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Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
Isabel Allende pripovijeda priče o strasti
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Spisateljica i aktivistica Isabel Allende govori o ženama, kreativnosti, definiciji feminizma -- i naravno, strasti.
Isabel Allende - Novelist
Isabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal. Full bio
Isabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal. Full bio
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Thank you so much. It's really scary to be here
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Puno vam hvala. Zbilja je zastrašujuće biti ovdje
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among the smartest of the smart.
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među najpametnijima od pametnih.
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I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion.
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Ovdje sam kako bih vam ispričala nekoliko priča o strasti.
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There's a Jewish saying that I love.
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Ima jedna židovska poslovica koju volim:
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What is truer than truth? Answer: The story.
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"Što je istinitije od istine? Odgovor: priča."
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I'm a storyteller. I want to convey something that is truer than truth
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Ja sam pripovjedač. Želim prenijeti nešto što je istinitije od istine
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about our common humanity.
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o našoj zajedničkoj ljudskosti.
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All stories interest me, and some haunt me
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Zanimaju me sve priče, a neke me i progone
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until I end up writing them.
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sve dok ih ne napišem.
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Certain themes keep coming up:
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Neke se teme stalno iznova javljaju:
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justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues,
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pravda, odanost, nasilje, smrt, politička i društvena pitanja,
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freedom.
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sloboda.
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I'm aware of the mystery around us,
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Svjesna sam zagonetki koje nas okružuju,
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so I write about coincidences, premonitions,
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i zato pišem o slučajnostima, predosjećajima,
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emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
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osjećajima, snovima, snazi prirode, magiji.
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In the last 20 years I have published a few books,
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U posljednjih 20 godina objavila sam nekoliko knjiga,
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but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006,
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no živjela sam u anonimnosti sve do veljače 2006. godine,
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when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy.
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kada sam nosila olimpijsku zastavu na Zimskoj olimpijadi u Italiji.
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That made me a celebrity. Now people recognize me in Macy's,
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To me proslavilo. Sada me ljudi prepoznaju u Macy's-u,
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and my grandchildren think that I'm cool.
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a moji unuci misle da sam cool.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Allow me to tell you about my four minutes of fame.
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Dopustite mi da vam ispričam o moje četiri minute slave.
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One of the organizers of the Olympic ceremony,
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Jedan od organizatora olimpijske ceremonije,
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of the opening ceremony,
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ceremonije otvaranja igara,
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called me and said that I had been selected
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nazvao me i rekao da sam izabrana
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to be one of the flag-bearers.
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da budem jedan od nositelja zastava.
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I replied that surely this was a case of mistaken identity
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Odgovorila sam da mora da se radi o zamjeni identiteta
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because I'm as far as you can get from being an athlete.
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jer sam ja sušta suprotnost sportaša.
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Actually, I wasn't even sure that I could go around the stadium
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U stvari, nisam bila sigurna ni hoću li moći napraviti krug oko stadiona
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without a walker.
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bez hodalice.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I was told that this was no laughing matter.
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Rečeno mi je da se radi o ozbiljnoj stvari.
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This would be the first time
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To će biti prvi put
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that only women would carry the Olympic flag.
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da isključivo žene nose olimpijsku zastavu.
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Five women, representing five continents,
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Pet žena, predstavljajući pet zemalja,
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and three Olympic gold medal winners.
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te tri osvajačice zlatnih olimpijskih odličja.
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My first question was, naturally,
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Moje je prvo pitanje, naravno, bilo
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what was I going to wear?
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što ću obući?
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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A uniform, she said,
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Uniformu, rekla je
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and asked for my measurements.
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i pitala za moje mjere.
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My measurements.
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Moje mjere.
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I had a vision of myself in a fluffy anorak,
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Vidjela sam se u paperjastoj vjetrovci,
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looking like the Michelin Man.
