EG 2008
Adam Savage: My obsession with objects and the stories they tell
Ādama Sevidža apsēstības
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EG'08 Ādams Sevidžs runā par savu apsēstību ar dodo putnu, un to, kā tas viņu noveda pie dīvaina un pārsteidzoša dubultuzdevuma. Tas ir aizraujošs piedzīvojums caur radoši apsēstā prātu.
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinker
Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker. Full bio
Adam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker. Full bio
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About four years ago, the New Yorker published an article
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Pirms apmēram četriem gadiem, New Yorker publicēja rakstu
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about a cache of dodo bones that was found
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par Maurīcijas salas alā
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in a pit on the island of Mauritius.
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atrastiem dodo kauliem.
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Now, the island of Mauritius is a small island
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Maurīcija ir maza sala, kas
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off the east coast of Madagascar
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atrodas Indijas okeānā,
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in the Indian Ocean, and it is the place
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uz austrumiem no Madagaskaras un tā ir vieta,
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where the dodo bird was discovered
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kur pirmo reizi tika atrasti un
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and extinguished, all within about 150 years.
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150 gadu laikā iznīcināti dodo putni.
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Everyone was very excited about this archaeological find,
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Visi bija priecīgi satraukti par šo arheoloģisko atradumu,
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because it meant that they might finally be able
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jo tas nozīmēja, ka beidzot varētu
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to assemble a single dodo skeleton.
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būt iespējams izveidot veselu dodo skeletu.
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See, while museums all over the world
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Lieta tāda, ka daudzos pasaules muzejos
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have dodo skeletons in their collection, nobody --
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bija dodo skeleti, taču nevienam --
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not even the actual Natural History Museum
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pat pašam Maurīcijas Dabaszinātņu muzejam
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on the island of Mauritius -- has a skeleton that's made
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nebija skeleta, kas būtu izveidots
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from the bones of a single dodo.
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no viena dodo kauliem.
00:56
Well, this isn't exactly true.
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Labi, tā jau gluži nebija.
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The fact is, is that the British Museum
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Patiesībā, Britu muzejam
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had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection
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līdz 18. gadsimtam
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up until the 18th century --
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bija pilnīgs dodo eksemplārs,
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it was actually mummified, skin and all --
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tas gan bija mumificēts, āda un viss pārējais,
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but in a fit of space-saving zeal,
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bet, lai ietaupītu vietu,
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they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet
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viņi ņēma un nogrieza tam galvu un nogrieza kājas
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and they burned the rest in a bonfire.
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un pārējo ņēma un sadedzināja ugunskurā.
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If you go look at their website today,
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Tagad, paskatoties viņu mājaslapā,
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they'll actually list these specimens, saying,
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eksponātu uzskaitījumā ir rakstīts,
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the rest was lost in a fire.
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ka pārējais "sadega ugunsgrēkā".
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Not quite the whole truth. Anyway.
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Tā gan nav gluži patiesība. Lai vai kā.
01:23
The frontispiece of this article was this photo,
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Raksta augšgalā bija šī fotogrāfija
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and I'm one of the people that thinks that Tina Brown
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un es esmu viens no tiem cilvēkiem, kas uzskata, ka Tīna Brauna
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was great for bringing photos to the New Yorker,
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sagādāja lieliskas bildes priekš New Yorker,
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because this photo completely rocked my world.
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jo šī fotogrāfija satricināja manu pasauli.
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I became obsessed with the object --
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Es kļuvu apsēsts ar to --
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not just the beautiful photograph itself,
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ne tikai tāpēc, ka tā ir skaista fotogrāfija pati par sevi,
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and the color, the shallow depth of field, the detail that's visible,
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un krāsa, tumšā dziļums, attēla detalizējums.
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the wire you can see on the beak there
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uz knābja redzamais vads,
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that the conservator used to put this skeleton together --
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kurš tika izmantots, lai saliktu skeletu kopā,
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there's an entire story here.
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aiz tā ir vesels stāsts.
01:45
And I thought to myself,
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Un es pie sevis nodomāju,
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wouldn't it be great
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vai nebūtu lieliski,
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if I had my own dodo skeleton?
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ja man būtu pašam savs dodo skelets?
01:52
(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
01:55
I want to point out here at this point that
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Un ar to es vēlos pateikt, ka
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I've spent my life obsessed
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es esmu pavadījis savu dzīvi apsēsts
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by objects and the stories that they tell,
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ar priekšmetiem un to stāstiem,
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and this was the very latest one.
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un šis bija jaunākais no tiem.
02:05
So I began looking around for --
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Es sāku meklēt pēc kāda,
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to see if anyone sold a kit,
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kurš pārdotu komplektu,
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some kind of model that I could get,
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kaut kādu modeli, kuru es varētu nopirkt,
02:11
and I found lots of reference material, lots of lovely pictures.
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un es atradu daudz uzziņas materiālu, daudz jauku bilžu --
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No dice: no dodo skeleton for me. But the damage had been done.
