Chris Bliss: Comedy is translation

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Gabriel García Márquez is one of my favorite writers,

Gabriel García Márquez mi je jedan od najdražih pisaca,

for his storytelling,

zbog načina pripovijedanja

but even more, I think,

ali još više,

for the beauty and precision of his prose.

zbog ljepote i preciznosti njegove proze.

And whether it's the opening line from "One Hundred Years of Solitude"

Bilo da se radi o prvoj rečenici iz Sto godina samoće,

or the fantastical stream of consciousness

ili o fantastičnoj struji svijesti

in "Autumn of the Patriarch,"

u Jeseni patrijarha,

where the words rush by,

gdje riječi teku

page after page of unpunctuated imagery

stranicama i stranicama nedovršenih slika,

sweeping the reader along

povlačeći čitatelja

like some wild river

poput neke divlje rijeke

twisting through a primal South American jungle,

koja se uvija kroz južnoameričku džunglu,

reading Márquez is a visceral experience.

čitanje Márqueza žestoko je iskustvo.

Which struck me as particularly remarkable

Ono što sam shvatio

during one session with the novel

tijekom jednog čitanja romana,

when I realized that I was being swept along

jest da je ono što me povuklo

on this remarkable, vivid journey

na ovo izuzetno, živopisno putovanje,

in translation.

zapravo prijevod.

Now I was a comparative literature major in college,

Studirao sam komparativnu književnost,

which is like an English major,

što je kao engleski,

only instead of being stuck studying Chaucer for three months,

ali, smo umjesto Chaucera,

we got to read great literature in translation

mi čitali vrhunsku prevedenu književnost

from around the world.

iz cijelog svijeta.

And as great as these books were,

No, premda su te knjige bile sjajne,

you could always tell

uvijek je bilo jasno

that you were getting close to the full effect.

da se samo približavate punom učinku.

But not so with Márquez

No, to nije bio slučaj s Márquezom

who once praised his translator's versions

koji je hvalio verzije svog prevoditelja

as being better than his own,

kao bolje od svojih vlastitih,

which is an astonishing compliment.

što je izuzetan kompliment.

So when I heard that the translator, Gregory Rabassa,

Čuvši da je prevoditelj, Gregory Rabassa,

had written his own book on the subject,

napisao vlastitu knjigu o toj temi,

I couldn't wait to read it.

jedva sam čekao da je pročitam.

It's called apropos of the Italian adage

Naslovljena je po talijanskoj izreci

that I lifted from his forward,

koju sam pokupio iz njegovog uvoda -

"If This Be Treason."

"Ako je ovo izdaja".

And it's a charming read.

Riječ je o šarmantnom djelu.

It's highly recommended for anyone who's interested

Od srca je preporučujem svakom koga zanima

in the translator's art.

umjetnost prevođenja.

But the reason that I mention it

No, spominjem je zbog toga što

is that early on, Rabassa offers

na samom njenom početku, Rabassa nudi

this elegantly simple insight:

ovaj elegantan i jednostavan uvid:

"Every act of communication

"Svaki čin komunikacije

is an act of translation."

jest čin prevođenja."

Now maybe that's been obvious to all of you for a long time,

Možda je to svima vama već odavno jasno,

but for me,

no, ja,

as often as I'd encountered

iako sam se svakodnevno susretao

that exact difficulty on a daily basis,

s upravo tom poteškoćom,

I had never seen the inherent challenge of communication

nikad nisam tako jasno uvidio koliko je komunikacija

in so crystalline a light.

sama po sebi izazov.

Ever since I can remember

Otkako pamtim

thinking consciously about such things,

da sam svjesno razmišljao o tim stvarima,

communication has been my central passion.

komunikacija je bila moja glavna strast.

Even as a child,

Čak i kao dijete,

I remember thinking that what I really wanted most in life

sjećam se da sam razmišljao da bih najviše od svega želio

was to be able to understand everything

moći sve razumjeti

and then to communicate it to everyone else.

i zatim to prenijeti svima ostalima.

So no ego problems.

Dakle, nemam problema s egom.

It's funny, my wife, Daisy,

Moja mi je supruga, Daisy,

whose family is littered with schizophrenics --

čija je obitelj prepuna shizofreničara,

and I mean littered with them --

doslovno prepuna,

once said to me, "Chris, I already have a brother who thinks he's God.

jednom rekla: "Chris, već imam brata koji misli da je Bog.

I don't need a husband who wants to be."