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kako izgledam kao Michelin Man.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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By the middle of February,
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Sredinom veljače
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I found myself in Turin, where enthusiastic crowds
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našla sam se u Torinu, gdje je oduševljena svjetina
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cheered when any of the 80 Olympic teams was in the street.
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klicala svakom od 80 olimpijskih timova kada su prolazili ulicama.
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Those athletes had sacrificed everything to compete in the games.
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Ovi su sportaši žrtvovali sve kako bi se mogli natjecati na igrama.
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They all deserved to win, but there's the element of luck.
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Svi su zasluživali pobjedu, no tu je i element sreće.
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A speck of snow, an inch of ice, the force of the wind,
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Komadić snijega, centimetar leda, snaga vjetra
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can determine the result of a race or a game.
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mogu odlučiti ishod utrke ili utakmice.
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However, what matters most -- more than training or luck -- is the heart.
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Međutim, ono što je najvažnije -- važnije od treninga ili sreće -- je srce.
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Only a fearless and determined heart will get the gold medal.
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Samo neustrašivo i odlučno srce će dobiti zlatno odličje.
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It is all about passion.
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Sve ovisi o strasti.
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The streets of Turin were covered with red posters
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Ulice Torina bile su prekrivene crvenim plakatima
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announcing the slogan of the Olympics.
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najavljujući slogan Olimpijade.
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Passion lives here. Isn't it always true?
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"Strast živi ovdje". Nije li tome uvijek tako?
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Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.
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Srce je ono što nas pokreće i određuje našu sudbinu.
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That is what I need for my characters in my books:
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To je ono što trebam za likove u mojim knjigama:
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a passionate heart.
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strastveno srce.
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I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels,
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Trebaju mi odmetnici, disidenti, pustolovi, autsajderi i pobunjenici
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who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.
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koji postavljaju pitanja, mijenjaju pravila i riskiraju.
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People like all of you in this room.
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Ljudi poput svih vas u ovoj prostoriji.
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Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters.
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Dobri ljudi zdravog razuma nisu zanimljivi likovi.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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They only make good former spouses.
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Oni mogu biti samo dobri bivši bračni partneri.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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In the green room of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers:
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U zelenoj sobi stadiona upoznala sam druge zastavonoše:
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three athletes, and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia Loren.
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tri sportašice, te glumice Susan Sarandon i Sophiu Loren.
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Also, two women with passionate hearts:
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Također, dvije žene strastvenih srca.
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Wangari Maathai, the Nobel prizewinner from Kenya
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Wangari Maathai, dobitnicu Nobelove nagrade iz Kenije
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who has planted 30 million trees. And by doing so,
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koja je posadila 30 milijuna stabala. Na taj način,
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she has changed the soil, the weather,
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ona je promijenila tlo i vrijeme
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in some places in Africa, and of course
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na nekim mjestima u Africi, i naravno
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the economic conditions in many villages.
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ekonomske uvjete u mnogim selima.
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And Somaly Mam, a Cambodian activist who fights passionately
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I Somaly Mam, aktivisticu iz Kambodže koja se strastveno bori
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against child prostitution.
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protiv dječje prostitucije.
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When she was 14 years old, her grandfather sold her to a brothel.
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Kada je imala 14 godina, djed ju je prodao javnoj kući.
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She told us of little girls raped by men who believe that
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Pričala nam je o djevojčicama koje muškarci siluju jer vjeruju
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having sex with a very young virgin will cure them from AIDS.
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da će ih seks sa vrlo mladim djevicama izliječiti od AIDS-a.
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And of brothels where children are forced to receive five,
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Pričala je i o javnim kućama u kojima su djeca primorana
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15 clients per day,
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imati od 5 do 15 klijenata dnevno,
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and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.
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a ako se pobune, muče ih električnom strujom.
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In the green room I received my uniform.
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U zelenoj sobi sam dobila uniformu.