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nekā: nekāda dodo skeleta priekš manis. Bet ar to pietika.
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I had saved a few hundred photos of dodo skeletons
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Es biju saglabājis pāris tūkstošus dodo skeletu fotogrāfiju
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into my "Creative Projects" folder --
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savā "Radošo projektu" mapē --
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it's a repository for my brain, everything that I could possibly be interested in.
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tā ir mana smadzeņu glabātuve, viss par ko man bija kaut mazāka interese.
02:25
Any time I have an internet connection,
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Katru reizi, kad pieslēdzos internetam,
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there's a sluice of stuff moving into there,
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tajā nokļūst dažādas lietas,
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everything from beautiful rings to cockpit photos.
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viss -- no skaistiem gredzeniem līdz gaiļu cīņu fotogrāfijām
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The key that the Marquis du Lafayette sent to George Washington
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Atslēga, ko Hilberts Lafajets aizsūtīja Džordžam Vašingtonam,
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to celebrate the storming of the Bastille.
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lai atzīmētu Bastīlijas cietokšņa ieņemšanu.
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Russian nuclear launch key:
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Krievu kodolieroču palaišanas atslēga.
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The one on the top is the picture of the one I found on eBay;
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Un pašā augšā ir bilde, ko es atradu eBay;
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the one on the bottom is the one I made for myself,
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apakšējā ir tā, kuru es uztaisīju priekš sevis,
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because I couldn't afford the one on eBay.
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jo to, kas bija eBay, es nevarēju atļauties.
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Storm trooper costumes. Maps of Middle Earth --
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Storm trooper tērpi, Viduszemes kartes --
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that's one I hand-drew myself. There's the dodo skeleton folder.
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to es pats uzzīmēju ar roku. Te ir dodo skeletu mape.
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This folder has 17,000 photos --
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Šajā mapē ir vairāk nekā 17,000 dažādu attēlu --
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over 20 gigabytes of information --
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vairāk nekā 20 gigabaiti informācijas --
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and it's growing constantly.
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un šis apjoms pieaug.
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And one day, a couple of weeks later, it might have been
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Un vienu dienu, pēc pāris nedēļām vai varbūt
03:01
maybe a year later, I was in the art store with my kids,
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pēc kāda gada, es kopā ar saviem bērniem biju mākslas veikalā,
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and I was buying some clay tools -- we were going to have a craft day.
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mēs iepirkām šādus tādus māla rīkus -- mums bija iecerēta amatniecības diena.
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I bought some Super Sculpeys, some armature wire, some various materials.
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Es nopirktu dažus "Super Sculpeys", armatūra stiepli un vēl pāris lietas.
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And I looked down at this Sculpey, and I thought,
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Es paskatījos uz "Sculpey" un iedomājos,
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maybe,
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varbūt,
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yeah, maybe I could make my own dodo skull.
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jā, varbūt es varētu uztaisīt pats savu dodo galvaskausu.
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I should point out at this time -- I'm not a sculptor;
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Šajā brīdī es uzsvēršu -- es neesmu tēlnieks.
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I'm a hard-edged model maker.
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Esmu pieredzējis modeļu veidotājs.
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You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate,
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Iedodiet man skici, iedodiet man priekšmetu, ko dublēt,
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you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from "Star Wars" --
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iedodiet man celtni, sastatnes, daļas no "Zvaigžņu kariem" --
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especially parts from "Star Wars" --
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it īpaši daļas no "Zvaigžņu kariem" --
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I can do this stuff all day long.
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Es ar tām varu noņemties visu dienu.
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It's exactly how I made my living for 15 years.
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Tieši tā es pelnīju iztiku savas dzīves pēdējos 15 gadus.
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But you give me something like this --
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Bet iedodiet man ko tādu --
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my friend Mike Murnane sculpted this;
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šo ir veidojis mans draugs Maiks Murnētns;
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it's a maquette for "Star Wars, Episode Two" --
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tas ir makets no Zvaigžņu karu otrās daļas --
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this is not my thing --
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tas nav mans lauciņš, es --
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this is something other people do -- dragons, soft things.
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tēlniecība ir priekš citiem -- pūķi, mīkstas lietas.
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However, I felt like I had looked at enough photos of dodo skulls
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Tomēr, es biju redzējis pietiekami daudz dodo galvaskausu attēlus,
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to actually be able to
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lai saprastu to topoloģiju un
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understand the topology and perhaps replicate it --
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man šķita, ka es varētu mēģināt dublicēt to --
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I mean, it couldn't be that difficult.
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tas taču nevarēja būt tik grūti.
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So, I started looking at the best photos I could find.
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Tā es sāku meklēt labākās bildes.
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I grabbed all the reference,
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Es savācu visus izziņas materiālus
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and I found this lovely piece of reference.
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un atradu šo jauko bildi,
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This is someone selling this on eBay;
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Kāds to pārdeva eBay;
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it was clearly a woman’s hand, hopefully a woman's hand.
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tā bija sievietes -- acīmredzami sievietes roka, cerams, sievietes roka.
