Nerdcore comedy | Ze Frank

Traducător: Traian Pop Corector: Adrian GHEORGHE

You know, when Chris first approached me to speak at TED, I said no,

Când Chris m-a abordat ca să vorbesc la TED l-am refuzat,

because I felt like I wasn't going to be able

pentru că am avut impresia ca nu voi putea

to make that personal connection, you know, that I wanted to.

să creez acea conexiune cu publicul, așa cum aș fi dorit.

It's such a large conference.

E o conferință foarte mare.

But he explained to me that he was in a bind,

Dar mi-a explicat că momentan era într-o încurcătură

and that he was having trouble finding the kind of sex appeal

și că avea probleme în a găsi pe cineva cu sex-appeal-ul

and star power that the conference was known for.

și faima pentru care conferința e cunoscută --

(Râsete)

So I said fine, Ted -- I mean Chris.

așa că i-am zis: „Bine Ted, adică Chris. Voi veni cu două condiții:

I'll come on two conditions.

One: I want to speak as early in the morning as possible.

În primul rând, vreau să țin prezentarea dimineața cât mai devreme posibil.

And two: I want to pick the theme for TED 2006.

Și doi: vreau să aleg tematica pentru TED 2006”.

And luckily he agreed.

Și din fericire a acceptat. Așa că peste doi ani, tema conferinței

And the theme, in two years, is going to be "Cute Pictures Of Puppies."

va fi „Imagini Simpatice cu Căţeluşi”.

(Video) (Music)

(Râsete)(Muzică)

[How to Dance Properly BASIC TWIRL]

(Cum să dansezi corect: BASIC TWIRL)

(NEW SCHOOL)

[NEW SCHOOL]

(OLD SCHOOL)

[OLD SCHOOL]

[WHO'S YOUR DADDY?]

(WHO'S YOUR DADDY?)

["RIDE THE PONY"]

(„CĂLĂREȚUL”)

(FĂ DRAGOSTE CU MULȚIMEA)

[MAKE LOVE TO THE CROWD]

[SMACKING THAT ASS]

(SMACKING THAT ASS)

(STIR THE POT OF LOVE)

[STIR THE POT OF LOVE]

[HANGING OUT ... CASUAL]

(HANGING OUT... CASUAL)

[WORD.]

(Aplauze)

(Applause)

I invented the Placebo Camera.

Am inventat camera foto Placebo

(Laughter)

(Râsete)

It doesn't actually take pictures, but it's a hell of a lot cheaper,

Nu poate face poze, dar e al naibii de ieftina,

and you still feel like you were there.

și îți dă impresia că ai fost totuși la fata locului.

(Laughter)

(Râsete)

(Clears his throat)

(Laughter)

"Dear Sir, good day, compliments of the day,

„Stimate domn, bună ziua, complimentele mele și cele mai bune urări,

and my best wishes to you and family.

atât dvs. cât și familiei.

(Breathes in)

I know this letter will come to you surprisingly,

Știu că această scrisoare vine pe neașteptate,

but let it not be a surprise to you,

dar nu o lăsați să vă surprindă,

for nature has a way of arriving unannounced,

pentru ca natura are felul ei de a sosi neanunțată,

and, as an adage says, originals are very hard to find,

și, conform zicalei, originalele sunt dificil de găsit,

but their echoes sound ouder.

dar ecourile lor se aud mai tare.

Așa că am decis să vă contactez eu însumi,

So I decided to contact you myself,

for you to assure me of safety and honesty,

ca să mă puteţi asigura de siguranţă şi onestitate,

if I have to entrust any amount of money under your custody.

în eventualitatea în care vă voi încredinţa o sumă de bani în custodie.

I am Mr Micheal Bangura, the son of late Mr Thaimu Bangura

Mă numesc Michael Bangoora, fiul domnul Tiamu Bangoora --

(Râsete)

who was the Minister of Finance in Sierra Leone

care a fost ministru de finanțe în Sierra Leone --

(Aplauze)

but was killed during the civil war.

dar care a fost ucis în timpul unui război civil.

(Laughter)

(Râsete)

Knowing your country to be economical conducive for investment,

Știu ca tara dvs. promovează investițiile economice,

and your people as transparent and trustworthy to engage in business,

iar cetățenii sunt persoane transparente și de încredere ca parteneri de afaceri,

on which premise I write you.

