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Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind
Lisa Bu: Kako knjige širijo obzorja
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Kaj se zgodi, ko se otroške sanje ... ne uresničijo? Ko se je Lisa Bu navadila na novo življenje v ZDA, se je zatekla h knjigam, si ob njih širila obzorja in našla novo pot zase. V tem lepem in osebnem govoru o magiji knjig z nami deli svoj edinstveni pristop k branju.
Lisa Bu - Passionate reader
Lisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story. Full bio
Lisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story. Full bio
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So I was trained to become a gymnast
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Dve leti sem trenirala, da bi postala telovadka.
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for two years in Hunan, China in the 1970s.
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To je bilo v 1970. letih v Hunanu na Kitajskem.
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When I was in the first grade, the government
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Ko sem bila v prvem razredu, me je vlada
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wanted to transfer me to a school for athletes,
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želela premestiti v šolo za atlete
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all expenses paid.
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z vsemi plačanimi stroški.
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But my tiger mother said, "No."
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Moja odločna mati pa je rekla ne.
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My parents wanted me to become
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Starša sta želela, da bi postala
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an engineer like them.
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inženirka, tako kot onadva.
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After surviving the Cultural Revolution,
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Preživela sta kulturno revolucijo
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they firmly believed there's only one sure way to happiness:
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in trdno sta bila prepričana, da obstaja samo ena pot do sreče:
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a safe and well-paid job.
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varna in dobro plačana služba.
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It is not important if I like the job or not.
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Ni pomembno, ali ti je služba všeč ali ne.
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But my dream was to become a Chinese opera singer.
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Jaz pa sem sanjala, da bi postala pevka v kitajski operi.
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That is me playing my imaginary piano.
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Tule igram svoj namišljeni klavir.
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An opera singer must start training young
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Operni pevci morajo vaditi od malih nog,
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to learn acrobatics,
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se naučiti akrobatike,
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so I tried everything I could to go to opera school.
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zato sem naredila vse, da bi se lahko vpisala v operno šolo.
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I even wrote to the school principal
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Celo ravnatelju sem pisala
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and the host of a radio show.
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in voditelju radijske oddaje tudi.
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But no adults liked the idea.
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A nobenemu od odraslih moja ideja ni bila všeč.
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No adults believed I was serious.
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Nihče ni verjel, da mislim resno.
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Only my friends supported me, but they were kids,
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Samo prijatelji so me podpirali, a bili so otroci,
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just as powerless as I was.
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prav tako nemočni kot jaz sama.
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So at age 15, I knew I was too old to be trained.
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Pri petnajstih sem vedela, da sem prestara.
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My dream would never come true.
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Moje sanje se ne bodo nikoli uresničile.
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I was afraid that for the rest of my life
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Bala sem se, da bom do konca življenja
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some second-class happiness
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lahko upala kvečjemu na
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would be the best I could hope for.
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neko drugorazredno srečo.
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But that's so unfair.
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Ampak to je tako nepravično.
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So I was determined to find another calling.
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Odločila sem se najti drug poklic.
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Nobody around to teach me? Fine.
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Nikogar ni bilo, ki bi me učil? Prav.
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I turned to books.
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Obrnila sem se h knjigam.
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I satisfied my hunger for parental advice
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Svojo lakoto po starševskih nasvetih sem potešila
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from this book by a family of writers and musicians.["Correspondence in the Family of Fou Lei"]
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s tole knjigo, ki jo je napisala družina pisateljev in glasbenikov.
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I found my role model of an independent woman
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Našla sem svojo vzornico v obliki samostojne ženske,
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when Confucian tradition requires obedience.["Jane Eyre"]
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medtem ko konfucijanska tradicija zahteva ubogljivost.
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And I learned to be efficient from this book.["Cheaper by the Dozen"]
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In tale knjiga me je naučila učinkovitosti.
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And I was inspired to study abroad after reading these.