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Assuming it was roughly the size of my wife's hand,
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Pieņemot, ka tā bija apmēram manas sievas rokas izmērā,
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I made some measurements of her thumb, and I scaled them out to the size of the skull.
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es nomērīju viņas īkšķi, izmantojot to, izmērīju visus galvaskausa parametrus.
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I blew it up to the actual size, and I began using that,
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No tā es ieguvu īstos izmērus, kurus arī sāku lietot,
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along with all the other reference that I had, comparing it to it
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kopā ar visiem pārējiem atsauces materiāliem, kas man bija.
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as size reference for figuring out exactly how big the beak should be,
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Es izrēķināju, cik lielam ir jābūt knābim,
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exactly how long, etc.
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precīzi centimetru pie centimetra.
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And over a few hours, I eventually achieved
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Un pēc pāris stundām es beidzot ieguvu,
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what was actually a pretty reasonable dodo skull. And I didn't mean to continue, I --
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manuprāt, diezgan pieņemama lieluma dodo galvaskausu. Es nedomāju turpināt, es --
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it's kind of like, you know, you can only clean a super messy room
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kā mēdz teikt, ļoti netīru istabu var satīrīt tikai
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by picking up one thing at a time; you can't think about the totality.
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darot pa vienam darbam, nedrīkst domāt par "kopēju bildi".
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I wasn't thinking about a dodo skeleton;
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Es nedomāju par visu dodo skeletu;
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I just noticed that as I finished this skull,
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beidzot taisīt galvaskausu, es pamanīju, ka stieple,
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the armature wire that I had been used to holding it up
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kuru es izmantoju, lai to visu saturētu kopā,
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was sticking out of the back just where a spine would be.
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bija izbāzusies no galvaskausa aizmugures kā gluži mugurkauls.
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And one of the other things I'd been interested in and obsessed with over the years
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Un vēl viena no lietām, ar ko es gadu gaitā biju apsēsts, bija
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is spines and skeletons, having collected a couple of hundred.
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mugurkauli un skeleti, man bija pāris tūkstošu to bilžu.
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I actually understood the mechanics
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Es sapratu skriemeļu uzbūvi
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of vertebrae enough to kind of start to imitate them.
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un to mehāniku pietiekami, lai varētu mēģināt to atdarināt.
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And so button by button,
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Un tā pogu pie pogas,
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vertebrae by vertebrae, I built my way down.
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skrimsli pie skrimšļa, es nonācu līdz mugurkaula apakšai.
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And actually, by the end of the day, I had a reasonable skull,
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Un dienas beigās man bija pieņemams galvaskauss,
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a moderately good vertebrae and half of a pelvis.
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diezgan labs mugurkauls un puse iegurņa.
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And again, I kept on going, looking for more reference,
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Es turpināju veidot dodo skeletu, meklēt vēl izziņas materiālus,
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every bit of reference I could find -- drawings, beautiful photos.
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katru drusku, ko es varēju atrast -- zīmējumus, skices, skaistas fotogrāfijas.
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This guy -- I love this guy! He put a dodo leg bones on a scanner
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Šis vīrs -- es mīlu viņu! Viņš dodo kājas kaulus ielika skanerī --
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with a ruler.
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kopā ar lineālu.
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This is the kind of accuracy that I wanted,
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Tieši tādu precizitāti es vēlējos,
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and I
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un es -- katru sīkāko --
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replicated every last bone and put it in.
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es atveidoju katru sīkāko kauliņu un saliku kopā.
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And after about six weeks,
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Un pēc apmēram sešām nedēļām,
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I finished, painted, mounted
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es biju pabeidzis, izkrāsojis un salicis kopā
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my own dodo skeleton.
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savu dodo skeletu.
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You can see that I even made a museum label for it
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Var redzēt, ka es pat tam uztaisīju muzeja birku,
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that includes a brief history of the dodo.
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kurā ir aprakstīta īsa dodo vēsture.
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And TAP Plastics made me -- although I didn't photograph it --
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Un TAP Plastics man izveidoja -- lai gan, es to nenofotogrāfēju --
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a museum vitrine.
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muzeja vitrīnu.
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I don't have the room for this in my house,
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Man tai mājās nebija vietas,
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but I had to finish what I had started.
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bet man bija jāpabeidz iesāktais.
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And this actually represented kind of a sea change to me.
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Un tas, patiesībā, man pavēra jaunas iespējas.
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Again, like I said, my life has been about
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Kā jau es teicu, es savu dzīvi esmu pavadījis
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being fascinated by objects and the stories that they tell,
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interesējoties par fascinējošiem priekšmetiem un to stāstiem,
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and also making them for myself, obtaining them,
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kā arī pats izgatavojot vai iegūstot tos savā īpašumā,
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appreciating them and diving into them.
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novērtējot un sašķirojot.
