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Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela
Boyd Varty: Što sam naučio od Nelsona Mandele
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"U katedrali divljine najbolji se dijelovi nas samih odražavaju natrag prema nama." Boyd Varty, aktivist za zaštitu divljih životinja, donosi priče o životinjama, ljudima i njihovoj međusobnoj povezanosti, odnosno "ubuntu" - "ja jesam, zbog tebe". Ovaj govor posvetio je južnoafričkom vođi Nelsonu Mandeli, ljudskom utjelovljenju tog istog velikog srca i velikodušnog duha.
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. Full bio
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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00:12
I'm a man who's trying to live from his heart,
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Ja sam čovjek koji nastoji živjeti iz srca
00:16
and so just before I get going,
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i zato, prije nego počnem,
00:19
I wanted to tell you as a South African
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želim vam reći, kao Južnoafrikanac,
00:21
that one of the men who has inspired me most
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da je jedan od ljudi
koji su me najviše nadahnuli,
koji su me najviše nadahnuli,
00:24
passed away a few hours ago.
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preminuo prije nekoliko sati.
00:27
Nelson Mandela has come to the end
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Nelson Mandela došao je do kraja
00:30
of his long walk to freedom.
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svojeg dugog puta do slobode.
00:33
And so this talk is going to be for him.
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Ovaj će govor biti za njega.
00:40
I grew up in wonder.
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Odrastao sam zadivljen.
00:43
I grew up amongst those animals.
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Odrastao sam među ovim životinjama.
00:47
I grew up in the wild eastern part of South Africa
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Odrastao sam u divljem
istočnom dijelu Južne Afrike
istočnom dijelu Južne Afrike
00:51
at a place called Londolozi Game Reserve.
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u Rezervatu za divlje životinje Londolozi.
00:54
It's a place where my family has been
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Ondje moja obitelj
00:57
in the safari business for four generations.
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već četiri generacije organizira safarije.
01:01
Now for as long as I can remember,
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Otkad znam za sebe
01:03
my job has been to take people out into nature,
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posao mi je da ljude vodim u prirodu
01:08
and so I think it's a lovely twist of fate today
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i mislim da sam divnim spletom okolnosti
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to have the opportunity
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dobio priliku
01:13
to bring some of my experiences out in nature
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predstaviti neka od svojih
iskustava u prirodi
iskustava u prirodi
01:16
in to this gathering.
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na ovom skupu.
01:18
Africa is a place
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Afrika je mjesto
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where people still sit under starlit skies
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gdje ljudi još uvijek sjede
pod zvjezdanim nebom
pod zvjezdanim nebom
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and around campfires and tell stories,
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i oko vatre i pričaju priče
01:27
and so what I have to share with you today
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pa bih danas s vama podijelio
01:29
is the simple medicine of a few campfire stories,
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jednostavan lijek nekolicine takvih priča,
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stories about heroes of heart.
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priča o junacima u srcu.
01:37
Now my stories are not the stories
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Priče poput mojih
01:39
that you'll hear on the news,
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nećete čuti na vijestima.
01:41
and while it's true that Africa is a harsh place,
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Iako je istina da je Afrika surovo mjesto,
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I also know it to be a place
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znam da je ona i mjesto
01:46
where people, animals and ecosystems
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gdje nas ljudi, životinje i ekosustavi
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teach us about a more interconnected world.
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uče o svijetu koji je međusobno jače povezan.
01:54
When I was nine years old,
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Kad sam imao devet godina,
01:56
President Mandela came to stay with my family.
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predsjednik Mandela
boravio je kod moje obitelji.
boravio je kod moje obitelji.
01:59
He had just been released from
his 27 years of incarceration,
his 27 years of incarceration,
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Nedavno je bio pušten
nakon 27 godina u zatvoru
nakon 27 godina u zatvoru
02:03
and was in a period of readjustment
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i prilagođavao se
02:06
to his sudden global icon status.
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svojem iznenadnom statusu svjetske ikone.
02:08
Members of the African National Congress
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Članovi Afričkog nacionalnog kongresa
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thought that in the bush
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mislili su da će u divljini
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he would have time to rest and recuperate
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imati vremena odmoriti se i oporaviti
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away from the public eye,
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daleko od očiju javnosti.
02:17
and it's true that lions tend to be
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Istina je da su lavovi
02:20
a very good deterrent to press and paparazzi.
