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Carl Honoré: In praise of slowness
Carl Honore elogiaza lentoarea
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Jurnalistul Carl Honore crede ca importanta pe care Vestul o acorda vitezei distruge sanatatea, productivitatea si calitatea vietii. Dar se pregateste o inversare a situatiei, pentru ca oamenii de rand incep sa isi incetineasca vietile mult prea moderne.
Carl Honore - Journalist
In his book In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honoré dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their "inner tortoise." Full bio
In his book In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honoré dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their "inner tortoise." Full bio
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What I'd like to start off with is an observation,
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As vrea sa incep cu o observatie,
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which is that if I've learned anything over the last year,
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si anume ca daca am invatat ceva in ultimul an,
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it's that the supreme irony
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este ca ironia suprema
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of publishing a book about slowness
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a publicarii unei carti despre lentoare
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is that you have to go around promoting it really fast.
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este ca trebuie s-o promovezi foarte rapid.
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I seem to spend most of my time these days
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Se pare ca imi petrec mai tot timpul zilele astea,
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zipping from city to city, studio to studio,
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grabindu-ma din oras in oras, din studio in studio,
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interview to interview,
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din interviu in interviu,
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serving up the book in really tiny bite-size chunks.
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servind cartea in bucatele foarte mici.
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Because everyone these days
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Pentru ca toata lumea in zilele noastre
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wants to know how to slow down,
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vrea sa stie cum sa incetineasca,
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but they want to know how to slow down really quickly. So ...
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dar vor sa afle cum sa incetineasca foarte rapid. Deci...
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so I did a spot on CNN the other day
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deci am avut o aparitie la CNN zilele trecute
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where I actually spent more time in makeup than I did talking on air.
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unde am petrecut mai mult la machiaj decat vorbind pe post.
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And I think that -- that's not really surprising though, is it?
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Si cred ca -- desi asta nu e chiar atat de surprinzator, nu?
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Because that's kind of the world that we live in now,
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Pentru ca asta e lumea in care traim acum,
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a world stuck in fast-forward.
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o lume blocata in derulare rapida.
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A world obsessed with speed,
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O lume obsedata de viteza,
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with doing everything faster, with cramming more and more
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de a face totul mai repede, de a inghesui din ce in ce mai multe
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into less and less time.
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intr-un timp din ce in ce mai scurt.
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Every moment of the day feels like
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Fiecare moment al zilei pare
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a race against the clock.
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o cursa impotriva ceasului.
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To borrow a phrase from Carrie Fisher, which is
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Vorba lui Carrie Fisher, expresia este
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in my bio there; I'll just toss it out again --
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in biografia mea acolo, dar o s-o repet,
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"These days even instant gratification takes too long." (Laughter)
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"In ziua de azi chiar si recompensa imediata dureaza prea mult."
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And
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Si
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if you think about how we to try to make things better, what do we do?
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daca te gandesti la felul in care incercam sa imbunatatim lucrurile, ce facem?
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No, we speed them up, don't we? So we used to dial; now we speed dial.
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Le acceleram, nu? Obisnuiam sa formam un numar; acum apelam rapid.
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We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk.
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Obisnuiam sa citim, acum citim rapid. Obisnuiam sa mergem, acum mergem in viteza.
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And of course, we used to date and now we speed date.
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Si desigur, obisnuiam sa avem intalniri, acum avem intalniri-fulger.
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And even things that are by their very nature slow --
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Si chiar lucrurile care sunt incete prin natura lor --
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we try and speed them up too.
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incercam sa le acceleram. Deci --
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So I was in New York recently, and I walked past a gym
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Deci am fost in New York recent si am trecut pe langa un club de sport
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that had an advertisement in the window for a new course, a new evening course.
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care avea o reclama in geam pentru un curs nou, un nou curs de seara.
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And it was for, you guessed it, speed yoga.
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Si era pentru, ati ghicit, yoga rapida.
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So this -- the perfect solution for time-starved professionals
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Asa ca a aparut aceasta solutie perfecta pentru profesionistii fara timp
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who want to, you know, salute the sun,
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care vor sa, stiti, salute soarele,
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but only want to give over about 20 minutes to it.
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dar vor sa-i acorde numai vreo 20 de minute.
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I mean, these are sort of the extreme examples,
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Vreau sa spun, acestea sunt exemple extreme
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and they're amusing and good to laugh at.
