ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard Turere - Inventor
Young inventor Richard Turere invented "lion lights," an elegant way to protect his family's cattle from lion attacks.

Why you should listen

Richard Turere is a young Maasai man who lives in the wilderness of the Kenya savanna, on the edge of a national park full of rhino, giraffe, buffalo and lions. Since he was 9, Richard has held the honored chore of tending his father's cattle; in his free time, he tinkered with electrical gadgets. After dismantling the few household appliances, Richard taught himself how to fix them, and then he started inventing. He fit his parents' home with fans made from car parts and other junkyard components harvested from junkyards, then built other inventions for his neighbors.

Now 13, he is renowned for inventing "lion lights," a fence made of basic pieces (solar charging cells, flashlight parts), which quickly and effectively scares lions away from his father's cattle. Richard's dream is to be an aircraft engineer.

Read more about Richard Turere on CNN.com >>

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Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions

Richard Turere: mu leiutis, mis on teinud rahu lõvidega

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Masai rahva jaoks, kelle seas 13-aastane Richard Turere elab, on loomakarjad ülimalt tähtsad. Lõvide rünnakuid juhtus aga üha tihedamini. Oma lühikeses inspireerivas kõnes räägib noor leidur päikesepatareiga töötavast lahendusest, mille abil lõvisid ilma neile viga tegemata eemale peletada.
- Inventor
Young inventor Richard Turere invented "lion lights," an elegant way to protect his family's cattle from lion attacks. Full bio