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vrlo dobra zaštita
od novinara i paparazza.
od novinara i paparazza.
02:24
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
02:26
But it was a defining time for me as a young boy.
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Ali to je znatno utjecalo
na mene kao dječaka.
na mene kao dječaka.
02:29
I would take him breakfast in bed,
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Nosio bih mu doručak u krevet,
02:31
and then, in an old track suit and slippers,
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a on bi zatim u staroj trenirci i papučama
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he would go for a walk around the garden.
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išao u šetnju vrtom.
02:36
At night, I would sit with my family
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Navečer bih sa svojom obitelji
02:38
around the snowy, bunny-eared TV,
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gledao lošu sliku na ekranu televizora
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and watch images of that same
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i gledao slike tog istog
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quiet man from the garden
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tihog čovjeka iz vrta
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surrounded by hundreds and thousands of people
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okruženog stotinama tisuća ljudi
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as scenes from his release were broadcast nightly.
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na snimkama njegovog puštanja iz zatvora.
02:51
He was bringing peace
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Donosio je mir
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to a divided and violent South Africa,
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podijeljenoj i nasilnoj Južnoj Africi.
02:56
one man with an unbelievable sense of his humanity.
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Jedan čovjek s nevjerojatnim
osjećajem vlastite ljudskosti.
osjećajem vlastite ljudskosti.
03:01
Mandela said often that the gift of prison
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Mandela je često govorio
da je u zatvoru stekao dar
da je u zatvoru stekao dar
03:04
was the ability to go within and to think,
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da se povuče u sebe i razmišlja,
03:07
to create in himself
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da u sebi stvori
03:08
the things he most wanted for South Africa:
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stvari koje je najviše želio za Južnu Afriku:
03:11
peace, reconciliation, harmony.
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mir, pomirenje i sklad.
03:15
Through this act of immense open-heartedness,
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Tim činom potpunog otvaranja svog srca
03:17
he was to become the embodiment
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postao je utjelovljenje
03:20
of what in South Africa we call "ubuntu."
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onoga što u Južnoj Africi zovemo "ubuntu".
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Ubuntu: I am because of you.
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Ubuntu: ja jesam zbog tebe.
03:26
Or, people are not people
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Ili, ljudi nisu ljudi
03:29
without other people.
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bez drugih ljudi.
03:31
It's not a new idea or value
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To nije nova ideja ni vrijednosti,
03:33
but it's one that I certainly think at these times
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ali svakako mislim da je u ova vremena
03:35
is worth building on.
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vrijedi uzeti za temelj.
03:37
In fact, it is said that in the
collective consciousness of Africa,
collective consciousness of Africa,
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Zapravo, kaže se da
u kolektivnoj svijesti Afrike
u kolektivnoj svijesti Afrike
03:40
we get to experience the deepest parts
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možemo iskusiti najdublje dijelove
03:42
of our own humanity
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svoje vlastite ljudskosti
03:43
through our interactions with others.
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kroz interakcije s drugima.
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Ubuntu is at play right now.
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Ubuntu se događa upravo sada.
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You are holding a space for me
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Vi stvarate mjesto na kojem ja mogu
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to express the deepest truth of who I am.
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iznijeti najdublju istinu o tome tko sam.
03:54
Without you, I'm just a guy talking to an empty room,
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Bez vas, razgovarao bih s praznom sobom,
03:56
and I spent a lot of time last week doing that,
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a prošli sam tjedan proveo
dosta vremena radeći upravo to,
dosta vremena radeći upravo to,
03:59
and it's not the same as this.
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A to nije isto kao ovo sad.
04:02
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
04:05
If Mandela was the national
and international embodiment,
and international embodiment,
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Ako je Mandela bio nacionalno
i međunarodno utjelovljenje ubuntua,
i međunarodno utjelovljenje ubuntua,
04:08
then the man who taught me the most
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čovjek koji me osobno najviše naučio
04:10
about this value personally was this man,
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o toj vrijednosti ovaj je čovjek,
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Solly Mhlongo.
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Solly Mhlongo.
04:14
Solly was born under a tree
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Solly je rođen ispod drveta
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60 kilometers from where I grew up in Mozambique.
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60 km od mjesta gdje sam
odrastao u Mozambiku.
odrastao u Mozambiku.
04:18
He would never have a lot of money,
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Nikad nije imao mnogo novca,
04:20
but he was to be
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ali bio je
04:21
one of the richest men I would ever meet.