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Po tehle sem dobila navdih za študij v tujini.
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["Complete Works of Sanmao" (aka Echo Chan)] ["Lessons From History" by Nan Huaijin]
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("Zbrana dela Sanmaa" (Echo Chan))
("Lekcije iz zgodovine", Nan Huaijin)
("Lekcije iz zgodovine", Nan Huaijin)
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I came to the U.S. in 1995,
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V ZDA sem prišla leta 1995.
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so which books did I read here first?
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In kaj sem najprej prebrala?
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Books banned in China, of course.
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Knjige, ki so na Kitajskem prepovedane, seveda.
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"The Good Earth" is about Chinese peasant life.
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"Dobra Zemlja" govori o kitajskem kmečkem življenju.
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That's just not convenient for propaganda. Got it.
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Pač ni primerna za propagando. Razumem.
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The Bible is interesting, but strange.
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Biblija je zanimiva, ampak čudna.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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That's a topic for a different day.
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To je tema za kak drug dan.
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But the fifth commandment gave me an epiphany:
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A peta zapoved je prinesla razsvetljenje:
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"You shall honor your father and mother."
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"Spoštuj očeta in mater."
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"Honor," I said. "That's so different,
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"Spoštuj", pravi. To je tako drugače
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and better, than obey."
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in boljše od "ubogaj".
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So it becomes my tool to climb out
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Postala je moje orodje za izhod
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of this Confucian guilt trap
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iz konfucijanske pasti krivde
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and to restart my relationship with my parents.
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in mi omogočila na novo začeti odnos s starši.
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Encountering a new culture also started my habit
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V novi kulturi sem razvila tudi navado
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of comparative reading.
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primerjalnega branja.
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It offers many insights.
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To prinese veliko spoznanj.
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For example, I found this map out of place at first
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Na primer, sprva sem mislila, da je ta zemljevid nenavaden,
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because this is what Chinese students grew up with.
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saj kitajski študentje odrastejo s takim.
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It had never occurred to me,
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Nikoli nisem pomislila,
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China doesn't have to be at the center of the world.
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da Kitajska ni nujno v središču sveta.
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A map actually carries somebody's view.
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Zemljevid pravzaprav kaže nekogaršnji pogled.
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Comparative reading actually is nothing new.
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Primerjalno branje v bistvu ni nič novega.
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It's a standard practice in the academic world.
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V akademskem svetu je uveljavljena praksa.
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There are even research fields
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Cela raziskovalna področja obstajajo,
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such as comparative religion and comparative literature.
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recimo primerjalna religiologija in primerjalna književnost.
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Compare and contrast gives scholars
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Primerjava znanstvenikom nudi
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a more complete understanding of a topic.
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bolj celovito razumevanje teme.
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So I thought, well, if comparative reading
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Zato sem si mislila, no, če primerjalno branje
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works for research, why not do it in daily life too?
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deluje v raziskovanju, zakaj ne bi v vsakodnevnem življenju?
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So I started reading books in pairs.
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Tako sem začela knjige brati v parih.
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So they can be about people --
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Lahko so o ljudeh
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["Benjamin Franklin" by Walter Isaacson]["John Adams" by David McCullough] --
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("Benjamin Franklin", Walter Isaacson) ("John Adams", David McCollough)
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who are involved in the same event,
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ki so vpleteni v isti dogodek,
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or friends with shared experiences.
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o prijateljih, ki delijo doživetja.
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["Personal History" by Katharine Graham]["The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," by Alice Schroeder]
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("Osebna zgodovina", Katherine Graham) ("Snežna kepa: Warren Buffett in posel življenja", Alice Schroeder)
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I also compare the same stories in different genres -- (Laughter)
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Primerjam tudi iste zgodbe skozi različne žanre (smeh)
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[Holy Bible: King James Version]["Lamb" by Chrisopher Moore] --
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("Sveto pismo: Verzija kralja Jakoba") ("Jagnje", Christopher Moore)
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or similar stories from different cultures,
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ali podobne zgodbe iz različnih kultur,
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as Joseph Campbell did in his wonderful book.["The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell]
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kot je to storil Joseph Campbell v svoji čudoviti knjigi.