și de asta vă scriu.

(Laughter)

(Râsete)

Before my father death,

Înainte de moartea tatălui meu,

he had the sum of 23 million United States dollars,

el a deținut suma de 23 de milioane de dolari americani,

which he kept away from the rebel leaders during the course of the war.

pe care i-a ținut ascunși de rebeli

în timpul războiului.

(Râsete)

(Laughter)

This fund was supposed to be used

Acest fond trebuia sa fie folosit

for the rehabilitation of water reserves all over the country,

pentru reabilitarea rezervelor de apa din intreaga tara,

before the outbreak of war.

inainte de inceputul razboiului. Cand razboiul a izbucnit,

When the war broke out,

liderul rebel a cerut ca acest fond sa ii fie incredintat,

the rebel leader demanded the fund be given to him,

tatal meu a insistat ca nu era in posesia sa,

my father insisted it was not in his possession,

and he was killed because of his refusal to release the fund.

si a fost ucis pentru ca a refuzat sa elibereze fondul.

Meanwhile, my mother and I

Intre timp, mama si cu mine suntem singurele persoane care stiu despre fond

is the only person who knows about it because my father always confide in me.

pentru ca tatal meu mi-a spus intotdeauna secretele sale.

(Sighs)

I made an arrangement with a Red Cross relief worker,

Am aranjat rapid cu un angajat al Crucii Rosii

who used his official van to transport the money to Lungi Airport, Freetown,

care a folosit furgoneta sa oficiala sa transporte banii la aeroportul Lungi, in Freetown,

desi nu cunostea continutul real al pachetului.

although he did not know the real contents of the box.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Fondul a fost depozitat într-un cont de familie,

The fund was deposited as a family reasure,

in a safe, reliable security company in Dakar, Senegal,

intr-o companie sigura de securitate in Dakar, Senegal,

where I was only given temporary asylum.

unde am primit doar azil temporar.

I do not wish to invest the money in Senegal

Nu doresc sa investesc banii in Senegal

due to unfavorable economic climate, and so close to my country.

datorita climatului economic nefavorabil, si pentru ca este atat de aproape de tara mea.

The only assistance I need from you, which I know you would do for me,

Singurul ajutor de care am nevoie de la dumneavostra, si pe care ma bazez ca o sa mi-l oferiti

are the following: one, be a silent partner

este urmatorul: in primul rand, fiti un partener discret

and receive the funds in your account in trust;

si primiti fondurile in incredintare in contul dumneavoastra;

two, provide a bank account under your control

in al doilea rand, puneti-ne la dispozitie un cont bancar sub controlul dumneavoastra

to which the funds will be remitted;

in care banii vor fi transferati;

three, receive the funds into your account in trust;

in al treilea rand, primiti fondurile in contul dumneavoastra in incredintare,

take out your commission; and leave the rest of the money

extrageti comisionul dumneavoastra si lasati restul de bani

until I arrive, after the transfer is complete.

pana cand eu sosesc, dupa incheierea transferului.

Sincerely, Mr Micheal Bangura."

Cu sinceritate, domnul Michael Bangoora."

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Applause)

(Aplauze)

This is really embarrassing.

Ma simt extrem de jenat.

I was told backstage that I have 18 minutes.

Mi s-a spus in culise ca am 18 minute la dispozitie.

I only prepared 15.

M-am pregatit doar pentru 15.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So if it's cool, I'd like to just wait for three.

Asa ca daca se poate, as dori sa stau si sa astept 3 minute.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Laughter ends)

I'm really sorry.

Imi cer scuze enorm.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Applause)

(Aplauze)

What's your name?

Cum va numiti?

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Mark Surfas.

Mark Serfaas. Nume cu semnificatie, nu? Cautand fericirea.

It's pretty cool, huh? Pursuing happiness.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Are you a virgin? Virgin?

Sunteti virgin? Virgin?

(Rasete)

I mean -- no, I mean like in the TED sense?

Vreau sa spun, nu, adica sunteti pentru prima data la TED?

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Are you? Oh, yeah?

Sunteti? Da, desigur. Si cat aveti?