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This is where I liveelus. I liveelus in KenyaKenya,
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Siin ma elan. Ma elan Kenyas,
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at the southlõunasse partsosad of the NairobiNairobi NationalRiiklike ParkPark.
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Nairobi rahvuspargi lõunaosas.
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Those are my dad'sisa cowslehmad at the back,
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Taustal on mu isa veised
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and behindtaga the cowslehmad,
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ja veiste taga
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that's the NairobiNairobi NationalRiiklike ParkPark.
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ongi Nairobi rahvuspark.
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NairobiNairobi NationalRiiklike ParkPark is not fencederametsas in the southlõunasse widelylaialt,
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Rahvuspark pole lõunast taraga eriti piiratud,
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whichmis meanstähendab wildlooduses animalsloomad like zebrasSebrad
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mistõttu metsloomad, näiteks sebrad,
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migraterändama out of the parkpark freelyvabalt.
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võivad pargist vabalt välja tulla.
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So predatorsröövloomad like lionslõvid followjärgige them,
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Kiskjad, näiteks lõvid, järgnevad neile,
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and this is what they do.
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ja see on tagajärg.
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They killtappa our livestockkariloomad.
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Nad murravad meie loomi.
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This is one of the cowslehmad whichmis was killedtapeti at night,
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See on üks veis, mis öösel maha murti,
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and I just wokeärkasin up in the morninghommikul and I foundleitud it deadsurnud,
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ja kui ma hommikul ärkasin ja nägin, et ta on surnud,
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and I felttundsin so badhalb,
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olin ma väga kurb,
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because it was the only bullpull we had.
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sest see oli meie ainuke pull.
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My communitykogukond, the MaasaiMaasai, we believe that
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Olen masai rahva hulgast ja me usume,
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we cametuli from heaventaevas with all our animalsloomad and all the landmaa
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et me oleme tulnud taevast koos oma loomade ja maaga,
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for herdingkarjatamiseks them, and that's why we valueväärtus them so much.
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kus neid karjatada, ning seepärast me peame neid väga väärtuslikeks.
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So I grewkasvas up hatingvihkamine lionslõvid so much.
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Nii ma kasvasin üles lõvisid väga vihates.
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The moransmorans are the warriorssõdalased
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Moranid on sõjamehed,
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who protectkaitsta our communitykogukond and the livestockkariloomad,
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kes kaitsevad meie rahvast ja karjasid,
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and they're alsoka upsetärritunud about this problemprobleem.
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ja ka neile teeb see probleem muret.
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So they killtappa the lionslõvid.
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Nii nad tapavad lõvisid.
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It's one of the sixkuus lionslõvid whichmis were killedtapeti in NairobiNairobi.
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See on üks kuuest lõvist, kes Nairobis tapeti.
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And I think this is why the NairobiNairobi NationalRiiklike ParkPark lionslõvid are fewvähe.
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Arvan, et seepärast on Nairobi rahvusparki jäänud vähe lõvisid.
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So a boypoiss, from sixkuus to nineüheksa yearsaastaid oldvana, in my communitykogukond
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6- kuni 9-aastased poisid meie rahva hulgas
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is responsiblevastutav for his dad'sisa cowslehmad,
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hoolitsevad oma isa karjade eest
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and that's the samesama thing whichmis happenedjuhtus to me.
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ja sama tegin ka mina.
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So I had to find a way of solvinglahendamine this problemprobleem.
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Seepärast pidin probleemile lahenduse leidma.
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And the first ideaidee I got was to use firetuli,
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Esimene mõte oli kasutada tuld,
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because I thought lionslõvid were scaredkarda of firetuli.
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sest ma arvasin, et lõvid kardavad tuld.
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But I cametuli to realizemõistma that that didn't really help,
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Kuid sain aru, et sellest polnud kasu,
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because it was even helpingaidates the lionslõvid
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see koguni aitas lõvidel näha
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to see throughläbi the cowshedVeiselaut.
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aedikust läbi.
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So I didn't give up. I continuedjätkus.
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Aga ma ei andnud alla. Jätkasin otsinguid.
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And a secondteine ideaidee I got was
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Teine mõte oli kasutada
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to use a scarecrowhernehirmutis.
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hernehirmutist.
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I was tryingproovin to tricktrikk the lionslõvid
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Tahtsin jätta lõvidele mulje,
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[into thinkingmõtlesin] that I was standingseisab nearlähedal the cowshedVeiselaut.
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et ma seisan karjaaediku juures.
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But lionslõvid are very clevertark. (LaughterNaer)
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Aga lõvid on nutikad. (Naer)
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They will come the first day and they see the scarecrowhernehirmutis, and they go back,
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Nad tulevad ühel päeval, näevad hernehirmutist ning lähevad ära,
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but the secondteine day, they'llnad saavad come and they say,
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aga teisel päeval nad tulevad ja ütlevad,
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this thing is not movingliikudes here, it's always here. (LaughterNaer)
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see siin ei liigu, see on alati siin. (Naer)
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So he jumpshüppab in and killstapab the animalsloomad.