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For example, both the Christ and the Buddha
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Tako Kristus kot Buda, na primer,
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went through three temptations.
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sta se soočala s tremi skušnjavami.
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For the Christ, the temptations
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Kristusove so bile
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are economic, political and spiritual.
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ekonomska, politična in duhovna.
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For the Buddha, they are all psychological:
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Budine so bile vse psihološke:
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lust, fear and social duty -- interesting.
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poželenje, strah in družbena odgovornost - zanimivo.
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So if you know a foreign language, it's also fun
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Če razumete tuj jezik, je zabavno tudi
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to read your favorite books in two languages.
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brati najljubše knjige v dveh jezikih.
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["The Way of Chuang Tzu" Thomas Merton]["Tao: The Watercourse Way" Alan Watts]
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("Pot Čuang Tzuja", Thomas Merton) ("Tao: pot vode", Alan Watts)
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Instead of lost in translation, I found there is much to gain.
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Ne gre za izgubljeno s prevodom, ampak za veliko korist.
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For example, it's through translation that I realized
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Na primer, skozi prevod sem spoznala,
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"happiness" in Chinese literally means "fast joy." Huh!
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da "sreča" v kitajščini dobesedno pomeni "hitro veselje". Ha!
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"Bride" in Chinese literally means "new mother." Uh-oh.
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"Nevesta" je v kitajščini dobesedno "nova mati." Ojoj.
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(Laughter)
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(smeh)
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Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people
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Knjige so mi odprle magična vrata, ki vodijo v stik z ljudmi
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of the past and the present.
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iz preteklosti in sedanjosti.
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I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.
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Nikoli več ne bom osamljena ali nemočna.
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Having a dream shattered really is nothing
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To, da so mi uničili sanje, ni nič
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compared to what many others have suffered.
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v primerjavi s trpljenjem mnogih drugih ljudi.
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I have come to believe that coming true
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Verjamem, da uresničitev sanj
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is not the only purpose of a dream.
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ni njihov edini namen.
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Its most important purpose is to get us in touch
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Najpomembnejši namen je najti stik
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with where dreams come from,
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s prostorom, od koder prihajajo sanje,
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where passion comes from, where happiness comes from.
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od koder prihajajo strasti in kjer je sreča.
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Even a shattered dream can do that for you.
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Celo uničene sanje vam to lahko prinesejo.
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So because of books, I'm here today,
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Danes sem tu zaradi knjig,
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happy, living again with a purpose and a clarity,
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srečna, živim z namenom in jasnim pogledom,
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most of the time.
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vsaj večino časa.
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So may books be always with you.
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Naj bodo knjige vedno z vami.
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Thank you.
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Hvala.
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(Applause)
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(aplavz)¸
05:52
Thank you. (Applause)
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Hvala. (aplavz)
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Thank you. (Applause)
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Hvala. (aplavz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lisa Bu - Passionate readerLisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story.
Why you should listen
At TED's annual staff retreat, everyone has to get up and talk about something -- either about work, or about something interesting from their own lives. In fall 2012, our own Lisa Bu prepared a talk about her love of reading. And our quiet, funny and efficient Content Distribution Manager simply brought down the house, with a story that's too good not to share. We are thrilled and proud that Lisa is the first TED staffer ever to be invited to speak on the mainstage at the TED Conference.
Born and raised in Hunan, China, Lisa Bu has been with TED since 2011. Before that, she spent seven years as a talk show producer and a digital media content director at Wisconsin Public Radio. She's also a computer programmer, with a PhD in journalism and an MBA in information systems from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BA in Chinese from Nanjing University in China.
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