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Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela
Boyd Varty: Čo som sa naučil od Nelsona Mandelu
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„V katedrále divočiny sa nám odzrkadľujú naše najkrajšie časti.“ Boyd Varty, ochranca prírody, sa podelí o príbehy o zvieratách, ľuďoch a ich vzájomnom prepojení, alebo „ubuntu“ – definovanom ako „Som, pretože si.“ Svoju reč venuje juhoafrickému vodcovi Nelsonovi Mandelovi, ľudskému stelesneniu statočnosti a veľkodušnosti.
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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I'm a man who's trying to live from his heart,
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Som človek, ktorý sa snaží žiť podľa svojho srdca,
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and so just before I get going,
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a preto skôr ako začnem,
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I wanted to tell you as a South African
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by som Vám ako Juhoafričan chcel povedať,
00:21
that one of the men who has inspired me most
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že jeden z ľudí, ktorí ma najviac inšpirovali,
00:24
passed away a few hours ago.
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zomrel pred pár hodinami.
00:27
Nelson Mandela has come to the end
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Nelson Mandela prišiel ku koncu
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of his long walk to freedom.
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svojej cesty za slobodou.
00:33
And so this talk is going to be for him.
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A preto bude táto reč venovaná venovaná jemu.
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I grew up in wonder.
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Vyrastal som v úžase.
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I grew up amongst those animals.
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Vyrastal som medzi týmito zvieratami.
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I grew up in the wild eastern part of South Africa
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Vyrastal som v divokej východnej časti Južnej Afriky,
00:51
at a place called Londolozi Game Reserve.
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na mieste zvanom Prírodná rezervácia Londolozi.
00:54
It's a place where my family has been
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Je to miesto, kde moja rodina podnikala
00:57
in the safari business for four generations.
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po štyri generácie v odvetví safari.
01:01
Now for as long as I can remember,
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Odkedy mi pamäť siaha,
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my job has been to take people out into nature,
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mojou prácou bolo brať ľudí von do prírody,
01:08
and so I think it's a lovely twist of fate today
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a tak si myslím, že je to roztomilý vrtoch osudu
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to have the opportunity
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dostať dnes možnosť
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to bring some of my experiences out in nature
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priniesť niektoré moje skúseností z prírody
01:16
in to this gathering.
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tomuto zhromaždeniu.
01:18
Africa is a place
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Afrika je miesto,
01:20
where people still sit under starlit skies
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kde ľudia ešte stále sedia pod hviezdnou oblohou
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and around campfires and tell stories,
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a okolo táboráka si rozprávajú príbehy,
01:27
and so what I have to share with you today
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a tak to, s čím sa s vami dnes podelím,
01:29
is the simple medicine of a few campfire stories,
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je jednoduchý liek niekoľkých táborákových príbehov.
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stories about heroes of heart.
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Príbehov o hrdinstve srdca.
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Now my stories are not the stories
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Moje príbehy nie su príbehy,
01:39
that you'll hear on the news,
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ktoré môžete počuť v správach,
01:41
and while it's true that Africa is a harsh place,
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a i keď je pravda, že Afrika je neľútostné miesto,
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I also know it to be a place
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ja ju poznám aj ako miesto,
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where people, animals and ecosystems
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kde nás ľudia, zvieratá a ekosystémy
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teach us about a more interconnected world.
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učia o užšom prepojení sveta.
01:54
When I was nine years old,
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Keď som mal 9 rokov,
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President Mandela came to stay with my family.
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prezident Mandela prišiel bývať k mojej rodine.
01:59
He had just been released from
his 27 years of incarceration,
his 27 years of incarceration,
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Bolo to práve
po jeho oslobodení z 27-ročného väzenia
po jeho oslobodení z 27-ročného väzenia
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and was in a period of readjustment
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a bolo to obdobie prispôsobenia sa
02:06
to his sudden global icon status.
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jeho náhlemu statusu globálnej ikony.
02:08
Members of the African National Congress
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Členovia Afrického národného kongresu
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thought that in the bush
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si mysleli, že v divočine
02:13
he would have time to rest and recuperate
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bude mať čas si odpočinúť a zotaviť sa
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away from the public eye,
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ďaleko od dohľadu verejnosti,
02:17
and it's true that lions tend to be
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a je pravdou, že levy zvyknú byť
02:20
a very good deterrent to press and paparazzi.
