ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Boyd Varty - Environmental and literacy activist
In his native South Africa, Boyd Varty builds wildlife corridors to restore the environment and literacy centers to restore the human spirit.

Why you should listen

Everyone has felt that connection with nature. Through the Good Work Foundation, Boyd Varty is building a movement around it. The fourth-generation custodian of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa calls it a psychology of restoration. “We would like to be pioneers of the age of restoration,” says Varty. “Restoration of land, people and the human spirit."

By providing environmental, English and computer education to the people who live and work in Londolozi, he’s also creating an economically and socially sustainable model for conservation.

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TEDWomen 2013

Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela

Boyd Varty: Kaj sem se naučil od Nelsona Mandele

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"V katedrali divjine vidimo najboljše dele nas samih, kako se zrcalijo nazaj k nam." Boyd Varty, aktivist divjine, deli z nami zgodbe živali, ljudi in njihove medsebojne povezanosti oz. "ubuntu" -- kar pomeni "jaz obstajam zaradi tebe." Govor posveti Nelsonu Mandeli, utelešenju tega dobrosrčnega, radodarnega duha.
- Environmental and literacy activist
In his native South Africa, Boyd Varty builds wildlife corridors to restore the environment and literacy centers to restore the human spirit. Full bio

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I'm a man who'skdo je tryingposkušam to livev živo from his heartsrce,
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Sem človek, ki poskuša živeti
s srcem na dlani,
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and so just before I get going,
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tako da preden začnem,
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I wanted to tell you as a SouthJužna AfricanAfriške
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vam želim povedati kot Južnoafričan,
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that one of the menmoški who has inspirednavdihnjen me mostnajbolj
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da je eden izmed ljudi,
ki so me najbolj navdihovali,
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passedminilo away a fewmalo hoursure agonazaj.
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preminil pred nekaj urami.
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NelsonNelson MandelaMandela has come to the endkonec
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Nelson Mandela je prišel do konca
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of his long walkhodi to freedomsvobodo.
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svoje dolge poti k svobodi.
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And so this talk is going to be for him.
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Zato bo ta govor zanj.
00:40
I grewnaraščal up in wonderčudno.
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Odrasel sem v čudenju.
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I grewnaraščal up amongstmed those animalsživali.
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Odrasel sem med temi živalmi.
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I grewnaraščal up in the wilddivji easternvzhodno partdel of SouthJužna AfricaAfrika
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Odrasel sem v divjem
vzhodnem delu Južne Afrike
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at a placemesto calledpozval LondoloziLondolozi GameIgra ReserveRezerve.
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v kraju imenovanem
Rezervat divjine Londolozi.
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It's a placemesto where my familydružina has been
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To je kraj, kjer je moja družina
00:57
in the safariSafari businessposlovanje for fourštiri generationsgeneracije.
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v poslu safarijev že štiri generacije.
01:01
Now for as long as I can rememberZapomni si,
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Že odkar pomnim,
01:03
my jobdelo has been to take people out into naturenarava,
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je moja naloga odpeljati ljudi v naravo
01:08
and so I think it's a lovelylepo twisttwist of fateusoda todaydanes
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in mislim, da je to lep obrat usode
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to have the opportunitypriložnost
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da imam priložnost,
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to bringprinesi some of my experiencesizkušnje out in naturenarava
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da prinesem nekaj svojih izkušenj iz narave
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in to this gatheringzbiranje.
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v tole srečanje.
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AfricaAfrika is a placemesto
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Afrika je kraj,
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where people still sitsedi underSpodaj starlitzvezdnatim skiesnebo
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kjer ljudje še zmeraj sedijo
pod zvezdnim nebom
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and around campfiresognja and tell storieszgodbe,
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in okrog ognja in si pripovedujejo zgodbe,
01:27
and so what I have to sharedeliti with you todaydanes
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in kar bom danes delil z vami,
01:29
is the simplepreprosto medicinezdravila of a fewmalo campfirecampfire storieszgodbe,
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je preprosto zdravilo,
nekaj tabornih zgodb,
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storieszgodbe about heroesjunaki of heartsrce.
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zgodb o herojih srca.
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Now my storieszgodbe are not the storieszgodbe
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Moje zgodbe niso zgodbe,
01:39
that you'llboš hearslišite on the newsnovice,
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ki jih slišite v novicah,
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and while it's trueresnično that AfricaAfrika is a harshkruto placemesto,
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in medtem ko je res, da je Afrika grob kraj,
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I alsotudi know it to be a placemesto
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jaz prav tako vem, da je kraj,
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where people, animalsživali and ecosystemsekosistemi
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kjer nas ljudje, živali in ekosistemi
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teachučiti us about a more interconnectedmedsebojno povezani worldsvet.
