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Nathaniel Kahn: Scenes from "My Architect"
Nathaniel Kahn mengenai "My Architect" (Arsitek saya)
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Nathaniel Kahn membagikan cuplikan dari film dokumenternya "My Architect," (Arsitek saya) tentang perjalanan untuk memahami ayahnya, arsitek legendaris Louis Kahn. Sebuah film penuh arti bagi siapa saja yang ingin memahami hubungan antara seni dan cinta.
Nathaniel Kahn - Filmmaker
Nathaniel Kahn is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated maker of documentary films. His journey to understand his distant father -- the legendary modern architect Louis Kahn -- became the film "My Architect." Full bio
Nathaniel Kahn is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated maker of documentary films. His journey to understand his distant father -- the legendary modern architect Louis Kahn -- became the film "My Architect." Full bio
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00:12
One thing I wanted to say about film making is -- about this film --
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Satu hal yang ingin saya katakan tentang pembuatan film -- tentang film ini --
00:15
in thinking about some of the wonderful talks we've heard here,
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mengingat beberapa presentasi hebat yang telah kita dengar,
00:19
Michael Moschen, and some of the talks about music,
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Michael Moschen, dan beberapa presentasi tentang musik,
00:21
this idea that there is a narrative line,
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ide bahwa ada jalan cerita
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and that music exists in time.
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dan musik ada seiring waktu.
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A film also exists in time; it's an experience
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Film juga ada seiring waktu, ini adalah pengalaman
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that you should go through emotionally.
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yang harus Anda lalui secara emosional.
00:33
And in making this film I felt that so many of the documentaries I've seen
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Dan dalam pembuatan film ini saya merasa banyak adegan yang saya lihat
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were all about learning something,
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semuanya tentang mempelajari sesuatu,
00:38
or knowledge, or driven by talking heads, and driven by ideas.
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pengetahuan, atau didorong oleh reporter, didorong oleh ide.
00:42
And I wanted this film to be driven by emotions,
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Saya ingin agar film ini didorong oleh emosi
00:45
and really to follow my journey.
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dan benar-benar mengikuti perjalanan saya.
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So instead of doing the talking head thing, instead it's composed of scenes,
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Jadi daripada berperan seperti reporter, film ini terdiri dari berbagai adegan
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and we meet people along the way.
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orang-orang yang kita temui di sepanjang perjalanan.
00:52
We only meet them once.
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Kami hanya bertemu mereka sekali.
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They don't come back several times, so it really chronicles a journey.
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Mereka tidak datang berkali-kali, sehingga benar-benar seperti kisah perjalanan.
00:57
It's something like life, that once you get in it
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Sama seperti hidup, sekali Anda masuk ke dalamnya
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you can't get out.
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Anda tidak bisa keluar lagi.
01:02
There are two clips I want to show you,
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Ada dua cuplikan yang ingin saya tunjukkan,
01:04
the first one is a kind of hodgepodge,
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yang pertama tampak campur aduk,
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its just three little moments, four little moments
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hanya tiga peristiwa kecil, empat peristiwa kecil
01:10
with three of the people who are here tonight.
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bersama tiga orang yang ada di sini malam ini.
01:12
It's not the way they occur in the film,
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Ini bukanlah bagaimana mereka tampil dalam film ini
01:14
because they are part of much larger scenes.
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karena mereka adalah bagian dari adegan yang lebih besar.
01:16
They play off each other in a wonderful way.
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Mereka masing-masing bermain dengan luar biasa.
01:19
And that ends with a little clip of my father, of Lou,
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Dan diakhiri dengan cuplikan kecil dari ayah saya, Lou
01:21
talking about something that is very dear to him,
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yang berbicara tentang sesuatu yang sangat disukainya,
01:23
which is the accidents of life.
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yaitu kebetulan-kebetulan dalam hidup.
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I think he felt that the greatest things in life were accidental,
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Saya pikir dia merasa bahwa hal terhebat di dalam hidup adalah kebetulan,
01:28
and perhaps not planned at all.
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dan mungkin sama sekali tidak direncanakan.
01:31
And those three clips will be followed by a scene of
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Dan ketiga cuplikan itu akan diikuti oleh cuplikan dari
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perhaps what, to me, is really his greatest building
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mungkin apa yang menurut saya adalah karya gedungnya yang terbaik.
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which is a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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yaitu sebuah gedung di Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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He built the capital over there.
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Ayah saya membangun ibu kota di sana.