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jedan od najbogatijih ljudi koje sam znao.
04:24
Solly grew up tending to his father's cattle.
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Solly je odrastao brinući se za očevu stoku.
04:27
Now, I can tell you, I don't know what it is
about people who grow up looking after cattle,
about people who grow up looking after cattle,
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Ne znam što je to u ljudima
koji odrastu brinući se za stoku,
koji odrastu brinući se za stoku,
04:31
but it makes for über-resourcefulness.
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ali iznimno su snalažljivi.
04:34
The first job that he ever got in the safari business
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Prvi posao koji je imao u safarijima
04:36
was fixing the safari trucks.
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bio je popravljanje džipova za safari.
04:39
Where he had learned to do that out in the bush
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Gdje je u divljini to naučio raditi,
04:41
I have no idea, but he could do it.
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pojma nemam, ali znao je to.
04:43
He then moved across into what we called
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Zatim se preselio u, kako je on to zvao,
04:45
the habitat team.
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tim za stanište.
04:47
These were the people on the reserve
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To su bili ljudi u rezervatu
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who were responsible for its well-being.
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odgovorni za brigu o njemu.
04:51
He fixed roads, he mended wetlands,
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Popravljao je ceste, održavao močvare,
04:53
he did some anti-poaching.
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kontrolirao krivolov.
04:55
And then one day we were out together,
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Jednog dana, kad smo zajedno bili vani,
04:57
and he came across the tracks of where
a female leopard had walked.
a female leopard had walked.
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ugledao je tragove ženke leoparda.
05:01
And it was an old track,
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To su bili stari tragovi,
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but for fun he turned and he began to follow it,
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ali ih je iz zabave počeo pratiti.
05:05
and I tell you, I could tell by the speed
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Po brzini kojom je pratio te tragove
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at which he moved on those pad marks
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bilo mi je jasno da bi lako mogao imati
05:08
that this man was a Ph.D.-level tracker.
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doktorat iz praćenja tragova.
05:12
If you drove past Solly
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Ako biste autom prošli uz Sollyja
05:14
somewhere out on the reserve,
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negdje u rezervatu
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you look up in your rearview mirror,
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i pogledali u retrovizor,
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you'd see he'd stopped the car
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vidjeli bi ste da je zaustavio auto
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20, 50 meters down the road
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20, 50 metara niz cestu
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just in case you need help with something.
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za slučaj da vam zatreba pomoć oko nečega.
05:24
The only accusation I ever heard leveled at him
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Jedina optužba koju sam ikad
čuo da mu je netko uputio
čuo da mu je netko uputio
05:27
was when one of our clients said,
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bila je od jednog našeg klijenta:
05:28
"Solly, you are pathologically helpful."
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"Solly, ti imaš patološku potrebu pomagati."
05:31
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
05:34
When I started professionally guiding people
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Kad sam profesionalno počeo voditi ljude
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out into this environment,
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u taj okoliš,
05:38
Solly was my tracker.
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Solly je bio moj tragač.
05:40
We worked together as a team.
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Radili smo zajedno kao tim.
05:42
And the first guests we ever got
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Naši prvi gosti
05:44
were a philanthropy group from your East Coast,
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bila je grupa filantropa
s američke istočne obale.
s američke istočne obale.
05:47
and they said to Solly, on the side, they said,
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Rekli su Sollyju, onako sa strane:
05:49
"Before we even go out to see lions and leopards,
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"Prije nego odemo vidjeti lavove i leoparde,
05:52
we want to see where you live."
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želimo vidjeti gdje ti živiš."
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So we took them up to his house,
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I tako smo ih odveli do njegove kuće,
05:55
and this visit of the philanthropist to his house
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a taj posjet filantropa njegovoj kući
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coincided with a time when Solly's wife,
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dogodio se u isto vrijeme
kad je Sollyjeva žena,
kad je Sollyjeva žena,
06:01
who was learning English,
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koja je učila engleski,
06:02
was going through a phase
where she would open the door
where she would open the door
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bila u fazi kad bi otvarala vrata
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by saying, "Hello, I love you.
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i govorila: "Bok, volim te!"
06:07
Welcome, I love you." (Laughter)
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Dobro došao, volim te!" (Smijeh)
06:09
And there was something so beautifully African
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Bilo je u tome nečeg predivno afričkog,
06:12
about it to me, this small house
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ta malena kuća
06:14
with a huge heart in it.
