How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Translator: Reviewer: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

TED-ovo občinstvo si vedno zamišljam kot čudovit zbor

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

najbolj učinkovitih, inteligentnih,

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

intelektualnih, pametnih,

worldly and innovative people in the world.

svetovljanskih in inovativnih ljudi na svetu.

And I think that's true.

To resnično mislim,

However, I also have reason to believe that many, if not most, of you

a vendarle imam razlog, da verjamem,

da si mnogi, če ne večina, med vami

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

čevlje zavezujete narobe.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

Saj vem, da se to sliši smešno.

Vem, da se to sliši smešno.

I know that seems ludicrous.

And believe me, I lived the same sad life until about three years ago.

In verjemite mi, tudi jaz sem živel enako žalostno življenje

do približno treh let nazaj.

And what happened to me

Kar se je zgodilo meni je bilo to,

was I bought, what was for me, a very expensive pair of shoes.

da sem si kupil, zame, zelo drage čevlje.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

Ti čevlji so imeli najlonske vezalke,

and I couldn't keep them tied.

ki so se kar naprej odvezovale.

So I went back to the store and said to the owner,

Zato sem šel nazaj v trgovino in lastniku rekel:

"I love the shoes, but I hate the laces."

"Čevlji so odlični, vezalke pa sovražim".

He took a look and said, "Oh, you're tying them wrong."

Lastnik je pogledal čevlje in rekel "Ja seveda, če si jih pa zavezujete narobe".

Do tistega trenutka sem mislil,

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

da bi lahko bila ena od življenjskih spretnostih,

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

ki sem jih do svojih 50 let dodobra osvojil

was tying my shoes.

zavezovanje čevljev.

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

A temu ni bilo tako -- naj vam pokažem.

Večina od nas se je

This is the way

naučila zavezovati čevlje takole.

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Izkaže pa se -- Hvala --

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

Samo malo.

As it turns out --

Izkaže pa se,

(Laughter)

there's a strong form and a weak form of this knot,

da obstajata močna in šibka oblika tega vozla

in nas so naučili zavezovati šibko.

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

In kako prepoznati razliko?

If you pull the strands at the base of the knot,

Če potegnemo vezalke pod vozlom,

you will see that the bow will orient itself

vidimo da se mašna obrne

down the long axis of the shoe.

navzdol ob daljši osi čevlja.

That's the weak form of the knot.

In to je šibka oblika vozla.

But not to worry.

Ampak brez skrbi.

If we start over

Če začnemo znova

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

in gremo okoli mašne

v nasprotni smeri,

dobimo tole, močno obliko vozla.

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

In če potegnete vezalke pod vozlom,

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

vidite, da se mašna obrne

pravokotno na čevelj.

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

To je močnejši vozel, ki se bo odvezal redkeje,

It will come untied less often.

vas bo pustil na cedilu manj pogosto,

It will let you down less, and not only that, it looks better.

in ne samo to, tudi izgleda bolje.

We're going to do this one more time.

Ponovimo še enkrat.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)

Začnemo kot ponavadi

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

in potem v obratni smeri okoli mašne.

This is a little hard for children,

To je malce težko za otroke,

but I think you can handle it.

vi boste pa po moje zmogli.

Pull the knot.

Potegnite vozel.

There it is: the strong form of the shoe knot.

In tukaj jo imamo: močna oblika vozla.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

Zdaj bi pa, v duhu današnje teme,

I'd like to point out -- something you already know --

rad izpostavil -- nekaj kar že veste --

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

da lahko včasih majhna prednost

nekje v življenju

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

vodi do izjemnih rezultatov nekje drugje.

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

Živite dolgo in uspešno.

(Applause)

(Aplavz)