06:00
And in this folder, "Creative Projects,"
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Un šajā mapē, "Radošie projekti",
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there are tons of projects that I'm currently working on,
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ir kaudze projektu, pie kuriem es pašlaik strādāju,
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projects that I've already worked on, things that I might want to work on some day,
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projekti, pie kuriem es esmu strādājis un lietas, ar kurām es kaut kad varētu nodarboties,
06:08
and things that I may just want to find and buy and have
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un lietas, kuras es varētu vienkārši gribētu nopirkt un --
06:11
and look at and touch.
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un apskatīt un aptaustīt.
06:13
But now there was potentially this new category of things
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Bet tagad radās jaunu lietu kategorija - lietas,
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that I could sculpt
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kuras es varētu izveidot,
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that was different, that I -- you know,
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bet tas bija savādāk, jo -- man
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I have my own R2D2, but that's --
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man ir savs R2D2, bet to --
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honestly, relative to sculpting, to me, that's easy.
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patiesībā, priekš manis bija salīdzinoši viegli izveidot.
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And so I went back and looked through my "Creative Projects" folder,
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Un tā es atgriezos un caurskatīju savu "Radošo projektu" mapi,
06:28
and I happened across the Maltese Falcon.
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un nejauši uzdūros "Maltas piekūnam".
06:32
Now, this is funny for me:
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Priekš manis tas bija jocīgi:
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to fall in love with an object from a Hammett novel,
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iemīlēties Hemeta noveles priekšmetā,
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because if it's true that the world is divided into two types of people,
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tāpēc, ka tā ir taisnība - pasaulē ir diva veida cilvēki,
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Chandler people and Hammett people, I am absolutely a Chandler person.
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Čandlera piekritēji un Hemeta piekritēji, es noteikti esmu Čandlera piekritējs.
06:43
But in this case,
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Bet šajā gadījumā, tam nav nekāda sakara --
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it's not about the author, it's not about the book or the movie or the story,
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ar autoru, grāmatu, filmu vai stāstu,
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it's about the object in and of itself.
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bet gan par pašu priekšmetu.
06:51
And in this case, this object is --
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Un šajā gadījumā, šis priekšmets ir --
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plays on a host of levels.
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ir augšgalā -- četru līmeņu augšgalā.
06:57
First of all, there's the object in the world.
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Pirmkārt ir priekšmets, no kura Hemets guva iedvesmu.
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This is the "Kniphausen Hawk."
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Šis ir "Kniphauzenas vanags."
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It is a ceremonial pouring vessel
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Tas ir ceremoniālais pārliešanas trauks,
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made around 1700 for a Swedish Count,
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kurš izveidots ap 1700. gadu kādam zviedru grāfam,
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and it is very likely the object from which
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un tas, visticamāk, ir tas priekšmets, no kura
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Hammett drew his inspiration for the Maltese Falcon.
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Hemets iedvesmojās, rakstot savu darbu "Maltas piekūns".
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Then there is the fictional bird, the one that Hammett created for the book.
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Tad vēl ir izdomāts putns, ko Hemets radīja savai grāmatai.
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Built out of words, it is the engine
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Tam nebija vizuāla izskata, tas ir dzinis,
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that drives the plot of his book and also the movie,
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vārdiem aprakstīts priekšmets, kas spēlē svarīgu
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in which another object is created:
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lomu, gan grāmatā, gan filmā:
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a prop that has to represent the thing that Hammett created out of words,
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priekšmets, kuram ir vizuāli jāparāda to, ko Hemets aprakstīja ar vārdiem.
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inspired by the Kniphausen Hawk, and this represents the falcon in the movie.
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Šis tika radīts iedvesmojoties no "Kniphauzeras vanaga" un parāda šo piekūnu filmā.
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And then there is this fourth level, which is
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Un tas ir ceturtais līmenis, kas ir
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a whole new object in the world:
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radīt pavisam jaunu priekšmetu:
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the prop made for the movie, the representative of the thing,
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uz filmas balstītu un šo vārdiem aprakstītās lietas simbolizējošu priekšmetu,
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becomes, in its own right,
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kas tad kļūst par
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a whole other thing,
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pavisam citu lietu,
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a whole new object of desire.
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jaunu iekāres objektu.
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And so now it was time to do some research.
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Un tā bija laiks sākt pētījumus.
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I actually had done some research
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Vispār es jau pirms tam biju nedaudz papētījis
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a few years before -- it's why the folder was there.
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pirms pāris gadiem -- un tādēļ arī tur bija attiecīgā mape.
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I'd bought a replica, a really crappy replica,
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Es eBay biju nopircis modeli, patiešām draņķīgu
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of the Maltese Falcon on eBay,
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Maltas piekūna modeli,
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and had downloaded enough pictures to actually
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un es biju lejupielādējis pietiekami daudz attēlu, lai
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have some reasonable reference.
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man būtu pietiekami daudz uzziņas materiālu.