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veľmi účinným odstrašujúcim
prostriedkom pre tlač a paparazzov.
prostriedkom pre tlač a paparazzov.
02:24
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
02:26
But it was a defining time for me as a young boy.
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No pre mňa, ako mladého chlapca, to bolo kľúčové obdobie.
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I would take him breakfast in bed,
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Nosil som mu raňajky do postele,
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and then, in an old track suit and slippers,
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a potom, v rozťahaných teplákoch a papučiach,
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he would go for a walk around the garden.
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sa chodil prechádzať po záhrade.
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At night, I would sit with my family
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Po večeroch som sedával s rodinou
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around the snowy, bunny-eared TV,
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pred snežiacou anténovou televíziou,
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and watch images of that same
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a pozeral sa na obraz toho istého
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quiet man from the garden
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tichého muža zo záhrady
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surrounded by hundreds and thousands of people
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obklopeného stovkami a tisíckami ľudí.
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as scenes from his release were broadcast nightly.
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Scény z jeho oslobodenia sa vysielali každý večer.
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He was bringing peace
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Prinášal mier
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to a divided and violent South Africa,
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do rozdelenej a násilnej Južnej Afriky,
02:56
one man with an unbelievable sense of his humanity.
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jeden muž s neuveriteľným citom pre ľudskosť.
03:01
Mandela said often that the gift of prison
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Mandela často hovorieval, že darom väzenia
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was the ability to go within and to think,
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bola schopnosť obrátiť sa do seba a myslieť,
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to create in himself
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tvoriť vo svojom vnútri
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the things he most wanted for South Africa:
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veci, ktoré chcel najviac pre Južnú Afriku:
03:11
peace, reconciliation, harmony.
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mier, udobrenie, harmóniu.
03:15
Through this act of immense open-heartedness,
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Prostredníctvom tohto ohromného činu so srdcom na dlani
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he was to become the embodiment
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sa stal stelesnením
03:20
of what in South Africa we call "ubuntu."
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toho, čo v Južnej Afrike nazývame „ubuntu“.
03:23
Ubuntu: I am because of you.
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Ubuntu: Som, pretože si.
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Or, people are not people
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Alebo ľudia nie sú ľuďmi
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without other people.
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bez iných ľudí.
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It's not a new idea or value
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Nie je to nová idea alebo hodnota,
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but it's one that I certainly think at these times
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ale je to niečo, na čom, myslím, sa v týchto časoch
03:35
is worth building on.
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rozhodne oplatí stavať.
03:37
In fact, it is said that in the
collective consciousness of Africa,
collective consciousness of Africa,
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V skutočnosti sa hovorí, že
v kolektívnom vedomí Afriky
v kolektívnom vedomí Afriky
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we get to experience the deepest parts
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prežijeme najhlbšie poznanie
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of our own humanity
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našej vlastnej ľudskosti
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through our interactions with others.
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prostredníctvom našej interakcie s ostatnými.
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Ubuntu is at play right now.
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Ubuntu je v hre aj teraz.
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You are holding a space for me
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Ponúkate mi priestor na to,
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to express the deepest truth of who I am.
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aby som vyjadril najhlbšiu pravdu o tom, kto som.
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Without you, I'm just a guy talking to an empty room,
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Bez vás som len chlapík,
ktorý sa snaží rozprávať v prázdnej izbe,
ktorý sa snaží rozprávať v prázdnej izbe,
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and I spent a lot of time last week doing that,
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tak som strávil veľa času minulý týždeň
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and it's not the same as this.
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a nie je to to isté.
04:02
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
04:05
If Mandela was the national
and international embodiment,
and international embodiment,
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Ak bol Mandela národným
a medzinárodným stelesnením,
a medzinárodným stelesnením,
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then the man who taught me the most
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potom muž, ktorý ma osobne naučil
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about this value personally was this man,
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najviac o tejto hodnote, bol tento muž,
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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 sa narodil pod stromom
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60 kilometers from where I grew up in Mozambique.
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60 km od Mozambiku, miesta, kde som vyrastal.
04:18
He would never have a lot of money,
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Nikdy nemal veľa peňazí,
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but he was to be
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ale bol
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one of the richest men I would ever meet.
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jedným z najbohatších ľudí, ktorých som stretol.
04:24
Solly grew up tending to his father's cattle.
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Solly vyrastal starajúc sa o otcov dobytok.
