How to tie your shoes | Terry Moore

Prevodilac: Katarina Kosmina Lektor: Sandra Gojic

I'm used to thinking of the TED audience

Navikao sam da razmišljam o TED publici kao o divnoj zbirci

as a wonderful collection of some of the most effective,

jednih od najsposobnijih, najinteligentinijih,

intelligent, intellectual, savvy,

najintelektualnijih, najinformisanijih,

worldly and innovative people in the world.

najsvetovnijih i najinovativnijih ljudi na svetu.

And I think that's true.

I mislim da je to istina.

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

Međutim, imam razlog da verujem

da dosta vas, ako ne i većina,

are actually tying your shoes incorrectly.

u stvari pogrešno pokušava da veže pertle.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Now I know that seems ludicrous.

Znam da sada to zvuči smešno.

Znam da zvuči apsurdno.

I know that seems ludicrous.

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

I verujete mi, i ja sam živeo isti tužan život

do pre tri godine.

And what happened to me

Ono što se desilo meni

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

jeste da sam kupio, za moj standard, vrlo skup par cipela.

But those shoes came with round nylon laces,

Ali te cipele su došle sa okruglim najlonskim pertlama,

and I couldn't keep them tied.

i nisam uspeo da ih održim zavezanim.

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

Tako da sam se vratio u prodavnicu i rekao vlasniku:

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

"Volim ove cipele, ali mrzim pertle."

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

On ih je pogledao i rekao, "Pa vezujete ih pogrešno."

Dakle, do tog trenutka,

Now up until that moment,

I would have thought that, by age 50,

sa 50 godina, ja sam bio siguran da je

one of the life skills that I had really nailed

jedna od životnih veština kojom sam stvarno ovladao

was tying my shoes.

bila vezivanje pertli.

(Laughter)

But not so -- let me demonstrate.

Ali nije bilo tako - dopustite mi da demonstriram.

Ovo je način

This is the way

na koji su mnogi od nas naučeni da vezuju pertle.

that most of us were taught to tie our shoes.

Now as it turns out -- thank you.

Na kraju ispada -- hvala vam.

(Applause)

Wait, there's more.

Čekajte, ima još.

As it turns out --

Na kraju ispada da

(Laughter)

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

postoji čvrst i slab oblik ovog čvora,

i mi smo naučeni da vežemo slab.

and we were taught the weak form.

And here's how to tell.

Ovako možete otkriti.

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

Ako povučete deo pertle u osnovi čvora,

you will see that the bow will orient itself

videćete da se mašna orijentiše

down the long axis of the shoe.

prema vertikalnoj osi cipele.

That's the weak form of the knot.

To je slaba forma čvora.

But not to worry.

Ali nema brige.

If we start over

Ako počnemo ponovo

and simply go the other direction around the bow,

i jednostavno odemo u drugom smeru

oko mašne,

dobijamo ovo, jaču formu čvora.

we get this, the strong form of the knot.

I ako povučete niti ispod čvora,

And if you pull the cords under the knot,

you will see that the bow orients itself

videćete da se mašna orijentiše

prema poprečnoj osi cipele.

along the transverse axis of the shoe.

This is a stronger knot.

To je črvšći čvor. Ređe će se odvezivati.

It will come untied less often.

Manje će vas razočarati.

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

I ne samo to - izgleda bolje.

We're going to do this one more time.

Uradićemo ovo još jednom.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Počećemo uobičajno,

Start as usual --

(Applause)

go the other way around the loop.

otići drugom stranom oko petlje.

This is a little hard for children,

Ovo je malo teže za decu,

but I think you can handle it.

ali siguran sam da vi možete da se snađete.

Pull the knot.

Povucite čvor.

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

I evo ga: čvrsta forma čvora na pertlama.

Now, in keeping with today's theme,

Sada, u skladu sa današnjom temom,

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

hteo bih da naglasim, i to je nešto što već znate,

that sometimes a small advantage someplace in life

da ponekad mala prednost

u nekom delu života

can yield tremendous results someplace else.

može dati jake rezultate u nekom drugom.

(Laughter)

Live long and prosper.

Živite dugo i napredujte.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)