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It was not the kind of outfit that I normally wear,
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To nije bila odjeća kakvu inače nosim,
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but it was far from the Michelin Man suit
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no bila je daleko od odijela Michelin Mana
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that I had anticipated. Not bad, really.
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kakvo sam očekivala. Uistinu, nije bilo loše.
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I looked like a refrigerator.
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Izgledala sam poput hladnjaka.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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But so did most of the flag-bearers, except Sophia Loren,
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No jednako je tako izgledala i većina zastavonoša, osim Sophie Loren,
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the universal symbol of beauty and passion.
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koja je opći simbol ljepote i strasti.
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Sophia is over 70 and she looks great.
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Sophia ima preko 70 godina i izgleda odlično.
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She's sexy, slim and tall, with a deep tan.
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Ona je sexy, vitka i visoka, tamne puti.
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Now, how can you have a deep tan and have no wrinkles?
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No, kako je moguće imati takav ten i biti bez bora?
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I don't know.
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Ne znam.
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When asked in a TV interview, "How could she look so good?"
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Kada su je u jednom TV intervjuu pitali "Kako možete izgledati tako dobro?"
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She replied, "Posture. My back is always straight,
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Odgovorila je "Držanje. Leđa su mi uvijek uspravljena,
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and I don't make old people's noises."
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i ne proizvodim staračke zvukove."
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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So, there you have some free advice
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Eto besplatnog savjeta
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from one of the most beautiful women on earth.
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jedne od najljepših žena na zemaljskoj kugli.
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No grunting, no coughing, no wheezing,
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Bez gunđanja, bez kašljanja, bez hroptanja,
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no talking to yourselves, no farting.
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bez razgovaranja sa samim sobom, bez ispuštanja vjetrova.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Well, she didn't say that exactly.
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No dobro, nije baš to rekla.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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At some point around midnight,
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U neko vrijeme oko ponoći,
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we were summoned to the wings of the stadium,
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pozvani smo na krila stadiona
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and the loudspeakers announced the Olympic flag, and the music started --
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i zvučnici su najavili olimpijsku zastavu, te je započela glazba --
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by the way, the same music that starts here,
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usput, to je ista glazba kao ovdje,
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the Aida March.
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koračnica iz Aide.
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Sophia Loren was right in front of me -- she's a foot taller than I am,
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Sophia Loren je bila točno ispred mene -- viša je od mene 30 cm,
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not counting the poofy hair.
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ne računajući natapiranu kosu.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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She walked elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savannah,
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Hodala je otmjeno, poput žirafe u afričkoj savani,
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holding the flag on her shoulder. I jogged behind
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držeći zastavu na ramenu. Ja sam trčala iza nje --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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-- on my tiptoes -- holding the flag on my extended arm,
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-- na vrhovima prstiju, držeći zastavu na ispruženoj ruci,
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so that my head was actually under the damn flag.
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tako da mi je glava bila ispod proklete zastave.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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All the cameras were, of course, on Sophia.
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Sve su kamere, naravno, bile usmjerene na Sophiu.
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That was fortunate for me, because in most press photos
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To je za mene bilo sretna okolnost, jer se na većini novinskih fotografija
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I appear too, although often between Sophia's legs.
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pojavljujem i ja, doduše često između Sophijinih nogu.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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A place where most men would love to be.
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Na mjestu na kojem bi rado bila većina muškaraca.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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The best four minutes of my entire life
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Četiri najbolje minute mog života
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were those in the Olympic stadium.
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su bile te na Olimpijskom stadionu.
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My husband is offended when I say this --
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Moj se muž vrijeđa kada to kažem --
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although I have explained to him that what we do in private
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iako mu ja objašnjavam da ono što nas dvoje radimo nasamo
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usually takes less than four minutes --
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obično traje manje od četiri minute --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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-- so he shouldn't take it personally.
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-- pa on to ne bi trebao shvaćati osobno.