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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Môžem vám povedať, že neviem,
čo je na ľuďoch, ktorí sa vyrastajúc starajú o dobytok,
čo je na ľuďoch, ktorí sa vyrastajúc starajú o dobytok,
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but it makes for über-resourcefulness.
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ale je to niečo ako super-vynaliezavosť.
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The first job that he ever got in the safari business
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Jeho prvou prácou v safari podnikaní
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was fixing the safari trucks.
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bolo opravovať safari nákladiaky.
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Where he had learned to do that out in the bush
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Kde sa to v tej divočine naučil,
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I have no idea, but he could do it.
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nemám predstavu, ale dokázal to.
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He then moved across into what we called
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Potom prešiel k takzvanému
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the habitat team.
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tímu prirodzeného prostredia.
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These were the people on the reserve
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Boli to ľudia rezervácie,
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who were responsible for its well-being.
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ktorí sa o ňu starali.
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He fixed roads, he mended wetlands,
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Opravoval cesty, dohliadal na bažiny,
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he did some anti-poaching.
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bojoval proti pytliactvu.
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And then one day we were out together,
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A potom sme jeden deň boli spolu vonku
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and he came across the tracks of where
a female leopard had walked.
a female leopard had walked.
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a natrafil sme na stopy
leopardej samice, ktorá tadiaľ prešla.
leopardej samice, ktorá tadiaľ prešla.
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And it was an old track,
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A bola to stará stopa,
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but for fun he turned and he began to follow it,
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ale pre srandu sa otočil a začal ju sledovať,
05:05
and I tell you, I could tell by the speed
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a poviem vám, že podľa rýchlosti,
05:06
at which he moved on those pad marks
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akou sa pohyboval po tých stopách,
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that this man was a Ph.D.-level tracker.
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by som povedal, že tento človek mal doktorát zo stopovania.
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If you drove past Solly
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Ak ste prešli okolo Sollyho
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somewhere out on the reserve,
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niekde vonku v rezervácii,
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you look up in your rearview mirror,
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pozreli ste sa do spätného zrkadla,
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you'd see he'd stopped the car
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videli ste zastaviť auto
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20, 50 meters down the road
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20, 50 metrov za vami
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just in case you need help with something.
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len pre prípad, že by ste potrebovali s niečím pomôcť.
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The only accusation I ever heard leveled at him
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Jediné obvinenie, ktoré som kedy počul na jeho adresu
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was when one of our clients said,
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bolo, keď jeden z našich klientov povedal,
05:28
"Solly, you are pathologically helpful."
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„Solly, ty si patologicky nápomocný.“
05:31
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
05:34
When I started professionally guiding people
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Keď som začal profesionálne sprevádzať ľudí
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out into this environment,
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do tohto prostredia,
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Solly was my tracker.
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Solly bol môj stopár.
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We worked together as a team.
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Pracovali sme spolu ako tím.
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And the first guests we ever got
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Našimi prvými hosťami
05:44
were a philanthropy group from your East Coast,
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bola filantropická spoločnosť z vášho Východného pobrežia,
05:47
and they said to Solly, on the side, they said,
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a oni povedali Sollymu,
05:49
"Before we even go out to see lions and leopards,
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„Predtým ako sa vyberieme von pozrieť sa na levov a leopardov,
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we want to see where you live."
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chceli by sme vidieť, kde bývaš .“
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So we took them up to his house,
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Tak sme ich vzali k nemu domov,
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and this visit of the philanthropist to his house
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a táto návšteva filantrópov v jeho dome
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coincided with a time when Solly's wife,
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bola zhodou okolností v dobe, keď sa Sollyho manželka
06:01
who was learning English,
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učila anglicky.
06:02
was going through a phase
where she would open the door
where she would open the door
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Prechádzala obdobím, keď otvárala dvere
06:05
by saying, "Hello, I love you.
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hovoriac, „Ahoj, ľúbim vás.
06:07
Welcome, I love you." (Laughter)
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Vitajte, ľúbim vás.“ (smiech)
06:09
And there was something so beautifully African
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A pre mňa na tom bolo niečo krásne africké
06:12
about it to me, this small house
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v tomto malom dome
06:14
with a huge heart in it.
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s tak veľkým srdcom vo vnútri.
06:16
Now on the day that Solly saved my life,
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Už dávno pred dňom, keď mi Solly zachránil život,
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he was already my hero.
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bol mojim hrdinom.
06:25
It was a hot day,
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Bol teplý deň
06:27
and we found ourselves down by the river.