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i u njoj veliko srce.
06:16
Now on the day that Solly saved my life,
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Onog dana kad mi je Solly spasio život
06:23
he was already my hero.
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već je bio moj junak.
06:25
It was a hot day,
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Bio je vruć dan
06:27
and we found ourselves down by the river.
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i našli smo se uz rijeku.
06:29
Because of the heat, I took my shoes off,
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Zbog vrućine sam izuo cipele,
06:31
and I rolled up my pants,
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zavrnuo hlače
06:33
and I walked into the water.
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i zagazio u rijeku.
06:35
Solly remained on the bank.
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Solly je ostao na obali.
06:37
The water was clear running over sand,
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Voda je bila bistra, a dno pješčano.
06:40
and we turned and we began
to make our way upstream.
to make our way upstream.
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Okrenuli smo se i zaputili uzvodno.
06:43
And a few meters ahead of us,
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Nekoliko metara pred nama
06:45
there was a place where a tree
had fallen out of the bank,
had fallen out of the bank,
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bilo je stablo srušeno s obale
06:48
and its branches were touching the water,
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grane su mu sezale do vode
06:51
and it was shadowy.
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i bacalo je sjenu.
06:52
And if had been a horror movie,
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Da se radilo o horor filmu,
06:55
people in the audience would have started saying,
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ljudi u publici počeli bi govoriti:
06:57
"Don't go in there. Don't go in there." (Laughter)
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"Ne idi tamo, ne idi tamo!" (Smijeh)
07:01
And of course, the crocodile was in the shadows.
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Naravno, u sjeni je bio krokodil.
07:04
Now the first thing that you notice
when a crocodile hits you
when a crocodile hits you
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Kad vas napadne krokodil, prvo primijetite
07:06
is the ferocity of the bite.
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silinu ugriza.
07:08
Wham! It hits me by my right leg.
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Tres! Udri me po desnoj nozi.
07:10
It pulls me. It turns. I throw my hand up.
I'm able to grab a branch.
I'm able to grab a branch.
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Vuče me, okreće. Dižem ruku u zrak
i uspijevam uhvatiti jednu granu.
i uspijevam uhvatiti jednu granu.
07:14
It's shaking me violently.
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Trese me svom snagom.
07:16
It's a very strange sensation
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Vrlo je to čudan osjećaj
07:17
having another creature try and eat you,
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kad vas drugo biće pokušava pojesti.
07:19
and there are few things that
promote vegetarianism like that.
promote vegetarianism like that.
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Nema bolje preporuke
za vegetarijanstvo!
za vegetarijanstvo!
07:23
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
07:24
Solly on the bank sees that I'm in trouble.
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Solly s obale vidi da sam u nevolji.
07:27
He turns. He begins to make his way to me.
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Okreće se i kreće prema meni.
07:29
The croc again continues to shake me.
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Krokodil me i dalje trese.
07:31
It goes to bite me a second time.
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Ugrize me i po drugi put.
07:33
I notice a slick of blood in the water around me
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U vodi oko sebe primjećujem trag krvi
07:35
that gets washed downstream.
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kako otječe nizvodno.
07:36
As it bites the second time, I kick.
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Nakon drugog ugriza, udaram ga nogom.
07:39
My foot goes down its throat. It spits me out.
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Moja mu noga zapinje u grlu i ispljune me.
07:41
I pull myself up into the branches,
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Povlačim se gore među grane
07:43
and as I come out of the water,
I look over my shoulder.
I look over my shoulder.
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i dok izlazim iz vode,
pogledam preko ramena.
pogledam preko ramena.
07:47
My leg from the knee down
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Od koljena na dolje,
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is mangled beyond description.
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noga mi je bila sažvakana.
07:51
The bone is cracked.
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Kost je bila napuknuta,
07:52
The meat is torn up.
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meso razderano.
07:54
I make an instant decision that
I'll never look at that again.
I'll never look at that again.
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U tom trenu odlučujem
da to više nikad neću pogledati.
da to više nikad neću pogledati.
07:59
As I come out of the water,
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Dok sam izlazio iz vode,
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Solly arrives at a deep section,
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Solly je bio na dubljem dijelu,
08:04
a channel between us.
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i između nas je bio kanal.
08:05
He knows, he sees the state of my leg,
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Vidio je u kakvom mi je stanju noga
08:07
he knows that between him and I
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i znao je da se između njega i mene
08:09
there is a crocodile,
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nalazi krokodil,
08:10
and I can tell you this man doesn't
slow down for one second.
slow down for one second.
