Marco Tempest: The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla

Translator: Thu-Huong Ha Reviewer: Jenny Zurawell

Translator: Irma Sutlic Reviewer: Lenka Tušar

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

Kot čarodeja me vedno zanimajo predstave, ki vključujejo elemente iluzije.

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

Med najbolj izstopajočimi izmed njih je teater tanagra, ki je bil priljubljen

early part of the 20th century.

v zgodnjem 20. stoletju.

It used mirrors

Z uporabo ogledal

to create the illusion of tiny people

so dosegli iluzijo, da majčkeni ljudje

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

igrajo na miniaturnem odru. Jaz sicer ne bom uporabil ogledal,

but this is my digital tribute to the tanagra theater.

predstavil pa vam bom svoj digitalni prispevek k teatru tanagra.

So let the story begin.

Naj se zgodba začne.

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

Nekega temnega in nevihtnega večera -- resnično! --

it was the 10th of July, 1856.

se je pisalo 10. julija 1856.

Lightning lit the sky,

Strela je razsvetlila nebo

and a baby was born.

in rodil se je otrok.

His name was Nikola,

Nikola mu je bilo ime,

Nikola Tesla.

Nikola Tesla.

Now the baby grew into a very smart guy.

Otrok je odrasel v nekoga zelo bistrega.

Let me show you.

Naj vam pokažem.

Tesla, what is 236 multiplied by 501?

Tesla, koliko je 236 krat 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.

Teslovi možgani so namreč delovali na izreden način.

When a word was mentioned,

Ko je bila izrečena beseda,

an image of it

se je njena podoba

instantly appeared in his mind.

takoj prikazala v njegovem umu.

Tree. Chair. Girl.

Drevo. Stol. Dekle.

They were hallucinations, which vanished

To so bile halucinacije, ki so izginile

the moment he touched them.

v trenutku, ko se jih je dotaknil.

Probably a form of synesthesia.

Najbrž neke vrste sinestezija.

But it was something

Vendar je bilo to nekaj,

he later turned to his advantage.

kar je kasneje obrnil sebi v prid.

Where other scientists would play in their laboratory,

Medtem ko so se drugi znanstveniki poigravali v svojih laboratorijih,

Tesla created his inventions in his mind.

je Tesla svoje izume ustvaril v svojem umu.

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

NT: "Na svoje zadovoljstvo sem ugotovil, da lahko vizualiziram svoje izume z veliko lahkoto."

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

In ko so izumi enkrat delovali na živo jasnem odru njegove domišljije,

he would build them in his workshop.

jih je potem izdelal v svoji delavnici.

NT: I needed no models, drawings or experiments.

NT: "Potreboval nisem ne modelov, ne risb in ne eksperimentov.

I could picture them as real in my mind,

Kot da so resnični sem si jih lahko predstavljal v svojem umu,

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

izum se lahko kar tam poganjal, testiral in ga izboljševal.

Only then do I construct it.

Šele potem sem ga konstruiral."

MT: His great idea

Njegova velika ideja

was alternating current.

je bil izmenični tok.

But how could he convince the public that

Toda kako bi lahko prepričal občinstvo, da

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

so milijoni voltov, ki so potrebni za delovanje, varni?

To sell his idea,

Da bi svojo idejo lahko prodal,

he became a showman.

je začel nastopati.

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

NT: "Smo na pragu nove dobe,

the age of electricity.

dobe elektrike.

I have been able, through careful invention, to

Uspelo mi je, z skrbnim izumljanjem, da lahko

transmit, with the mere flick of a switch,

prenesem, in to samo z dotikom stikala,

electricity across the ether.

elektriko skozi eter.

It is the magic of science.

To je čarovnija znanosti."

(Applause)

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Tesla has over 700 patents to his name:

Tesla ima na svoje ime več kot 700 patentov:

radio, wireless telegraphy,

radio, brezžična telegrafija,

remote control, robotics.

daljinsko vodenje, robotika.

He even photographed the bones of the human body.

Fotografiral je celo kosti človeškega telesa.

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

Višek pa je bil v uresničitvi njegovih otroških sanj:

harnessing the raging powers of Niagara Falls,

ukrotiti divjo moč Niagraskih slapov,

and bringing light to the city.

in z lučjo obdati mesto.

But Tesla's success didn't last.

Vendar Teslov uspeh ni trajal dolgo.

NT: I had bigger ideas.

NT: "Imel sem večje ideje.

Illuminating the city was only the beginning.

Osvetliti mesto je bil šele začetek.

A world telegraphy center -- imagine news,

Svetovni telegrafski center -- predstavljajte si novice,

messages, sounds, images delivered to

sporočila, zvoke in slike, kako so dostavljeni

any point in the world

na katerokoli točko na svetu,

instantly and wirelessly.

v trenutku in brezžično."

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

Krasna ideja; velikanski projekt je bil. In tudi drag.

NT: They wouldn't give me the money.

NT: "Niso mi hoteli dati denarja."

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

No, morda bi bilo bolje ne povedati, da bi se s tem dalo kontaktirati druge planete.

NT: Yes, that was a big mistake.

NT: "Ja, to je bila velika napaka."

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

Teslova izumiteljska kariera si ni nikoli opomogla.

He became a recluse.

Postal je samotarski.

Dodged by death,

Proti koncu življenja

he spent much of his time

je veliko časa

in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.

preživel v svojih prostorih v hotelu Waldorf Astoria.

NT: Everything I did, I did for mankind,

NT: "vse kar sem naredil, sem naredil za človeštvo,

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

za svet, v katerem revnih ne bi poniževalo nasilje bogatih,

where products of intellect, science and art

V karem bodo produkti razuma, znanosti in umetnosti

will serve society for the betterment and beautification of life.

sužili družbi za izboljšanje in polepšanje življenja."

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

Nikola Tesla je umrl 7. januarja 1943.

His final resting place

Njegovo zadnje počivališče

is a golden globe that contains his ashes

je zlata krogla, v kateri je njegov pepel,

at the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

v Muzeju Nikole Tesle v Beogradu.

His legacy is with us still.

Njegova dediščina je še med nami.

Tesla became the man who lit the world,

Tesla je postal človek, ki je razsvetlil svet,

but this was only the beginning.

in to je bil šele začetek.

Tesla's insight was profound.

Teslov razumevanje je bilo poglobljeno.

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

NT: "Povejte mi, kaj bo storil človek, ko bodo gozdovi izginili,

and the coal deposits are exhausted?

in ko bodo nahajališča premoga izčrpana?"

MT: Tesla thought he had the answer.

Tesla je menil, da ima odgovor.

We are still asking the question.

Mi pa smo še vedno pri vprašanju.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

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