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si sunt amuzante si radem de ele.
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But there's a very serious point,
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Dar este un aspect foarte serios
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and I think that in the headlong dash of daily life,
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si cred ca in cursa vietii zilnice
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we often lose sight of the damage
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pierdem adesea din vedere daunele
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that this roadrunner form of living does to us.
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pe care ni le aduce aceasta viata de cuc alergator.
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We're so marinated in the culture of speed
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Suntem atat de imbibati de cultura vitezei
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that we almost fail to notice the toll it takes
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incat aproape nici nu mai observam pretul pe care il platim
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on every aspect of our lives --
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in fiecare latura a vietii noastre.
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on our health, our diet, our work,
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In sanatatea noastra, dieta noastra, slujba noastra,
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our relationships, the environment and our community.
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relatiile noastre, mediu si comunitatea noastra.
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And sometimes it takes
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Si uneori e nevoie de un
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a wake-up call, doesn't it,
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semnal de alarma, nu-i asa, ca sa
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to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives,
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ne anunte ca ne grabim prin vietile noastre,
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instead of actually living them; that we're
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in loc sa le traim cu adevarat, ca
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living the fast life, instead of the good life.
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traim viata rapida, in locul vietii bune.
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And I think for many people, that wake-up call
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Si cred ca pentru multi oameni, semnalul de alarma
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takes the form of an illness.
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ia forma unei boli.
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You know, a burnout, or eventually the body says,
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Stiti, o epuizare, sau pana la urma corpul ne spune
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"I can't take it anymore," and throws in the towel.
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"Nu mai pot", si arunca prosopul.
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Or maybe a relationship goes up in smoke
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Sau poate o relatie se duce de rapa
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because we haven't had the time, or the patience,
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pentru ca n-am avut timpul, sau rabdarea,
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or the tranquility,
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sau linistea,
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to be with the other person, to listen to them.
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de a fi cu cealalta persoana, de a o asculta.
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And my wake-up call came when I started
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Semnalul meu de alarma a venit cand am inceput
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reading bedtime stories to my son,
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sa ii citesc povesti fiului meu
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and I found that at the end of day,
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si am vazut ca la sfarsitul zilei
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I would go into his room and I just couldn't slow down -- you know,
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ma duceam in camera lui si nu puteam sa incetinesc -- stiti,
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I'd be speed reading "The Cat In The Hat."
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citeam accelerat "Pisica din palarie".
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I'd be -- you know, I'd be skipping lines here,
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Stiti cum, saream randuri aici,
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paragraphs there, sometimes a whole page,
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paragrafe dincolo, uneori o pagina intreaga
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and of course, my little boy knew the book inside out, so we would quarrel.
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si desigur ca baietelul meu stia cartea pe de rost, asa ca ne certam.
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And what should have been the most relaxing, the most intimate,
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Si ceea ce ar fi trebuit sa fie cel mai relaxant, cel mai intim,
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the most tender moment of the day,
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cel mai tandru moment al zilei,
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when a dad sits down to read to his son,
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in care un tata sta si ii citeste fiului sau,
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became instead this kind of gladiatorial battle of wills,
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devenise de fapt o batalie a vointelor;
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a clash between my speed
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o ciocnire intre viteza lui si...
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and his slowness.
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de fapt, intre viteza mea si lentoarea lui.
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And this went on for some time,
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Si asta a durat ceva timp,
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until I caught myself scanning a newspaper article
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pana m-am surprins scanand un articol din ziar
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with timesaving tips for fast people.
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cu sfaturi de economisire a timpului pentru oameni grabiti.
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And one of them made reference to a series of books called
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Si unul dintre sfaturi facea referire la o serie de carti intitulata
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"The One-Minute Bedtime Story."
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"Povestea de un minut."
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And I wince saying those words now,
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Si eu, ma cutremur cand spun acum acele cuvinte,
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but my first reaction at the time was very different.
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dar prima reactie a fost foarte diferita atunci.
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My first reflex was to say,
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Primul meu reflex a fost sa spun
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"Hallelujah -- what a great idea!
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"Aleluia, ce idee grozava!
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This is exactly what I'm looking for to speed up bedtime even more."
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Este exact ce imi trebuie ca sa grabesc si mai mult adormirea copilului."