Ne treba mi i suprug koji želi biti Bog."

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Anyway, as I plunged through my 20s

Tijekom dvadesetih sam godina,

ever more aware of how unobtainable

sve svjesniji koliko je nedohvatljiv

the first part of my childhood ambition was,

bio prvi dio mog dječjeg cilja,

it was that second part,

uvidio da je u drugom dijelu -

being able to successfully communicate to others

sposobnost da uspješno prenesem drugima

whatever knowledge I was gaining,

znanje koje sam dobivao -

where the futility of my quest really set in.

moja potraga postala stvarno uzaludna.

Time after time,

Svaki put

whenever I set out to share some great truth

kad bih htio podijeliti neku veliku istinu

with a soon-to-be grateful recipient,

s uskoro zahvalnim primateljem,

it had the opposite effect.

to je imalo suprotan učinak.

Interestingly, when your opening line of communication is,

Zanimljivo, kad počnete razgovor s:

"Hey, listen up,

"Slušaj pažljivo

because I'm about to drop some serious knowledge on you,"

jer ću ti prenijeti nešto jako važno",

it's amazing how quickly you'll discover

zadivljujuće je koliko brzo ćete otkriti

both ice and the firing squad.

ledeni prijem i otvoreno neprijateljstvo.

Finally, after about 10 years

Napokon, nakon otprilike 10 godina

of alienating friends and strangers alike,

udaljavanja podjednako prijatelja i neznanaca,

I finally got it,

konačno sam shvatio

a new personal truth all my own,

svoju novu osobnu istinu -

that if I was going to ever communicate well with other people

ako želim uspješno komunicirati s drugima,

the ideas that I was gaining,

prenijeti im ideje koje sam stjecao,

I'd better find a different way of going about it.

moram pronaći bolji način da to postignem.

And that's when I discovered comedy.

Tad sam otkrio komediju.

Now comedy travels along a distinct wavelength

Komedija je na drukčijoj valnoj duljini

from other forms of language.

od svih drugih oblika jezika.

If I had to place it on an arbitrary spectrum,

Kad bih je smještao na proizvoljan spektar,

I'd say it falls somewhere

rekao bih da spada negdje

between poetry and lies.

između poezije i laži.

And I'm not talking about all comedy here,

Ne govorim o cjelokupnoj komediji

because, clearly, there's plenty of humor

jer očito postoji sasvim dovoljno humora

that colors safely within the lines of what we already think and feel.

koji je u granicama onoga što već mislimo i osjećamo.

What I want to talk about

Ono o čemu želim govoriti je

is the unique ability that the best comedy and satire has

jedinstvena sposobnost koju imaju najbolja komedija i satira

at circumventing our ingrained perspectives --

da bi nadmudrile naše ukorijenjene perspektive

comedy as the philosopher's stone.

- komedija kao kamen mudraca.

It takes the base metal of our conventional wisdom

Ona uzima temelj naše konvencionalne mudrosti

and transforms it through ridicule

te je kroz podsmijeh pretvara

into a different way of seeing

u drukčiji način gledanja,

and ultimately being in the world.

ali i postojanja na ovom svijetu.

Because that's what I take

Jer je to ono što ja usvajam

from the theme of this conference: Gained in Translation.

iz teme ove konferencije - Dobitak u prijevodu.

That it's about communication

Bit je u komunikaciji koja

that doesn't just produce greater understanding

ne samo da proizvodi veće razumijevanje

within the individual,

unutar samog pojedinca,

but leads to real change.

nego vodi do prave promjene.

Which in my experience means communication

Što iz mog iskustva znači komunikaciju

that manages to speak to and expand

koja uspijeva doprijeti i proširiti

our concept of self-interest.

naš pojam osobnog interesa.

Now I'm big on speaking to people's self-interest

Poklonik sam govora o osobnom interesu

because we're all wired for that.

jer smo svi mi predodređeni za to.

It's part of our survival package,

To je dio naše opreme za preživljavanje,

and that's why it's become so important for us,

zato je postalo tako važno za nas

and that's why we're always listening at that level.

i zato uvijek slušamo na toj razini.

And also because that's where,

A također jer upravo tu,

in terms of our own self-interest,

u sklopu vlastitog osobnog interesa,

we finally begin to grasp

konačno počinjemo shvaćati

our ability to respond, our responsibility

svoju sposobnost da budemo odgovorni

to the rest of the world.

prema ostatku svijeta.