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But I discovered,
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Bet pētot tālāk,
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in researching further,
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gribot iegūt precīzus
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really wanting precise reference, that
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uzziņas materiālus, es atklāju, ka putns --
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one of the original lead birds
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viens no oriģinālajiem putniem filmā
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had been sold at Christie's in 1994,
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tika pārdots "Christie's" izsoļu namā 1994. gadā,
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and so I contacted an antiquarian bookseller
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tāpēc es sazinājos ar antīko grāmatu pārdevēju,
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who had the original Christie's catalogue,
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kurai bija kataloga oriģināls
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and in it I found this magnificent picture,
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un tajā es atradu šo brīnišķīgo bildi,
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which included a size reference.
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kurai bija pat doti priekšmeta izmēri.
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I was able to scan the picture, blow it up to exactly full size.
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Es noskanēju attēlu un palielināju to līdz īstā putna izmēriem.
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I found other reference. Avi [Ara] Chekmayan,
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Es biju atradis arī citu bildi, Avi [Ara] Čekmajans,
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a New Jersey editor, actually found this
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Ņūdžersijas redaktors, atrada šo no sveķiem
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resin Maltese Falcon
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izgatavoto Maltas piekūna modeli
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at a flea market in 1991,
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kādā sīkumtirgū, 1991. gadā,
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although it took him five years
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taču tam bija nepieciešami pieci gadi,
08:31
to authenticate this bird to
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lai putnu atzītu par autentisku un tas
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the auctioneers' specifications,
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atbilstu visām izsolīšanas prasībām,
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because there was a lot of controversy about it.
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jo par tā autentiskumu bija lielas šaubas.
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It was made out of resin, which wasn't a common material for movie props
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Tas bija izgatavots no sveķiem, kas nebija ierasts filmu priekšmetiem
08:39
about the time the movie was made.
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tajā laikā, kad filma tika uzņemta.
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It's funny to me that it took a while to authenticate it,
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Man šķita dīvaini, ka bija tik nepieciešams tik ilgs laiks,
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because I can see it compared to this thing,
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lai to atzītu par autentisku, jo salīdzinot ar priekšmetu filmā,
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and I can tell you -- it's real, it's the real thing,
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es droši varu teikt -- tas ir autentisks, tas ir īstais priekšmets,
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it's made from the exact same mold that this one is.
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tas ir taisīts ar tādu pašu veidni.
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In this one, because the auction was actually so controversial,
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Šajā bildē, tāpēc, ka izsole bija tik strīdīga,
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Profiles in History, the auction house that sold this --
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"Profiles in History", izsoļu nams, kas to izsolīja --
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I think in 1995 for about 100,000 dollars --
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šķiet, 1995. gadā par apmēram 100,000 dolāriem --
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they actually included -- you can see here on the bottom --
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viņi iekļāva -- kā to var redzēt apakšā --
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not just a front elevation, but also
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ne tikai priekšmeta priekšas attēlu,
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a side, rear
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bet arī sānu,
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and other side elevation.
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aizmuguri un citas puses.
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So now, I had all the topology I needed
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Tagad, man bija visa nepieciešamā uzbūves
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to replicate the Maltese Falcon.
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informācija, lai izveidotu Maltas piekūnu.
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What do they do, how do you start something like that? I really don't know.
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Kas jādara, ar ko sākt veidot ko tādu? Es patiešām nezināju.
09:14
So what I did was, again, like I did with the dodo skull,
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Tāpēc, es darīju tāpat kā ar dodo galvaskausu,
09:16
I blew all my reference up to full size,
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es savācu visu atsauces materiālu,
09:19
and then I began cutting out the negatives and using
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un sāku izgriezt no bildēm piekūnu, un pārējo attēla daļu
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those templates as shape references.
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izmantot kā izmēra un formas noteicējus.
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So I took Sculpey, and I built a big block of it,
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Es paņēmu "Sculpey" un es no tā izveidoju lielu kluci,
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and I passed it through until, you know, I got the right profiles.
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un es to veidoju, kamēr, es ieguvu pareizo formu
09:28
And then slowly, feather by feather, detail by detail,
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Un tad lēnām, spalvu pie spalvas, izcilni pie izciļņa,
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I worked out and achieved --
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es pabeidzu un izveidoju --
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working in front of the television and Super Sculpey --
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darot to pie televizora -- ar "Super Sculpey" --
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here's me sitting next to my wife --
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te es ar to nodarbojos blakus savai sievai --
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it's the only picture I took of the entire process.
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tā bija vienīgā bilde, ko es uzņēmu visā taisīšanas procesā.
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As I moved through, I achieved
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Beigās, es biju izveidojis
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a very reasonable facsimile of the Maltese Falcon.
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ļoti pieņemamu Maltas piekūna atdarinājumu.
09:44
But again, I am not a sculptor,
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Taču vēlreiz saku - es neesmu tēlnieks,
09:46
and so I don't know a lot of the tricks, like,
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un tāpēc es nezinu dažādus knifus, piemēram,
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I don't know how my friend Mike gets beautiful, shiny surfaces with his Sculpey;
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es nezinu, kā mans draugs Maiks ar savu "Sculpey" iegūst tik skaistas un spīdīgas virsmas;
09:52
I certainly wasn't able to get it.