So what are you, like, a thousand, two thousand, somewhere in there?

adica, 1000, 2000, undeva pe-acolo? Ei? Ah.

Huh? Oh?

You don't know what I'm talking about?

Nu stiti la ce ma refer?

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Ah, Mark --

Asa, Mark...

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Surfas.

Serfaas.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

1,860 -- am I good?

1860 -- nu-i asa ca sunt bun?

(Rasete)

And that's nothing to be ashamed of.

Si nu aveti deloc de ce sa va ruşinaţi.

That's nothing to be ashamed of.

N-aveti de ce sa va fie rusine.

(Applause)

(Aplauze)

Yeah, I was hanging out with some Google guys last night.

Asa, am petrecut aseara cu niste tipi de la Google.

Really cool, we were getting wasted.

A fost tare, eram destul de bauti.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And they were telling me that Google software has gotten so advanced

Si mi-au zis ca software-ul de la Google a avansat asa de mult

that, based on your interaction with Google over your lifetime,

incat, bazandu-se pe interactiunea unui utilizator cu Google de-a lungul vietii,

they can actually predict what you are going to say --

ei pot sa prezica ce va spune acel utilizator in momentul urmator.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

next.

And I was like, "Get the fuck out of here. That's crazy."

Si le-am zis "Duceti-va dracu' de-aici, cine va crede?".

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

But they said, "No, but don't show anyone."

Dar ei au zis "E pe bune, dar sa nu arati la nimeni", insa s-au scapat.

But they slipped up.

And they said that I could just type in "What was I going to say next?"

Si mi-au spus ca trebuie doar sa tastez "ce urmeaza sa spun",

and my name, and it would tell me.

si numele meu, si Google imi va spune. Si trebuie sa subliniez, chiar acum,

And I have to tell you, this is an unadulterated piece of software,

aceasta este o versiune de software fara modificari,

acesta este un browser de internet real si aceasta este pagina web obisnuita Google,

this is a real Internet browser and this is the actual Google site,

and we're going to test it out live today.

si vom testa ideea astazi in direct.

What was I going to say next?

"Ce urmeaza sa spun?" Si apoi "Ze Frank" -- adica numele meu.

And "Ze Frank" -- that's me.

Am I feeling lucky?

Ma simt norocos?

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Shouting) Am I feeling lucky?

Ma simt norocos?

Audience: Yes! Yeah!

Publicul: Da.

(Sighs)

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Ze Frank: Oh! Amazing.

Ze Frank: Ooo. Uimitor.

(Rasete)

(Laughter)

In March of 2001 --

In martie, anul 2001 --

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I filmed myself dancing to Madonna's "Justify My Love."

m-am filmat in timp ce dansam pe melodia Madonnei, "Justify My Love".

On a Thursday, I sent out a link to a website that featured those clips

Intr-o joi, am trimis un link spre o pagina web

care continea acele videoclipuri, catre 17 dintre cei mai apropiati prieteni,

to 17 of my closest friends,

as part of an invitation to my -- an invitation to my th --

ca fiind o... invitatie la... o invitatie la cea de-a ddd...

th -- 26th birthday party.

dd... 26-a aniversare a zilei mele de nastere.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Clears throat)

By Monday, over a million people were coming to this site a day.

Lunea urmatoare, peste un milion de persoane

accesau acea pagina web zilnic.

(Sighs)

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Within a week, I received a call from Earthlink that said,

Dupa o saptamana am primit un telefon de la EarthLink, care imi spuneau

due to a 10 cents per megabyte overage charge,

ca suprataxa pentru depasirea limitei de transfer date de 10 centi pe megabyte,

I owed them 30,000 dollars.

asa ca le datoram 30.000$.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Needless to say, I was able to leave my job.

Nu trebuie sa mai povestesc, dar am reusit sa ma las de slujba.

[WAS LAID OFF]

(Râsete) - pe ecran: A fost concediat.

(Laughter)

And, finally, you know, become freelance.

Si in final, stiti, sa devin liber intreprinzator.

(Laughter)

(Râsete) - pe ecran: Somer.

[UNEMPLOYED]

But some people refer to me more as, like, an Internet guru or --

Unii oameni ma vad insa mai mult ca pe un fel de guru al internetului...

[JACKASS]

(Râsete) - pe ecran: Idiot.

swami.

