Marco Tempest: The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla

Translator: Thu-Huong Ha Reviewer: Jenny Zurawell

Prevoditelj: Suzana Baric Recezent: Ingrid Tomljanovic

As a magician, I'm always interested in performances that incorporate elements of illusion.

Kao mađioničara uvijek me zanimaju nastupi koji uključuju elemente iluzije.

And one of the most remarkable was the tanagra theater, which was popular in the

A jedan od najneobičnijih bilo je kazalište Tanagra, koje je bilo popularno

early part of the 20th century.

na samom početku 20. stoljeća.

It used mirrors

Koristilo je zrcala

to create the illusion of tiny people

kako bi se stvorile iluzije sićušnih ljudi

performing on a miniature stage. Now, I won't use mirrors,

koji nastupaju na minijaturnoj pozornici. Sad, ja neću koristiti zrcala,

but this is my digital tribute to the tanagra theater.

ali ovo je moje digitalno odavanje počasti kazalištu Tanagra.

So let the story begin.

Pa neka priča počne.

On a dark and stormy night -- really! --

Jedne mračne i olujne noći - doista -

it was the 10th of July, 1856.

bilo je to 10. srpnja 1856. godine.

Lightning lit the sky,

Munje su obasjavale nebo,

and a baby was born.

i jedno dijete se rodilo.

His name was Nikola,

Zvao se Nikola,

Nikola Tesla.

Nikola Tesla.

Now the baby grew into a very smart guy.

Dijete je odraslo u jednog jako pametnog čovjeka.

Let me show you.

Dopustite da vam pokažem.

Tesla, what is 236 multiplied by 501?

Tesla, koliko je 236 puta 501?

Nikola Tesla: The result is 118,236.

Nikola Tesla: Rezultat je 118,236.

Marco Tempest: Now Tesla's brain worked in the most extraordinary way.

Marco Tempest: Teslin mozak je radio na najneobičniji način.

When a word was mentioned,

Kada je spomenuta neka riječ,

an image of it

njezin prikaz

instantly appeared in his mind.

smjesta se pojavio u njegovom umu.

Tree. Chair. Girl.

Drvo. Stolica. Djevojka.

They were hallucinations, which vanished

To su bile halucinacije, koje su nestajale

the moment he touched them.

onog trena kada ih je dotaknuo.

Probably a form of synesthesia.

Vjerojatno neka vrsta sinestezije.

But it was something

Ali to je bilo nešto

he later turned to his advantage.

što je on kasnije preokrenuo u svoju korist.

Where other scientists would play in their laboratory,

Dok su se drugi znanstvenici igrali u svojim laboratorijima,

Tesla created his inventions in his mind.

Tesla je stvarao svoje izume u svom umu.

NT: To my delight, I discovered I could visualize my inventions with the greatest facility.

NT: Na moje zadovoljstvo, otkrio sam da mogu vizualizirati svoje izume s velikom lakoćom.

MT: And when they worked in the vivid playground of his imagination,

MT: I kada su proradili na živahnom igralištu njegove mašte,

he would build them in his workshop.

on bi ih izgradio u svojoj radionici.

NT: I needed no models, drawings or experiments.

NT: Nisu mi trebali nikakvi modeli, crteži ili pokusi.

I could picture them as real in my mind,

Mogao sam ih zamisliti stvarnima u svom umu,

and there I run it, test it and improve it.

i ondje ih isprobavam, ispitujem i poboljšavam.

Only then do I construct it.

Tek tada ih konstruiram.

MT: His great idea

MT: Njegova velika ideja

was alternating current.

bila je izmjenična struja.

But how could he convince the public that

Ali kako je mogao uvjeriti javnost da

the millions of volts required to make it work were safe?

su milijuni volta potrebni da izum bude bezopasan?

To sell his idea,

Kako bi prodao svoju ideju,

he became a showman.

postao je zabavljač.

NT: We are at the dawn of a new age,

NT: Na početku smo novog doba,

the age of electricity.

doba električne struje.

I have been able, through careful invention, to

Uspio sam, kroz oprezno pronalaženje,

transmit, with the mere flick of a switch,

odaslati, pukim pritiskom na prekidač,

electricity across the ether.

električnu struju eterom.

It is the magic of science.

To je čarolija znanosti.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Tesla has over 700 patents to his name:

Teslino ime stoji uz više od 700 patenata:

radio, wireless telegraphy,

radio, bežičnu telegrafiju,

remote control, robotics.

daljinski upravljač, robotiku.

He even photographed the bones of the human body.

Čak je fotografirao i kosti ljudskog tijela.

But the high point was the realization of a childhood dream:

Ali vrhunac je dostigao ostvarenjem svog sna iz djetinjstva:

harnessing the raging powers of Niagara Falls,

uprezanjem bijesne snage Niagarinih slapova,

and bringing light to the city.

kako bi doveo rasvjetu u grad.

But Tesla's success didn't last.

Ali Teslin uspjeh nije potrajao.

NT: I had bigger ideas.

NT: Imao sam veće zamisli.

Illuminating the city was only the beginning.

Gradska rasvjeta bila je samo početak.

A world telegraphy center -- imagine news,

Svjetski telegrafski centar - zamislite vijesti,

messages, sounds, images delivered to

poruke, zvukove, slike dopremljene

any point in the world

do bilo kojeg mjesta u svijetu

instantly and wirelessly.

odmah i bežično.

MT: It's a great idea; it was a huge project. Expensive, too.

MT: To je odlična ideja; bio je to ogroman projek. Skup, također.

NT: They wouldn't give me the money.

NT: Nisu mi htjeli dati novac.

MT: Well, maybe you shouldn't have told them it could be used to contact other planets.

MT: Pa, možda im nisi trebao reći da će se moći koristiti za kontaktiranje drugih planeta.

NT: Yes, that was a big mistake.

NT: Da, to je bila velika greška.

MT: Tesla's career as an inventor never recovered.

MT: Teslina karijera izumitelja nikada se nije oporavila.

He became a recluse.

Postao je osamljenik.

Dodged by death,

Smrt ga je zaobišla,

he spent much of his time

provodio je mnogo vremena

in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.

u svom apartmanu u Waldorf-Astoriji.

NT: Everything I did, I did for mankind,

NT: Sve što sam činio, činio sam za čovječanstvo,

for a world where there would be no humiliation of the poor by the violence of the rich,

za svijet u kojem bogati ne bi svojim nasiljem ponižavali siromašne,

where products of intellect, science and art

gdje će proizvodi intelekta, znanosti i umjetnosti

will serve society for the betterment and beautification of life.

služiti društvu za poboljšanje i uljepšanje života.

MT: Nikola Tesla died on the 7th of January, 1943.

MT: Nikola Tesla umro je 07. siječnja 1943.

His final resting place

Njegovo zadnje počivalište

is a golden globe that contains his ashes

je zlatna kugla u kojoj je njegov pepeo

at the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

u Muzeju Nikole Tesle u Beogradu.

His legacy is with us still.

Njegova baština još uvijek je s nama.

Tesla became the man who lit the world,

Tesla je postao čovjek koji je svijetu donio svjetlo,

but this was only the beginning.

ali to je bio samo početak.

Tesla's insight was profound.

Teslina pronicljivost bila je beskrajna.

NT: Tell me, what will man do when the forests disappear,

NT: Recite mi, što će čovjek učiniti kada šume nestanu,

and the coal deposits are exhausted?

kada se naslage ugljena iscrpe?

MT: Tesla thought he had the answer.

MT: Tesla je mislio da ima odgovor.

We are still asking the question.

Mi još uvijek postavljamo to pitanje.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)