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ali taj čovjek nije zastao ni na sekundu.
08:13
He comes straight into the channel.
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Ušao je ravno u taj kanal
08:15
He wades in to above his waist.
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i zagazio u vodu do iznad struka.
08:17
He gets to me. He grabs me.
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Došao je do mene i uhvatio me.
08:18
I'm still in a vulnerable position.
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Još sam uvijek bio u ranjivom položaju.
08:20
He picks me and puts me on his shoulder.
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Uhvatio me i prebacio preko ramena.
08:21
This is the other thing about Solly,
he's freakishly strong.
he's freakishly strong.
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To je još jedna Sollyjeva osobina,
bizarno je snažan.
bizarno je snažan.
08:24
He turns. He walks me up the bank.
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Okenuo se i izašao sa mnom na obalu.
08:26
He lays me down. He pulls his shirt off.
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Polegao me, skinuo košulju
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He wraps it around my leg,
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i zamotao mi je oko noge.
08:30
picks me up a second time,
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Zatim me ponovno podigao,
08:31
walks me to a vehicle,
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otišao sa mnom do vozila
08:33
and he's able to get me to medical attention.
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i uspio me odvesti do liječnika.
08:37
And I survive.
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I preživio sam.
08:40
Now — (Applause)
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(Pljesak)
08:44
Now I don't know how many people you know
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Ne znam koliko ljudi poznajete
08:47
that go into a deep channel of water
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koji bi zagazili u dubok kanal,
08:49
that they know has a crocodile in it
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znajući da je ondje krokodil,
08:51
to come and help you,
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kako bi vam pomogli,
08:53
but for Solly, it was as natural as breathing.
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ali Sollyju je to bilo
prirodno poput disanja.
prirodno poput disanja.
08:56
And he is one amazing example
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On je predivan primjer
08:59
of what I have experienced all over Africa.
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onoga što sam doživio u cijeloj Africi.
09:02
In a more collective society,
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U kolektivnijem društvu
09:04
we realize from the inside
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u svojoj nutrini razumijemo
09:07
that our own well-being is deeply tied
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da je naša dobrobit usko povezana
09:10
to the well-being of others.
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s dobrobiti drugih.
09:13
Danger is shared. Pain is shared.
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Opasnost je zajednička. Bol je zajednička.
09:17
Joy is shared. Achievement is shared.
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Radost je zajednička.
Postignuća su zajednička.
Postignuća su zajednička.
09:20
Houses are shared. Food is shared.
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Kuće su zajedničke. Hrana je zajednička.
09:24
Ubuntu asks us to open our hearts
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Ubuntu nas traži da otvorimo srca
09:27
and to share,
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i dijelimo jedni s drugima.
09:29
and what Solly taught me that day
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Solly me tog dana naučio
09:31
is the essence of this value,
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samoj biti te vrijednosti
09:33
his animated, empathetic action
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svojim suosjećajnim djelovanjem
09:36
in every moment.
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u svakom trenutku.
09:38
Now although the root word is about people,
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Iako je korijen riječi vezan za ljude,
09:41
I thought that maybe ubuntu was only about people.
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mislio sam da se ubuntu
možda odnosi samo na ljude.
možda odnosi samo na ljude.
09:44
And then I met this young lady.
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Dok nisam susreo ovu mladu damu.
09:48
Her name was Elvis.
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Zvala se Elvis.
09:49
In fact, Solly gave her the name Elvis
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Zapravo joj je Solly dao to ime,
09:51
because he said she walked like she was doing
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rekao je da hoda kao da pleše
09:54
the Elvis the pelvis dance.
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poput Elvisa.
09:57
She was born with very badly
deformed back legs and pelvis.
deformed back legs and pelvis.
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Rođena je s teško deformiranim
stražnjim nogama i zdjelicom.
stražnjim nogama i zdjelicom.
10:01
She arrived at our reserve from a reserve
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U naš je rezervat stigla
iz drugog rezervata,
iz drugog rezervata,
10:03
east of us on her migratory route.
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istočno od nas, tijekom migracija.
10:05
When I first saw her,
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Kad sam je prvi put vidio,
10:07
I thought she would be dead in a matter of days.
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mislio sam da će biti mrtva
za nekoliko dana.
za nekoliko dana.