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I have all the press clippings of those four magnificent minutes,
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Imam sve novinske izreske o te četiri veličanstvene minute,
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because I don't want to forget them
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jer ih ne želim zaboraviti
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when old age destroys my brain cells.
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kada starost uništi moje moždane ćelije.
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I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics --
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Zauvijek želim nositi u srcu ključnu riječ Olimpijade --
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passion.
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strast.
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So here's a tale of passion.
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Evo, dakle, jedne priče o strasti.
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The year is 1998, the place is a prison camp
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Godina je 1998., mjesto zatvorenički kamp
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for Tutsi refugees in Congo.
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za Tutsi izbjeglice u Kongu.
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By the way, 80 percent of all refugees and displaced people in the world
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Inače, 80 posto svjetskih izbjeglica i prognanika
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are women and girls.
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su žene i djevojčice.
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We can call this place in Congo a death camp,
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Ovo mjesto u Kongu možemo zvati logorom smrti,
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because those who are not killed will die of disease or starvation.
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jer će oni koji nisu ubijeni umrijeti od bolesti ili gladi.
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The protagonists of this story
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Protagonisti ove priče su
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are a young woman, Rose Mapendo, and her children.
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mlada žena, Rose Mapendo, i njena djeca.
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She's pregnant and a widow.
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Ona je u drugom stanju, a i udovica.
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Soldiers have forced her to watch
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Vojnici su je prisilili da gleda
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as her husband was tortured and killed.
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mučenje i ubojstvo supruga.
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Somehow she manages to keep her seven children alive,
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Nekako je uspjela održati na životu svoje sedmoro djece,
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and a few months later, she gives birth to premature twins.
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a nekoliko mjeseci kasnije, preuranjeno je rodila blizance.
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Two tiny little boys.
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Dva malena dječaka.
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She cuts the umbilical cord with a stick,
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Pupkovinu je prerezala štapom,
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and ties it with her own hair.
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i vezala ju vlastitom kosom.
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She names the twins after the camp's commanders
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Blizance je nazvala prema zapovjednicima logora
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to gain their favor, and feeds them with black tea
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kako bi zadobila njihovu naklonost, i hranila ih crnim čajem
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because her milk cannot sustain them.
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jer im njeno mlijeko nije bilo dovoljno.
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When the soldiers burst in her cell to rape her oldest daughter,
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Kada su vojnici provalili u ćeliju kako bi silovali najstariju kćer,
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she grabs hold of her and refuses to let go,
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ona ju je zgrabila i odbila je pustiti,
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even when they hold a gun to her head.
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čak i pod prijetnjom pištolja uperenog u glavu.
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Somehow, the family survives for 16 months,
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Obitelj je nekako preživjela 16 mjeseci
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and then, by extraordinary luck, and the passionate heart
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i tada, uz pomoć izvanredne sreće i strastvenog srca
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of a young American man, Sasha Chanoff,
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mladog amerikanca, Sashe Chanoffa
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who manages to put her in a U.S. rescue plane,
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koji ju uspijeva smjestiti u spasilački zrakoplov SAD-a,
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Rose Mapendo and her nine children end up in Phoenix, Arizona,
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Rose Mapendo i njeno devetero djece završava u Phoeniksu, Arizona,
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where they're now living and thriving.
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gdje i sada žive i napreduju.
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Mapendo, in Swahili, means great love.
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Na svahiliju, Mapendo znači "velika ljubav".
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The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women
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Protagonisti mojih knjiga su snažne i strastvene žene
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like Rose Mapendo.
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poput Rose Mapendo.
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I don't make them up. There's no need for that.
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Ne izmišljam ih. Za to nema potrebe.
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I look around and I see them everywhere.
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Pogledam oko sebe i vidim ih posvuda.
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I have worked with women and for women all my life.
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Cijeli svoj život sam radila sa ženama i za žene.
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I know them well.
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Dobro ih poznajem.
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I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world,
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Rođena sam u pradavna vremena, na kraju svijeta,
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in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family.
