My journey to yo-yo mastery | BLACK

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

Prevoditelj: Suzana Baric Recezent: Senzos Osijek

S 14 godina

When I was 14 years old,

I had low self-esteem.

imao sam malo samopouzdanja.

I felt I was not talented at anything.

Mislio sam da nemam nikakvih talenata.

One day, I bought a yo-yo.

Jednog dana kupio sam yo-yo.

Kad sam pokušao izvesti prvi trik, izgledao je ovako.

When I tried my first trick, it looked like this:

(Laughter)

I couldn't even do the simplest trick,

Nisam mogao izvesti ni najjednostavniji trik,

but it was very natural for me,

ali to je bilo normalno za mene

because I was not dextrous, and hated all sports.

zato što nisam bio vješt s rukama i mrzio sam sve sportove.

But after one week of practicing,

Ali nakon tjedan dana vježbanja,

my throws became more like this:

moja bacanja počela su izgledati ovako.

A bit better.

Malo bolje.

I thought, the yo-yo is something for me to be good at.

Pomislio sam kako je yo-yo nešto u čemu mogu biti dobar

For the first time in my life,

po prvi put u životu.

I found my passion.

Pronašao sam svoju strast.

I was spending all my time practicing.

Svo svoje vrijeme provodio sam vježbajući.

It took me hours and hours a day to build my skills up to the next level.

Trebalo mi je po nekoliko sati dnevno

da dovedem svoje vještine do sljedeće razine.

Ali, 4 godine kasnije, kad sam imao 18 godina,

And then, four years later, when I was 18 years old,

stajao sam na pozornici World Yo-Yo Contesta.

I was standing onstage at the World YoYo Contest.

And I won.

I pobijedio sam.

I was so excited.

Bio sam jako uzbuđen. "To, uspio sam! Postao sam junak.

"Yes, I did it! I became a hero.

I may get many sponsors, a lot of money,

Mogao bih imati mnogo sponzora, mnogo novca,

tons of interviews, and be on TV!" I thought.

brojne intervjue i biti na televiziji!", pomislio sam. (Smijeh)

(Laughter)

But after coming back to Japan,

No, nakon što sam se vratio u Japan,

totally nothing changed in my life.

baš ništa se nije promijenilo u mom životu.

(Laughter)

Shvatio sam da društvo ne cijeni moju strast.

I realized society didn't value my passion.

Vratio sam se na fakultet

So I went back to my college

and became a typical Japanese worker as a systems engineer.

i postao sustavski inženjer,

tipičan japanski radnik.

I felt my passion, heart and soul, had left my body.

Osjećao sam se kao da su moja strast, srce i duša, napustili moje tijelo.

I felt I was not alive anymore.

Osjećao sam se kao da sam mrtav.

So I started to consider what I should do,

Počeo sam razmišljati što napraviti

and I thought, I wanted to make my performance better,

i pomislio kako želim poboljšati svoju izvedbu

and to show onstage how spectacular the yo-yo could be

te na pozornici pokazati koliko spektakularan yo-yo može biti

to change the public's image of the yo-yo.

da bih promijenio način na koji ga javnost vidi.

So I quit my company

Pa sam dao otkaz

i započeo karijeru profesionalnog izvođača.

and started a career as a professional performer.

Počeo sam učiti klasični balet, jazz dance,

I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things

akrobatske vještine i druge stvari

to make my performance better.

kako bih poboljšao svoju izvedbu.

As a result of these efforts, and the help of many others,

Zahvaljujući tim naporima i uz pomoć mnogih drugih,

it happened.

dogodilo se.

I won the World YoYo Contest again in the artistic performance division.

Opet sam pobijedio na World Yo-Yo Contestu

u kategoriji umjetničkog nastupa.

I passed an audition for Cirque Du Soleil.

Prošao sam audiciju za Cirque du Soleil.

Today, I am standing on the TED stage

Danas stojim pred vama

with the yo-yo in front of you.

na TED-ovoj pozornici s yo-yom.

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What I learned from the yo-yo is,

Yo-yo me naučio da,

if I make enough effort with huge passion,

ako uz ogromnu strast uložite dovoljno napora,

there is no impossible.

ne postoji nemoguće.

Biste li mi dopustili da s vama podijelim svoju strast

Could you let me share my passion with you

through my performance?

kroz svoj nastup?

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