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učijo o bolj med seboj povezanem svetu.
01:54
When I was ninedevet yearslet oldstar,
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Ko sem bil star devet let,
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PresidentPredsednik MandelaMandela cameprišel to stayostani with my familydružina.
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je predsednik Mandela
prišel živet k moji družini.
01:59
He had just been releasedsprosti from
his 27 yearslet of incarcerationzapiranjem,
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Bil je ravno izpuščen
po 27 letih zapora
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and was in a periodobdobje of readjustmentprilagajanja
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in se je ravno privajal
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to his suddennenadoma globalglobalno iconikona statusstanje.
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na svoj nenadni status globalne ikone.
02:08
MembersČlani of the AfricanAfriške NationalNacionalni CongressKongres
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Člani Afriškega Nacionalnega Kongresa
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thought that in the bushgrm
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so menili, da bo v divjini
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he would have time to restpočitek and recuperateokrevanje
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imel čas za počitek in okrevanje,
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away from the publicjavnost eyeoči,
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proč od oči javnosti
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and it's trueresnično that lionslevi tendnagibati se to be
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in res je, da so levi
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a very good deterrentodvračanje to presspritisnite and paparazzipaparazzi.
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zelo dobra obramba
pred tiskom in paparaci.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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But it was a definingdefiniranje time for me as a youngmladi boyfant.
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To je bil odločilen čas zame
kot mladega fanta.
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I would take him breakfastzajtrk in bedpostelja,
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Prinesel sem mu zajtrk v posteljo,
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and then, in an oldstar tracksledi suitobleko and slipperscopati,
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in potem, v stari trenirki in natikačih,
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he would go for a walkhodi around the gardenvrt.
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je šel na sprehod po vrtu.
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At night, I would sitsedi with my familydružina
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Zvečer sem sedel z družino
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around the snowyzasneženih, bunny-earedzajček klempave TVTV,
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okrog snežnega televizorja
z zajčjimi ušesi
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and watch imagesslike of that sameenako
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in gledal slike tega istega
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quiettih man from the gardenvrt
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tihega moža z vrta,
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surroundedobdan by hundredsstotine and thousandstisoče of people
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obdanega z na stotine in tisoče ljudi,
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as scenesprizori from his releasesprostitev were broadcastoddaja nightlynočno.
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saj so prizore njegovega izpusta
predvajali vsako noč.
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He was bringingprinaša peacemir
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Prinašal je mir
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to a dividedrazdeljen and violentnasilno SouthJužna AfricaAfrika,
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v razdvojeno in nasilno Južno Afriko,
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one man with an unbelievableneverjetno sensesmisel of his humanityčloveštvo.
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en moški z neverjetnim občutkom
za človečnost.
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MandelaMandela said oftenpogosto that the giftdarilo of prisonzapor
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Mandela je pogosto dejal,
da je bilo darilo zapora
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was the abilitysposobnost to go withinznotraj and to think,
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zmožnost iti vase in razmišljati,
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to createustvarite in himselfsam
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ustvarjati v sebi
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the things he mostnajbolj wanted for SouthJužna AfricaAfrika:
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stvari, ki si jih je najbolj želel
za južno Afriko
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peacemir, reconciliationsprava, harmonyharmonija.
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mir, spravo, harmonijo.
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ThroughSkozi this actukrepati of immenseogromno open-heartednessodprto-heartedness,
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Skozi svoja neizmerna dejanja
odprtega srca,
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he was to becomepostane the embodimentutelešenje
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je postal poosebljenje
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of what in SouthJužna AfricaAfrika we call "ubuntuUbuntu."
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tistega, čemur v Južni Afriki pravimo
"ubuntu".
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UbuntuUbuntu: I am because of you.
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Ubuntu: Jaz obstajam zaradi tebe.
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Or, people are not people
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Ali, ljudje niso ljudje
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withoutbrez other people.
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brez drugih ljudi.
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It's not a newnovo ideaideja or valuevrednost
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To ni nova ideja ali vrednota,
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but it's one that I certainlyzagotovo think at these timeskrat
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ampak je tista, na kateri je v teh časih
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is worthvredno buildingstavbe on.
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vredno graditi.
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In factdejstvo, it is said that in the
collectivekolektiv consciousnesszavest of AfricaAfrika,
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Pravzaprav naj bi v kolektivni zavesti Afrike
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we get to experienceizkušnje the deepestNajgloblji partsdeli
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izkusili najgloblje dele
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of our ownlastno humanityčloveštvo
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svoje lastne človečnosti
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throughskozi our interactionsinterakcije with othersdrugi.
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skozi naše interakcije z drugimi.