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Nii ta kargab sisse ja murrab loomad maha.
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So one night, I was walkingjalgsi around the cowshedVeiselaut with a torchtõrvik,
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Ühel öösel kõndisin aediku ümber taskulambiga
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and that day, the lionslõvid didn't come.
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ja tol päeval lõvisid ei tulnud.
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And I discoveredavastati that lionslõvid are afraidkarda of a movingliikudes lightvalgus.
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Ja ma avastasin, et lõvid kardavad liikuvat valgust.
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So I had an ideaidee.
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Mul tuli mõte.
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SinceAlates I was a smallväike boypoiss,
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Kuna ma olin väike poiss,
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I used to work in my roomtuba for the wholeterve day,
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oli mul kombeks töötada kogu päeva oma toas
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and I even tookvõttis apartpeale my mom'sema newuus radioraadio,
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ja ma võtsin koguni koost lahti oma ema uue raadio,
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and that day she almostpeaaegu killedtapeti me,
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ja ta oleks mind tol päeval peaaegu maha löönud,
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but I learnedõppinud a lot about electronicselektroonika. (LaughterNaer)
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aga ma õppisin elektroonika kohta palju. (Naer)
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So I got an oldvana carauto batteryaku,
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Sain vana autoaku,
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an indicatorindikaator boxkasti. It's a smallväike deviceseade foundleitud in a motorcyclemootorratas,
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indikaatorikarbi. See on see väike seade motorattal,
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and it helpsaitab motoristsautojuhtidele when they want to turnpööra right or left. It blinksvilgub.
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mida motorattur kasutab, kui tahab paremale või vasakule pöörata. See vilgutab.
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And I got a switchlülita where I can switchlülita on the lightsvalgus, on and off.
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Ja ma sain lüliti, millega saan tulesid sisse ja välja lülitada.
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And that's a smallväike torchtõrvik from a brokenkatki flashlighttaskulamp.
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Ja see on väike lamp ühest katkisest taskulambist.
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So I setseatud up everything.
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Panin kõik kokku.
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As you can see, the solarpäike panelpaneel chargessüüdistused the batteryaku,
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Nagu näha, päikesepatarei laadib akut
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and the batteryaku suppliestarvikud the powervõimsus
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ja aku annab voolu
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to the smallväike indicatorindikaator boxkasti. I call it a transformertrafo.
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väikesele indikaatorikarbile. Kutsun seda trafoks.
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And the indicatorindikaator boxkasti makesteeb the lightsvalgus flashvälk.
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Ja indikaator paneb valguse vilkuma.
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As you can see, the bulbsPirnid facenägu outsideväljaspool,
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Nagu näha on pirnid pööratud väljapoole,
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because that's where the lionslõvid come from.
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sest sealtpoolt tulevad lõvid.
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And that's how it looksnäeb välja to lionslõvid when they come at night.
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Ja nii paistab see lõvidele, kui nad öösel tulevad.
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The lightsvalgus flashvälk and tricktrikk
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Lambid vilguvad ja panevad
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the lionslõvid into thinkingmõtlesin I was walkingjalgsi around the cowshedVeiselaut,
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lõvid arvama, et ma kõnnin ümber karjaaia,
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but I was sleepingmagab in my bedvoodi.
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aga mina magan kodus.
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(LaughterNaer)
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(Naer)
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(ApplauseAplaus)
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(Aplaus)
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ThanksTänud.
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Aitäh!
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So I setseatud it up in my home two yearsaastaid agotagasi,
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Panin selle kodus üles kahe aasta eest,
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and sincesest then, we have never experiencedkogenud any problemprobleem with lionslõvid.
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ja sellest alates pole mul olnud kunagi probleeme lõvidega.
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And my neighboringnaabruses homeskodu heardkuulnud about this ideaidee.
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Mu naabrid kuulsid sellest ideest.
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One of them was this grandmothervanaema.
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Üks neist oli see vanaema.
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She had a lot of her animalsloomad beingolemine killedtapeti by lionslõvid,
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Lõvid on maha murdnud palju tema loomi
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and she askedküsisin me if I could put the lightsvalgus for her.
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ja ta küsis, kas võiksin ka talle lambid üles panna.
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And I said, "Yes."
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Ütlesin: "Jah!"
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So I put the lightsvalgus. You can see at the back, those are the lionlõvi lightsvalgus.
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Panin need talle.
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SinceAlates now, I've setseatud up sevenseitse homeskodu around my communitykogukond,
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Sellest alates olen lampe panemas käinud seitsmes kodus
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and they're really workingtöötav.
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ja need töötavad.
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And my ideaidee is alsoka beingolemine used now all over KenyaKenya
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Nüüd kasutatakse mu ideed kogu Kenyas,
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for scaringhirmutamiseks other predatorsröövloomad like hyenashyenas, leopardsLeopardid,
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et hirmutada teisi kiskjaid, nagu hüäänid ja leopardid,
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and it's alsoka beingolemine used
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ja seda on kasutatud ka
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to scarehirmutada elephantselevandid away from people'sinimesed farmstalud.
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elevantide eemale peletamiseks inimeste farmidest.
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Because of this inventionleiutis, I was luckyõnnelik to get a scholarshipstipendiumi
