Who am I? Think again | Hetain Patel

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Hetain Patel: (In Chinese)

Hetan Patel: (na kineskom)

Yuyu Rau: Hi, I'm Hetain. I'm an artist.

Juju Rau: Zdravo, ja sam Hetan. Umetnik sam.

And this is Yuyu,

Ovo je Juju,

who is a dancer I have been working with.

plesačica sa kojom sa radio.

I have asked her to translate for me.

Pitao sam je da prevodi za mene.

HP: (In Chinese)

HP: (na kineskom)

YR: If I may, I would like to tell you

JR: Ako dozvoljavate, voleo bih da vam kažem

a little bit about myself

nešto o sebi

and my artwork.

i svom umetničkom delu.

HP: (In Chinese)

HP: (na kineskom)

YR: I was born and raised near Manchester,

JR: Rođen sam i odrastao blizu Mančestera,

in England,

u Engleskoj,

but I'm not going to say it in English to you,

ali neću vam to reći na engleskom jeziku,

because I'm trying to avoid any assumptions

jer pokušavam da izbegnem bilo kakvu pretpostavku

that might be made from my northern accent.

koju bi mogao da stvori moj severnjački akcenat.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

HP: (In Chinese)

HP: (na kineskom)

YR: The only problem with masking it

JR: Jedini problem maskiranja akcenta mandarinskim kineskim

with Chinese Mandarin

mandarinskim kineskim

is I can only speak this paragraph,

je to što mogu da izgovorim samo ovaj pasus

which I have learned by heart

koji sam naučio napamet

when I was visiting in China. (Laughter)

kada sam posećivao Kinu. (Smeh)

So all I can do is keep repeating it in different tones

Sve što mogu da uradim je da nastavim da ga ponavljam u različitim tonovima

and hope you won't notice.

i da se nadam da nećete primetiti.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

HP: (In Chinese)

HP: (na kineskom)

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

YR: Needless to say, I would like to apologize

JR: Izlišno je i reći da bih voleo da se izvinim

to any Mandarin speakers in the audience.

svakom govorniku mandarinskog u publici.

As a child, I would hate being made

Kao dete, mrzeo sam da

to wear the Indian kurta pajama,

nosim indijsku kurta pidžamu,

because I didn't think it was very cool.

jer sam mislio da to nije kul.

It felt a bit girly to me, like a dress,

Izgledalo je pomalo devojački na meni, kao haljina,

and it had this baggy trouser part

i imala je te vrećaste pantalone

you had to tie really tight

koje ste morali da vežete veoma jako

to avoid the embarrassment of them falling down.

kako biste izbegli sram ukoliko bi vam spale.

My dad never wore it,

Moj otac je nikad nije nosio,

so I didn't see why I had to.

pa nisam video zašto bih ja to morao.

Also, it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable,

Takođe, činila me je da se osećam pomalo neprijatno,

that people assume I represent something

da ljudi pretpostavljaju da predstavljam nešto

genuinely Indian when I wear it,

izvorno indijski kada je nosim,

because that's not how I feel.

jer se tako ne osećam.

HP: (In Chinese)

HP: (na kineskom)

YR: Actually, the only way I feel comfortable

JR: Zapravo, jedino kada sam se osećao prijatno

wearing it is by pretending

noseći je bilo je pretvarajući se

they are the robes of a kung fu warrior

da je odelo kung fu ratnika

like Li Mu Bai from that film,

poput Li Mu Baija iz tog filma,

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

"Pritajeni tigar, skriveni zmaj."

(Music)

(Muzika)

Okay.

U redu.

So my artwork is about identity and language,

Moj umetnički rad se bavi identitetom i jezikom,

challenging common assumptions

izazivajući uobičajene pretpostavke,

based on how we look like or where we come from,

zasnovane na tome kako izgledamo ili odakle smo,

gender, race, class.

rod, rasa, klasa.

What makes us who we are anyway?

Šta uopšte nas čini nama samima?

HP: (In Chinese)

HP: (na kineskom)

YR: I used to read Spider-Man comics,

JR: Čitao sam stripove o Spajdermenu,

watch kung fu movies,

gledao kung fu filmove,

take philosophy lessons from Bruce Lee.

išao na časove filozofije kod Brusa Lija.

He would say things like --

On bi rekao stvari poput -

HP: Empty your mind.

HP: Isprazni svoj um.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Be formless, shapeless, like water.

Budi neodređen, bezobličan, poput vode.

Now you put water into a cup.

Sad sipaj vodu u čašu.

It becomes the cup.

Postaje čaša.

You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.

Staviš vodu u flašu, ona postane flaša.

Put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.

Sipaj je u čajnik, ona postane čajnik.

Now, water can flow

Voda može da teče

or it can crash.

ili da se sudari.

Be water, my friend. (Applause)

Budi voda, prijatelju. (Aplauz)

YR: This year, I am 32 years old,

JR: Ove godine napunio sam 32 godine,

the same age Bruce Lee was when he died.

što su iste godine koje je Brus Li imao kada je umro.

I have been wondering recently,

Skoro sam se pitao,

if he were alive today,

kada bi bio živ danas,

what advice he would give me

koji savet bi mi on dao

about making this TED Talk.

o pravljenju ovog TED govora.

