tri osvajačice zlatnih olimpijskih odličja.

My first question was, naturally:

Moje je prvo pitanje, naravno, bilo

What was I going to wear?

što ću obući?

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

"A uniform," she said,

Uniformu, rekla je

and asked for my measurements.

i pitala za moje mjere.

My measurements.

Moje mjere.

Vidjela sam se u paperjastoj vjetrovci,

I had a vision of myself in a fluffy anorak,

looking like the Michelin Man.

kako izgledam kao Michelin Man.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Sredinom veljače

By the middle of February, I found myself in Turin,

našla sam se u Torinu, gdje je oduševljena svjetina

where enthusiastic crowds cheered

klicala svakom od 80 olimpijskih timova kada su prolazili ulicama.

when any of the 80 Olympic teams was in the street.

Those athletes had sacrificed everything to compete in the games.

Ovi su sportaši žrtvovali sve kako bi se mogli natjecati na igrama.

They all deserved to win, but there's the element of luck.

Svi su zasluživali pobjedu, no tu je i element sreće.

A speck of snow, an inch of ice, the force of the wind

Komadić snijega, centimetar leda, snaga vjetra

can determine the result of a race or a game.

mogu odlučiti ishod utrke ili utakmice.

However, what matters most, more than training or luck, is the heart.

Međutim, ono što je najvažnije -- važnije od treninga ili sreće -- je srce.

Only a fearless and determined heart will get the gold medal.

Samo neustrašivo i odlučno srce će dobiti zlatno odličje.

It is all about passion.

Sve ovisi o strasti.

The streets of Turin were covered with red posters

Ulice Torina bile su prekrivene crvenim plakatima

announcing the slogan of the Olympics:

najavljujući slogan Olimpijade.

"Passion lives here."

"Strast živi ovdje". Nije li tome uvijek tako?

Isn't it always true?

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Srce je ono što nas pokreće i određuje našu sudbinu.

To je ono što trebam za likove u mojim knjigama:

That is what I need for my characters in my books:

a passionate heart.

strastveno srce.

I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels,

Trebaju mi odmetnici, disidenti, pustolovi, autsajderi i pobunjenici

who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.

koji postavljaju pitanja, mijenjaju pravila i riskiraju.

People like all of you in this room.

Ljudi poput svih vas u ovoj prostoriji.

Dobri ljudi zdravog razuma nisu zanimljivi likovi.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

They only make good former spouses.

Oni mogu biti samo dobri bivši bračni partneri.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

In the greenroom of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers:

U zelenoj sobi stadiona upoznala sam druge zastavonoše:

tri sportašice, te glumice Susan Sarandon i Sophiu Loren.

three athletes and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia Loren.

Also, two women with passionate hearts:

Također, dvije žene strastvenih srca.

Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya

Wangari Maathai, dobitnicu Nobelove nagrade iz Kenije

who has planted 30 million trees,

koja je posadila 30 milijuna stabala. Na taj način,

and by doing so, she has changed the soil, the weather, in some places in Africa,

ona je promijenila tlo i vrijeme

na nekim mjestima u Africi, i naravno

and of course, the economic conditions in many villages;

ekonomske uvjete u mnogim selima.

and Somaly Mam,

I Somaly Mam, aktivisticu iz Kambodže koja se strastveno bori

a Cambodian activist who fights passionately against child prostitution.

protiv dječje prostitucije.

When she was 14 years old, her grandfather sold her to a brothel.

Kada je imala 14 godina, djed ju je prodao javnoj kući.

She told us of little girls raped by men

Pričala nam je o djevojčicama koje muškarci siluju jer vjeruju

who believe that having sex with a very young virgin

da će ih seks sa vrlo mladim djevicama izliječiti od AIDS-a.

will cure them from AIDS,

Pričala je i o javnim kućama u kojima su djeca primorana

and of brothels where children are forced to receive 15 clients per day,

imati od 5 do 15 klijenata dnevno,

and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.

a ako se pobune, muče ih električnom strujom.

In the greenroom, I received my uniform.

U zelenoj sobi sam dobila uniformu.