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a my sme sa ocitli dole pri rieke.
06:29
Because of the heat, I took my shoes off,
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Pre horúčavu som si vyzul topánky,
06:31
and I rolled up my pants,
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vykasal nohavice
06:33
and I walked into the water.
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a vošiel som do vody.
06:35
Solly remained on the bank.
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Solly ostal na brehu.
06:37
The water was clear running over sand,
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Priezračná voda tiekla po piesku
06:40
and we turned and we began
to make our way upstream.
to make our way upstream.
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a my sme otočili
a vyrazili hore prúdom.
a vyrazili hore prúdom.
06:43
And a few meters ahead of us,
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Pár metrov pred nami
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there was a place where a tree
had fallen out of the bank,
had fallen out of the bank,
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bolo miesto, na ktorom
bol spadnutý strom,
bol spadnutý strom,
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and its branches were touching the water,
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jeho konáre sa dotýkali vody
06:51
and it was shadowy.
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a bol tam tieň.
06:52
And if had been a horror movie,
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A keby sme boli v hororovom filme,
06:55
people in the audience would have started saying,
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ľuďia v publiku by začali vravieť,
06:57
"Don't go in there. Don't go in there." (Laughter)
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„Nechoď tam. Nechoď tam.“ (smiech)
07:01
And of course, the crocodile was in the shadows.
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A samozrejme, krokodíl bol v tieni.
07:04
Now the first thing that you notice
when a crocodile hits you
when a crocodile hits you
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Prvé, čo si všimnete,
keď na vás zaútočí krokodíl,
keď na vás zaútočí krokodíl,
07:06
is the ferocity of the bite.
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je dravosť jeho hryznutia.
07:08
Wham! It hits me by my right leg.
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Ham! Kusol do mojej pravej nohy.
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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Ťahal ma. Otočil ma. Rozhodil som rukami.
Dokážem sa zachytiť o konár.
Dokážem sa zachytiť o konár.
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It's shaking me violently.
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Zúrivo mnou trasie.
07:16
It's a very strange sensation
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Je to veľmi divný pocit,
07:17
having another creature try and eat you,
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keď sa vás iné stvorenie snaží zjesť
07:19
and there are few things that
promote vegetarianism like that.
promote vegetarianism like that.
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a existuje len málo vecí,
ktoré podporujú vegetariástvo takýmto spôsobom.
ktoré podporujú vegetariástvo takýmto spôsobom.
07:23
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
07:24
Solly on the bank sees that I'm in trouble.
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Solly na brehu zbadal, že som v kaši.
07:27
He turns. He begins to make his way to me.
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Otočil sa. Vybral sa mojím smerom.
07:29
The croc again continues to shake me.
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Krokodíl naďalej so mnou trasie.
07:31
It goes to bite me a second time.
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Chystal sa do mňa zahryznúť druhý krát.
07:33
I notice a slick of blood in the water around me
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Zbadal som krvavú škvrnu vo vode,
07:35
that gets washed downstream.
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ktorá sa zmývala dole prúdom.
07:36
As it bites the second time, I kick.
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Vo chvíli, keď ma pohrýzol druhýkrát, kopol som.
07:39
My foot goes down its throat. It spits me out.
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Moja noha mu vošla až do hrdla. Vypľuľ ma.
07:41
I pull myself up into the branches,
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Vytiahol som sa po konároch,
07:43
and as I come out of the water,
I look over my shoulder.
I look over my shoulder.
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a ako som vychádzal z vody,
obzrel som sa cez plece.
obzrel som sa cez plece.
07:47
My leg from the knee down
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Moja noha od kolena dole
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is mangled beyond description.
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je neopísateľne znetvorená.
07:51
The bone is cracked.
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Kosť je zlomená.
07:52
The meat is torn up.
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Mäso roztrhané.
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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Spravil som okamžité rozhodnutie,
že sa už na to nikdy nepozriem.
že sa už na to nikdy nepozriem.
07:59
As I come out of the water,
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Keď som vyliezal z vody,
08:01
Solly arrives at a deep section,
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Solly došiel k hlbokému úseku,
08:04
a channel between us.
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ku žľabu medzi nami.
08:05
He knows, he sees the state of my leg,
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On vie, videl moju nohu,
08:07
he knows that between him and I
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vie, že medzi ním a mnou
08:09
there is a crocodile,
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je krokodíl,
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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a môžem vám povedať, že tento muž
nespomalil ani na sekundu.
nespomalil ani na sekundu.