Now as to what I mean by the best comedy and satire,

Pod najboljom komedijom i satirom

I mean work that comes first and foremost

podrazumijevam djelo koje ponajprije

from a place of honesty and integrity.

nastaje iz poštenja i integriteta.

Now if you think back

Ako se prisjetite komičarke Tine Fey

on Tina Fey's impersonations on Saturday Night Live

kako u emisiji Saturday Night Live oponaša

of the newly nominated vice presidential candidate

Sarah Palin,

nominiranu potpredsjedničku kandidatkinju

Saru Palin,

they were devastating.

to je bila veličanstvena komedija.

Fey demonstrated far more effectively than any political pundit

Fey je daleko učinkovitije od bilo kojeg političkog analitičara

the candidate's fundamental lack of seriousness,

pokazala njen nedostatak ozbiljnosti,

cementing an impression

zacementiravši dojam koji

that the majority of the American public still holds today.

većina američke javnosti ima i danas.

And the key detail of this

Ključni je detalj toga

is that Fey's scripts weren't written by her

da Fey nije sama napisala scenarij,

and they weren't written by the SNL writers.

a nisu ga napisali ni scenaristi emisije.

They were lifted verbatim

On je od riječi do riječi preuzet

from Palin's own remarks.

iz Palininih vlastitih primjedbi.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Here was a Palin impersonator

Bila je to Palinina oponašateljica

quoting Palin word for word.

koja ju je citirala od riječi do riječi.

Now that's honesty and integrity,

To je poštenje i integritet,

and it's also why Fey's performances

a to je i razlog zašto je Feyin nastup

left such a lasting impression.

ostavio tako dugoročan dojam.

On the other side of the political spectrum,

Na drugoj strani političkog spektra,

the first time that I heard Rush Limbaugh

prvi put kad sam čuo Rusha Limbaugha

refer to presidential hopeful John Edwards as the Breck girl

kako naziva predsjedničkog pretendenta Johna Edwardsa djevojkom s reklame,

I knew that he'd made a direct hit.

znao sam da je to bio izravni pogodak.

Now it's not often that I'm going to associate

Ne povezujem često

the words honesty and integrity with Limbaugh,

poštenje i integritet s Limbaughom,

but it's really hard to argue with that punchline.

ali stvarno je teško osporiti poantu tog vica.

The description perfectly captured

Opis je savršeno pogodio

Edwards' personal vanity.

Edwardsovu taštinu.

And guess what?

I pogodite što?

Upravo to je na kraju bila osobina koja je

That ended up being the exact personality trait

that was at the core of the scandal that ended his political career.

bila u srži skandala koji je uništio njegovu političku karijeru.

Now The Daily Show with John Stewart

The Daily Show s Johnom Stewartom je

is by far the most --

daleko naj...

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

it's by far the most well-documented example

Daleko je najdokumentiraniji primjer

of the effectiveness of this kind of comedy.

učinkovitosti ove vrste komedije.

Survey after survey,

Istraživanje za istraživanjem,

od Istraživačkog centra Pew do Centra za javne politike Annenberg,

from Pew Research to the Annenberg Center for Public Policy,

has found that Daily Show viewers are better informed about current events

ukazalo je da su gledatelji Daily Showa informiraniji o događajima,

than the viewers of all major network and cable news shows.

nego gledatelji informativnih emisija svih većih kanala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

Now whether this says more

Iako to više govori

about the conflict between integrity and profitability

o sukobu između integriteta i profitabilnosti

of corporate journalism

korporativnog novinarstva,

than it does about the attentiveness of Stewart's viewers,

nego o pažnji Stewartovih gledatelja,

the larger point remains

važnija poanta je

that Stewart's material

da je Stewartov materijal

is always grounded in a commitment to the facts --

uvijek utemeljen na činjenicama

not because his intent is to inform. It's not.

- ne jer mu je namjera informirati. Nije.

His intent is to be funny.

Namjera mu je biti smiješan.

It just so happens that Stewart's brand of funny

Stvar je u tome da Stewartova vrsta humora

doesn't work unless the facts are true.

ne funkcionira ako činjenice nisu točne.

And the result is great comedy

Rezultat je izvrsna komedija

that's also an information delivery system

koja je također sustav dostave informacija

that scores markedly higher in both credibility and retention

koji ima značajno viši kredibilitet i pamtljivost

than the professional news media.

nego profesionalni informativni mediji.