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man vismaz nekas tāds nesanāca.
09:54
So, I went down to my shop,
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Tāpēc es devos uz savu darbnīcu,
09:56
and I molded it and I cast it in resin,
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un no tā izveidoju veidni, ar ko es to izlēju no sveķiem,
09:59
because in the resin, then, I could absolutely get the glass smooth finished.
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tāpec, ka sveķus gludus es varētu dabūt vieglāk.
10:02
Now there's a lot of ways to fill and get yourself a nice smooth finish.
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Ir daudzi veidi kā beigās iegūt patīkami gludu virsmu.
10:05
My preference is about 70 coats of this --
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Es devu priekšroku 70 kārtām šī --
10:08
matte black auto primer.
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melnas matētas auto gruntējumam.
10:10
I spray it on for about three or four days, it drips to hell,
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Es to pamazām smidzinu trīs vai četru dienu garumā, tas briesmīgi pil,
10:13
but it allows me a really, really nice gentle sanding surface
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taču ļauj man iegūt ļoti, ļoti maigu un viegli slīpējamu virsmu,
10:16
and I can get it glass-smooth.
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kuru es varu nogludināt stikla gludumā.
10:18
Oh, finishing up with triple-zero steel wool.
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Ā, un es pabeidzu visu ar vissmalkāko tērauda vilnu.
10:20
Now, the great thing about getting it to this point was that
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Tagad, vislabākais nonākot šajā vietā bija tas, ka
10:23
because in the movie, when they finally bring out the bird at the end,
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filmā, pašās beigās, kad viņi iznes putnu
10:25
and they place it on the table, they actually spin it.
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un novieto to uz galda, viņi to iegriež.
10:28
So I was able to actually
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Tāpēc man bija iespējams
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screen-shot and freeze-frame to make sure.
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apturēt filmu un uzņemt ekrānšāviņus.
10:33
And I'm following all the light kicks on this thing and making sure that as I'm holding the light
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Un es sekoju visai gaismas novietojuma specifikai, turot gaismas avotu
10:36
in the same position, I'm getting the same type of reflection on it --
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tieši tajā pašā vietā, iegūstot tādu pašu atspīdumu --
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that's the level of detail I'm going into this thing.
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tieši tādu precizitāti es centos sasniegt.
10:42
I ended up with this: my Maltese Falcon.
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Beigās es ieguvu: pats savu Maltas piekūnu.
10:45
And it's beautiful. And I can state with authority
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Un tas bija skaists. Un tajā laikā, kad es to pabeidzu,
10:47
at this point in time, when I'd finished it,
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es to varēju apgalvot jau kā speciālists,
10:49
of all of the replicas out there -- and there is a few --
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un no visām izveidotajām kopijām -- un tās nav nemaz tik maz --
10:52
this is by far the most accurate
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šī noteikti bija visprecīzākā
10:54
representation of the original Maltese Falcon
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oriģinālā Maltas piekūna kopija,
10:56
than anyone has sculpted. Now the original one, I should tell you,
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ko kāds jebkad ir izveidojis. Oriģinālu izveidoja
10:59
is sculpted by a guy named Fred Sexton.
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vīrs vārdā Freds Sekstons.
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This is where it gets weird.
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Un šeit -- viss kļūst dīvaini.
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Fred Sexton was a friend of this guy, George Hodel.
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Freds Sekstons bija šī puiša, Džordža Hodela, draugs.
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Terrifying guy -- agreed by many to be the killer
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Baiss vīrs -- vīrs, ko daudzi uzskatīja par
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of the Black Dahlia.
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Melnās Dālijas slepkavu.
11:11
Now, James Ellroy believes
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Tagad Džeimss Elrojs domāja,
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that Fred Sexton, the sculptor of the Maltese Falcon,
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ka Freds Sekstons, Maltas piekūna tēlnieks,
11:16
killed James Elroy's mother.
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nogalināja viņa māti.
11:18
I'll go you one stranger than that: In 1974,
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Es jums pastāstīšu vēl dīvaināku atgadījumu. 1974. gadā,
11:21
during the production of a weird comedy sequel to "The Maltese Falcon,"
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"Maltas piekūna" dīvainas komēdijas turpinājuma, ko sauca "Melnais putns" un
11:24
called "The Black Bird," starring George Segal,
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kurā piedalījās Džordžs Sigals, uzņemšanas laikā,
11:26
the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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Losandželosas apgabala mākslas muzejā, kurā
11:28
had a plaster original of the Maltese Falcon --
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bija Maltas piekūna ģipša oriģināls --
11:30
one of the original six plasters, I think, made for the movie --
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viens no oriģinālajiem sešiem modeļiem, šķiet, ko uztaisīja tieši priekš filmas --
11:33
stolen out of the museum. A lot of people thought
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tika izzagts no muzeja. Daudzi cilvēki domāja.
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it was a publicity stunt for the movie.