It was not the kind of outfit that I normally wear,

To nije bila odjeća kakvu inače nosim,

but it was far from the Michelin Man suit that I had anticipated.

no bila je daleko od odijela Michelin Mana

kakvo sam očekivala. Uistinu, nije bilo loše.

Not bad, really.

I looked like a refrigerator.

Izgledala sam poput hladnjaka.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But so did most of the flag bearers, except Sophia Loren,

No jednako je tako izgledala i većina zastavonoša, osim Sophie Loren,

the universal symbol of beauty and passion.

koja je opći simbol ljepote i strasti.

Sophia is over 70 and she looks great.

Sophia ima preko 70 godina i izgleda odlično.

She's sexy, slim and tall, with a deep tan.

Ona je sexy, vitka i visoka, tamne puti.

Now, how can you have a deep tan and have no wrinkles?

No, kako je moguće imati takav ten i biti bez bora?

I don't know.

Ne znam.

Kada su je u jednom TV intervjuu pitali "Kako možete izgledati tako dobro?"

When asked in a TV interview how could she look so good,

she replied, "Posture."

Odgovorila je "Držanje. Leđa su mi uvijek uspravljena,

(Laughter)

"My back is always straight,

and I don't make old people's noises."

i ne proizvodim staračke zvukove."

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

So there you have some free advice

Eto besplatnog savjeta

jedne od najljepših žena na zemaljskoj kugli.

from one of the most beautiful women on earth:

no grunting, no coughing, no wheezing,

Bez gunđanja, bez kašljanja, bez hroptanja,

no talking to yourselves, no farting.

bez razgovaranja sa samim sobom, bez ispuštanja vjetrova.

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

No dobro, nije baš to rekla.

Well, she didn't say that, exactly.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

At some point around midnight,

U neko vrijeme oko ponoći,

we were summoned to the wings of the stadium,

pozvani smo na krila stadiona

and the loudspeakers announced the Olympic flag,

i zvučnici su najavili olimpijsku zastavu, te je započela glazba --

and the music started --

by the way, the same music that starts here, the "Aida" march.

usput, to je ista glazba kao ovdje,

koračnica iz Aide.

Sophia Loren was right in front of me.

Sophia Loren je bila točno ispred mene -- viša je od mene 30 cm,

She's a foot taller than I am, not counting the poofy hair.

ne računajući natapiranu kosu.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

She walked elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savanna,

Hodala je otmjeno, poput žirafe u afričkoj savani,

holding the flag on her shoulder.

držeći zastavu na ramenu. Ja sam trčala iza nje --

I jogged behind --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

on my tiptoes, holding the flag on my extended arm,

-- na vrhovima prstiju, držeći zastavu na ispruženoj ruci,

so that my head was actually under the damn flag.

tako da mi je glava bila ispod proklete zastave.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

All the cameras were, of course, on Sophia.

Sve su kamere, naravno, bile usmjerene na Sophiu.

That was fortunate for me,

To je za mene bilo sretna okolnost, jer se na većini novinskih fotografija

because in most press photos, I appear too --

pojavljujem i ja, doduše često između Sophijinih nogu.

although, often between Sophia's legs --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

a place where most men would love to be.

Na mjestu na kojem bi rado bila većina muškaraca.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

(Pljesak)

(Applause)

The best four minutes of my entire life were those in the Olympic stadium.

Četiri najbolje minute mog života

su bile te na Olimpijskom stadionu.

Moj se muž vrijeđa kada to kažem --

My husband is offended when I say this,

although I have explained to him that what we do in private

iako mu ja objašnjavam da ono što nas dvoje radimo nasamo

usually takes less than four minutes --

obično traje manje od četiri minute --

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

so he shouldn't take it personally.

-- pa on to ne bi trebao shvaćati osobno.

(Laughter)

I have all the press clippings of those four magnificent minutes

Imam sve novinske izreske o te četiri veličanstvene minute,

because I don't want to forget them

jer ih ne želim zaboraviti

when old age destroys my brain cells.

kada starost uništi moje moždane ćelije.

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics:

Zauvijek želim nositi u srcu ključnu riječ Olimpijade --

strast.

passion.

Evo, dakle, jedne priče o strasti.

So here's a tale of passion.