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UbuntuUbuntu is at playigraj right now.
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Ubuntu se dogaja prav zdaj.
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You are holdinggospodarstvo a spaceprostor for me
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Zame imate poseben prostor,
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to expressizrazite the deepestNajgloblji truthresnica of who I am.
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da izrazim najglobljo resnico
o tem, kdo sem.
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WithoutBrez you, I'm just a guy talkinggovoriti to an emptyprazno roomsoba,
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Brez vas sem samo tip,
ki govori prazni sobi,
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and I spentpreživel a lot of time last weekteden doing that,
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in prejšnji teden sem to pogosto počel,
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and it's not the sameenako as this.
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in ni enako kot tole.
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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If MandelaMandela was the nationalnacionalno
and internationalmednarodni embodimentutelešenje,
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Če je bil Mandela nacionalna
in mednarodna poosebitev,
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then the man who taughtučil me the mostnajbolj
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je moški, ki me je naučil največ
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about this valuevrednost personallyosebno was this man,
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o tej vrednoti osebno,
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SollySolly MhlongoMhlongo.
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Solly Mhlongo.
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SollySolly was bornRojen underSpodaj a treedrevo
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Solly se je rodil pod drevesom,
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60 kilometerskilometrov from where I grewnaraščal up in MozambiqueMozambik.
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60 km stran od mojega doma v Mozambiku.
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He would never have a lot of moneydenar,
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Nikoli ni imel veliko denarja,
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but he was to be
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a postal je
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one of the richestnajbogatejši menmoški I would ever meetsrečati.
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eden najbogatejših ljudi,
kar sem jih srečal.
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SollySolly grewnaraščal up tendingnega to his father'soče cattlegovedo.
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Solly je med odraščanjem skrbel
za očetovo živino.
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Now, I can tell you, I don't know what it is
about people who growrastejo up looking after cattlegovedo,
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Povem vam, ne vem, kaj je z ljudmi,
ki med odraščanjem skrbijo za živino,
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but it makesnaredi for über-resourcefulnessBER-iznajdljivost.
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ampak postanejo neverjetno iznajdljivi.
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The first jobdelo that he ever got in the safariSafari businessposlovanje
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Prva služba, ki jo je dobil
v poslu safarijev,
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was fixingdoločitev the safariSafari truckstovornjaki.
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je bila popravljanje
tovornjakov za safari.
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Where he had learnednaučili to do that out in the bushgrm
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Kje v divjini se je tega naučil, ne vem,
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I have no ideaideja, but he could do it.
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a to je znal početi.
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He then movedpreselil acrossčez into what we calledpozval
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Nato se premaknil v nekaj, čemur pravimo
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the habitathabitat teamekipa.
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ekipa habitata.
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These were the people on the reserverezerva
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To so ljudje v rezervatu,
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who were responsibleodgovoren for its well-beingdobro počutje.
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ki so odgovorni za njegovo dobro stanje.
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He fixeddoločen roadsceste, he mendedpopravljeno wetlandsmokrišča,
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Popravljal je ceste, skrbel za mokrišča,
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he did some anti-poachingdivji lov smešen.
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boril se je proti krivolovu.
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And then one day we were out togetherskupaj,
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Nekega dne, ko sva bila skupaj zunaj,
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and he cameprišel acrossčez the tracksskladbe of where
a femaležensko leopardLeopard had walkedhodil.
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je naletel na sledi,
kjer je hodila samica leoparda.
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And it was an oldstar tracksledi,
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In bila je stara sled,
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but for funzabavno he turnedobrnjen and he beganzačel to followsledite it,
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ampak za zabavo se je obrnil
in ji začel slediti,
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and I tell you, I could tell by the speedhitrost
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in glede na hitrost premikanja
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at whichki he movedpreselil on those padpad marksoznake
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po teh sledeh, sem vedel,
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that this man was a PhPH.D.-level-ravni trackersledilni pes.
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da je ta človek diplomiran sledilec.
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If you drovevozi pastpreteklost SollySolly
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Če si se peljal mimo Solly-a,
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somewherenekje out on the reserverezerva,
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nekje v rezervatu,
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you look up in your rearviewvzvratnem mirrorogledalo,
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in pogledal v vzvratno ogledalo,
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you'dTi bi see he'dOn bi stoppedustavil the caravto
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si ga videl, kako je ustavil avto
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20, 50 metersmetrov down the roadcesta
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20, 50 metrov stran,
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just in caseprimera you need help with something.
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če bi slučajno potreboval pomoč.
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The only accusationobtožba I ever heardslišal leveledizravnana at him
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Edina obtožba, ki je kdajkoli letela nanj,
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was when one of our clientsstranke said,
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je bila, ko je naših strank dejala,
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"SollySolly, you are pathologicallypatološko helpfulpomoč."