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But thankfully,
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Dar din fericire
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a light bulb went on over my head, and my next reaction was very different,
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mi s-a aprins un beculet si urmatoarea mea reactie a fost foarte diferita
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and I took a step back, and I thought,
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si am facut un pas inapoi si m-am gandit
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"Whoa -- you know, has it really come to this?
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"Hopa, chiar la asta s-a ajuns?
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Am I really in such a hurry that I'm prepared
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Sunt chiar atat de grabit incat sunt gata
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to fob off my son with a sound byte at the end of the day?"
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sa-mi expediez fiul doar cu un sunet la sfarsitul zilei?"
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And I put away the newspaper --
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Si apoi am aruncat ziarul,
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and I was getting on a plane -- and I sat there,
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si ma pregateam sa urc in avion, si am stat acolo
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and I did something I hadn't done for a long time -- which is I did nothing.
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si am facut ceva ce nu mai facusem de multa vreme, mai exact n-am facut nimic.
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I just thought, and I thought long and hard.
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Doar m-am gandit, m-am gandit mult si bine.
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And by the time I got off that plane, I'd decided I wanted to do something about it.
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Si pana am coborat din avion, ma hotarasem sa fac ceva in privinta asta.
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I wanted to investigate this whole roadrunner culture,
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Vroiam sa investighez toata cultura asta a cucilor alergatori
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and what it was doing to me and to everyone else.
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si efectele ei asupra mea si asupra celorlalti.
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And I had two questions in my head.
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Si aveam doua intrebari in minte.
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The first was, how did we get so fast?
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Prima era "Cum de am devenit asa rapizi?"
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And the second is, is it possible,
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Iar a doua era "Este posibil,
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or even desirable, to slow down?
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sau macar de dorit, sa incetinim?"
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Now, if you think about
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Acum, daca ne gandim la
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how our world got so accelerated, the usual suspects rear their heads.
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cum a ajuns lumea noastra asa de accelerata, ies la iveala suspectii de serviciu.
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You think of, you know, urbanization,
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Ne gandim, stiti, la urbanizare,
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consumerism, the workplace, technology.
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consumerism, locul de munca, tehnologie.
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But I think if you cut through
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Dar cred ca daca trecem de
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those forces, you get to what might be the deeper
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aceste forte, ajungem la ceva ce ar putea fi motivul mai profund,
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driver, the nub of the question,
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la miezul problemei,
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which is how we think about time itself.
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care este modul in care privim timpul in sine.
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In other cultures, time is cyclical.
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In alte culturi, timpul e ciclic.
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It's seen as moving in great,
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Se crede ca el curge in
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unhurried circles.
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cercuri mari, incete.
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It's always renewing and refreshing itself.
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Intotdeauna se innoieste si se improspateaza.
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Whereas in the West, time is linear.
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In vreme ce in Vest, timpul este liniar.
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It's a finite resource;
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Este o resursa finita,
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it's always draining away.
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mereu se scurge.
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You either use it, or lose it.
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Ori il folosesti, ori il pierzi.
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"Time is money," as Benjamin Franklin said.
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Timpul inseamna bani, cum a spus Benjamin Franklin.
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And I think what that does to us psychologically
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Si cred ca asta are efecte psihologice asupra noastra, ne...
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is it creates an equation.
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ne creeaza o ecuatie.
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Time is scarce, so what do we do?
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Timp e putin, deci ce facem?
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Well -- well, we speed up, don't we?
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Pai...pai acceleram, nu?
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We try and do more and more with less and less time.
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Incercam sa facem din ce in ce mai multe in din ce in ce mai putin timp.
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We turn every moment of every day
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Transformam fiecare moment al zilei
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into a race to the finish line --
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intr-o cursa spre linia de sosire.
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a finish line, incidentally, that we never reach,
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O linie la care, de fapt, nu ajungem niciodata,
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but a finish line nonetheless.
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dar care tot o linie de sosire este.
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And I guess that the question is,
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Si cred ca intrebarea este daca
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is it possible to break free from that mindset?
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se poate sa scapam de acest mod de gandire.
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And thankfully, the answer is yes, because
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Si din fericire, raspunsul este da, pentru ca
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what I discovered, when I began looking around, that there is
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eu am descoperit, cand am inceput sa caut, ca exista un
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a global backlash against this culture that
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curent global impotriva acestei culturi care
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tells us that faster is always better, and that busier is best.