Now this is doubly ironic

To je dvostruko ironično

when you consider that what gives comedy its edge

kad uzmete u obzir da je ono što komediji daje njenu oštrinu

at reaching around people's walls

da bi doprla iza naših zidova

is the way that it uses deliberate misdirection.

način na koji koristi namjerno navođenje na krivi zaključak.

A great piece of comedy is a verbal magic trick,

Izvrsna komedija je verbalni magični trik,

where you think it's going over here

mislite da ide ovdje,

and then all of a sudden you're transported over here.

a onda ste iznenada prebačeni ovdje.

And there's this mental delight

Imamo i mentalno oduševljenje

that's followed by the physical response of laughter,

koje slijedi fizički odgovor - smijeh,

which, not coincidentally,

koji, ne slučajno,

releases endorphins in the brain.

pušta endorfine u mozak.

And just like that, you've been seduced

I tako ste jednostavno zavedeni

into a different way of looking at something

da na nešto gledate drukčije,

because the endorphins have brought down your defenses.

jer su endorfini srušili vašu obranu.

This is the exact opposite

To ja sasvim suprotno

of the way that anger and fear and panic,

od načina na koji ljutnja, strah i panika,

all of the flight-or-fight responses, operate.

sve reakcije "bori se ili bježi", djeluju.

Flight-or-fight releases adrenalin,

Ta reakcija pušta adrenalin,

which throws our walls up sky-high.

koji podiže naše zidove u vrtoglave visine.

And the comedy comes along,

Tada dolazi komedija

dealing with a lot of the same areas

koja se obračunava s istim područjima

where our defenses are the strongest --

gdje nam je obrana najsnažnija -

race, religion, politics, sexuality --

rasa, religija, politika, seksualnost -

only by approaching them through humor instead of adrenalin,

samo što im ona pristupa putem humora umjesto putem adrenalina,

we get endorphins

dobivamo endorfine

and the alchemy of laughter turns our walls into windows,

i ta alkemija smijeha pretvara naše zidove u prozore,

revealing a fresh and unexpected point of view.

otkrivajući svježe i neočekivano gledište.

Now let me give you an example from my act.

Dat ću vam primjer iz svog nastupa.

I have some material

Imam nešto materijala

about the so-called radical gay agenda,

o tzv. radikalnoj gay agendi,

which starts off by asking,

koji započinje pitanjem -

how radical is the gay agenda?

koliko je radikalna gay agenda?

Because from what I can tell, the three things gay Americans seem to want most

Jer meni se čini da gay Amerikanci najviše žele tri stvari:

are to join the military, get married and start a family.

ići u vojsku, vjenčati se i imati obitelj.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Three things I've tried to avoid my entire life.

Tri stvari koje pokušavam izbjeći cijeli svoj život.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Have at it you radical bastards. The field is yours.

Eto vam, radikalni gadovi. Teren je vaš.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And that's followed by these lines

Nakon toga slijede ova pitanja

about gay adoption:

o gay posvajanju:

What is the problem with gay adoption?

U čemu je problem s gay posvajanjem?

Why is this remotely controversial?

Zašto je to uopće kontroverzno?

If you have a baby and you think that baby's gay,

Ako imate dijete i mislite da je gay,

you should be allowed to put it up for adoption.

trebali biste ga moći dati na posvajanje.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You have given birth to an abomination.

Rodili ste nešto odvratno.

Remove it from your household.

Uklonite to iz svoje kuće.

Now by taking the biblical epithet "abomination"

Uzevši biblijski epitet "odvratno"

and attaching it to the ultimate image of innocence, a baby,

i dodijelivši ga krajnjoj slici nevinosti - bebi,

this joke short circuits the emotional wiring

vic stvara kratak spoj u emocijama

behind the debate

povezanih s tom debatom

and it leaves the audience with the opportunity, through their laughter,

te ostavlja publici priliku da kroz smijeh

to question its validity.

preispituje njegovu ispravnost.

Misdirection isn't the only trick

Navođenje na krivi zaključak nije jedini trik

that comedy has up its sleeve.

koji komedija skriva u rukavu.

Economy of language

Ekonomičnost jezika je

is another real strong suit of great comedy.

druga jaka strana izvrsne komedije.

There are few phrases

Postoji nekoliko fraza koje sadrže

that pack a more concentrated dose of subject and symbol

koncentriraniju dozu subjekta i simbola

than the perfect punchline.

od savršenog vica.

Bill Hicks -- and if you don't know his work,

Bill Hicks - ako ne poznajete njegov rad,

you should really Google him --

trebate ga guglati.