08:13
He comes straight into the channel.
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Prišiel priamo do žľabu.
08:15
He wades in to above his waist.
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Brodil sa až po pás.
08:17
He gets to me. He grabs me.
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Došiel až ku mne. Schmatol ma.
08:18
I'm still in a vulnerable position.
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Ešte stále som vo veľmi zraniteľnej pozícii.
08:20
He picks me and puts me on his shoulder.
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Zdvihne ma a prehodí si ma cez plece.
08:21
This is the other thing about Solly,
he's freakishly strong.
he's freakishly strong.
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To je ďalší fakt o Sollym,
je obludne silný.
je obludne silný.
08:24
He turns. He walks me up the bank.
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Obráti sa. A prenesie ma na breh.
08:26
He lays me down. He pulls his shirt off.
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Položí ma. Vyzlečie si tričko.
08:28
He wraps it around my leg,
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Previaže mi ním nohu,
08:30
picks me up a second time,
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dvihne ma druhýkrát,
08:31
walks me to a vehicle,
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odnáša ma do auta
08:33
and he's able to get me to medical attention.
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a nakoniec zoženie lekársku pomoc.
08:37
And I survive.
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A ja som prežil.
08:40
Now — (Applause)
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Teraz - (potlesk)
08:44
Now I don't know how many people you know
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Ja neviem koľko ľudí, ktorých poznáte,
08:47
that go into a deep channel of water
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by šlo do hlbokého žľabu,
08:49
that they know has a crocodile in it
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keby vedeli, že je tam krokodíl,
08:51
to come and help you,
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aby vám pomohli,
08:53
but for Solly, it was as natural as breathing.
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ale pre Sollyho, to bolo také prirodzené ako dýchanie.
08:56
And he is one amazing example
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A on je jeden úžasný príklad toho,
08:59
of what I have experienced all over Africa.
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čo som zakúsil po celej Afrike.
09:02
In a more collective society,
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V kolektívnejšej spoločnosti
09:04
we realize from the inside
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si z hĺbky uvedomíme,
09:07
that our own well-being is deeply tied
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že naše blaho je úzko prepojené
09:10
to the well-being of others.
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s blahom ostatných.
09:13
Danger is shared. Pain is shared.
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Nebezpečenstvo je spoločné. Bolesť je spoločná.
09:17
Joy is shared. Achievement is shared.
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Radosť je spoločná. Úspech je spoločný.
09:20
Houses are shared. Food is shared.
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Domy sú spoločné. Jedlo je spoločné.
09:24
Ubuntu asks us to open our hearts
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Ubuntu nám vraví, aby sme otvorili srdcia
09:27
and to share,
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a rozdelili sa
09:29
and what Solly taught me that day
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a to, čo ma naučil Solly v ten deň,
09:31
is the essence of this value,
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je podstata tejto hodnoty.
09:33
his animated, empathetic action
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Jeho oduševnelé, empatické konanie
09:36
in every moment.
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v každom momente.
09:38
Now although the root word is about people,
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Pretože koreň slova je o ľuďoch,
09:41
I thought that maybe ubuntu was only about people.
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myslel som si, že asi aj ubuntu bude len o ľuďoch.
09:44
And then I met this young lady.
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A potom som stretol túto mladú dámu.
09:48
Her name was Elvis.
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Volala sa Elvis.
09:49
In fact, Solly gave her the name Elvis
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V skutočnosti ju tak pomenoval Solly,
09:51
because he said she walked like she was doing
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pretože vraj chodila akoby
09:54
the Elvis the pelvis dance.
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tancovala Elvisov panvový tanec.
09:57
She was born with very badly
deformed back legs and pelvis.
deformed back legs and pelvis.
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Narodila sa s veľmi škaredo
zdeformovanými nohami a panvou.
zdeformovanými nohami a panvou.
10:01
She arrived at our reserve from a reserve
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Došla do našej rezervácie počas migrovania
10:03
east of us on her migratory route.
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z východnej rezervácie.
10:05
When I first saw her,
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Keď som ju prvýkrát zbadal,
10:07
I thought she would be dead in a matter of days.
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myslel som si, že zomrie a je to len otázka dní.
10:10
And yet, for the next five years
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A predsa. Počas nasledujúcich piatich rokov
10:13
she returned in the winter months.
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sa vracala v zimných mesiacoch.