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u patrijarhalnoj katoličkoj i konzervativnoj obitelji.
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No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist --
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Nije ni čudo što sam u dobi od pet godina bila goropadna feministkinja --
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although the term had not reached Chile yet,
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iako taj izraz još nije bio došao do Čilea,
09:41
so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.
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pa nitko nije znao što je to naopako sa mnom.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I would soon find out that there was a high price to pay
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Uskoro sam saznala da je cijena
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for my freedom, and for questioning the patriarchy.
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moje slobode i propitivanja patrijarhata visoka.
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But I was happy to pay it, because for every blow that I received,
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No bilo mi je drago platiti tu cijenu, jer sam za svaki primljeni udarac
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I was able to deliver two.
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mogla uzvratiti dva.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Once, when my daughter Paula was in her twenties,
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Jednom, kada je moja kćer Paula bila u svojim dvadesetima,
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she said to me that feminism was dated, that I should move on.
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kazala mi je da je feminizam zastario, da trebam krenuti dalje.
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We had a memorable fight. Feminism is dated?
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Imale smo tada jednu upečatljivu svađu. Feminizam zastario?
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Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today,
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Da, za privilegirane žene poput moje kćeri i sve nas koji smo danas ovdje,
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but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world
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ali ne i za većinu naših sestara u ostatku svijeta
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who are still forced into premature marriage,
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koje se još uvijek prisiljava na preuranjene brakove,
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prostitution, forced labor --
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prostituciju, prisilni rad --
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they have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.
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one imaju djecu koju ne žele ili ne mogu hraniti.
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They have no control over their bodies or their lives.
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Nemaju kontrolu nad vlastitim tijelima niti životima.
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They have no education and no freedom.
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Nemaju obrazovanje niti slobodu.
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They are raped, beaten up and sometimes killed with impunity.
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Bivaju silovane, pretučene i ponekad nekažnjeno ubijane.
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For most Western young women of today,
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Za većinu mladih žena sa Zapada,
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being called a feminist is an insult.
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danas je biti nazvana feministicom uvreda.
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Feminism has never been sexy, but let me assure you
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Feminizam nikada nije bio sexy, no uvjeravam vas
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that it never stopped me from flirting,
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da me nikada nije sprječavao u flertu,
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and I have seldom suffered from lack of men.
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a često sam patila od nedostatka muškaraca.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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Feminism is not dead, by no means.
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Feminizam nije mrtav, nipošto.
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It has evolved. If you don't like the term,
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Evoluirao je. Ukoliko vam se taj izraz ne sviđa,
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change it, for Goddess' sake.
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promijenite ga, za ime Boginja.
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Call it Aphrodite, or Venus, or bimbo, or whatever you want;
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Zovite ga Afroditom, ili Venerom, ili glupačom, kako god želite,
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the name doesn't matter,
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ime nije važno,
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as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.
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ukoliko razumijemo o čemu se radi i podržavamo ga.
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So here's another tale of passion, and this is a sad one.
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Evo još jedne priče o strasti, a ova je tužna.
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The place is a small women's clinic in a village in Bangladesh.
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Mjesto radnje je mala klinika za ženske bolesti u selu u Bangladešu.
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The year is 2005.
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Godina je 2005.
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Jenny is a young American dental hygienist
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Jenny je mlada američka zubna tehničarka
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who has gone to the clinic as a volunteer
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koja je u kliniku došla volontirati
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during her three-week vacation.
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za vrijeme svog trotjednog odmora.
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She's prepared to clean teeth,
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Spremna je baviti se zubnom higijenom,
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but when she gets there, she finds out that there are no doctors,
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no kada stiže na mjesto radnje, shvaća da tu nema liječnika,
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no dentists, and the clinic is just a hut full of flies.
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nema zubara, a klinika je samo jedna koliba puna muha.
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Outside, there is a line of women
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Vani se nalazi red žena
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who have waited several hours to be treated.