HP: Don't imitate my voice.

HP: Ne imitirajte moj glas.

It offends me.

Vređa me.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

YR: Good advice,

JR: Dobar savet,

but I still think that we learn who we are

ali i dalje mislim da učimo o sebi

by copying others.

kopirajući druge.

Who here hasn't imitated their childhood hero

Ko ovde nije imitirao svog junaka iz detinjstva

in the playground, or mum or father?

na igralištu, ili majku ili oca?

I have.

Ja jesam.

HP: A few years ago, in order to make this video

HP: Pre nekoliko godina, u cilju da napravim ovaj video

for my artwork, I shaved off all my hair

za svoj umetničko delo, skroz sam obrijao kosu

so that I could grow it back as my father had it

kako bi mogla ponovo rasti kao kod mog oca

when he first emigrated from India

kada je prvi put emigrirao iz Indije

to the U.K. in the 1960s.

u Veliku Britaniju 1960-ih godina.

He had a side parting and a neat mustache.

Imao je razdeljak i otmene brkove.

At first, it was going very well.

U početku, išlo je dobro.

I even started to get discounts in Indian shops.

Čak sam počeo da dobijam popuste u indijskim prodavnicama.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But then very quickly,

Ali ubrzo zatim,

I started to underestimate

počeo sam da potcenjujem

my mustache growing ability,

moć rasta svojih brkova,

and it got way too big.

i oni su veoma porasli.

It didn't look Indian anymore.

Nisam više izgledao kao Indijac.

Instead, people from across the road,

Umesto toga, ljudi na ulici

they would shout things like --

su mi dobacivali stvari poput -

HP and YR: Arriba! Arriba! Ándale! Ándale!

HP i JR: Ariba! Ariba! Andale! Andale!

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

HP: Actually, I don't know why I am even talking like this.

HP: Zapravo, ne znam zašto uopšte ovako govorim.

My dad doesn't even have an Indian accent anymore.

Moj otac više nema indijski akcenat.

He talks like this now.

On sad ovako govori.

So it's not just my father that I've imitated.

Nisam samo imitirao svog oca.

A few years ago I went to China for a few months,

Pre nekoliko godina otišao sam u Kinu na nekoliko meseci,

and I couldn't speak Chinese,

i nisam mogao da pričam kineski,

and this frustrated me,

što me je frustriralo,

so I wrote about this and had it translated

te sam pisao o tome i prevodio

into Chinese, and then I learned this by heart,

na kineski, a zatim učio to napamet,

like music, I guess.

poput muzike, valjda.

YR: This phrase is now etched into my mind

JR: Ova rečenica mi se urezala u um

clearer than the pin number to my bank card,

jače nego pin broj moje bankovne kartice,

so I can pretend I speak Chinese fluently.

tako da mogu da se pretvaram da tečno pričam kineski.

When I had learned this phrase,

Kada sam učio ovu rečenicu,

I had an artist over there hear me out

imao sam umetnika u okruženju da me čuje,

to see how accurate it sounded.

da vidi koliko je to tačno zvučalo.

I spoke the phrase, and then he laughed

Govorio sam rečenicu, a zatim se on smejao

and told me, "Oh yeah, that's great,

i rekao mi je: "O da, dobro je,

only it kind of sounds like a woman."

samo što nekako zvuči poput žene."

I said, "What?"

Rekoh: "Šta?"

He said, "Yeah, you learned from a woman?"

Reče mi: "Da, jesi li je naučio od žene?"

I said, "Yes. So?"

Rekoh: "Da, pa šta?

He then explained the tonal differences

Zatim mi je objasnio da su tonalne razlike

between male and female voices

između muških i ženskih glasova

are very different and distinct, and that I had learned it very well,

veoma različite i izrazite i da sam to naučio veoma dobro,

but in a woman's voice.

ali sa ženskim glasom.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

HP: Okay. So this imitation business

HP: Ovo imitiranje

does come with risk.

ima svoje rizike.

It doesn't always go as you plan it,

Ne ide uvek kao što ste planirali

even with a talented translator.

čak i sa talentovanim prevodiocem.

But I am going to stick with it,

Ali držaću se toga,

because contrary to what we might usually assume,

jer uprkos onome što obično pretpostavljamo,

imitating somebody can reveal something unique.

imiranje nekoga može otkriti nešto jedinstveno,

So every time I fail

Svaki put kada ne bih uspevao

to become more like my father,

da budem poput svog oca,

I become more like myself.

postajao sam više poput sebe.

Every time I fail to become Bruce Lee,

Svaki put kada ne uspem da budem Brus Li,

I become more authentically me.

postajem sve autentičniji ja.

This is my art.

To je moja umetnost.

I strive for authenticity,

Težim autentičnosti,

even if it comes in a shape

čak i kad ona dolazi u obliku

that we might not usually expect.

koji ne bismo uglavnom očekivali.

It's only recently that I've started to understand

Tek skoro sam počeo da shvatam

that I didn't learn to sit like this

da nisam naučio da sedim ovako

through being Indian.

jer sam Indijac.

I learned this from Spider-Man.

Naučio sam to od Spajdermena.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)