01:42
And I think you'll enjoy this building, it's never been seen --
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Dan saya rasa Anda akan menikmatinya, gedung ini belum pernah dilihat,
01:44
it's been still photographed, but never photographed by a film crew.
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gedung ini masih sering difoto, namun belum pernah direkam oleh kru film.
01:49
We were the first film crew in there.
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Kami adalah kru film pertama di sana.
01:52
So you'll see images of this remarkable building.
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Dan Anda akan melihat gambar dari gedung yang luar biasa ini.
01:55
A couple of things to keep in mind when you see it,
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Beberapa hal yang harus diingat saat melihatnya,
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it was built entirely by hand,
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gedung ini dibangun dengan tangan,
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I think they got a crane the last year.
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saya rasa mereka mendatangkan derek tahun lalu.
02:03
It was built entirely by hand off bamboo scaffolding,
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Gedung ini dibangun dengan tangan dengan rangka bambu,
02:06
people carrying these baskets of concrete on their heads,
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orang-orang membawa keranjang berisi beton ini dengan tangan
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dumping them in the forms.
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menuang dan mencetaknya.
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It is the capital of the country,
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Inilah ibu kota negara ini
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and it took 23 years to build,
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dan diperlukan 23 tahun untuk membangunnya,
02:15
which is something they seem to be very proud of over there.
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sesuatu yang tampaknya sangat mereka banggakan di sana.
02:18
It took as long as the Taj Mahal.
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Jangka waktu pembangunannya hampir sama dengan Taj Mahal.
02:20
Unfortunately it took so long that Lou never saw it finished.
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Sayangnya, waktunya sangat lama sehingga Lou tidak pernah melihat hasilnya.
02:23
He died in 1974.
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Dia meninggal pada tahun 1974.
02:26
The building was finished in 1983.
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Gedung ini selesai pada tahun 1983.
02:29
So it continued on for many years
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Jadi pembangunannya terus dilanjutkan
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after he died.
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bertahun-tahun setelah kematiannya.
02:34
Think about that when you see that building,
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Pikirkan saat Anda melihat gedung ini
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that sometimes the things we strive for so hard in life we never get to see finished.
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bahwa terkadang hal yang kita perjuangkan dalam hidup, tidak pernah kita lihat hasilnya.
02:40
And that really struck me about my father,
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Dan hal itu benar-benar mengena
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in the sense that he had such belief
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dalam artian ayah saya memiliki keyakinan
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that somehow, doing these things
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bahwa bagaimanapun, melakukan hal-hal ini
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giving in the way that he gave, that something good would come out of it,
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mengorbankan dirinya, bahwa sesuatu yang baik akan dihasilkan,
02:51
even in the middle of a war, there was a war with Pakistan at one point,
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bahkan di tengah peperangan, pada saat Bangladesh berperang dengan Pakistan,
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and the construction stopped totally and he kept working,
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dan semua pembangunannya berhenti, namun ayah tetap bekerja,
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because he felt, "Well when the war is done
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karena dia merasa, "Saat perang berakhir
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they'll need this building."
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mereka akan memerlukan gedung ini."
03:01
So, those are the two clips I'm going to show.
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Jadi, inilah dua cuplikan yang akan saya tunjukkan.
03:03
Roll that tape.
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Putar filmnya.
03:06
(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
03:14
Richard Saul Wurman: I remember hearing him talk at Penn.
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Richard Saul Wurman: Saya ingat saat mendengar dia berbicara di Penn.
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And I came home and I said to my father and mother,
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Saya pulang dan berkata kepada orang tua saya,
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"I just met this man: doesn't have much work,
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"Saya bertemu orang ini, karyanya tidak banyak,
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and he's sort of ugly, funny voice,
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wajahnya jelek, suaranya lucu,
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and he's a teacher at school.
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dia seorang guru sekolah.
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I know you've never heard of him, but just mark this day
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Saya yakin kau belum pernah mendengarnya, tapi ingatlah bahwa hari ini
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that someday you will hear of him,
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saya mengatakan suatu hari nanti kau akan mendengarnya,
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because he's really an amazing man."
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karena dia adalah pria yang luar biasa."
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Frank Gehry: I heard he had some kind of a fling with Ingrid Bergman. Is that true?
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Frank Gehry: Saya mendengar dia pernah pacaran dengan Ingrid Bergman. Benarkah?
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Nathaniel Kahn: If he did he was a very lucky man.
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Nathaniel Kahn: Jika benar dia benar-benar beruntung.
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(Laughter)
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(Tawa)
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NK: Did you hear that, really?
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NK: Benar kau pernah mendengar itu?