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koje su satima čekale na pregled.
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The first patient is in excruciating pain
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Prva pacijentica je u užasnoj boli
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because she has several rotten molars.
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jer ima nekoliko pokvarenih kutnjaka.
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Jenny realizes that the only solution is to pull out the bad teeth.
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Jenny shvaća da je jedino rješenje izvaditi te zube.
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She's not licensed for that; she has never done it.
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Nema ovlasti za takav zahvat, nikada to nije radila.
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She risks a lot and she's terrified.
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Rizik je velik i Jenny je užasnuta.
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She doesn't even have the proper instruments,
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Čak ne raspolaže ni odgovarajućim instrumentima,
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but fortunately she has brought some Novocaine.
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no srećom, ponijela je nešto Novocaina (analgetik).
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Jenny has a brave and passionate heart.
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Jenny ima hrabro i strastveno srce.
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She murmurs a prayer and she goes ahead with the operation.
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Promrmlja molitvu i krene na posao.
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At the end, the relieved patient kisses her hands.
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Na kraju operacije, olakšana pacijentica joj ljubi ruke.
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That day the hygienist pulls out many more teeth.
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Tog dana zubna je tehničarka povadila mnogo zubi.
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The next morning, when she comes again to the so-called clinic,
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Sljedećeg jutra, kada ponovo dolazi u takozvanu kliniku,
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her first patient is waiting for her with her husband.
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njena prva pacijentica je čeka zajedno sa svojim mužem.
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The woman's face looks like a watermelon.
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Ženino lice izgleda poput lubenice.
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It is so swollen that you can't even see the eyes.
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Toliko je otečena da joj se ne vide ni oči.
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The husband, furious, threatens to kill the American.
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Suprug, bijesan, prijeti da će ubiti Amerikanku.
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Jenny is horrified at what she has done,
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Jenny je prestravljena onime što je učinila,
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but then the translator explains
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no tada joj prevoditelj objašnjava
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that the patient's condition has nothing to do with the operation.
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kako stanje pacijentice nema nikakve veze s operacijom.
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The day before, her husband beat her up because she was not home
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Dan ranije, muž ju je pretukao jer nije došla kući na vrijeme.
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in time to prepare dinner for him.
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da mu pripremi večeru.
13:02
Millions of women live like this today.
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Milijuni žena danas žive ovako.
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They are the poorest of the poor.
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One su najsiromašnije među siromašnima.
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Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor,
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Iako žene obavljaju dvije trećine svjetskog rada,
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they own less than one percent of the world's assets.
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posjeduju manje od jedan posto svjetske imovine.
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They are paid less than men for the same work
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Za isti posao su lošije plaćene
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if they're paid at all, and they remain vulnerable
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-- ako im se uopće plaća -- i one ostaju ranjive
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because they have no economic independence,
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jer nemaju nikakvu ekonomsku neovisnost
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and they are constantly threatened by exploitation,
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i stalno su pod prijetnjom izrabljivanja,
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violence and abuse.
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nasilja i zlostavljanja.
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It is a fact that giving women education, work,
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Činjenica je da, ako ženama omogućimo obrazovanje, zaposlenje,
13:32
the ability to control their own income,
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mogućnost upravljanja vlastitim prihodom,
13:34
inherit and own property, benefits the society.
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nasljeđivanja i posjedovanja imovine, to koristi društvu.
13:38
If a woman is empowered,
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Kada je žena na taj način osnažena,
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her children and her family will be better off.
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njenoj će djeci i obitelji biti bolje.
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If families prosper, the village prospers,
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Kada obitelji napreduju, napreduje i selo,
13:46
and eventually so does the whole country.
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i u konačnici cijela zemlja.
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Wangari Maathai goes to a village in Kenya.
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Wangari Maathai odlazi u selo u Keniji.
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She talks with the women and explains that the land is barren
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Razgovara sa ženama i objašnjava da je zemlja neplodna
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because they have cut and sold the trees.