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ka tas bija filmas publicitātes triks, taču
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John's Grill, which actually
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"John's Grill", kas patiesībā
11:39
is seen briefly in "The Maltese Falcon,"
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bija īsu brīdi redzams "Maltas piekūnā"
11:41
is still a viable San Francisco eatery,
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vēl joprojām bija strādājoša ēstuve Sanfrancisko,
11:43
counted amongst its regular customers Elisha Cook,
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tās regulārie apmeklētāji bija cilvēki kā Eliša Kuks,
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who played Wilmer Cook in the movie,
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kurš filmā tēloja Vilmeru Kuku,
11:47
and he gave them
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un viņš viņiem uzdāvināja
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one of his original plasters of the Maltese Falcon.
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vienu no oriģinālajiem Maltas piekūna ģipša modeļiem.
11:52
And they had it in their cabinet for about 15 years,
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Un viņi to 15 gadus glabāja skapī;
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until it got stolen
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līdz 2007. gada janvārī
11:57
in January of 2007.
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tas tika nozagts.
12:00
It would seem that the object of desire
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Tā vien šķiet, ka iekāres priekšmets,
12:02
only comes into its own by disappearing repeatedly.
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saglabā savu statusu tikai regulāri pazūdot.
12:05
So here I had this Falcon,
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Un tā man bija šis piekūns,
12:07
and it was lovely. It looked really great,
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un tas bija skaists. Tas izskatījās ļoti labi,
12:09
the light worked on it really well,
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tas -- gaisma no tā ļoti labi atstarojās,
12:11
it was better than anything that I could achieve
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tas bija labāks, nekā jebkas, ko es varētu uztaisīt
12:13
or obtain out in the world.
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vai iegūt.
12:15
But there was a problem. And the problem was that:
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Bet bija viena problēma. Un problēma bija tāda, ka
12:19
I wanted the entirety of the object,
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es gribēju tieši tādu pašu priekšmetu,
12:21
I wanted the weight behind the object.
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es gribēju tikpat smagu priekšmetu.
12:24
This thing was made of resin and it was too light.
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No sveķiem izveidotais bija pārāk viegls.
12:26
There's this group online that I frequent.
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Internetā ir grupa, kuru es bieži apmeklēju.
12:28
It's a group of prop crazies just like me
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Tā bija grupa tādu pašu butaforiju entuziastu kā es,
12:31
called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade,
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to sauca par Replica Props Forum, un tur cilvēki tirgojās,
12:33
make and travel in information about movie props.
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izgatavoja un ieguva informāciju par dažādiem filmu priekšmetiem.
12:36
And it turned out that one of the guys there,
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Un kā izrādījās viens no tās biedriem,
12:38
a friend of mine that I never actually met,
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mans draugs, kuru gan es dzīvē nebiju saticis,
12:41
but befriended through some prop deals, was the manager of a local foundry.
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bet ar kuru mēs bijām sadraudzējušies, bija vietējās lietuves pārvaldnieks.
12:43
He took my master Falcon pattern,
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Viņš paņēma manu pirmo piekūna eksemplāru,
12:46
he actually did lost wax casting
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izlēja to no vaska un, tad
12:48
in bronze for me,
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izlēja to bronzā,
12:50
and this is the bronze I got back.
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tāds tas izskatījās uzreiz pēc izliešanas.
12:52
And this is, after some acid etching, the one that I ended up with.
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Un tāds -- pēc skābes kodināšanas, tādu es to atstāju.
12:54
And this thing, it's deeply, deeply satisfying to me.
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Un tas -- tas mani ļoti, ļoti apmierināja.
12:57
Here, I'm going to put it out there,
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Šeit, es to -- es to nolikšu šeit,
12:59
later on tonight, and
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lai vēlāk šovakar, jūs varētu ...
13:03
I want you to pick it up and handle it.
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Es gribu, lai jūs to paņemtu rokās un aptaustītu.
13:07
You want to know
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Lai jūs redzētu --
13:10
how obsessed I am. This project's only for me,
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cik ļoti apsēsts es esmu. Šis putns ir tikai priekš manis,
13:12
and yet I went so far as to buy on eBay
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taču vienalga es gāju tik tālu un eBay nopirku
13:15
a 1941 Chinese San Francisco-based newspaper,
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1941. gada Sanfrancisko avīzi ķīniešu valodā,
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in order so that the bird could properly be wrapped ...
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lai putnu varētu kārtīgi ietīt ...
13:22
like it is in the movie.
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tāpat kā filmā.
13:24
(Laughter)
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(Smiekli)
13:28
Yeah, I know!
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Jā, es zinu!
13:30
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Smiekli) (Aplausi)
13:35
There you can see, it's weighing in at 27 and a half pounds.
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Te var redzēt, ka tas sver 27 ar pusi mārciņas,
13:38
That's half the weight of my dog, Huxley.
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kas ir uz pusi vieglāks nekā mans suns, Hakslijs.
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But there's a problem.
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Bet bija problēma.
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Now, here's the most recent progression of Falcons.
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Te var redzēt piekūna projekta gaitu.