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FG: Yeah, when he was in Rome.
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FG: Ya, saat dia berada di Roma.
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Moshe Safdie: He was a real nomad.
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Moshe Safdie: Dia benar-benar pengembara.
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And you know, when I knew him when I was in the office,
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Kau tahu, saya kenal dia saat saya berada di kantor,
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he would come in from a trip, and he would be in the office
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dia pulang dari perjalanannya, dan dia akan berada di kantor
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for two or three days intensely, and he would pack up and go.
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selama dua atau tiga hari penuh, lalu berkemas dan pergi lagi.
04:02
You know he'd be in the office till three in the morning working with us
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Dia ada di kantor sampai jam tiga pagi bekerja bersama kami
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and there was this kind of sense of the nomad in him.
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dan ada naluri pengembara di dalam tubuhnya,
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I mean as tragic as his death was in a railway station,
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maksud saya setragis-tragisnya kematiannya di stasiun kereta api,
04:14
it was so consistent with his life, you know?
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kejadian itu benar-benar dengan konsisten dengan hidupnya.
04:16
I mean I often think I'm going to die in a plane,
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Maksud saya, saya sering berpikir saya akan meninggal di pesawat
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or I'm going to die in an airport,
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atau di bandara,
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or die jogging without an identification on me.
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atau ketika jogging tanpa membawa tanda pengenal.
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I don't know why I sort of carry that
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Saya tidak tahu mengapa saya terbawa hal itu
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from that memory of the way he died.
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dari ingatan akan cara dia meninggal.
04:28
But he was a sort of a nomad at heart.
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Namun di dalam hatinya dia adalah pengembara.
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Louis Kahn: How accidental our existences are really
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Louis Kahn: Keberadaan kita benar-benar kebetulan
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and how full of influence by circumstance.
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dan benar-benar dipengaruhi oleh keadaan.
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Man: We are the morning workers who come, all the time, here
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Pria: Kami adalah pekerja pagi hari yang datang kemari setiap saat
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and enjoy the walking, city's beauty and the atmosphere
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menikmati berjalan-jalan, keindahan kota, dan atmosfernya
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and this is the nicest place of Bangladesh.
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dan inilah tempat paling bagus di Bangladesh.
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We are proud of it.
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Kami sangat bangga akan hal ini.
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NK: You're proud of it?
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NK: Anda bangga pada gedung ini?
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Man: Yes, it is the national image of Bangladesh.
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Pria: Ya, ini adalah citra nasional Bangladesh.
06:16
NK: Do you know anything about the architect?
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NK: Kau tahu tentang arsitek gedung ini?
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Man: Architect? I've heard about him; he's a top-ranking architect.
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Pria: Arsitek? Saya dengar dia adalah arsitek [tidak jelas].
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NK: Well actually I'm here because I'm the architect's son,
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NK: Sebenarnya saya di sini karena sayalah putra arsitek gedung ini,
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he was my father.
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dia ayah saya.
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Man: Oh! Dad is Louis Farrakhan?
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Pria: Oh! Anda putra Louis Farrakhan?
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NK: Yeah. No not Louis Farrakhan, Louis Kahn.
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NK: Ya. Bukan Louis Farrakhan?, Louis Kahn.
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Man: Louis Kahn, yes!
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Pria: Louis Kahn, ya!
06:39
(Laughter)
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(Tawa)
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Man: Your father, is he alive?
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Pria: Apa ayahmu masih hidup?
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NK: No, he's been dead for 25 years.
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NK: Tidak, dia meninggal 25 tahun yang lalu.
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Man: Very pleased to welcome you back.
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Pria: Senang bisa menyambutmu kembali.
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NK: Thank you.
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NK: Terima kasih.
07:30
NK: He never saw it finished, Pop.
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NK: Ayah saya tidak pernah melihat gedung ini selesai.
07:32
No, he never saw this.
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Ya, dia tidak pernah melihatnya.
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Shamsul Wares: It was almost impossible, building for a country like ours.
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Shamsul Wares: Ini hampir tidak mungkin, membangun di negara seperti negara kami,
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In 30, 50 years back, it was nothing, only paddy fields,
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50 tahun yang lalu, tidak ada apa-apa, hanya ada sawah,
08:05
and since we invited him here,
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dan karena kami mengundangnya kemari,
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he felt that he has got a responsibility.
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dia merasa memiliki tanggung jawab.
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He wanted to be a Moses here, he gave us democracy.
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Dia ingin menjadi Musa, memberikan kami demokrasi.