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"Solly, ti si patološko ustrežljiv."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
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When I startedzačel professionallystrokovno guidingvodenje people
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Ko sem začel profesionalno voditi ljudi
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out into this environmentokolje,
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v to okolje,
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SollySolly was my trackersledilni pes.
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je bil Solly moj sledilec.
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We workeddelal togetherskupaj as a teamekipa.
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Skupaj sva delala kot ekipa.
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And the first guestsgostov we ever got
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In prvi gosti, ki sva jih imela,
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were a philanthropyčlovekoljubje groupskupina from your EastVzhod CoastObala,
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so bili skupina dobrodelnikov
z vaše Vzhode obale,
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and they said to SollySolly, on the sidestran, they said,
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in rekli so Sollyu,
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"Before we even go out to see lionslevi and leopardsleopardi,
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"Preden sploh gremo pogledat
leve in leoparde,
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we want to see where you livev živo."
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želimo videti, kje živiš."
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So we tookvzel them up to his househiša,
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Peljala sva jih do njegove hiše
05:55
and this visitobisk of the philanthropistfilantrop to his househiša
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in ta obisk dobrodelnikov
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coincidedsovpada with a time when Solly'sSolly je wifežena,
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je sovpadal z obdobjem,
ko je bila Sollyeva žena,
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who was learningučenje Englishangleščina,
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ki se je učila angleško,
06:02
was going throughskozi a phasefaza
where she would openodprto the doorvrata
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v fazi, da je odprla vrata
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by sayinggovoriti, "Hellozdravo, I love you.
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z vzklikom, "Pozdravljen, rada te imam.
06:07
Welcomedobrodošli, I love you." (LaughterSmeh)
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Dobrodošel, rada te imam." (Smeh)
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And there was something so beautifullylepo AfricanAfriške
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In v tem je bilo nekaj tako čudovito afriškega
06:12
about it to me, this smallmajhna househiša
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zame, ta mala hiša
06:14
with a hugeogromno heartsrce in it.
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z velikim srcem.
06:16
Now on the day that SollySolly savedshranjeno my life,
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Na dan, ko mi je Solly rešil življenje,
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he was alreadyže my herojunak.
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je bil že moj heroj.
06:25
It was a hotvroče day,
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Bil je vroč dan
06:27
and we foundnajdemo ourselvessami down by the riverreka.
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in znašla sva se ob reki.
06:29
Because of the heattoplote, I tookvzel my shoesčevlji off,
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Zaradi vročine sem si sezul čevlje,
06:31
and I rolledvaljani up my pantshlače,
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zavihal hlačnice
06:33
and I walkedhodil into the watervoda.
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in zakorakal v vodo.
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SollySolly remainedostalo on the bankbanka.
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Solly je ostal na bregu.
06:37
The watervoda was clearjasno runningteče over sandpesek,
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Voda je bila čista, tekla je nad peskom
06:40
and we turnedobrnjen and we beganzačel
to make our way upstreamnabavnem.
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in obrnila sva se in začela hoditi proti toku.
06:43
And a fewmalo metersmetrov aheadnaprej of us,
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Nekaj metrov pred nama
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there was a placemesto where a treedrevo
had fallenpadla out of the bankbanka,
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je bil kraj, kjer je drevo padlo z brega,
06:48
and its branchesveje were touchingdotikanje the watervoda,
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in njegove veje so se dotikale vode
06:51
and it was shadowysenčen.
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in bilo je senčno.
06:52
And if had been a horrorgrozo moviefilm,
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In če bi to bila grozljivka,
06:55
people in the audienceobčinstvo would have startedzačel sayinggovoriti,
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bi ljudje v občinstvu dejali,
06:57
"Don't go in there. Don't go in there." (LaughterSmeh)
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"Ne pojdi tja. Ne pojdi tja." (Smeh)
07:01
And of courseseveda, the crocodilekrokodil was in the shadowssence.
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In seveda, v senci je bil krokodil.
07:04
Now the first thing that you noticeopaziti
when a crocodilekrokodil hitszadetkov you
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Prva stvar, ki jo opaziš
pri njegovem napadu
07:06
is the ferocityjeza of the biteugriz.
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je silovitost ugriza.
07:08
WhamWham! It hitszadetkov me by my right legnoge.
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Bam! Ugrizne me naravnost v desno nogo.
07:10
It pullspotegne me. It turnszavrti. I throwmetati my handroka up.
I'm ablesposoben to grabzgrabi a branchpodružnica.
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Povleče me. Obrne se.
Iztegnem roko. Uspe mi zagrabiti vejo.
07:14
It's shakingtresenje me violentlynasilno.