10:15
And we would be so excited to be out in the bush
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A my sme boli tak nadšení, keď sme boli v divočine
10:17
and to come across this unusual track.
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a natrafili sme na túto nezvyčajnú stopu.
10:20
It looked like an inverted bracket,
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Podobalo sa to na obrátené zátvorky,
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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a my sme nechali tak čokoľvek
sme robili a pustili sme sa do sledovania
sme robili a pustili sme sa do sledovania
10:24
and then we would come around the corner,
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a potom niekde za rohom
10:26
and there she would be with her herd.
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bola ona so svojim stádom.
10:28
And that outpouring of emotion
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A ten príliv emócií
10:30
from people on our safari trucks
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z ľudí na našich safari nákladiakoch,
10:32
as they saw her, it was this sense of kinship.
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keď ju videli – to bol ten pocit spriaznenosti.
10:35
And it reminded me
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A to mi pripomínalo,
10:37
that even people who grow up in cities
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že i keď ľudia vyrastajú v mestách,
10:39
feel a natural connection
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predsa len cítia to spojenie
10:42
with the natural world and with animals.
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s prirodzeným svetom a so zvieratami.
10:45
And yet still I remained amazed
that she was surviving.
that she was surviving.
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A predsa som v úžase nad tým, že prežila.
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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Na ďalší deň sme ich stretli
pri malom napájadle.
pri malom napájadle.
10:51
It was sort of a hollow in the ground.
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Bola to iba taká priehlbina v zemi.
10:53
And I watched as the matriarch drank,
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A pozeral som ako sa napája vodkyňa stáda,
10:56
and then she turned in that
beautiful slow motion of elephants,
beautiful slow motion of elephants,
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a potom sa otočila
tým krásnym pomalým pohybom slonov,
tým krásnym pomalým pohybom slonov,
10:59
looks like the arm in motion,
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ktorý vyzerá ako pohyb ramenom,
11:01
and she began to make her way up the steep bank.
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a vybrala sa smerom hore po strmom brehu.
11:04
The rest of the herd turned and began to follow.
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Zvyšok stáda sa otočil a nasledoval ju.
11:08
And I watched young Elvis
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A ja som sa díval na mladú Elvis,
11:10
begin to psych herself up for the hill.
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ako sa odhodláva na strmý kopec.
11:13
She got visibly -- ears came forward,
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Viditeľne dvihla uši,
11:17
she had a full go of it and halfway up,
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išlo jej to do polovice cesty,
11:19
her legs gave way, and she fell backwards.
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jej nohy to vzdali a ona sa zosunula dole.
11:21
She attempted it a second time,
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Skúsila to druhýkrát
11:23
and again, halfway up, she fell backwards.
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a opäť v polovičke cesty hore sa zosunula dole.
11:26
And on the third attempt,
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Na tretí pokus,
11:28
an amazing thing happened.
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sa stala úžasná vec.
11:30
Halfway up the bank,
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Na pol ceste hore brehom
11:32
a young teenage elephant came in behind her,
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sa za ňu postavil mladý slon
11:35
and he propped his trunk underneath her,
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a postrčil ju svojím chobotom,
11:38
and he began to shovel her up the bank.
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a tak ju popostrkoval hore brehom.
11:41
And it occurred to me
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A vtedy mi napadlo,
11:42
that the rest of the herd
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že zvyšok stáda
11:44
was in fact looking after this young elephant.
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vlastne dohliadal nad týmto mladým slonom.
11:46
The next day I watched again
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Na druhý deň som sa opäť pozeral,
11:49
as the matriarch broke a branch
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ako vodkyňa stáda zlomila konár
11:51
and she would put it in her mouth,
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a dala jej ho do úst
11:53
and then she would break a second one
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a potom zlomila druhý
11:55
and drop it on the ground.
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a pustila ho na zem.
11:58
And a consensus developed between all of us
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Medzi nami – sprievodcami v tejto oblasti – zavládol
12:00
who were guiding people in that area
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všeobecný súhlas,
12:02
that that herd was in fact moving slower
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že toto stádo sa vlastne pohybovalo pomalšie,
12:05
to accommodate that elephant.
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aby sa prispôsobilo tomu slonovi.