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ne spune ca mai repede e mereu mai bine si ca mai ocupat e cel mai bine.
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Right across the world, people are doing the unthinkable:
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In toata lumea, oamenii fac ceva de neimaginat:
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they're slowing down, and finding that,
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incetinesc si afla ca
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although conventional wisdom tells you that if you slow down, you're road kill,
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desi gandirea conventionala le spune ca daca reduci viteza, esti calcat in picioare,
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the opposite turns out to be true:
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contrariul se dovedeste a fi adevarat.
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that by slowing down at the right moments,
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Ca incetinind in momentele potrivite,
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people find that they do everything better.
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oamenii afla ca fac totul mai bine.
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They eat better; they make love better; they exercise better;
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Mananca mai bine, fac dragoste mai bine, fac sport mai bine,
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they work better; they live better.
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muncesc mai bine, traiesc mai bine.
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And, in this kind of cauldron
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Iar in acest tip de cazan in care se amesteca
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of moments and places and acts of deceleration,
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momente, locuri si incetiniri,
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lie what a lot of people now refer to as
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se gaseste ceea ce multi oameni numesc acum
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the "International Slow Movement."
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Miscarea Internationala a Lentorii.
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Now if you'll permit me a small act of hypocrisy,
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Acum daca imi permiteti un mic act de ipocrizie,
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I'll just give you a very quick overview of
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am sa va ofer un foarte rapid rezumat a ceea ce
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what's going on inside the Slow Movement. If you think of food,
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se intampla in cadrul Miscarii. Daca va ganditi la mancare,
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many of you will have heard of the Slow Food movement.
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multi veti fi auzit de miscarea "Mancare Lenta."
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Started in Italy, but has spread across the world,
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A inceput in Italia dar s-a raspandit in intreaga lume
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and now has 100,000 members
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si acum are 100 000 de membri
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in 50 countries.
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in 50 de tari.
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And it's driven by a very simple and sensible message,
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Si se conduce dupa un mesaj foarte simplu si de bun simt,
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which is that we get more pleasure and more health
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si anume acela ca obtinem mai multa placere si mai multa sanatate
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from our food when we
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din mancarea noastra cand
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cultivate, cook and consume it at a reasonable pace.
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o cultivam, o preparam si o consumam intr-un ritm rezonabil.
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I think also the explosion of
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Mai cred ca explozia
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the organic farming movement, and the renaissance of farmers' markets,
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miscarii fermelor organice si renasterea pietelor taranesti
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are other illustrations
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este o alta...sunt alte ilustrari
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of the fact that people are desperate to get away from
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ale faptului ca oamenii incearca disperati sa scape de
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eating and cooking and cultivating their food
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consumarea si prepararea si cultivarea mancarii lor
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on an industrial timetable.
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dupa un program industrial.
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They want to get back to slower rhythms.
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Vor sa se intoarca la ritmuri mai lente.
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And out of the Slow Food movement has grown something
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Iar din miscarea Mancarii Lente s-a dezvoltat ceva
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called the Slow Cities movement, which has started in Italy,
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numit miscarea "Oraselor Lente", care a inceput in Italia,
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but has spread right across Europe and beyond.
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dar s-a raspandit in toata Europa si mai departe.
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And in this, towns
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Datorita ei, orasele
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begin to rethink how they organize the urban landscape,
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incep sa isi regandeasca organizarea peisajului urban
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so that people are encouraged to slow down
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in asa fel incat oamenii sa fie incurajati sa incetineasca
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and smell the roses and connect with one another.
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si sa miroasa trandafirii si sa aiba relatii unii cu altii.
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So they might curb traffic,
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Se reduce traficul,
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or put in a park bench, or some green space.
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se pun banci in parcuri, se planteaza flori.
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And in some ways, these changes add up to more than the sum of their parts,
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Si intr-un fel, aceste schimbari reprezinta mai mult decat suma partilor lor,
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because I think when a Slow City becomes officially a Slow City,
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pentru ca eu cred ca atunci cand un Oras Lent devine in mod oficial un Oras Lent,
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it's kind of like a philosophical declaration.
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este ca un fel de declaratie filozofica.
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It's saying to the rest of world, and to the people in that town,
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Spune lumii si propriilor locuitori
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that we believe that in the 21st century,
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ca noi credem ca lentoarea
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slowness has a role to play.