Swami.

(Laughter)

(Râsete) - pe ecran: Ratat.

I knew I had something.

Stiam ca ajunsesem insa la ceva.

I'd basically distilled a very difficult-to-explain

Am reusit sa distilez o filozofie foarte complexa

and complex philosophy, which I won't get into here,

si foarte dificil de explicat, asa ca nu o sa o descriu,

because it's a little too deep for all of you, but --

mai ales ca e prea profunda pentru toti cei de aici, dar...

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

It's about what makes websites popular, and, you know, it's --

e vorba despre ce face website-urile populare, si stiti, este..

[DANCE LIKE AN IDIOT AND DON'T SELL ANYTHING]

(Râsete) - Pe ecran: Dansezi ca un idiot si nu vinzi nimic)

It's unfortunate that I don't have more time.

este păcat că nu am mai mult timp la dispoziţie.

Poate va fi posibil sa vin din nou la anul, sau ceva similar.

Maybe I can come back next year, or something like that.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I'm obsessed with email. I get a lot of it.

Sunt obsedat de email. Primesc o gramada.

Four years later, I still get probably two or three hundred emails a day

După patru ani, încă mai primesc 200 sau 300 de emailuri zilnic

from people I don't know,

de la persoane pe care nu le cunosc, si este o ocazie nemaipomenita

and it's been an amazing opportunity

to kind of get to know different cultures, you know?

sa pot cunoaste culturi diferite, intelegeti?

It's like a microscope to the rest of the world.

E ca si cum as avea un microscop indreptat spre restul lumii.

You can kind of peer into other people's lives.

Pot sa ma uit in vietile altor oameni,

si totodata simt ca primesc inspiratie

And I also feel like I get a lot of inspiration from the average user.

de la utilizatorul de rand.

For example, somebody wrote, "Hey Ze, if you ever come to Boulder,

De exemplu, cineva mi-a scris odata.

Zicea: "Hei, Ze, daca treci vreodata prin Boulder,

you should rock out with us," and I said, "Why wait?"

sa vii sa ne zbenguim impreuna", asa ca i-am raspuns "De ce sa asteptam pana vin acolo?"

[rocking out]

(Video) (Music)

And they said, "Hey Ze, thanks for rocking out,

Si mi-au scris din nou: "Hei Ze, multumim pentru zbenguiala,

but I meant the kind of rocking out where we'd be naked."

dar ideea era sa fim dezbracati, daca intelegi la ce ma refer".

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And that was embarrassing.

A fost jenanta situatia.

But you know, it's kind of a collaboration between me and the fans,

Dar stiti, totul e un fel de colaborare

intre mine si fanii mei, asa ca i-am raspuns "Desigur".

so I said, "Sure."

[rocking out naked]

(Rasete)

(Video) (Music)

(Laughter)

I hear a lot of you whispering.

Aud pe mulţi dintre voi şuşotind.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And I know what you're saying,

Si stiu la ce va ganditi. Va intrebati: "La naiba,

"Holy crap!

How is his presentation so smooth?"

cum poate tipul sa prezinte atat de bine?"

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And I have to say that it's not all me this year.

Si trebuie sa recunosc ca nu este doar meritul meu anul acesta.

I guess Chris has to take some credit here, because in years past,

Presupun ca si Chris trebuie evidentiat, pentru ca in anii anteriori,

I guess there's been some sort of subpar speakers at TED.

presupun ca au fost cativa prezentatori sub nivel la TED. Nu sunt sigur.

I don't know.

(Rasete)

And so, this year, Chris sent us a TED conference simulator.

Asa ca anul acesta, Chris ne-a trimis un simulator pentru conferinta TED.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Which really allowed us as speakers to get there, in the trenches,

Ceea ce ne-a permis noua, prezentatorilor, sa ne obisnuim cu atmosfera

and practice at home so that we would be ready for this experience.

si sa exersam acasa, astfel incat sa fim gata pentru aceasta experienta.

And I've got to say that, you know, it's really, really great to be here.

Si trebuie sa va spun, stiti, "Este nemaipomenit sa fiu aici".

(Pre-recorded applause)

(Aplauze)

I'd like to tell all of you a little joke.