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On the far left is a piece of crap -- a replica I bought on eBay.
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Vistālāk pa kreisi ir krāms -- kopija, kuru es nopirku eBay.
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There's my somewhat ruined Sculpey Falcon,
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Te ir mans daļēji apskādētais no "Sculpey" izveidotais piekūns,
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because I had to get it back out of the mold. There's my first casting,
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jo man to vajadzēja izdabūt ārā no veidnes. Šis ir mans pirmais izlējums,
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there's my master and there's my bronze.
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te ir mans otrais un te ir mans bronzas izlējums
13:58
There's a thing that happens when you mold and cast things,
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Bet izlejot dažādas lietas,
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which is that every time you throw it into silicone and cast it in resin,
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katru reizi, kad tu to iemet silikonā un izlej no veidnes,
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you lose a little bit of volume, you lose a little bit of size.
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tu zaudē daļu no apjoma, tu zaudē daļu izmēra.
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And when I held my bronze one up against my Sculpey one,
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Un noliekot blakus manu bronzas piekūnu blakus "Sculpey" izveidotajam,
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it was shorter by three-quarters of an inch.
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tas bija par trim ceturtdaļām collas īsāks.
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Yeah, no, really, this was like aah --
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Jā, bet nopietni, es bija šokā āh --
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why didn't I remember this?
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kāpēc es par to neiedomājos?
14:18
Why didn't I start and make it bigger?
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Kāpēc es to nesāku taisīt lielāku?
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So what do I do? I figure I have two options.
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Un ko lai es tagad daru? Es izdomāju, man ka man ir divas iespējas
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One, I can fire a freaking laser at it,
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Pirmā, es pa to varu šaut ar nolādētu lāzeru,
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which I have already done,
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to gan es jau biju darījis,
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to do a 3D scan -- there's a 3D scan of this Falcon.
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lai veiktu 3D skanēšanu -- te var redzēt šī piekūna 3D skenējumu.
14:31
I had figured out the exact amount of shrinkage I achieved
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Es biju izrēķinājis precīzu izmēru starpību, kuru es zaudēju
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going from a wax master to a bronze master
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no vaska modeļa izlejot bronzas modeli.
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and blown this up big enough to make
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un palielināju to tik lielu, lai iegūtu
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a 3D lithography master of this,
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tā 3D litogrāfijas paraugu,
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which I will polish, then I will send to the mold maker
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kuru es tad nopulēšu un aizsūtīšu veidņu izgatavotājam
14:43
and then I will have it done in bronze. Or:
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un tad man to izlies no bronzas. Vai arī --
14:46
There are several people who own originals,
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ir pāris cilvēku, kuriem pieder oriģināli,
14:48
and I have been attempting to contact them and reach them,
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un es esmu mēģinājis sazināties ar viņiem un sasniegt viņus,
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hoping that they will let me spend a few minutes
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cerot, ka viņi man ļautu pavadīt pāris minūtes
14:54
in the presence of one of the real birds, maybe to take a picture,
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kopā ar vienu no īstajiem putniem, varbūt uzņemt kādu bildi,
14:56
or even to pull out the hand-held laser scanner
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vai pat izvilkt savu rokas lāzerskaneri,
14:59
that I happen to own that fits inside a cereal box,
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kurš man pieder un ietilpst pārslu kastē,
15:02
and could maybe, without even touching their bird, I swear,
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un varbūt, pat, es zvēru, nepieskaroties putnam,
15:04
get a perfect 3D scan. And I'm even willing to sign pages
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iegūt 3D skanējumu. Es pat biju gatavs parakstīties,
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saying that I'll never let anyone else have it, except for me in my office, I promise.
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par to, ka es nedošu to nevienam citam kā tikai sev, es apsolu.
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I'll give them one if they want it.
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Es pat viņiem varētu iedot vienu, ja viņi gribētu.
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And then, maybe, then I'll achieve the end of this exercise.
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Un tad varbūt es sasniegtu šī uzdevuma beigas.
15:16
But really, if we're all going to be honest with ourselves,
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Bet vispār, ja mēs gribam būt godīgi pret sevi,
15:18
I have to admit that achieving the end of the exercise
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jāatzīst, ka beigu sasniegšana
15:21
was never the point of the exercise to begin with, was it.
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nebija sākotnējā iecere, vai ne?
15:24
Thank you.
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Paldies.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinkerAdam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.
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Adam Savage's mother is a psychologist; his father was a celebrated artist, painter and filmmaker. From the youngest age they encouraged his flights of fancy. Savage has been a paperboy, a projectionist, juggler, unicycle rider, sculptor, graphic designer, scenic painter, robot builder, welder, carpenter, machinist, prop maker, toy designer, actor, writer, executive producer and director. He spent six years in theater and 10 years in commercial and film special effects working for clients such as Nike, Corning, Hershey's, and Coca-Cola, and films like Star Wars, The Matrix films, A.I., Space Cowboys, Terminator 3 and Galaxy Quest.
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