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jer su posjekli i prodali drveće.
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She gets the women to plant new trees and water them,
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Uspjeva pridobiti žene da sade nova stabla i zalijevaju ih,
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drop by drop.
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kap po kap.
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In a matter of five or six years, they have a forest,
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Za pet-šest godina, imaju šumu,
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the soil is enriched, and the village is saved.
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tlo je obogaćeno, a selo spašeno.
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The poorest and most backward societies
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Najsiromašnija i najzaostalija društva
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are always those that put women down.
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su uvijek ona koja ponižavaju žene.
14:16
Yet this obvious truth is ignored by governments
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No, vlade ignoriraju tu očitu činjenicu,
14:19
and also by philanthropy.
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a isto se odnosi i na filantropiju.
14:21
For every dollar given to a women's program,
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Na svaki dolar koji se daje programima za žene,
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20 dollars are given to men's programs.
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ide 20 dolara za muške programe.
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Women are 51 percent of humankind.
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Žene čine 51 posto čovječanstva.
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Empowering them will change everything --
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Osnaživanjem žena sve bi se promijenilo --
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more than technology and design and entertainment.
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više od same tehnologije, dizajna i zabave.
14:37
I can promise you that women working together --
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Mogu vam obećati da zajednički rad žena --
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linked, informed and educated --
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povezanih, informiranih i obrazovanih --
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can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.
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može donijeti mir i napredak ovom napuštenom planetu.
14:48
In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians,
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U svakom današnjem ratu, većina žrtava su civili,
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mainly women and children. They are collateral damage.
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uglavnom žene i djeca. Oni su kolateralna šteta.
14:56
Men run the world, and look at the mess we have.
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Muškarci upravljaju svijetom, i pogledajte kakav nered imamo.
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What kind of world do we want?
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Kakav svijet želimo?
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This is a fundamental question that most of us are asking.
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To je temeljno pitanje koje većina nas postavlja.
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Does it make sense to participate in the existing world order?
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Ima li smisla participirati u postojećem svjetskom poretku?
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We want a world where life is preserved
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Želimo svijet u kojem se život čuva,
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and the quality of life is enriched for everybody,
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u kojem se kvaliteta života obogaćuje za sve,
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not only for the privileged.
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a ne samo za one povlaštene.
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In January I saw an exhibit of Fernando Botero's paintings
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U siječnju sam pogledala izložbu slika Fernanda Botera
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at the UC Berkeley library.
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u knjižnici sveučilišta Berkeley.
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No museum or gallery in the United States,
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Nijedan muzej ni galerija u SAD-u,
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except for the New York gallery that carries Botero's work,
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osim njujorške galerije koja drži Boterove radove,
15:34
has dared to show the paintings because the theme
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nije se usudio izložiti slike jer je tema
15:37
is the Abu Ghraib prison.
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zatvor Abu Ghraib.
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They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power,
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To su ogromne slike mučenja i zlouporabe moći,
15:43
in the voluminous Botero style.
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u opsežnom Boterovom stilu.
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I have not been able to get those images out of my mind
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Te prizore nisam mogla izbaciti ni iz misli
15:50
or my heart.
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ni iz srca.
15:52
What I fear most is power with impunity.
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Ono čega se najviše bojim je nekažnjiva moć.
15:56
I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
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Bojim se zlouporabe moći i moći zlostavljanja.
15:59
In our species, the alpha males define reality,
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U našoj vrsti, alfa mužjaci definiraju stvarnost,
16:02
and force the rest of the pack to accept that reality
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i prisiljavaju ostatak čopora na prihvaćanje takve stvarnosti
16:05
and follow the rules.
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te pridržavanje pravila.
16:07
The rules change all the time, but they always benefit them,
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Pravila se stalno mijenjaju, ali uvijek na njihovu korist,
16:10
and in this case, the trickle-down effect,
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pa u ovom slučaju "efekat kapanja",
16:13
which does not work in economics, works perfectly.