"As dori sa va spun o mica gluma". Putem simula insa si alte lucruri, nu numai partile bune.

(Pre-recorded applause and cheering)

Not just the good stuff, though.

You can do heckler mode.

Putem seta ca publicul sa ma insulte.

Voice: Hey, moron, get off the stage!

Voce: Hei, imbecilule, da-te jos de pe scena.

ZF: You get off the stage.

ZF: Da-te tu jos de pe scena.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Voice: We want Malcolm Gladwell.

Voce: Il vrem pe Malcolm Gladwell.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Baby cooing)

(Huge crowd applauding)

(Aplauze)

In case you run over time.

In caz ca iti expira timpul:

(Heroic music)

Just one last thing I'd like to say, I'd, really --

As dori sa mai spun doar un singur lucru, vreau sa...

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I'd like to thank all of you for being here.

as dori sa multumesc tuturor pentru ca sunteti aici.

(Loud music)

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And frog mode.

Si modul broasca.

(Singing)

(Sings) "Ah, the first time that I made love to a rock shrimp --"

Ah, prima data cand am facut dragoste cu un crevete de stanca...

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

(Rasete)

[Spam jokes are the new airplane jokes]

(Aplauze)

(Sighs)

It's true.

Este adevarat. Unii oameni imi spun,

Some people say to me,

ei zic: "Ze, tu faci toate lucrurile astea pe internet,

"Ze, you're doing all this stuff, this Internet stuff,

and you're not making any money."

si nu faci deloc bani."

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

"Why?" And I say, "Mom, Dad --

"De ce?" Iar eu le raspund: "Mama, tata..."

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I'm trying."

"Incerc si eu ce pot." Stiti, nu cred ca sunteti constienti de asta,

I don't know if you're all aware of this,

but the video game market,

dar piata jocurilor video,

kids are playing these video games,

pustii joaca toate jocurile astea video,

but, supposedly, there's tons of money.

si se spune ca ar fi o gramada de bani in joc.

I mean, like, I think, 100,000 dollars or so a year

Adica, ceva de genul, cred, 100.000$ se cheltuiesc anual

is being spent on these things.

pe asa ceva. Asa ca m-am decis sa incerc si eu.

So I decided to try my hand.

Am creat cateva jocuri.

I came up with a few games.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

This is called "Atheist."

Acesta se numeste "Ateul".

I figured it would be popular with the young kids.

M-am gandit ca o sa fie popular cu tinerii.

OK.

Uite, pot sa ma misc in jur si sa spun cateva chestii...

Look, I'll move around and say some things.

(Sighs)

[Game over. There is no replay.]

(Pe ecran: Jocul s-a terminat. Nu se poate relua.)

(Laughter)

(Aplauze)

So that didn't go over so well.

Asa ca nu a prins prea bine la public.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I don't really understand why you're laughing.

Nu inteleg deloc de ce radeti.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Should have done this before I tried to pitch it.

Ar fi trebuit sa faceti asta inainte sa incerc sa plasez ideea.

"Buddhist," of course, looks very, very similar to "Atheist."

"Budistul", bineinteles, seamana foarte mult cu "Ateul".

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

But you come back as a duck.

Doar că te întorci ca şi o raţă în viaţa următoare.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And this is great because, you know, for a quarter,

Si asta e nemaipomenit, pentru ca, stiti, pentru 25 de centi,

you can play this for a long time.

puteti juca pentru o perioada foarte lunga de timp.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

And Chris had said in an email

Si stiti, Chris mi-a recomandat intr-un email

that we should really bring something new to TED,

sa aducem ceva nou la TED,

something that we haven't shown anyone.

ceva ce n-am aratat la nimeni inca.

Asa ca am creat asta pentru TED. Se numeste "Crestinul".

So, I made this for TED. It's "Christian."

It's the third in the series.

Este al treilea joc din serie.

I'm hoping it's going to do well this year.

Sper sa se vanda foarte bine anul acesta.

(Sighs)

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Do you have a preference?

Aveti vreo preferinta? Buna alegere.

(Laughter)

Good choice.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So you can wait for the Second Coming,

Asa ca acum puteti astepta pentru "A doua venire"... (Rasete)

which is a random number between one and 500 million.

adica

(Rasete)

pentru un interval de timp egal cu un numar aleator intre unu si 500 milioane.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So really, what are we talking about here?