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Divje me trese.
07:16
It's a very strangečudno sensationobčutek
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Zelo čuden občutek je,
07:17
havingimeti anotherdrugo creaturebitje try and eatjesti you,
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ko te hoče neko drugo bitje pojesti,
07:19
and there are fewmalo things that
promotespodbujati vegetarianismvegetarijanstvo like that.
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in malo je stvari, ki tako dobro
promovirajo vegetarijanstvo.
07:23
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
07:24
SollySolly on the bankbanka seesvidi that I'm in troubletežave.
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Solly na bregu vidi, da sem v težavah.
07:27
He turnszavrti. He beginsse začne to make his way to me.
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Obrne se. Odpravi se proti meni.
07:29
The crocCroc again continuesse nadaljuje to shakepretresite me.
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Krokodil me še zmeraj trese.
07:31
It goesgre to biteugriz me a seconddrugič time.
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Hoče me še enkrat ugrizniti.
07:33
I noticeopaziti a slickmadež of bloodkri in the watervoda around me
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Opazim madež krvi v vodi okoli mene,
07:35
that getsdobi washedoprano downstreamnavzdol.
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ki teče po reki.
07:36
As it bitesugrizi the seconddrugič time, I kickkick.
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Ko me drugič ugrizne, brcnem.
07:39
My footstopalo goesgre down its throatgrlo. It spitspljune me out.
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Moja noga gre v njegovo grlo. Izpljune me.
07:41
I pullpotegnite myselfjaz up into the branchesveje,
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Potegnem se med veje
07:43
and as I come out of the watervoda,
I look over my shoulderramo.
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in ko pridem iz vode, pogledam čez ramo.
07:47
My legnoge from the kneekoleno down
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Moja noga je od kolena navzdol
07:49
is mangledpokvarjeni beyondnaprej descriptionopis.
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razmesarjena prek besed.
07:51
The bonekosti is crackedrazpokan.
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Kost je polomljena.
07:52
The meatmeso is tornraztrgano up.
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Meso raztrgano.
07:54
I make an instanttakoj decisionodločitev that
I'll never look at that again.
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Takoj se odločim,
da tega ne pogledam nikoli več.
07:59
As I come out of the watervoda,
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Ko pridem vem iz vode,
08:01
SollySolly arrivesprispe at a deepgloboko sectionoddelek,
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Solly prispe do globokega dela,
08:04
a channelkanal betweenmed us.
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kanala med nama.
08:05
He knowsve, he seesvidi the statedržava of my legnoge,
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Ve, vidi stanje moje noge,
08:07
he knowsve that betweenmed him and I
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ve, da je med nama
08:09
there is a crocodilekrokodil,
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krokodil.
08:10
and I can tell you this man doesn't
slowpočasi down for one seconddrugič.
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Povem vam, ta človek
se ne ustavi niti za sekundo.
08:13
He comesprihaja straightnaravnost into the channelkanal.
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Naravnost v kanal gre.
08:15
He wadeswades in to abovenad his waistpas.
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Zabrede noter čez pas.
08:17
He getsdobi to me. He grabszagrabi me.
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Pride do mene. Zgrabi me.
08:18
I'm still in a vulnerableranljivi positionpoložaj.
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Še vedno sem v ranljivem položaju.
08:20
He picksizbor me and putsstavi me on his shoulderramo.
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Pobere me in si me vrže na ramo.
08:21
This is the other thing about SollySolly,
he's freakishlyfreakishly strongmočno.
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Še ena stvar glede Sollya,
neznansko je močan.
08:24
He turnszavrti. He walkssprehodi me up the bankbanka.
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Obrne se. Ponese me po bregu.
08:26
He layslaže me down. He pullspotegne his shirtmajica off.
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Položi me dol. Potegne si dol srajco.
08:28
He wrapsobloge it around my legnoge,
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Ovije jo okrog moje noge,
08:30
picksizbor me up a seconddrugič time,
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in me spet pobere,
08:31
walkssprehodi me to a vehiclevozilo,
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me ponese do vozila
08:33
and he's ablesposoben to get me to medicalmedicinski attentionpozornost.
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in priskrbi zdravniško pomoč.
08:37
And I survivepreživeti.
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In preživim.
08:40
Now — (ApplauseAplavz)
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Sedaj-- (Aplavz)
08:44
Now I don't know how manyveliko people you know
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,Ne vem, koliko ljudi poznate,
08:47
that go into a deepgloboko channelkanal of watervoda
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ki gredo v globoko vodo,
08:49
that they know has a crocodilekrokodil in it
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vedoč, da je v njej krokodil,
08:51
to come and help you,
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da bi vam pomagali,
08:53
but for SollySolly, it was as naturalnaravno as breathingdihanje.