10:10
And yet, for the next five years
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A ipak se idućih pet godina
10:13
she returned in the winter months.
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vraćala tijekom zimskih mjeseci.
10:15
And we would be so excited to be out in the bush
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Bili smo tako uzbuđeni kad bismo
10:17
and to come across this unusual track.
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pronašli njezine neobične tragove.
10:20
It looked like an inverted bracket,
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Izgledali su poput obrnute zagrade.
10:21
and we would drop whatever
we were doing and we would follow,
we were doing and we would follow,
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Ostavili bismo što god da smo radili
i pratili te tragove.
i pratili te tragove.
10:24
and then we would come around the corner,
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Na kraju bismo zašli za neki ugao
10:26
and there she would be with her herd.
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i vidjeli je s njezinim krdom.
10:28
And that outpouring of emotion
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Taj izljev osjećaja
10:30
from people on our safari trucks
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od ljudi u našim kombijima za safari
10:32
as they saw her, it was this sense of kinship.
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kad bi je ugledali, to je bio
taj osjećaj povezanosti.
taj osjećaj povezanosti.
10:35
And it reminded me
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To me podsjetilo
10:37
that even people who grow up in cities
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da čak i ljudi koji odrastu u gradovima
10:39
feel a natural connection
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osjećaju prirodnu povezanost
10:42
with the natural world and with animals.
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s prirodom i životinjama.
10:45
And yet still I remained amazed
that she was surviving.
that she was surviving.
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A ipak me čudilo što uspijeva preživjeti.
10:48
And then one day we came across
them at this small water hole.
them at this small water hole.
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A onda smo ih jednog dana susreli
pokraj malene rupe s vodom.
pokraj malene rupe s vodom.
10:51
It was sort of a hollow in the ground.
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To je bila obična udubina u zemlji.
10:53
And I watched as the matriarch drank,
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Gledao sam kako slonica vođa krda pije
10:56
and then she turned in that
beautiful slow motion of elephants,
beautiful slow motion of elephants,
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i zatim se okreće polako
kako to slonovi već rade,
kako to slonovi već rade,
10:59
looks like the arm in motion,
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poput ruke koja lebdi zrakom,
11:01
and she began to make her way up the steep bank.
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i kreće uz strmu obalu.
11:04
The rest of the herd turned and began to follow.
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Okrenuo se i ostatak krda i krenuo za njom.
11:08
And I watched young Elvis
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Gledao sam kako se Elvis
11:10
begin to psych herself up for the hill.
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priprema za uspon.
11:13
She got visibly -- ears came forward,
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Uši je pomaknula unaprijed,
11:17
she had a full go of it and halfway up,
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svom snagom je krenula i na pola puta
11:19
her legs gave way, and she fell backwards.
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noge su joj popustile i pala je natrag.
11:21
She attempted it a second time,
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Pokušala je i drugi put,
11:23
and again, halfway up, she fell backwards.
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i opet je na pola puta pala natrag.
11:26
And on the third attempt,
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Pri trećem pokušaju
11:28
an amazing thing happened.
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dogodila se predivna stvar.
11:30
Halfway up the bank,
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Na pola puta uz obalu
11:32
a young teenage elephant came in behind her,
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mladi slon došao je iza nje,
11:35
and he propped his trunk underneath her,
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podupro je svojom surlom
11:38
and he began to shovel her up the bank.
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i počeo je poguravati uz obalu.
11:41
And it occurred to me
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Sinulo mi je
11:42
that the rest of the herd
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da ostatak krda
11:44
was in fact looking after this young elephant.
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zapravo pazi na tu mladu slonicu.
11:46
The next day I watched again
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Idućeg sam dana ponovno gledao
11:49
as the matriarch broke a branch
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kako je slonica vođa krda slomila granu
11:51
and she would put it in her mouth,
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i stavila je u usta,
11:53
and then she would break a second one
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a zatim slomila još jednu granu
11:55
and drop it on the ground.
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i spustila je na pod.
11:58
And a consensus developed between all of us
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Svi mi koji smo vodili ljude tim područjem
12:00
who were guiding people in that area
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zajedno smo zaključili
12:02
that that herd was in fact moving slower
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da se to krdo zapravo kretalo sporije
12:05
to accommodate that elephant.
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zbog te jedne slonice.