The year is 1998,

Godina je 1998., mjesto zatvorenički kamp

the place is a prison camp for Tutsi refugees in Congo.

za Tutsi izbjeglice u Kongu.

By the way, 80 percent of all refugees and displaced people in the world

Inače, 80 posto svjetskih izbjeglica i prognanika

are women and girls.

su žene i djevojčice.

Ovo mjesto u Kongu možemo zvati logorom smrti,

We can call this place in Congo a death camp,

because those who are not killed will die of disease or starvation.

jer će oni koji nisu ubijeni umrijeti od bolesti ili gladi.

The protagonists of this story are a young woman, Rose Mapendo,

Protagonisti ove priče su

mlada žena, Rose Mapendo, i njena djeca.

and her children.

She's pregnant and a widow.

Ona je u drugom stanju, a i udovica.

Vojnici su je prisilili da gleda

Soldiers had forced her to watch as her husband was tortured and killed.

mučenje i ubojstvo supruga.

Somehow she manages to keep her seven children alive,

Nekako je uspjela održati na životu svoje sedmoro djece,

and a few months later, she gives birth to premature twins,

a nekoliko mjeseci kasnije, preuranjeno je rodila blizance.

two tiny little boys.

Dva malena dječaka.

She cuts the umbilical cord with a stick

Pupkovinu je prerezala štapom,

and ties it with her own hair.

i vezala ju vlastitom kosom.

She names the twins after the camp's commanders

Blizance je nazvala prema zapovjednicima logora

to gain their favor,

kako bi zadobila njihovu naklonost, i hranila ih crnim čajem

and feeds them with black tea because her milk cannot sustain them.

jer im njeno mlijeko nije bilo dovoljno.

When the soldiers burst in her cell to rape her oldest daughter,

Kada su vojnici provalili u ćeliju kako bi silovali najstariju kćer,

ona ju je zgrabila i odbila je pustiti,

she grabs hold of her and refuses to let go,

čak i pod prijetnjom pištolja uperenog u glavu.

even when they hold a gun to her head.

Somehow, the family survives for 16 months,

Obitelj je nekako preživjela 16 mjeseci

and then, by extraordinary luck

i tada, uz pomoć izvanredne sreće i strastvenog srca

and the passionate heart of a young American man, Sasha Chanoff,

mladog amerikanca, Sashe Chanoffa

who manages to put her in a US rescue plane,

koji ju uspijeva smjestiti u spasilački zrakoplov SAD-a,

Rose Mapendo and her nine children end up in Phoenix, Arizona,

Rose Mapendo i njeno devetero djece završava u Phoeniksu, Arizona,

where they're now living and thriving.

gdje i sada žive i napreduju.

"Mapendo," in Swahili, means "great love."

Na svahiliju, Mapendo znači "velika ljubav".

The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women

Protagonisti mojih knjiga su snažne i strastvene žene

like Rose Mapendo.

poput Rose Mapendo.

I don't make them up;

Ne izmišljam ih. Za to nema potrebe.

there's no need for that.

Pogledam oko sebe i vidim ih posvuda.

I look around, and I see them everywhere.

I have worked with women and for women all my life.

Cijeli svoj život sam radila sa ženama i za žene.

I know them well.

Dobro ih poznajem.

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world,

Rođena sam u pradavna vremena, na kraju svijeta,

in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family.

u patrijarhalnoj katoličkoj i konzervativnoj obitelji.

No wonder that by age five, I was a raging feminist --

Nije ni čudo što sam u dobi od pet godina bila goropadna feministkinja --

although the term had not reached Chile yet,

iako taj izraz još nije bio došao do Čilea,

so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.

pa nitko nije znao što je to naopako sa mnom.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I would soon find out that there was a high price to pay for my freedom

Uskoro sam saznala da je cijena

moje slobode i propitivanja patrijarhata visoka.

and for questioning the patriarchy.

But I was happy to pay it,

No bilo mi je drago platiti tu cijenu, jer sam za svaki primljeni udarac

because for every blow that I received,

I was able to deliver two.

mogla uzvratiti dva.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Once, when my daughter Paula was in her twenties,

Jednom, kada je moja kćer Paula bila u svojim dvadesetima,

kazala mi je da je feminizam zastario, da trebam krenuti dalje.

she said to me that feminism was dated, that I should move on.