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a za Sollya je bilo to
tako naravno kot dihanje.
08:56
And he is one amazingneverjetno exampleprimer
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In on je samo en neverjeten primer
08:59
of what I have experiencedizkušeni all over AfricaAfrika.
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tega, kar sem doživel po vsej Afriki.
09:02
In a more collectivekolektiv societydružbo,
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V bolj povezani družbi
09:04
we realizeuresničiti from the insideznotraj
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spoznamo od znotraj,
09:07
that our ownlastno well-beingdobro počutje is deeplygloboko tiedvezani
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da je naše dobro počutje globoko povezano
09:10
to the well-beingdobro počutje of othersdrugi.
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z dobrim počutjem drugih.
09:13
DangerNevarnost is shareddeljeno. PainBolečine is shareddeljeno.
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Nevarnost se deli. Bolečina se deli.
09:17
JoyVeselje is shareddeljeno. AchievementDosežek is shareddeljeno.
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Radost se deli. Dosežki se delijo.
09:20
HousesHiše are shareddeljeno. FoodHrane is shareddeljeno.
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Hiše se delijo. Hrana se deli.
09:24
UbuntuUbuntu asksvpraša us to openodprto our heartssrca
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Ubuntu nas prosi, naj odpremo svoja srca
09:27
and to sharedeliti,
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in delimo,
09:29
and what SollySolly taughtučil me that day
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in kar me je Solly naučil tistega dne,
09:31
is the essencebistvo of this valuevrednost,
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je bistvo njegove vrednosti,
09:33
his animatedanimirano, empatheticsočutni actionukrepanje
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njegove animirane, empatične akcije
09:36
in everyvsak momenttrenutek.
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v vsakem trenutku.
09:38
Now althoughčeprav the rootroot wordbeseda is about people,
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Ker koren besede zadeva ljudi,
09:41
I thought that maybe ubuntuUbuntu was only about people.
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sem mislil, da Ubuntu velja samo za ljudi.
09:44
And then I metsrečal this youngmladi ladygospa.
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In potem sem spoznal to mlado damo.
09:48
Her nameime was ElvisElvis.
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ime ji je Elvis.
09:49
In factdejstvo, SollySolly gavedala her the nameime ElvisElvis
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Solly jo je poimenoval Elvis,
09:51
because he said she walkedhodil like she was doing
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ker je rekel, da hodi, kot da bi
09:54
the ElvisElvis the pelvismedenice danceples.
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plesala kot Elvis.
09:57
She was bornRojen with very badlyslabo
deformeddeformirane back legsnog and pelvismedenice.
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Rodila se je z zelo deformiranima
zadnjima nogama in medenico.
10:01
She arrivedprišel at our reserverezerva from a reserverezerva
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Prispela je k nam iz rezervata
10:03
eastvzhodno of us on her migratoryselitvene routepot.
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vzhodno od nas na njeni poti.
10:05
When I first saw her,
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Ko sem jo prvič videl,
10:07
I thought she would be deadmrtev in a matterzadevo of daysdnevi.
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sem pomislil, da bo umrla v nekaj dneh.
10:10
And yetše, for the nextNaslednji fivepet yearslet
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Ampak naslednjih 5 let
10:13
she returnedvrnil in the winterzima monthsmesecev.
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se je vračala v zimskih mesecih.
10:15
And we would be so excitednavdušen to be out in the bushgrm
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In bili smo tako vznemirjeni,
ko smo bili v divjini
10:17
and to come acrossčez this unusualnenavadno tracksledi.
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in naleteli na to nenavadno sled.
10:20
It lookedpogledal like an invertedobrnjen bracketnosilec,
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Izgledala je kot narobe obrnjen oklepaj
10:21
and we would droppadec whateverkarkoli
we were doing and we would followsledite,
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in spustili smo vse iz rok in ji sledili
10:24
and then we would come around the cornerkotiček,
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in potem smo prišli izza ovinka
10:26
and there she would be with her herdčreda.
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in bila je tam s svojo čredo.
10:28
And that outpouringizliv of emotiončustva
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In izbruh čustev
10:30
from people on our safariSafari truckstovornjaki
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ljudi v naših safari tovornjakih,
10:32
as they saw her, it was this sensesmisel of kinshipsorodstvo.
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ko so jo videli,
je dal občutek povezanosti.
10:35
And it remindedopomniti me
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In opomnila me je,
10:37
that even people who growrastejo up in citiesmesta
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da celo ljudje, ki so odrasli v mestih,
10:39
feel a naturalnaravno connectionpovezavo
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čutijo naravno povezavo
10:42
with the naturalnaravno worldsvet and with animalsživali.