12:09
What Elvis and the herd taught me
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Čo ma Elvis so svojim stádom naučila,
12:11
caused me to expand my definition of ubuntu,
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zapríčinilo, že som rozšíril moju definíciu ubuntu
12:14
and I believe that in the cathedral of the wild,
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a verím, že vo svätyni divočiny
12:17
we get to see the most beautiful parts of ourselves
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sa odzrkadľujú naše
12:19
reflected back at us.
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najkrajšie vlastnosti.
12:21
And it is not only through other people
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A nie je to len prostredníctvom iných ľudí,
12:25
that we get to experience our humanity
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že zažívame našu ľudskú prirodzenosť,
12:28
but through all the creatures that live on this planet.
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ale prostredníctvom všetkých stvorení, ktoré žijú na tejto planéte.
12:32
If Africa has a gift to share,
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Ak má Afrika dar,
12:34
it's a gift of a more collective society.
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tak je to dar kolektívnejšej spoločnosti.
12:38
And while it's true that ubuntu is an African idea,
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A i keď je pravda, že ubuntu je africká myšlienka,
12:42
what I see is the essence of that value
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dôležitá je práve podstata tejto hodnoty,
12:47
being invented here.
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ktorá tu bola objavená.
12:49
Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
12:51
(Applause)
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(potlesk)
13:16
Pat Mitchell: So Boyd,
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Pat Mitchell: Tak Boyd,
13:17
we know that you knew President Mandela
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vieme, že si poznal prezidenta Mandelu
13:22
from early childhood
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od útleho detstva
13:24
and that you heard the news as we all did today,
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a že si dnes počul správy, tak ako my,
13:27
and deeply distraught
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a si hlboko rozrušený
13:30
and know the tragic loss that it is to the world.
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a vieš o tragickej strate, ktorú to pre tento svet znamená.
13:34
But I just wondered if you wanted
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Ale rozmýšľala som, či by si sa nechcel
13:36
to share any additional thoughts,
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podeliť o nejaké ďalšie dodatočné myšlienky,
13:38
because we know that you heard that news
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lebo vieme, že si sa o tej správe dozvedel
13:40
just before coming in to do this session.
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tesne pred tým, ako si prišiel na javisko.
13:44
Boyd Varty: Well thanks, Pat.
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Boyd Varty: Ďakujem, Pat.
13:45
I'm so happy because it was time for him to pass on.
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Som šťastný, lebo prišiel jeho čas.
13:48
He was suffering.
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Trpel.
13:50
And so of course there's the mixed emotions.
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A tak samozrejme, mám zmiešané pocity.
13:53
But I just think of so many occurrences
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Ale si pamätám toľko veľa príhod.
13:55
like the time he went on the Oprah show
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Ako keď bol hosťom v Oprah show
13:57
and asked her what the show would be about.
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a spýtal sa jej, o čom táto show bude.
14:00
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
14:01
And she was like, "Well, it'll be about you."
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A ona odpovedala: „No, bude o vás.“
14:05
I mean, that's just incredible humility.
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Chcem povedať, že to je neuveriteľná pokora.
14:07
(Laughter)
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(smiech)
14:11
He was the father of our nation
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On bol otcom nášho národa
14:14
and we've got a road to walk in South Africa.
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a my v Južnej Afrike máme pred sebou cestu.
14:21
And everything, they used to call it Madiba magic.
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A všetko, čo nazývajú Madiba kúzlom.
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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Viete, keď šiel na
zápas ragby, vyhrali sme.
zápas ragby, vyhrali sme.
14:27
Anywhere he went, things went well.
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Kamkoľvek šiel, darilo sa.
14:30
But I think that magic will be with us,
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Ale myslím si, že toto kúzlo bude s nami,
14:33
and the important thing is that we carry
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a dôležité je, aby sme uchovali to,
14:36
what he stood for.
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čo symbolizoval.
14:38
And so that's what I'm going to try and do,
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A preto sa tak aj ja budem snažiť konať,
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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a snažia sa o to
ľudia z celej Južnej Afriky.
ľudia z celej Južnej Afriky.
14:44
PM: And that's what you've done today.
BV: Oh, thank you.
BV: Oh, thank you.
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PM: A to si dnes aj spravil.
BV: O, ďakujem.
BV: O, ďakujem.
14:46
PM: Thank you.
BV: Thank you. Thanks very much.
BV: Thank you. Thanks very much.
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PM: Ďakujem.
BV: Ďakujem. Ďakujem pekne.
BV: Ďakujem. Ďakujem pekne.
14:50
(Applause)
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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.
Boyd Varty | Speaker | TED.com