We had a memorable fight.

Imale smo tada jednu upečatljivu svađu. Feminizam zastario?

Feminism is dated?

Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today,

Da, za privilegirane žene poput moje kćeri i sve nas koji smo danas ovdje,

but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world,

ali ne i za većinu naših sestara u ostatku svijeta

koje se još uvijek prisiljava na preuranjene brakove,

who are still forced into premature marriage,

prostitution, forced labor.

prostituciju, prisilni rad --

They have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.

one imaju djecu koju ne žele ili ne mogu hraniti.

They have no control over their bodies or their lives.

Nemaju kontrolu nad vlastitim tijelima niti životima.

Nemaju obrazovanje niti slobodu.

They have no education and no freedom.

They are raped, beaten up and sometimes killed with impunity.

Bivaju silovane, pretučene i ponekad nekažnjeno ubijane.

For most Western young women of today,

Za većinu mladih žena sa Zapada,

being called a "feminist" is an insult.

danas je biti nazvana feministicom uvreda.

Feminism has never been sexy,

Feminizam nikada nije bio sexy, no uvjeravam vas

but let me assure you that it never stopped me from flirting,

da me nikada nije sprječavao u flertu,

a često sam patila od nedostatka muškaraca.

and I have seldom suffered from lack of men.

(Smijeh)

(Laughter)

Feminism is not dead, by no means.

Feminizam nije mrtav, nipošto.

Evoluirao je. Ukoliko vam se taj izraz ne sviđa,

It has evolved.

If you don't like the term,

change it, for Goddess' sake.

promijenite ga, za ime Boginja.

Call it "Aphrodite" or "Venus" or "bimbo" or whatever you want.

Zovite ga Afroditom, ili Venerom, ili glupačom, kako god želite,

The name doesn't matter,

ime nije važno,

as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.

ukoliko razumijemo o čemu se radi i podržavamo ga.

Evo još jedne priče o strasti, a ova je tužna.

So here's another tale of passion, and this is a sad one.

The place is a small women's clinic in a village in Bangladesh.

Mjesto radnje je mala klinika za ženske bolesti u selu u Bangladešu.

The year is 2005.

Godina je 2005.

Jenny is a young American dental hygienist

Jenny je mlada američka zubna tehničarka

who has gone to the clinic as a volunteer during her three-week vacation.

koja je u kliniku došla volontirati

za vrijeme svog trotjednog odmora.

She's prepared to clean teeth,

Spremna je baviti se zubnom higijenom,

but when she gets there,

no kada stiže na mjesto radnje, shvaća da tu nema liječnika,

she finds out that there are no doctors, no dentists,

nema zubara, a klinika je samo jedna koliba puna muha.

and the clinic is just a hut full of flies.

Outside, there is a line of women

Vani se nalazi red žena

who have waited several hours to be treated.

koje su satima čekale na pregled.

The first patient is in excruciating pain

Prva pacijentica je u užasnoj boli

jer ima nekoliko pokvarenih kutnjaka.

because she has several rotten molars.

Jenny realizes that the only solution is to pull out the bad teeth.

Jenny shvaća da je jedino rješenje izvaditi te zube.

Nema ovlasti za takav zahvat, nikada to nije radila.

She's not licensed for that; she has never done it.

She risks a lot and she's terrified.

Rizik je velik i Jenny je užasnuta.

She doesn't even have the proper instruments,

Čak ne raspolaže ni odgovarajućim instrumentima,

but fortunately, she has brought some novocaine.

no srećom, ponijela je nešto Novocaina (analgetik).

Jenny has a brave and passionate heart.

Jenny ima hrabro i strastveno srce.

She murmurs a prayer and she goes ahead with the operation.

Promrmlja molitvu i krene na posao.

At the end, the relieved patient kisses her hands.

Na kraju operacije, olakšana pacijentica joj ljubi ruke.

That day the hygienist pulls out many more teeth.

Tog dana zubna je tehničarka povadila mnogo zubi.