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are un rol de jucat in secolul 21.
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In medicine, I think a lot of people are deeply disillusioned
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In medicina, cred ca multi oameni sunt puternic dezamagiti
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with the kind of quick-fix mentality
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de tipul de mentalitate solutie-rapida
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you find in conventional medicine.
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pe care-l gasesti in medicina conventionala.
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And millions of them around the world are turning
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Si milioane de oameni din intreaga lume se indreapta catre
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to complementary and alternative forms of medicine,
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forme complementare si alternative de medicina,
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which tend to tap into sort of
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care tind sa foloseasca
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slower, gentler, more holistic forms of healing.
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metode mai lente, mai blande, mai holistice de vindecare.
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Now, obviously the jury is out on many of these complementary therapies,
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Acum, bineinteles ca terapiile complementare sunt controversate
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and I personally doubt that the coffee enema
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si eu personal ma indoiesc ca spalatura cu cafea
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will ever, you know, gain mainstream approval.
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va avea vreodata suportul comunitatii stiintifice.
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But other treatments
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Insa alte tratamente
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such as acupuncture and massage, and even just relaxation,
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cum sunt acupunctura si masajul, sau chiar doar relaxarea,
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clearly have some kind of benefit.
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au in mod evident un fel de beneficiu.
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And blue-chip medical colleges everywhere
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Pretutindeni, facultati de medicina renumite au inceput
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are starting to study these things to find out how they work,
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sa studieze aceste practici ca sa afle cum functioneaza
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and what we might learn from them.
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si ce putem invata de la ele.
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Sex. There's an awful lot of fast sex around, isn't there?
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Sexul. Se practica mult sex rapid, nu?
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I was coming to --
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Terminam...
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well -- no pun intended there.
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in fine, nu intentionam sa fac un joc de cuvinte.
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I was making my way, let's say, slowly to Oxford,
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Ma indreptam, sa zicem, incet catre Oxford
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and I went through a news agent, and I saw a magazine,
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si am intrat intr-un magazin de ziare si am vazut o revista,
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a men's magazine, and it said on the front,
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o revista pentru barbati, care avea pe coperta titlul
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"How to bring your partner to orgasm in 30 seconds."
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"Cum sa-ti aduci partenera la orgasm in 30 de secunde."
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So, you know, even sex
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Deci, intelegeti, chiar si sexul
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is on a stopwatch these days.
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se face cu cronometrul in zilele noastre.
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Now, you know,
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Acum, desigur ca
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I like a quickie as much as the next person,
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si mie imi place una mica la fel ca oricui,
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but I think that there's an awful lot to be gained
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dar cred ca am castiga foarte mult
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from slow sex -- from slowing down in the bedroom.
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din sexul lent, din a incetini ritmul in dormitor.
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You know, you tap into that -- those deeper,
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Stiti, accesezi acei, sa zicem,
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sort of, psychological, emotional, spiritual currents,
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curenti psihologici, emotionali, spirituali mai profunzi,
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and you get a better orgasm with the buildup.
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si obtii un orgasm mai puternic in urma acumularii.
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You can get more bang for your buck, let's say.
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Mai multa placere la acelasi pret, sa zicem.
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I mean, the Pointer Sisters said it most eloquently, didn't they,
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Pointer Sisters au fost cele mai elocvente, nu-i asa,
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when they sang the praises of "a lover with a slow hand."
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cand au laudat amantul cu maini lente.
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Now, we all laughed at Sting
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Si toti am ras de Sting
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a few years ago when he went Tantric,
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acum cativa ani cand a inceput sexul tantric,
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but you fast-forward a few years, and now you find couples of all ages
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dar derulezi cativa ani, si acum gasesti cupluri de toate varstele
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flocking to workshops, or maybe just
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ingramadite la seminarii, sau poate doar
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on their own in their own bedrooms, finding ways
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la ei in dormitor, incercand sa gaseasca moduri
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to put on the brakes and have better sex.
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de a reduce viteza si de a face sex mai bine.
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And of course, in Italy where -- I mean, Italians always seem to know
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Si desigur in Italia, unde oamenii par intotdeauna sa stie
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where to find their pleasure --
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unde sa-si gaseasca placerea,
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they've launched an official Slow Sex movement.
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au lansat o miscare oficiala de Sex Lent.
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The workplace.