Hicks had a routine

Hicks je imao naviku ulaziti

about getting into one of those childhood bragging contests on the playground,

u ona dječja natjecanja u hvalisanju na igralištu,

where finally the other kid says to him,

dok mu na kraju drugo dijete nije reklo:

"Huh? Well my dad can beat up your dad,"

"Ha? E pa, moj tata može pretući tvog tatu",

to which Hicks replies,

na što Hicks odgovara:

"Really? How soon?"

"Stvarno? Kad?"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

That's an entire childhood

Cijelo djetinjstvo

in three words.

u par riječi.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Not to mention what it reveals

Da ne kažem što to otkriva

about the adult who's speaking them.

o odraslima koji razgovaraju s njima.

And one last powerful attribute

Zadnji moćan atribut

that comedy has as communication

koji komedija sama po sebi ima

is that it's inherently viral.

jest iznimno brza komunikacija.

People can't wait

Ljudi jedva čekaju

to pass along that new great joke.

da prenesu taj novi super vic.

And this isn't some new phenomenon of our wired world.

Nije to novi fenomen u našem umreženom svijetu.

Comedy has been crossing country

Komedija je prelazila zemlju

with remarkable speed

nevjerojatnom brzinom

way before the Internet, social media,

prije interneta, društvenih mreža

even cable TV.

pa čak i kablovske televizije.

Back in 1980

Osamdesetih godina,

when comedian Richard Pryor accidentally set himself on fire

kad se komičar Richard Pryor slučajno zapalio

during a freebasing accident,

dok se drogirao,

I was in Los Angeles the day after it happened

bio sam u Los Angelesu dan poslije,

and then I was in Washington D.C. two days after that.

a u Washingtonu dva dana nakon toga.

And I heard the exact same punchline on both coasts --

Čuo sam sasvim isti vic na obje obale -

something about the Ignited Negro College Fund.

nešto o Ignited (umjesto United) Negro College Fundu.

Clearly, it didn't come out of a Tonight Show monologue.

Očito nije proizašao iz monologa Tonight Showa.

And my guess here -- and I have no research on this --

Nagađam - nisam to istraživao -

is that if you really were to look back at it and if you could research it,

da kad biste to mogli istražiti,

you'd find out that comedy

otkrili biste da je komedija

is the second oldest viral profession.

drugo najstarije brzošireće zanimanje.

First there were drums

Prvo su postojali bubnjevi,

and then knock-knock jokes.

a zatim kuc-kuc šale.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But it's when you put all of these elements together --

No, tek kad spojite sve te elemente -

when you get the viral appeal of a great joke

kad dobijete brzošireću privlačnost izvrsnog vica

with a powerful punchline

s moćnom poantom

that's crafted from honesty and integrity,

koji je nastao iz poštenja i integriteta,

it can have a real world impact

on može imati stvaran utjecaj na svijet

at changing a conversation.

u mijenjanju razgovora.

Now I have a close friend, Joel Pett,

Moj blizak prijatelj, Joel Pett,

who's the editorial cartoonist

karikaturist je za uredničke članke

for the Lexington Herald-Leader.

novina Lexington Herald-Leader.

And he used to be the USA Today Monday morning guy.

Također je crtao za novine USA Today ponedjeljkom.

I was visiting with Joel

Bio sam kod njega

the weekend before the Copenhagen conference on climate change opened

vikend prije kopenhaške konferencije o klimatskim promjenama

in December of 2009.

u prosincu 2009. godine.

And Joel was explaining to me

Joel mi je objašnjavao da će ih,

that, because USA Today

jer su USA Today bile

was one of America's four papers of record,

jedne od četiriju velikih novina u Americi,

it would be scanned by virtually everyone in attendance at the conference,

skoro svi sudionici konferencije prolistati,

which meant that, if he hit it out of the park with his cartoon

što je značilo da će, ako "rasturi" s karikaturom u ponedjeljak,

on Monday, the opening day of the conference,

prvi dan konferencije,

it could get passed around

prelaziti iz ruke u ruku

at the highest level among actual decision-makers.

na najvišoj razini među pravim moćnicima.

So we started talking about climate change.

Tako smo počeli razgovarati o klimatskim promjenama.

And it turned out that Joel and I

Pokazalo se da i Joelu i meni

were both bothered by the same thing,

smeta isto,

which was how so much of the debate

a to je koliko je debate

was still focused on the science

još uvijek koncentrirano na znanost

and how complete it was or wasn't,

i koliko je ona cjelovita,

which, to both of us,

što se obojici

seems somewhat intentionally off point.