The next morning, when she comes again to the so-called clinic,

Sljedećeg jutra, kada ponovo dolazi u takozvanu kliniku,

her first patient is waiting for her with her husband.

njena prva pacijentica je čeka zajedno sa svojim mužem.

The woman's face looks like a watermelon.

Ženino lice izgleda poput lubenice.

It is so swollen that you can't even see the eyes.

Toliko je otečena da joj se ne vide ni oči.

The husband, furious, threatens to kill the American.

Suprug, bijesan, prijeti da će ubiti Amerikanku.

Jenny is horrified at what she has done.

Jenny je prestravljena onime što je učinila,

But then, the translator explains

no tada joj prevoditelj objašnjava

that the patient's condition has nothing to do with the operation.

kako stanje pacijentice nema nikakve veze s operacijom.

The day before, her husband beat her up

Dan ranije, muž ju je pretukao jer nije došla kući na vrijeme.

because she was not home in time to prepare dinner for him.

da mu pripremi večeru.

Milijuni žena danas žive ovako.

Millions of women live like this today.

They are the poorest of the poor.

One su najsiromašnije među siromašnima.

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor,

Iako žene obavljaju dvije trećine svjetskog rada,

they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

posjeduju manje od jedan posto svjetske imovine.

They are paid less than men for the same work, if they're paid at all,

Za isti posao su lošije plaćene

-- ako im se uopće plaća -- i one ostaju ranjive

and they remain vulnerable because they have no economic independence,

jer nemaju nikakvu ekonomsku neovisnost

and they are constantly threatened by exploitation,

i stalno su pod prijetnjom izrabljivanja,

violence and abuse.

nasilja i zlostavljanja.

It is a fact that giving women education, work,

Činjenica je da, ako ženama omogućimo obrazovanje, zaposlenje,

the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property

mogućnost upravljanja vlastitim prihodom,

nasljeđivanja i posjedovanja imovine, to koristi društvu.

benefits the society.

If a woman is empowered,

Kada je žena na taj način osnažena,

her children and her family will be better off.

njenoj će djeci i obitelji biti bolje.

If families prosper, the village prospers,

Kada obitelji napreduju, napreduje i selo,

and eventually, so does the whole country.

i u konačnici cijela zemlja.

Wangari Maathai goes to a village in Kenya.

Wangari Maathai odlazi u selo u Keniji.

She talks with the women and explains that the land is barren

Razgovara sa ženama i objašnjava da je zemlja neplodna

because they have cut and sold the trees.

jer su posjekli i prodali drveće.

Uspjeva pridobiti žene da sade nova stabla i zalijevaju ih,

She gets the women to plant new trees and water them,

drop by drop.

kap po kap.

In a matter of five or six years, they have a forest,

Za pet-šest godina, imaju šumu,

the soil is enriched, and the village is saved.

tlo je obogaćeno, a selo spašeno.

The poorest and most backward societies

Najsiromašnija i najzaostalija društva

are always those that put women down.

su uvijek ona koja ponižavaju žene.

Yet this obvious truth is ignored by governments

No, vlade ignoriraju tu očitu činjenicu,

and also by philanthropy.

a isto se odnosi i na filantropiju.

For every dollar given to a women's program,

Na svaki dolar koji se daje programima za žene,

20 dollars are given to men's programs.

ide 20 dolara za muške programe.

Women are 51 percent of humankind.

Žene čine 51 posto čovječanstva.

Empowering them will change everything,

Osnaživanjem žena sve bi se promijenilo --

more than technology and design and entertainment.

više od same tehnologije, dizajna i zabave.

I can promise you that women working together --

Mogu vam obećati da zajednički rad žena --

linked, informed and educated --

povezanih, informiranih i obrazovanih --

može donijeti mir i napredak ovom napuštenom planetu.

can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians,

U svakom današnjem ratu, većina žrtava su civili,

mainly women and children.

uglavnom žene i djeca. Oni su kolateralna šteta.

They are collateral damage.

Men run the world,

Muškarci upravljaju svijetom, i pogledajte kakav nered imamo.

and look at the mess we have.

What kind of world do we want?

Kakav svijet želimo?

This is a fundamental question that most of us are asking.

