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

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Dejan Vicai

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Hi, everyone. I'm Sirena.

Zdravo svima. Ja sam Serina.

I'm 11 years old and from Connecticut.

Imam 11 godina i iz Konektikata sam.

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

Zapravo, nisam sigurna zašto sam ovde.

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

Mislim, kakve ovo veze ima

sa tehnologijom, zabavom i dizajnom?

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

Računam svoj ajpod, telefon i kompjuter kao tehnologiju

but this has nothing to do with that.

ali ovo nema veze sa time.

So I did a little research on it.

Tako da sam uradila malo istraživanje.

Well, this is what I found.

Ovo sam otkrila.

Of course, I hope I can memorize it.

Naravno, nadam se da mogu da zapamtim to.

(Clears throat)

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

Violina je u principu napravljena od drvene kutije

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

i četiri glavne žice.

Svirajući po žicama, one vibriraju

i stvaraju zvučne talase.

which passes through a piece of wood called a bridge,

Zvuk prolazi kroz komad drveta koji se zove kobilica

i silazi do drvene kutije i pojačava se

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

ali... da razmislim.

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U redu. Sa druge strane

Placing your finger at different places on the fingerboard

kada stavite prst na drugo mesto na hvatniku

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

to menja dužinu žice

i frekvenciju zvučnih talasa.

(Sighs) Oh, my gosh!

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O, moj bože!

OK, this is sort of technology,

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U redu. Ovo je neka vrsta tehnologije

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

ali mogla bih je nazvati tehnologijom 16. veka.

But actually, the most fascinating thing that I found

Zapravo, najfascinantnija stvar koju sam otkrila

was that even the audio system or wave transmission nowadays

je da je čak i sistem zvuka

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

ili prenosa talasa danas

u principu zasnovan na istom principu

stvaranja i projektovanja zvuka.

Isn't that cool?

Zar to nije super?

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Design -- I love its design.

Dizajn - obožavam njen dizajn.

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

Sećam se kada sam bila mala

i kada me je mama pitala

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

da li želim da sviram violinu ili klavir?

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

Pogledala sam to ogromno čudovište

i rekla sebi -

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

neću da se vežem za tu klupu

celog dana.

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This is small and lightweight.

Ovo je malo i lagano.

I can play from standing, sitting or walking.

Mogu da sviram dok stojim, sedim ili hodam.

And, you know what?

I znate šta?

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

Najbolja stvar je to što ako ne želim da vežbam,

(Whispering) I can hide it.

mogu da je sakrijem.

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The violin is very beautiful.

Violina je prelepa.

Some people relate it as the shape of a lady.

Neki ljudi povezuju njen obilk sa oblikom dame

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

ali, bez obzira da li vam se sviđa ili ne,

takva je već više od 400 godina,

unlike modern stuff [that] easily looks dated.

za razliku od modernih stvari koje lako zastarevaju.

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

Mislim da je veoma lično i unikatno to što,

although each violin looks pretty similar,

iako svaka violina izgleda prilično isto,

no two violins sound the same --

nema dve violine koje zvuče isto.

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

Čak i kada su od istog majstora

ili zasnovane na istom modelu.

Entertainment -- I love the entertainment.

Zabava - volim zabavu,

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

ali zapravo sam instrument

nije veoma zabavan.

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

Kada sam prvi put dobila svoju violinu

it was actually really bad,

i pokušala da se igram, to je bilo

zapravo veoma loše

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

jer nije zvučalo kao ono što sam čula kod druge dece -

it was so horrible and so scratchy.

užasno i škripavo -

So, it wasn't entertaining at all.

tako da nimalo nije bilo zabavno.

But besides, my brother found this very funny:

Bez obzira, mom bratu je ovo bilo veoma smešno.

Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!

Op, op, op.

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A few years later, I heard a joke

Nekoliko godina kasnije čula sam vic

about the greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz.

o najvećem violinisti, Jaši Hajfecu.

After Mr. Heifetz's concert,

Nakon njegovog koncerta

a lady came over and complimented him:

došla je dama i pohvalila ga:

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

"Oh, gospodine Hajfec, vaša violina je večeras zvučala tako divno."

And Mr. Heifetz was a very cool person,

I gospodin Hajfec je bio veoma kul,

so he picked up his violin and said,

pa je uzeo svoju violinu i rekao:

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

"Baš smešno, ja ne čujem ništa."

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Now I realize that as the musician,

I sada, kao muzičar shvatam to,

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

mi kao ljudska bića imamo sjajan um,

umetničko srce i veštinu

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

koji mogu da izmene tehnologiju 16. veka

i legendarni dizajn

to a wonderful entertainment.

u prelepu zabavu.

Now I know why I'm here.

Sada znam zašto sam ovde.

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

Isprva sam mislila da sam ovde samo da nastupam,

but unexpectedly, I learned and enjoyed much more.

ali neočekivano, naučila sam i uživala puno više.

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

Ali... nešto od toga je za mene bilo zaista strano.

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Like the multi-dimension stuff.

Poput multidimenzionalnih stvari.

I mean, honestly, I'd be happy enough

Mislim, stvarno, bila bih srećna

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

kada bih u školi potrefila svoje dve dimenzije.

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

Ali mi je najimpresivnija stvar bila

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

to da... zapravo,

želela bih da u ime sve dece

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

kažem, hvala vam, svim odraslima

zato što mnogo brinete o nama

and to make our future world much better.

i činite našu budućnost puno boljom.

Thank you.

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Hvala vam.

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