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He is not a political man,
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Dia bukan seorang politikus
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but in this guise he has given us
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namun dalam penyamaran ini dia memberikan
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the institution for democracy, from where we can rise.
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badan untuk demokrasi, di mana kami dapat bangkit.
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In that way it is so relevant.
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Sepertinya ini sangat berkaitan.
08:24
He didn't care for how much money this country has,
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Dia tidak peduli berapa uang yang dimiliki negara ini
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or whether he would be able to ever finish this building,
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atau apakah dia akan dapat menyelesaikan gedung ini,
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but somehow he has been able to do it, build it, here.
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namun entah bagaimana dia dapat melakukannya di sini.
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And this is the largest project he has got in here, the poorest country in the world.
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Dan inilah proyek terbesarnya, dia datang kemari, negara termiskin di dunia.
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NK: It cost him his life.
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NK: Dia mengorbankan hidupnya.
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SW: Yeah, he paid. He paid his life for this,
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SW: Benar, dia mengorbankan hidupnya untuk ini,
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and that is why he is great and we'll remember him.
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dan karena itulah dia luar biasa dan kami akan mengenangnya.
08:46
But he was also human.
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Namun dia juga manusia
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Now his failure to satisfy the family life,
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kegagalannya dalam kehidupan keluarga
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is an inevitable association of great people.
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adalah sesuatu yang sering terjadi pada orang-orang hebat.
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But I think his son will understand this,
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Namun saya rasa putranya akan mengerti
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and will have no sense of grudge,
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dan tidak pernah mendendam
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or sense of being neglected, I think.
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atau merasa diabaikan.
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He cared in a very different manner,
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Dia peduli dengan cara yang sangat berbeda
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but it takes a lot of time to understand that.
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namun perlu waktu lama untuk mengerti akan hal itu.
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In social aspect of his life
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Dalam aspek sosial kehidupannya
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he was just like a child, he was not at all matured.
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dia seperti anak-anak, dia belum dewasa.
09:15
He could not say no to anything,
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Dia tidak dapat berkata tidak kepada semua orang
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and that is why, that he cannot say no to things,
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dan karena dia tidak dapat berkata tidak itulah
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we got this building today.
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kami memiliki gedung ini sekarang.
09:23
You see, only that way you can be able to understand him.
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Hanya dengan cara itulah kau dapat mengerti dirinya.
09:26
There is no other shortcut,
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Tidak ada jalan pintas yang lain,
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no other way to really understand him.
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tidak ada cara lain untuk sungguh-sungguh memahaminya.
09:32
But I think he has given us this building
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Namun saya rasa dia telah memberikan gedung ini
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and we feel all the time for him,
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dan kami merasa selamanya untuk dia,
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that's why, he has given love for us.
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itulah alasannya, dia telah memberikan cintanya kepada kita.
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He could not probably give the right kind of love for you,
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Dia mungkin tidak dapat memberikan cinta yang benar untuk Anda,
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but for us, he has given the people the right kind of love,
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namun bagi kami, dia memberikan cinta yang benar,
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that is important.
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itulah yang penting.
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You have to understand that.
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Anda harus memahami hal itu.
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He had an enormous amount of love,
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Cintanya sangat besar,
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he loved everybody.
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dia mencintai semua orang,
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To love everybody, he sometimes did not see
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Untuk mencintai semua orang, terkadang dia tidak melihat
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the very closest ones,
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orang yang paling dekat,
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and that is inevitable for men of his stature.
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dan itu hampir tidak dapat dihindari untuk orang sekaliber dirinya.
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(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nathaniel Kahn - FilmmakerNathaniel Kahn is an Oscar- and Emmy-nominated maker of documentary films. His journey to understand his distant father -- the legendary modern architect Louis Kahn -- became the film "My Architect."
Why you should listen
The architect Louis Kahn was known for formally brilliant modern buildings, but his personal life was utterly baroque: married with one child, he had two other children by two other women. His only son, Nathaniel, met him rarely; Louis died when Nathaniel was only 11. Nathaniel grew up to become a playwright and documentary filmmaker -- he worked on such award-winning films as 1996's My Father's Garden and Canary of the Ocean.
His 2002 film My Architect traveled the world to uncover the mysteries of his father, looking for clues in Louis Kahn's body of work, in his work relationships and his personal ones. It's a film with meaning to anyone who seeks to understand the relationship between art and love. After My Architect, Kahn directed the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated 2004 documentary Two Hands, about the pianist Leon Fleischer, and produced a mockumental look at the director M. Night Shyamalan.
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