Pe bune, despre ce discutam noi aici? Aha, placerile tehnologice.

Oh, tech joy.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Tech joy, to me, means something, because I get a lot of joy out of tech.

Placerile tehnologice pentru mine reprezinta ceva,

pentru ca eu obtin o gramada de placeri din tehnologie.

And in fact, making things using technology --

De fapt, a face lucruri utilizand tehnologia...

and I'm being serious here,

si vorbesc serios acum, desi folosesc tonul meu sarcastic..

even though I'm using my sarcastic voice -- I won't -- hold on.

Stati asa... A face lucruri, stiti...

Making things, you know --

making things actually does give me a lot of joy.

a face lucruri imi ofera mie foarte multa placere.

It's the process of creation that keeps me

Acest proces de creatie ma tine intr-un fel

sort of a bubble and a half above perpetual anxiety in my life,

la o linie si jumatate deasupra unei anxietati eterne in viata mea,

and it's that feeling of being about 80 percent complete on a project --

si este acel sentiment ca sunt aproape de a completa un proiect in proportie de 80%

where you know you still have something to do,

cand stiu ca mai am inca ceva de facut,

but it's not finished, and you're not starting something --

dar ca inca nu este totul gata, si inca nu pornesc ceva

that really fills my entire life.

care sa imi umple toata viata.

And so, what I've done is,

Asa ca ce am facut a fost sa devin foarte interesat

I started getting interested in creating online social spaces

in a crea spatii sociale online pentru a impartasi acest sentiment

to share that feeling

with people who don't consider themselves artists.

cu persoane care nu se considera artisti.

We're in a culture of guru-ship.

Traim intr-o cultura care promoveaza ideea de guru. Este dificil sa folosesti anumite produse software

It's so hard to use some software because, you know, it's unapproachable,

pentru ca sunt pur si simplu neabordabile,

people feel like they have to read the manual.

oamenii au senzatia ca trebuie sa citeasca manualul de instructii.

Asa ca eu incerc sa

So I try to create these very minimal activities

(Rasete)

Incerc sa creez aceste activitati foarte foarte simple

that allow people to express themselves, and, hopefully --

care permit oamenilor sa se exprime, si eventual...

("The End" by The Doors)

Whoa! I'm like -- on the page, but it doesn't exist.

Ce chestie, sunt pe pagina, dar ea nu exista.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

It's, like -- seriously, though --

Este ca si cum... serios acum...

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I try to create meaningful environments for people to express themselves.

Incerc sa creez medii pline de sens

pentru ca oamenii sa se poata exprima.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Here I created a contest called, "When Office Supplies Attack,"

Aici am creat un concurs intitulat "Cand produsele de birotica ataca",

which, I think, really resonated with the working population.

si se pare ca a prins in randul...

(Rasete)

populatiei muncitoare.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Over 500 entries in three weeks.

Peste 500 de contributii in trei saptamani: moda din hartie igienica.

Toilet paper fashion.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Again, people from all over the country.

Din nou, oameni de peste tot din tara facand...

The watch is particularly incredible.

ceasul este in special de necrezut.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Online drawing tools -- you've probably seen a lot of them.

Unelte de desenat online -- probabil ati vazut o gramada.

I think they're wonderful.

Eu cred ca sunt minunate.

It's a chance for people to get to play with crayons

Cred ca reprezinta o sansa pentru oameni sa se poata juca cu creioane

and all that kind of stuff.

si alte lucruri similare. Dar eu sunt interesat de proces,

But I'm interested in the process of creating,

de procesul de creatie, ca fiind principalul lucru in care sunt interesat.

as the real event that I'm interested in.

And the problem is that a lot of people suck at drawing,

Si problema este ca multi oameni pur si simplu nu pot sa deseneze

and they get bummed out at this, sort of, you know, stick figure,

si sunt deprimati cand vad, stiti, un om din bete,

awful little thing that they created.

o creatura mica si urata pe care ei au produs-o.

And eventually, it just makes them stop playing with it,

Iar in cele din urma acest lucru ii opreste din joaca

or they draw penises and things like that.

sau ii face, stiti, sa deseneze penisuri si lucruri similare.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

So, the Scribbler is an attempt to create a generative tool.