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s svetom narave in z živalmi.
10:45
And yetše still I remainedostalo amazedpresenečen
that she was survivingpreživeli.
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A še zmeraj sem bil osupel,
da je preživela.
10:48
And then one day we cameprišel acrossčez
them at this smallmajhna watervoda holeluknjo.
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In nekega dne smo jih srečali
v neki mali luknji z vodo.
10:51
It was sortRazvrsti of a hollowvotli in the groundtla.
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Bila je nekakšna vdolbina v tleh.
10:53
And I watchedgledal as the matriarchmatriarch drankpila,
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Gledal sem, kako je matriarhinja pila
10:56
and then she turnedobrnjen in that
beautifullepo slowpočasi motiongibanje of elephantssloni,
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in se potem obrnila v tistem prelepem
počasnem gibanju slonov,
10:59
looksizgleda like the armroka in motiongibanje,
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ki izgleda kot roka v gibanju,
11:01
and she beganzačel to make her way up the steepstrma bankbanka.
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ter si začela utirati pot
po strmem bregu.
11:04
The restpočitek of the herdčreda turnedobrnjen and beganzačel to followsledite.
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Ostali del črede se je obrnil in ji sledil.
11:08
And I watchedgledal youngmladi ElvisElvis
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Gledal sem mlado Elvis,
11:10
beginzačeti to psychzvit in prebrisan herselfsama up for the hillhrib.
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kako se je začela vzpenjati po hribu.
11:13
She got visiblyvidno -- earsušesa cameprišel forwardnaprej,
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Vidno se je trudila--ušesa je dala naprej,
11:17
she had a fullpolno go of it and halfwayna pol poti up,
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dobro ji je šlo in na pol poti
11:19
her legsnog gavedala way, and she fellpadla backwardsnazaj.
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so se njene noge vdale in padla je nazaj.
11:21
She attemptedposkušal it a seconddrugič time,
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Poskusila je znova
11:23
and again, halfwayna pol poti up, she fellpadla backwardsnazaj.
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in spet so se njene noge
vdale na pol poti.
11:26
And on the thirdtretjino attemptposkus,
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V tretjem poskusu
11:28
an amazingneverjetno thing happenedse je zgodilo.
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se je zgodilo nekaj neverjetnega.
11:30
HalfwayNa pol poti up the bankbanka,
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Na pol poti po bregu
11:32
a youngmladi teenagenajstnica elephantslon cameprišel in behindzadaj her,
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se je za njo postavil
mlad najstniški slon,
11:35
and he proppednaslonil his trunkprtljažnik underneathspodaj her,
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jo spodaj podprl z rilcem
11:38
and he beganzačel to shovellopato her up the bankbanka.
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in jo začel potiskati po bregu.
11:41
And it occurredprišlo to me
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Spoznal sem,
11:42
that the restpočitek of the herdčreda
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da ostali člani črede
11:44
was in factdejstvo looking after this youngmladi elephantslon.
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pravzaprav skrbijo za to mlado slonico.
11:46
The nextNaslednji day I watchedgledal again
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Naslednji dan sem spet opazoval,
11:49
as the matriarchmatriarch brokezlomil a branchpodružnica
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ko je matriarhinja odlomila vejo
11:51
and she would put it in her mouthusta,
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in jo dala v usta,
11:53
and then she would breakodmor a seconddrugič one
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nato odlomila še eno
11:55
and droppadec it on the groundtla.
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in jo spustila na tla.
11:58
And a consensuskonsenz developedrazvili betweenmed all of us
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Med vodiči na tem območju
12:00
who were guidingvodenje people in that areaobmočje
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se je razvilo splošno mnenje,
12:02
that that herdčreda was in factdejstvo movingpremikanje slowerpočasneje
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da se ta čreda premika počasneje,
12:05
to accommodatesprejemati that elephantslon.
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da se prilagodi tej slonici.
12:09
What ElvisElvis and the herdčreda taughtučil me
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Elvis in njena čreda so me naučili,
12:11
causedpovzročil me to expandrazširiti my definitionopredelitev of ubuntuUbuntu,
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da sem razširil
svoje razumevanje ubuntuja,
12:14
and I believe that in the cathedralkatedrala of the wilddivji,
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in verjamem, da v katedrali divjine
12:17
we get to see the mostnajbolj beautifullepo partsdeli of ourselvessami
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vidimo naše najlepše dele,
12:19
reflectedodraža back at us.
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kako se zrcalijo nazaj v nas.
12:21
And it is not only throughskozi other people
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Ne izkusimo naše človeškosti
12:25
that we get to experienceizkušnje our humanityčloveštvo
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samo skozi druge ljudi,
12:28
but throughskozi all the creaturesbitja that livev živo on this planetplanet.