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Selle leiutise tõttu oli mul võimalik saada stipendiaadina
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in one of the bestparim schoolskoolid in KenyaKenya,
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ühte parimasse Kenya kooli,
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BrookhouseBrookhouse InternationalRahvusvahelise SchoolKooli,
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rahvusvahelisse Brookhouse'i kooli,
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and I'm really excitederutatud about this.
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ja see on väga põnev.
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My newuus schoolkooli now is comingtulemas in and helpingaidates
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Mu uus kool on tulnud appi ja aidanud
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by fundraisingvahendite and creatingluues an awarenessteadlikkus.
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rahaliselt ning jaganud infot.
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I even tookvõttis my friendssõbrad back to my communitykogukond,
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Olen käinud sõpradega oma rahva juures
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and we're installingpaigaldamine the lightsvalgus to the homeskodu
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ja paigaldanud valgusteid sinna, kus neid pole,
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whichmis don't have [any], and I'm teachingõpetamine them how to put them.
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ja ma õpetan, kuidas neid üles seada.
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So one yearaastas agotagasi, I was just a boypoiss in the savannaSavanna grasslandrohumaa
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Aasta tagasi olin lihtsalt üks poiss savanni heinamaalt,
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herdingkarjatamiseks my father'sisa cowslehmad,
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kes karjatas oma isa veiseid.
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and I used to see planeslennukid flyinglendamine over,
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Vaatasin, kuidas lennukid üle mu pea lendavad
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and I told myselfise that one day, I'll be there insidesees.
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ja mõtlesin, et ühel päeval istun minagi lennukis.
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And here I am todaytäna.
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Ja siin ma olen.
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I got a chancevõimalus to come by planelennuk for my first time for TEDTED.
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Mul oli võimalik lennata esimest korda elus TED konverentsile.
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So my bigsuur dreamunistus is to becomesaada an aircraftõhusõiduk engineerinsener and pilotpiloot when I growkasvatada up.
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Mu unistus on saada lennukimehaanikuks ja piloodiks, kui ma suureks saan.
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I used to hatevihkan lionslõvid, but now because my inventionleiutis
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Kunagi ma vihkasin lõvisid, ent kuna mu leiutis
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is savingsäästmine my father'sisa cowslehmad and the lionslõvid,
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hoiab elus nii mu isa lehmad kui ka lõvid,
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we are ablevõimeline to stayjää with the lionslõvid withoutilma any conflictkonflikt.
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saame me elada koos lõvidega ilma probleemideta.
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AshTuhkê olOLên. It meanstähendab in my languagekeel, thank you very much.
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Ashê olên. See on "suur tänu" mu emakeeles.
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(ApplauseAplaus)
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(Aplaus)
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ChrisChris AndersonAnderson: You have no ideaidee how excitingpõnev it is
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Chris Anderson: Sa ei kujuta ette, kui põnev on kuulata
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to hearkuule a storylugu like yourssinu oma.
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selliseid lugusid nagu sinu oma.
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So you got this scholarshipstipendiumi.RichardRichard TurereTurere: YepJep.
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Nii et sa said stipendiumi. Richard Turere: Jah.
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CACA: You're workingtöötav on other electricalelektriline inventionsleiutised.
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CA: Sa töötad ühe teise elektrilise leiutise kallal.
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What's the nextjärgmine one on your listnimekiri?
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Mis sul järgmisena käsil on?
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RTRT: My nextjärgmine inventionleiutis is,
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RT: Mu järgmine leiutis on see,
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I want to make an electricelektriline fencetara.CACA: ElectricElektriline fencetara?
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et ma tahan teha elektritara. CA: Elektritara?
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RTRT: But I know electricelektriline fencesaiad are alreadyjuba inventedleiutatud,
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RT: Ma tean, et elektritara on juba leiutatud,
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but I want to make minemine.
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aga ma tahan teha enda oma.
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(LaughterNaer)
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(Naer)
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CACA: You alreadyjuba triedproovis it onceüks kord, right, and you --RT--RT: I triedproovis it before,
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CA: Sa oled seda katsetanud, eks ole, ja sa... RT: Katsetasin seda,
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but I stoppedpeatus because it gaveandis me a shockšokk. (LaughterNaer)
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aga lõpetasin, sest sain elektrilöögi. (Naer)
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CACA: In the trencheskaevikus. RichardRichard TurereTurere, you are something elsemuidu.
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CA: Nagu rindel. Richard Turere, sa oled võrratu.
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We're going to cheercheer you on everyigaüks stepsamm of the way, my friendsõber.
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Me elame kõigile su tegemistele kaasa, mu sõber.
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Thank you so much.RTRT: Thank you. (ApplauseAplaus)
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Suur tänu sulle! RT: Aitäh! (Aplaus)
Translated by Mailis Laos
Reviewed by Alo-Jarmo Küppas

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Richard Turere - Inventor
Young inventor Richard Turere invented "lion lights," an elegant way to protect his family's cattle from lion attacks.

Why you should listen

Richard Turere is a young Maasai man who lives in the wilderness of the Kenya savanna, on the edge of a national park full of rhino, giraffe, buffalo and lions. Since he was 9, Richard has held the honored chore of tending his father's cattle; in his free time, he tinkered with electrical gadgets. After dismantling the few household appliances, Richard taught himself how to fix them, and then he started inventing. He fit his parents' home with fans made from car parts and other junkyard components harvested from junkyards, then built other inventions for his neighbors.

Now 13, he is renowned for inventing "lion lights," a fence made of basic pieces (solar charging cells, flashlight parts), which quickly and effectively scares lions away from his father's cattle. Richard's dream is to be an aircraft engineer.

Read more about Richard Turere on CNN.com >>

More profile about the speaker
Richard Turere | Speaker | TED.com

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