Asa ca Scribbler este o incercare sa creez o unealta generativa.

In other words, it's a helping tool.

Cu alte cuvinte, o unealta ajutatoare.

You can draw your simple stick figure,

Poti desena un om din bete, iar Scribble colaboreaza

and it collaborates with you to create sort of a post-war German etching.

cu tine ca sa creati impreuna un fel de schita germana post-belica.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

In fact, it's tuned to be better at drawing things that look worse.

De fapt este reglat sa fie mai bun la desenat lucruri

care arata mai rau. Asa ca incepem, si mazgalim, si --

So, we go ahead, and we start scribbling.

So the idea is that you can really,

iar ideea este ca intr-adevar

you know, partake in this process,

stiti, poti lua parte la acest proces,

but watch something really crappy look beautiful.

si sa vezi cum ceva cu adevarat nasol arata frumos.

And here are some of my favorites.

Iata si cateva din favoritele mele. Aceasta este "Mica marioneta"

This is the little trap marionette that was submitted to me.

care mi-a fost trimisa. Iata, foarte fain.

Very cool.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

Darling.

"Draga". "Lucru frumos".

Beautiful stuff.

I mean this is incredible.

Vreau sa spun ca e de necrezut. Acest desen, creat de o fata de 11 ani

An 11-year-old girl drew this and submitted it.

si trimis. Este minunat.

It's just gorgeous.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

I'm dead serious here.

Vorbesc extrem de serios acum, nu glumesc.

This is not a joke.

(Laughter)

(Rasete)

But, I think it's a really fun and wonderful thing.

Dar cred ca este foarte amuzant si minunat.

So this is called the "Fiction Project."

Acesta este intitulat Proiectul de Fictiune. Este un spatiu online,

This is an online space,

which is basically a refurbished message board

adica, un forum de discutii modificat

that encourages collaborative fiction writing.

care incurajeaza productii de fictiune colaborative.

These are haikus.

Acestea sunt poezii haiku.

None of the haikus were written by the same person.

Niciunul dintre aceste haiku-uri nu a fost scris de aceeasi persoana,

In fact, each line is contributed by a different person

de fapt, nici un vers...

de fapt, fiecare vers a fost creat de o persoana diferita

at a different time.

la un moment diferit de timp.

I think that the "now tied up, tied down,

Imi place "Acum legat sus, legat jos,

mistress cruel approaches me, now tied down, it's up."

amanta rece se apropie, acum legat jos, e sus".

It's an amazing way, and I'll tell you,

Este un mod uimitor de a crea, si va spun,

if you come home, and your spouse, or whoever it is,

daca te duci acasa, si sotia, sau oricine altcineva,

says, "Let's talk" --

spune "Hai sa vorbim", asta te ingheata la suflet.

That, like, chills you to the very core.

(Laughter)

But it's peripheral activities like these

Insa activitati periferice, ca acestea,

that allow people to get together, doing fun things.

permit oamenilor sa se adune si sa faca impreuna lucruri amuzante.

They actually get to know each other,

Si reusesc sa se cunoasca unul pe altul,

and it's sort of like low-threshold peripheral activities

iar acest tip de activitati periferice de nivel scazut cred ca sunt solutia

that I think are the key to bringing up

pentru a scoate la suprafata capitalul nostru social de infratire

some of our bonding social capital that we're lacking.

care ne lipseste. Si foarte, foarte repede --

And very, very quickly -- I love puppets.

Iubesc papusile. Iata o papusa.

Here's a puppet.

It dances to music.

Danseaza pe muzica, Lotte Reiniger,

Lotte Reiniger, an amazing shadow puppeteer in the 20s,

un papusar uimitor cu umbre al anilor 1920

that started doing more elaborate things.

care a inceput sa faca lucruri mai elaborate.

I became interested in puppets,

Am devenit foarte interesat de papusi,

and I just want to show one last thing to you.

si doresc sa va arat un ultim lucru,

Oh, this is how you make puppets.

Aha, asa se creeaza papusile.

(Applause)

(Aplauze)

Chris Anderson: Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Ze Frank.

Chris Anderson: Doamnelor si domnilor, Dl. Ze Frank.

(Applause)

(Aplauze)