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Locul de munca...
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Right across much of the world --
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in cea mai mare parte a lumii,
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North America being a notable exception --
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America de Nord este o exceptie notabila,
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working hours have been coming down.
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orele de munca s-au redus.
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And Europe is an example of that,
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Europa este un exemplu al faptului
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and people finding that their quality of life improves
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ca oamenii cresc nivelul calitatii propriei vieti
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as they're working less, and also
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pe masura ce muncesc mai putin si
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that their hourly productivity goes up.
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ca productivitatea lor pe ora creste.
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Now, clearly there are problems with
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Desigur ca exista probleme cu
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the 35-hour workweek in France --
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saptamana de munca de 35 de ore din Franta,
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too much, too soon, too rigid.
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prea mult, prea devreme, prea rigida.
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But other countries in Europe, notably the Nordic countries,
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Dar alte tari din Europa, in special cele nordice,
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are showing that it's possible
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ne arata ca este posibil
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to have a kick-ass economy
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sa ai o economie grozava
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without being a workaholic.
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fara sa fii ahtiat de munca.
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And Norway, Sweden,
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Norvegia, Suedia,
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Denmark and Finland now rank
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Danemarca si Finlanda sunt acum
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among the top six most competitive nations on Earth,
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printre cele mai competitive 6 economii ale lumii,
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and they work the kind of hours that would make the average American
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si au un numar de ore de munca care ar face americanul de rand
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weep with envy.
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sa planga de invidie.
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And if you go beyond sort of the country level,
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Iar daca treci de nivelul de tara
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down at the micro-company level,
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si ajungi la cel de micro-companie,
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more and more companies now are realizing
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din ce in ce mai multe companii inteleg acum
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that they need to allow their staff
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ca trebuie sa permita angajatilor
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either to work fewer hours or just to unplug --
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fie sa lucreze mai putine ore, fie sa se deconecteze,
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to take a lunch break, or to go sit in a quiet room,
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sa ia o pauza de pranz, sa stea intr-o camera linistita,
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to switch off their Blackberrys and laptops -- you at the back --
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sa isi inchida Blackberry-urile si laptop-urile, voi cei din spate,
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mobile phones,
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telefoanele mobile,
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during the work day or on the weekend, so that they have time to recharge
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in timpul zilei sau in weekend, ca sa aiba timp sa se reincarce
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and for the brain to slide into that
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si sa lase creierul sa ajunga la
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kind of creative mode of thought.
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acea stare creativa a gandirii.
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It's not just, though, these days,
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Totusi, in zilele noastre, nu doar adultii
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adults who overwork, though, is it? It's children, too.
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muncesc prea mult, nu? Si copiii fac la fel.
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I'm 37, and my childhood ended in the mid-'80s,
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Am 37 de ani si copilaria mea s-a incheiat la mijlocul anilor '80,
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and I look at kids now, and I'm just amazed by the way they
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asa ca ma uit la copiii de azi si ma uimeste felul in care ei
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race around with more homework,
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se agita cu mai multe teme,
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more tutoring, more extracurriculars
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mai multe meditatii, mai multe activitati extrascolare,
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than we would ever have conceived of a generation ago.
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decat ne-am fi putut imagina cu o generatie in urma.
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And some of the most heartrending emails
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Iar unele dintre cele mai emotionante email-uri
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that I get on my website
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pe care le primesc pe site
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are actually from adolescents
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vin de fapt de la adolescenti
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hovering on the edge of burnout, pleading with me
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aflati in pragul epuizarii, care ma roaga
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to write to their parents,
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sa le scriu parintilor
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to help them slow down, to help them get off this
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ca sa ii ajut sa incetineasca, sa ii ajut sa coboare de pe aceasta
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full-throttle treadmill.
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banda rulanta la viteza maxima.
11:25
But thankfully, there is a backlash there in parenting as well,
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Dar din fericire, exista o urmare si pentru parinti,
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and you're finding that, you know, towns in the United States
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si aflam ca orase din Statele Unite
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are now banding together and banning extracurriculars
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se aliaza si interzic activitatile extrascolare
11:32
on a particular day of the month, so that people can,
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intr-o anumita zi a lunii, pentru ca oamenii sa poata
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you know, decompress and have some family time, and slow down.
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sa se destinda si sa petreaca timp cu familia, si sa incetineasca.