činilo namjernim zaobilaženjem.

Because first of all, there's this false premise

Prvo, postoji lažna premisa

that such a thing as complete science exists.

da cjelovita znanost postoji.

Now Governor Perry of my newly-adopted state of Texas

Guverner Texasa, moje upravo posvojene zemlje, Perry,

was pushing this same line this past summer

ponavljao je istu frazu prošlo ljeto

at the beginning of his oops-fated campaign

na početku svoje neuspješne kampanje

for the Republican presidential nomination,

za republikansku predsjedničku nominaciju,

proclaiming over and over that the science wasn't complete

neprestano izjavljujući da znanost nije cjelovita,

at the same time that 250

dok je istovremeno 250

out of 254 counties in the state of Texas

od 254 okruga države Texas

were on fire.

gorjelo.

And Perry's policy solution

A Perryjevo je rješenje bilo

was to ask the people of Texas

moliti narod Texasa

to pray for rain.

da moli za kišu.

Personally, I was praying for four more fires

Osobno, molio sam se za još četiri požara

so we could finally complete the damn science.

da napokon upotpunimo prokletu znanost.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

But back in 2009,

Međutim, 2009. godine,

the question Joel and I kept turning over and over

pitanje koje smo si Joel i ja ponavljali

was why this late in the game

bilo je zašto se ovako kasno

so much energy was being spent talking about the science

toliko energije trošilo na razgovor o znanosti,

when the policies necessary to address climate change

kada su politike potrebne za rješavanje klimatskih promjena

were unequivocally beneficial for humanity in the long run

bile nepogrešivo korisne čovječanstvu na duge staze,

regardless of the science.

bez obzira na znanost.

So we tossed it back and forth until Joel came up with this.

Pretresali smo to dok se Joel nije dosjetio sljedeće karikature:

Cartoon: "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?"

"Što ako je ovo velika prijevara i mi stvorimo bolji svijet ni za što?"

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

You've got to love that idea.

Mora vam se sviđati ta ideja.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

How about that? How about we create a better world for nothing?

Što ako stvorimo bolji svijet ni za što?

Not for God, not for country, not for profit --

Ni za Boga, ni za domovinu, ni za profit -

just as a basic metric for global decision-making.

samo kao osnovnu mjeru za globalno odlučivanje.

And this cartoon hit the bull's eye.

Karikatura je pogodila "ravno u sridu".

Shortly after the conference was over,

Nedugo nakon što je konferencija završila,

Joel got a request for a signed copy

Joela je za potpisan primjerak zamolio

from the head of the EPA in Washington

ravnatelj Agencije za zaštitu okoliša,

whose wall it now hangs on.

na čijem zidu u Washingtonu sada visi.

And not long after that, he got another request for a copy

Brzo nakon toga, za primjerak ga je zamolila

from the head of the EPA in California

i ravnateljica iste agencije u Kaliforniji,

who used it as part of her presentation

koja ga je iskoristila kao dio svoje prezentacije

at an international conference on climate change

na međunarodnoj konferenciji o klimatskim promjenama

in Sacramento last year.

u Sacramentu prošle godine.

And it didn't stop there.

Nije se tu zaustavilo.

To date, Joel's gotten requests from over 40 environmental groups,

Primjerke je dosad tražilo više od 40 grupa za zaštitu okoliša

in the United States, Canada and Europe.

iz Sjedinjenih Država, Kanade i Europe.

And earlier this year,

Ranije ove godine,

he got a request from the Green Party in Australia

primio je molbu Zelenih iz Australije,

who used it in their campaign

koji su karikaturu upotrijebili u kampanji

where it became part of the debate

i gdje je postala dio debate

that resulted in the Australian parliament

koja je rezultirala time da je australski parlament

adopting the most rigorous carbon tax regime

usvojio najrigorozniji porez na ugljen

of any country in the world.

na cijelom svijetu.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

That is a lot of punch

To je stvarno veliko postignuće

for 14 words.

za 14 riječi.

So my suggestion to those of you out here

Tako da je moj prijedlog vama koji ste

who are seriously focused on creating a better world

ozbiljno fokusirani na stvaranje boljeg svijeta,

is to take a little bit of time each day

da odvojite malo vremena svaki dan

and practice thinking funny,

i da vježbate razmišljati na smiješan način,

because you might just find the question that you've been looking for.

jer možda baš tako nađete pitanje koje ste tražili.

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)