To je temeljno pitanje koje većina nas postavlja.

Ima li smisla participirati u postojećem svjetskom poretku?

Does it make sense to participate in the existing world order?

We want a world where life is preserved

Želimo svijet u kojem se život čuva,

and the quality of life is enriched for everybody,

u kojem se kvaliteta života obogaćuje za sve,

not only for the privileged.

a ne samo za one povlaštene.

U siječnju sam pogledala izložbu slika Fernanda Botera

In January, I saw an exhibit of Fernando Botero's paintings

u knjižnici sveučilišta Berkeley.

at the UC Berkeley library.

No museum or gallery in the United States,

Nijedan muzej ni galerija u SAD-u,

except for the New York gallery that carries Botero's work,

osim njujorške galerije koja drži Boterove radove,

has dared to show the paintings,

nije se usudio izložiti slike jer je tema

because the theme is the Abu Ghraib prison.

zatvor Abu Ghraib.

To su ogromne slike mučenja i zlouporabe moći,

They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power,

u opsežnom Boterovom stilu.

in the voluminous Botero style.

I have not been able to get those images out of my mind

Te prizore nisam mogla izbaciti ni iz misli

or my heart.

ni iz srca.

What I fear most is power with impunity.

Ono čega se najviše bojim je nekažnjiva moć.

I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

Bojim se zlouporabe moći i moći zlostavljanja.

In our species, the alpha males define reality,

U našoj vrsti, alfa mužjaci definiraju stvarnost,

and force the rest of the pack to accept that reality

i prisiljavaju ostatak čopora na prihvaćanje takve stvarnosti

and follow the rules.

te pridržavanje pravila.

The rules change all the time, but they always benefit them,

Pravila se stalno mijenjaju, ali uvijek na njihovu korist,

and in this case, the trickle-down effect, which does not work in economics,

pa u ovom slučaju "efekat kapanja",

koji ne funkcionira u gospodarstvu, funkcionira savršeno.

works perfectly.

Abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom.

Zlouporaba kaplje s vrha ljestava prema dnu.

Women and children, especially the poor, are at the bottom.

Žene i djeca, osobito siromašni, nalaze se na dnu.

Even the most destitute of men have someone they can abuse --

Čak i najbjedniji među muškarcima imaju nekoga koga mogu zlostavljati --

a woman or a child.

ženu ili dijete.

I'm fed up with the power that a few exert over the many

Dosta mi je moći koju nekolicina provodi nad mnoštvom

through gender, income, race and class.

putem spola, prihoda, rase i društvene klase.

Mislim da je krajnje vrijeme za temeljite promjene

I think that the time is ripe to make fundamental changes

in our civilization.

u našoj civilizaciji.

But for real change, we need feminine energy

No za pravu promjenu nam je potrebna ženska energija

in the management of the world.

u upravljanju svijetom.

We need a critical number of women in positions of power,

Potreban nam je kritičan broj žena na pozicijama moći,

and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

i moramo njegovati žensku energiju u muškarcima.

I'm talking about men with young minds, of course.

Naravno, govorim o muškarcima mladih umova.

Old guys are hopeless; we have to wait for them to die off.

Starci su beznadni, moramo čekati da odumru.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Yes, I would love to have Sophia Loren's long legs

Da, i ja bih voljela imati duge noge Sophie Loren

and legendary breasts.

i legendarno poprsje.

But given a choice, I would rather have the warrior hearts

No mogu li birati, radije bih odabrala ratničko srce

Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny i Rose Mapendo.

of Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny, and Rose Mapendo.

Želim ovaj svijet učiniti dobrim.

I want to make this world good.

Ne boljim, nego dobrim.

Not better -- but to make it good.

Why not? It is possible.

Zašto ne? To je moguće. Pogledajte oko sebe po prostoriji --

Look around in this room --

all this knowledge, energy, talent and technology.

svo ovo znanje, energija, talent i tehnologija.

Let's get off our fannies, roll up our sleeves

Dignimo se, zasučimo rukave

and get to work, passionately,

i uhvatimo se posla, strastveno,

stvarajući gotovo savršen svijet.

in creating an almost-perfect world.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause and cheers)