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Homework is another thing. There are homework bans
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Temele sunt altceva. Exista interdictii ale temelor
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springing up all over the developed world
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care apar in toata lumea dezvoltata,
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in schools which had been piling on the homework for years,
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in scoli care puneau mare accent pe ele ani intregi
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and now they're discovering that less can be more.
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si care vad acum ca mai putin poate insemna mai mult.
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So there was a case up in Scotland recently
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A fost un caz in Scotia recent
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where a fee-paying, high-achieving private school
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unde o scoala privata cu taxa si rezultate bune
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banned homework
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a interzis temele
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for everyone under the age of 13,
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pentru toti elevii sub 13 ani,
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and the high-achieving parents freaked out and said,
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iar parintii de succes s-au speriat si au zis
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"What are you -- you know, our kids will fall" -- the headmaster said,
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"Ce e cu voi, stiti, copiii nostri vor ramane in urma", iar directorul a spus
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"No, no, your children need to slow down at the end of the day."
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"Nu, nu, copiii vostri trebuie sa o ia incet la sfarsitul zilei."
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And just this last month, the exam results came in,
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Si luna trecuta, cand au aflat rezultatele examenelor,
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and in math, science, marks went up 20 percent
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au vazut ca notele de la matematica si stiinte au crescut cu 20%
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on average last year.
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fata de media de anul trecut.
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And I think what's very revealing is that
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Ceea ce cred eu ca e foarte important este ca
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the elite universities, who are often cited as the reason
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universitatile de elita, pe care se da vina
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that people drive their kids and hothouse them so much,
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pentru ambitionarea si stresarea copiilor,
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are starting to notice the caliber of students
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au inceput sa constate un nivel din ce in ce mai scazut al studentilor
12:22
coming to them is falling. These kids have wonderful marks;
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care se inscriu. Acesti copii au note grozave,
12:25
they have CVs jammed with extracurriculars,
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au CV-uri atat de pline de activitati extrascolare,
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to the point that would make your eyes water.
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incat iti vine sa plangi.
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But they lack spark; they lack
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Dar le lipseste scanteia, le lipseste
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the ability to think creatively and think outside --
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abilitatea de a gandi creativ si deosebit,
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they don't know how to dream. And so what these Ivy League schools,
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nu mai stiu sa viseze. Astfel ca aceste scoli din Ivy League,
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and Oxford and Cambridge and so on, are starting to send a message
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plus Oxford si Cambridge si altele, incep sa transmita un mesaj
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to parents and students that they need to put on the brakes a little bit.
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parintilor si elevilor, si anume ca trebuie sa reduca putin viteza.
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And in Harvard, for instance, they send out
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Harvard, spre exemplu, a trimis o scrisoare
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a letter to undergraduates -- freshmen --
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studentilor de anul I,
12:48
telling them that they'll get more out of life, and more out of Harvard,
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in care li se spunea ca o sa primeasca mai mult de la viata si de la Harvard
12:51
if they put on the brakes, if they do less,
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daca incetinesc. Daca fac mai putine lucruri,
12:53
but give time to things, the time that things need,
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dar dau lucrurilor timp, timpul de care au ele nevoie,
12:56
to enjoy them, to savor them.
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ca sa se bucure de ele, sa le savureze.
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And even if they sometimes do nothing at all.
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Chiar daca asta inseamna sa nu faca nimic uneori.
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And that letter is called -- very revealing, I think --
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Iar acea scrisoare se numeste, foarte potrivit zic eu,
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"Slow Down!" -- with an exclamation mark on the end.
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"Ia-o mai incet!", cu semnul exclamarii la sfarsit.
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So wherever you look, the message, it seems to me, is the same:
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Oriunde ne uitam, mesajul este acelasi, in opinia mea.
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that less is very often more,
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Mai putin reprezinta adesea mai mult,
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that slower is very often
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mai incet este de multe ori
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better. But that said, of course,
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mai bine. Dar acestea fiind zise,
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it's not that easy to slow down, is it?
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nu ne este asa usor sa incetinim, nu?
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I mean, you heard that I got a speeding ticket
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Vreau sa zic, ati auzit ca am luat o amenda pentru viteza
13:19
while I was researching my book on the benefits of slowness,
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in timp ce faceam cercetare pentru cartea mea cu beneficiile incetinirii,
13:21
and that's true, but that's not all of it.