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ampak skozi vsa živa bitja,
ki živijo na tem planetu.
12:32
If AfricaAfrika has a giftdarilo to sharedeliti,
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Če ima Afrika darilo, ki ga lahko deli,
12:34
it's a giftdarilo of a more collectivekolektiv societydružbo.
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je to darilo bolj povezane družbe.
12:38
And while it's trueresnično that ubuntuUbuntu is an AfricanAfriške ideaideja,
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In čeprav je ubuntu afriška ideja,
12:42
what I see is the essencebistvo of that valuevrednost
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vidim, da bistvo te ideje
12:47
beingbiti inventedizumil here.
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nastaja tu.
12:49
Thank you.
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Hvala.
12:51
(ApplauseAplavz)
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(Aplavz)
13:16
PatPat MitchellMitchell: So BoydBoyd,
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Pat Mitchell: Torej, Boyd,
13:17
we know that you knewvedel PresidentPredsednik MandelaMandela
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vemo, da si predsednika Mandelo poznal
13:22
from earlyzgodaj childhoodotroštvo
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od zgodnjega otroštva
13:24
and that you heardslišal the newsnovice as we all did todaydanes,
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in da si novico slišal danes,
tako kot mi vsi tu
13:27
and deeplygloboko distraughtIzbezumljen
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in si globoko pretresen,
13:30
and know the tragictragično lossizguba that it is to the worldsvet.
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vemo, kakšna tragična izguba
je to za svet.
13:34
But I just wonderedspraševal if you wanted
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Ampak zanima me samo, če si želel
13:36
to sharedeliti any additionaldodatne thoughtsmisli,
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deliti kakšno dodatno misel,
13:38
because we know that you heardslišal that newsnovice
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ker vemo, da si slišal novico,
13:40
just before comingprihajajo in to do this sessionseja.
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tik preden si prišel sem na to seanso.
13:44
BoydBoyd VartyVarty: Well thankshvala, PatPat.
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Boyd Varty: Hvala, Pat.
13:45
I'm so happyvesel because it was time for him to passprelaz on.
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Zelo sem vesel, ker je prišel njegov čas.
13:48
He was sufferingtrpljenje.
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Trpel je.
13:50
And so of courseseveda there's the mixedmešano emotionsčustev.
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In seveda so tu mešani občutki.
13:53
But I just think of so manyveliko occurrencesdogodki
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Ampak spomnim se
toliko različnih stvari,
13:55
like the time he wentšla on the OprahOprah showshow
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na primer takrat,
ko je odšel na Oprah show
13:57
and askedvprašal her what the showshow would be about.
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in jo vprašal, o čem bo oddaja govorila.
14:00
(LaughterSmeh)
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(Smeh)
14:01
And she was like, "Well, it'llto bo be about you."
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(LaughterSmeh)
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He was the fatherOče of our nationnarod
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and we'vesmo got a roadcesta to walkhodi in SouthJužna AfricaAfrika.
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in imamo pot,
ki ji moramo v Južni Afriki slediti.
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And everything, they used to call it MadibaMadiba magicmagija.
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Vsemu temu skupaj so rekli
Madiba čarovnija.
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You know, he used to go to
a rugbyrugby matchtekmo and we would winzmaga.
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in smo zmagali.
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AnywhereKjerkoli he wentšla, things wentšla well.
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Kamorkoli je šel,
so se stvari dobro odvile.
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But I think that magicmagija will be with us,
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and the importantpomembno thing is that we carrynositi
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in pomembno je, da prenašamo naprej tisto,
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what he stoodstojalo for.
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kar je zagovarjal.
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And so that's what I'm going to try and do,
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and that's what people all over
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in to poskušajo storiti
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PMPM: And that's what you've doneKončano todaydanes.
BVBV: Oh, thank you.
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BV: Oh, hvala vam.
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PMPM: Thank you.
BVBV: Thank you. Thankshvala very much.
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PM: Hvala.
BV: Hvala. Najlepša hvala.
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Translated by Nika Kotnik
Reviewed by Klavdija Cernilogar

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Boyd Varty - Environmental and literacy activist
In his native South Africa, Boyd Varty builds wildlife corridors to restore the environment and literacy centers to restore the human spirit.

Why you should listen

Everyone has felt that connection with nature. Through the Good Work Foundation, Boyd Varty is building a movement around it. The fourth-generation custodian of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa calls it a psychology of restoration. “We would like to be pioneers of the age of restoration,” says Varty. “Restoration of land, people and the human spirit."

By providing environmental, English and computer education to the people who live and work in Londolozi, he’s also creating an economically and socially sustainable model for conservation.

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