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koji ne funkcionira u gospodarstvu, funkcionira savršeno.
16:16
Abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom.
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Zlouporaba kaplje s vrha ljestava prema dnu.
16:20
Women and children, especially the poor, are at the bottom.
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Žene i djeca, osobito siromašni, nalaze se na dnu.
16:24
Even the most destitute of men have someone they can abuse --
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Čak i najbjedniji među muškarcima imaju nekoga koga mogu zlostavljati --
16:27
a woman or a child.
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ženu ili dijete.
16:30
I'm fed up with the power that a few exert over the many
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Dosta mi je moći koju nekolicina provodi nad mnoštvom
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through gender, income, race, and class.
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putem spola, prihoda, rase i društvene klase.
16:37
I think that the time is ripe to make fundamental changes
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Mislim da je krajnje vrijeme za temeljite promjene
16:41
in our civilization.
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u našoj civilizaciji.
16:42
But for real change, we need feminine energy
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No za pravu promjenu nam je potrebna ženska energija
16:45
in the management of the world.
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u upravljanju svijetom.
16:47
We need a critical number of women in positions of power,
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Potreban nam je kritičan broj žena na pozicijama moći,
16:50
and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.
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i moramo njegovati žensku energiju u muškarcima.
16:54
I'm talking about men with young minds, of course.
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Naravno, govorim o muškarcima mladih umova.
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Old guys are hopeless; we have to wait for them to die off.
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Starci su beznadni, moramo čekati da odumru.
17:00
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
17:03
Yes, I would love to have Sophia Loren's long legs
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Da, i ja bih voljela imati duge noge Sophie Loren
17:07
and legendary breasts.
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i legendarno poprsje.
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But given a choice, I would rather have the warrior hearts
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No mogu li birati, radije bih odabrala ratničko srce
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of Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny and Rose Mapendo.
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Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny i Rose Mapendo.
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I want to make this world good.
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Želim ovaj svijet učiniti dobrim.
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Not better, but to make it good.
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Ne boljim, nego dobrim.
17:23
Why not? It is possible. Look around in this room --
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Zašto ne? To je moguće. Pogledajte oko sebe po prostoriji --
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all this knowledge, energy, talent and technology.
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svo ovo znanje, energija, talent i tehnologija.
17:33
Let's get off our fannies, roll up our sleeves
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Dignimo se, zasučimo rukave
17:36
and get to work, passionately,
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i uhvatimo se posla, strastveno,
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in creating an almost perfect world.
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stvarajući gotovo savršen svijet.
17:42
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Isabel Allende - NovelistIsabel Allende writes stories of passion. Her novels and memoirs, including The House of the Spirits and Eva Luna, tell the stories of women and men who live with passionate commitment -- to love, to their world, to an ideal.
Why you should listen
As a novelist and memoirist, Isabel Allende writes of passionate lives, including her own. Born into a Chilean family with political ties, she went into exile in the United States in the 1970s—an event that, she believes, created her as a writer. Her voice blends sweeping narrative with touches of magical realism; her stories are romantic, in the very best sense of the word. Her novels include The House of the Spirits, Eva Luna and The Stories of Eva Luna, and her latest, Maya's Notebook and Ripper. And don't forget her adventure trilogy for young readers— City of the Beasts, Kingdom of the Golden Dragon and Forest of the Pygmies.
As a memoirist, she has written about her vision of her lost Chile, in My Invented Country, and movingly tells the story of her life to her own daughter, in Paula. Her book Aphrodite: A Memoir of the Senses memorably linked two sections of the bookstore that don't see much crossover: Erotica and Cookbooks. Just as vital is her community work: The Isabel Allende Foundation works with nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area and Chile to empower and protect women and girls—understanding that empowering women is the only true route to social and economic justice.
Isabel Allende | Speaker | TED.com