Marco Tempest: The electric rise and fall of Nikola Tesla

Translator: Thu-Huong Ha Reviewer: Jenny Zurawell

Prevodilac: Jelena Nedjic Lektor: Tatjana Jevdjic

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

Mene kao mađioničara zanimaju nastupi sa elementima iluzije.

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

Jedna od najupečatljivijih je svakako tanagra pozorište,

early part of the 20th century.

koje je bilo popularno početkom 20. veka.

It used mirrors

Koristili su se ogledalima kako bi

to create the illusion of tiny people

stvorili prikaz sićušnih ljudi

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

koji nastupaju na minijaturnoj sceni. Ja ne koristim ogledala,

but this is my digital tribute to the tanagra theater.

ali ovo je moj digitalni doprinos tanagra pozorištu.

So let the story begin.

Počnimo sa pričom.

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

Jedne mračne i olujne noći, zaista!

it was the 10th of July, 1856.

10. jula 1856.

Lightning lit the sky,

munja je osvetlila nebo,

and a baby was born.

i rodila se beba.

His name was Nikola,

Zvao se Nikola,

Nikola Tesla.

Nikola Tesla.

Now the baby grew into a very smart guy.

Beba je porasla u prepametnog dečaka.

Let me show you.

Sada ću vam to pokazati.

Tesla, what is 236 multiplied by 501?

Tesla, koliko je 236 pomnoženo sa 501?

Nikola Tesla: The result is 118,236.

Nikola Tesla: 118.236.

Marco Tempest: Now Tesla's brain worked in the most extraordinary way.

Marko Tempest: Mozak Nikole Tesle je funkcionisao na izvanredan način.

When a word was mentioned,

Samo na pomen neke reči,

an image of it

slika toga bi se

instantly appeared in his mind.

istovremeno prikazala u njegovim mislima.

Tree. Chair. Girl.

Drvo. Stolica. Devojka.

They were hallucinations, which vanished

To su bile halucinacije koje bi nestale

the moment he touched them.

u momentu kada ih on dotakne.

Probably a form of synesthesia.

Verovatno neka vrsta sinestezije.

But it was something

To je bilo nešto

he later turned to his advantage.

što je on iskoristio kao prednost.

Where other scientists would play in their laboratory,

Dok su drugi naučnici radili eksperimente u laboratoriji,

Tesla created his inventions in his mind.

Tesla je do izuma dolazio u svojim mislima.

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

NT: Oduševljen sam shvatio da mogu da zamislim svoje izume sa velikom preciznošću.

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

MT: Kada prorade u njegovom maštovitom umu,

he would build them in his workshop.

on bi se tek tada bavio njima u realnom svetu.

NT: I needed no models, drawings or experiments.

NT: Nisu mi bili potrebni modeli, crteži ili eksperimenti.

I could picture them as real in my mind,

Mogao sam da ih u potpunosti zamislim u glavi,

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

u mislima bih radio na njima, testirao ih i unapredio.

Only then do I construct it.

Tek bih ih tada napravio.

MT: His great idea

MT: Njegova fantastična ideja

was alternating current.

je bila naizmenična struja.

But how could he convince the public that

Ali kako je mogao da ubedi javnost da su

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

bezbedni milioni volti neophodni da bi se struja proizvela?

To sell his idea,

Da bi prodao svoju ideju,

he became a showman.

postao je performer.

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

NT: Nalazimo se na početku novog doba,

the age of electricity.

doba elektriciteta.

I have been able, through careful invention, to

Uspeo sam nakon pažljivo proverenih izuma da

transmit, with the mere flick of a switch,

prenesem struju jednim klikom

electricity across the ether.

kroz etar.

It is the magic of science.

To je magija nauke.

(Applause)

(aplauz)

Tesla has over 700 patents to his name:

Tesla je patentirao preko 700 izuma:

radio, wireless telegraphy,

radio, bežičnu telegrafiju,

remote control, robotics.

daljinski upravljač, robotiku.

He even photographed the bones of the human body.

Čak je fotografisao i kosti ljudskog tela.

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

Vrhunac svega je bilo ostvarenje njegovog sna iz detinjstva:

harnessing the raging powers of Niagara Falls,

kontrolisanje impozantne snage vodopada Nijagare,

and bringing light to the city.

i osvetljavanje grada.

But Tesla's success didn't last.

Ali Teslin uspeh nije dugo trajao.

NT: I had bigger ideas.

NT: Imao sam ideje koje su više obećavale.

Illuminating the city was only the beginning.

Osvetljavanje grada je bio tek početak.

A world telegraphy center -- imagine news,

Svetski telegrafski centar - zamislite trenutni,

messages, sounds, images delivered to

bežični prenos vesti,

any point in the world

zvuka, slika do

instantly and wirelessly.

ma koje tačke na svetu.

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

MT: To je bila odlična ideja, ogroman projekat. Veoma skup, takođe.

NT: They wouldn't give me the money.

NT: Nisu hteli da mi daju novac.

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

MT: Pa, možda nije trebalo da im kažeš da bi kontaktirao druge planete.

NT: Yes, that was a big mistake.

NT: Da, to je bila velika greška.

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

MT: Teslina istraživačka karijera je tu završena.

He became a recluse.

Postao je usamljenik.

Dodged by death,

Smrt ga je izbegavala,

he spent much of his time

provodio je mnogo vremena

in his suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.

u svom apartmanu hotela Valdorf-Astorija.

NT: Everything I did, I did for mankind,

NT: Sve što sam uradio, uradio sam za čovečanstvo,

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

kako u svetu siromašni ne bi bili izloženi poniženju usled brutalnosti bogatih,

where products of intellect, science and art

gde bi rezultati intelekta, nauke i umetnosti

will serve society for the betterment and beautification of life.

služili poboljšanju i ulepšavanju života.

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

MT: Nikola Tesla je umro 7. januara 1943.

His final resting place

On počiva

is a golden globe that contains his ashes

u zlatnoj sferi koja čuva njegov pepeo,

at the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade.

u Muzeju Nikole Tesle u Beogradu.

His legacy is with us still.

Njegova zaostavština je i dalje sa nama.

Tesla became the man who lit the world,

Tesla je čovek koji je osvetlio svet,

but this was only the beginning.

ali to je bio samo početak.

Tesla's insight was profound.

Imao je suštinski uvid u stvari.

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

NT: Reci mi, šta će ljudi raditi kada više ne bude bilo šuma,

and the coal deposits are exhausted?

kada se istroše nalazišta uglja?

MT: Tesla thought he had the answer.

MT: Tesla je mislio da zna odgovor.

We are still asking the question.

A mi se još uvek pitamo.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(aplauz)