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

Translator: Raimonds Jaks Reviewer: Kristaps Kadiķis

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Sveiki visiem! Esmu Sirīna.

Man ir 11 gadi, un esmu no Konektikutas.

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Īsti nezinu, kāpēc šeit esmu.

Hi, everyone. I'm Sirena.

I'm 11 years old and from Connecticut.

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Kāds gan tam sakars ar tehnoloģiju, izklaidi un dizainu?

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

Es savu iPod, mobilo tālruni un datoru saucu par tehnoloģijām,

bet tam ar to nav nekāda sakara.

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

Tā nu es par to veicu nelielu pētījumu.

Lūk, ko es atklāju.

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

Protams, ceru, ka atcerēšos.

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Vijoli gatavo no koka korpusa ar četrām metāla stīgām.

but this has nothing to do with that.

Velkot stīgu, tā vibrē un rada skaņas vilni,

So I did a little research on it.

kas nonāk koka gabalā, ko sauc par tiltiņu,

Well, this is what I found.

un tālāk koka korpusā, kur tas pastiprinās, bet... ļaujiet padomāt.

Of course, I hope I can memorize it.

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

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

Uzliekot pirkstu dažādās vietās uz grifa,

which passes through a piece of wood called a bridge,

stīgas garums izmainās, un tas izmaina skaņas viļņa frekvenci.

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

(Nopūšas) Ak, Dievs!

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Labi, tā tā kā būtu tehnoloģija,

Placing your finger at different places on the fingerboard

bet varu to nosaukt par 16. gadsimta tehnoloģiju.

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

Bet visinteresantākais atklājums bija,

(Sighs) Oh, my gosh!

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ka pat mūsdienu skaņu sistēmu vai viļņu pārraides

OK, this is sort of technology,

pamatā joprojām ir tas pats skaņas radīšanas un pārraidīšanas princips.

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

Vai nav vareni?

But actually, the most fascinating thing that I found

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was that even the audio system or wave transmission nowadays

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

Dizains, dievinu tās dizainu.

Isn't that cool?

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Atceros bērnībā mamma man jautāja:

„Gribi spēlēt vijoli vai klavieres?“

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Es paskatījos uz to milzīgo briesmoni un pie sevis noteicu:

Design -- I love its design.

„Es visu dienu nenīkšu uz tā ķebļa!“

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

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

Tā ir maza uz viegla.

Varu to spēlēt stāvus, sēdus vai staigājot.

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

Un ziniet ko?

Labākais ir tas, ka, ja negribu vingrināties,

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

(čukstus) varu to paslēpt.

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This is small and lightweight.

I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

And, you know what?

Vijole ir ļoti skaista.

Daži to salīdzina ar sievietes formu.

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

Bet patīk tā vai ne, tā ir palikusi nemainīga vairāk nekā 400 gadus,

(Whispering) I can hide it.

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nevis kā vairums mūsdienu lietu, kas ātri iziet no modes.

The violin is very beautiful.

Bet, manuprāt, tā ir ļoti personīga un neatkārtojama.

Some people relate it as the shape of a lady.

Lai gan vijoles izskatās diezgan vienādas,

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

nevienas divas vijoles neskan vienādi,

pat ne viena un tā paša izgatavotāja vai modeļa.

unlike modern stuff [that] easily looks dated.

Izklaide, es dievinu izklaidi.

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

Patiesībā pats instruments nav ļoti izklaidējošs.

although each violin looks pretty similar,

no two violins sound the same --

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

Tikusi pie savas pirmās vijoles un mēģinot ar to paspēlēties,

Entertainment -- I love the entertainment.

man patiesībā gāja ļoti slikti,

jo tā neskanēja tā, kā biju to dzirdējusi spēlējam citus bērnus.

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

Tā skanēja briesmīgi un čīkstēja.

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

Tas nemaz nebija izklaidējoši.

it was actually really bad,

Bet manam brālim tas likās ļoti smieklīgi:

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

Jak! Jak! Jak!

it was so horrible and so scratchy.

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So, it wasn't entertaining at all.

But besides, my brother found this very funny:

Dažus gadus vēlāk es dzirdēju joku

par dižāko vijolnieku Jašu Heifecu.

Pēc Heifeca kunga koncerta

Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!

pie viņa pienāca kāda dāma un uzslavēja:

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„Ak, Heifeca kungs, jūsu vijole šovakar skanēja tik skaisti!“

Un Haifeca kungs bija ļoti asprātīgs.

A few years later, I heard a joke

Viņš paņēma vijoli un teica:

about the greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz.

„Interesanti, es neko nedzirdu.“

After Mr. Heifetz's concert,

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a lady came over and complimented him:

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

Tagad kā mūziķe saprotu,

ka mēs, cilvēki, ar savu lielisko prātu, māksliniecisko sirdi un prasmēm

And Mr. Heifetz was a very cool person,

so he picked up his violin and said,

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

varam padarīt šo 16. gadsimta tehnoloģiju un leģendāro dizainu

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Now I realize that as the musician,

par brīnišķīgu izklaidi.

Tagad zinu, kādēļ te esmu.

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

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

to a wonderful entertainment.

Now I know why I'm here.

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Sākumā es domāju, ka šeit tikai uzstāšos,

bet negaidīti uzzināju un izbaudīju daudz vairāk.

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Bet... kaut arī dažas no runām bija man visai sarežģītas.

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

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but unexpectedly, I learned and enjoyed much more.

Piemēram, par daudzdimensionālajām lietām.

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

Godīgi sakot, es būtu priecīga,

ja varētu skolā līdz galam saprast divas dimensijas.

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Like the multi-dimension stuff.

Bet īstenībā, manuprāt, visiespaidīgākais ir

I mean, honestly, I'd be happy enough

– patiesībā gribētu to izdarīt visu bērnu vārdā –

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

pateikt paldies visiem pieaugušajiem, ka viņi par mums tā rūpējas

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

un veido mūsu nākotni daudz labāku.

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

Paldies.

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

and to make our future world much better.

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Thank you.

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