12:09
What Elvis and the herd taught me
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Zbog onoga što sam naučio
od Elvis i njenog krda
od Elvis i njenog krda
12:11
caused me to expand my definition of ubuntu,
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proširio sam svoju definiciju ubuntua.
12:14
and I believe that in the cathedral of the wild,
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Vjerujem da se u katedrali divljine
12:17
we get to see the most beautiful parts of ourselves
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najdivniji dijelovi nas samih
12:19
reflected back at us.
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odražavaju natrag prema nama.
12:21
And it is not only through other people
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Ne doživljavamo svoju ljudskost
12:25
that we get to experience our humanity
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samo kroz druge ljude,
12:28
but through all the creatures that live on this planet.
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nego kroz sva stvorenja na ovom planetu.
12:32
If Africa has a gift to share,
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Afrika ima dar koji želi podijeliti,
12:34
it's a gift of a more collective society.
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dar kolektivnijeg društva.
12:38
And while it's true that ubuntu is an African idea,
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Iako ubuntu jest afrička ideja,
12:42
what I see is the essence of that value
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vidim kako se bit te vrijednosti
12:47
being invented here.
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upravo rađa i ovdje.
12:49
Thank you.
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Hvala.
12:51
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
13:16
Pat Mitchell: So Boyd,
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Pat Mitchell: Boyde,
13:17
we know that you knew President Mandela
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znamo da si poznavao predsjednika Mandelu
13:22
from early childhood
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od ranog djetinjstva
13:24
and that you heard the news as we all did today,
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i da si čuo vijesti, kao i svi mi danas.
13:27
and deeply distraught
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Duboko smo potreseni
13:30
and know the tragic loss that it is to the world.
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i shvaćamo kakav je to
tragičan gubitak za svijet.
tragičan gubitak za svijet.
13:34
But I just wondered if you wanted
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Želiš li možda
13:36
to share any additional thoughts,
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s nama podijeliti još koju misao,
13:38
because we know that you heard that news
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budući da si vijesti čuo
13:40
just before coming in to do this session.
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tik pred dolazak ovamo.
13:44
Boyd Varty: Well thanks, Pat.
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Boyd Varty: Hvala, Pat.
13:45
I'm so happy because it was time for him to pass on.
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Vrlo sam sretan jer
došlo je njegovo vrijeme.
došlo je njegovo vrijeme.
13:48
He was suffering.
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Patio je.
13:50
And so of course there's the mixed emotions.
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Naravno da imam suprotstavljene osjećaje.
13:53
But I just think of so many occurrences
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Ali prisjećam se tolikih događaja,
13:55
like the time he went on the Oprah show
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kao kad je gostovao u Oprah Showu
13:57
and asked her what the show would be about.
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i pitao o čemu će biti riječi u emisiji.
14:00
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:01
And she was like, "Well, it'll be about you."
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A ona je rekla: "Pa, o vama."
14:05
I mean, that's just incredible humility.
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To je nevjerojatna skromnost.
14:07
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:11
He was the father of our nation
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On je otac našeg naroda
14:14
and we've got a road to walk in South Africa.
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i pred nama u Južnoj Africi stoji put.
14:21
And everything, they used to call it Madiba magic.
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Mi smo to zvali čarolijom Madiba.
14:24
You know, he used to go to
a rugby match and we would win.
a rugby match and we would win.
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On bi otišao na ragbi utakmicu
i mi bismo pobijedili.
i mi bismo pobijedili.
14:27
Anywhere he went, things went well.
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Gdje god je bio, stvari su išle dobro.
14:30
But I think that magic will be with us,
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Mislim da će ta čarolija ostati s nama,
14:33
and the important thing is that we carry
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a bitno je da se i dalje držimo
14:36
what he stood for.
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onoga što je on zagovarao.
14:38
And so that's what I'm going to try and do,
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To ću i ja nastojati činiti,
14:41
and that's what people all over
South Africa are trying to do.
South Africa are trying to do.
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kao i ljudi u cijeloj Južnoj Africi.
14:44
PM: And that's what you've done today.
BV: Oh, thank you.
BV: Oh, thank you.
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PM: To si učinio i danas.
BV: Hvala.
BV: Hvala.
14:46
PM: Thank you.
BV: Thank you. Thanks very much.
BV: Thank you. Thanks very much.
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PM: Hvala tebi.
BV: Hvala. Hvala puno.
BV: Hvala. Hvala puno.
14:50
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Boyd Varty - Environmental and literacy activistIn 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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