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si e adevarat, dar nu e tot.
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I was actually en route to a dinner
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Ma indreptam de fapt spre o cina
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held by Slow Food at the time.
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tinuta de cei de la Mancare Lenta.
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And if that's not shaming enough, I got that ticket in Italy.
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Si daca toate astea n-ar fi destul de stanjenitoare, am primit amenda in Italia.
13:30
And if any of you have ever driven on an Italian highway,
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Daca vreunul dintre voi a condus pe o autostrada in Italia,
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you'll have a pretty good idea of how fast I was going.
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aveti o idee in legatura cu ce viteza aveam.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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But why is it so hard to slow down?
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Dar de ce ne e asa de greu sa incetinim?
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I think there are various reasons.
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Cred ca sunt diverse motive.
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One is that speed is fun, you know, speed is sexy.
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Unul este ca viteza e distractiva, stiti, viteza e sexy.
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It's all that adrenaline rush. It's hard to give it up.
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E vorba de aportul de adrenalina. E greu sa renuntam la el.
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I think there's a kind of metaphysical dimension --
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Cred ca exista si o dimensiune metafizica,
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that speed becomes a way of walling ourselves off
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viteza devine modul nostru de a ne izola
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from the bigger, deeper questions.
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fata de intrebarile mai mari, mai adanci.
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We fill our head with distraction, with busyness,
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Ne umplem mintile cu ceea ce ne distrage atentia, ne tine ocupati,
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so that we don't have to ask,
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ca nu fim nevoiti sa ne intrebam
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am I well? Am I happy? Are my children growing up right?
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sunt bine? Sunt fericit? Imi cresc copiii asa cum trebuie?
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Are politicians making good decisions on my behalf?
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Politicienii iau decizii bune in numele meu?
14:05
Another reason -- although I think, perhaps, the most powerful reason --
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Un alt motiv, care cred eu ca e cel mai puternic,
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why we find it hard to slow down is the cultural taboo
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pentru care ne vine greu sa o luam mai incet, este tabuul cultural
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that we've erected against slowing down.
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pe care l-am ridicat in jurul incetinirii.
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"Slow" is a dirty word in our culture.
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"Incet" este un cuvant murdar in cultura noastra.
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It's a byword for "lazy," "slacker,"
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Este sinonim cu "lenes", "indolent",
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for being somebody who gives up.
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cu un om care renunta usor.
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You know, "he's a bit slow." It's actually synonymous
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Cum se zice, "E putin mai incet." Este de fapt sinonim
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with being stupid.
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cu a fi prost.
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I guess what the Slow Movement -- the purpose of the Slow Movement,
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Cred ca Miscarea Lentorii, sau de fapt scopul ei,
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or its main goal, really, is to tackle that taboo,
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obiectivul ei principal, este sa sfarame acest tabu,
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and to say that yes,
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si sa ne spuna ca de fapt da,
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sometimes slow is not the answer,
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uneori incetineala nu este -- raspunsul,
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that there is such a thing as "bad slow."
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ca exista "incetineala rea".
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You know, I got stuck on the M25,
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Stiti ca -- am ramas blocat recent pe M25,
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which is a ring road around London, recently,
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care este un drum inel in jurul Londrei, de curand,
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and spent three-and-a-half hours there. And I can tell you,
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si am stat trei ore si jumatate acolo. Si pot sa va spun,
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that's really bad slow.
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asta e o incetineala foarte rea.
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But the new idea,
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Dar ideea noua,
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the sort of revolutionary idea, of the Slow Movement,
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ideea revolutionara a Miscarii Lentorii,
14:47
is that there is such a thing as "good slow," too.
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este aceea ca exista si "incetineli bune".
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And good slow is, you know, taking the time
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Ele inseamna sa ne facem timp
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to eat a meal with your family, with the TV switched off.
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sa mancam cu familia, cu televizorul stins.
14:54
Or taking the time to look at a problem from all angles
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Sau sa ne facem timp sa privim problemele din toate unghiurile
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in the office to make the best decision
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in birou si sa luam cea mai buna decizie
14:59
at work.
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la locul de munca.
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Or even simply just taking the time
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Sau poate doar sa ne facem timp
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to slow down
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sa o luam mai incet
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and savor your life.
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si sa savuram viata.
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Now, one of the things that I found most uplifting
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Cel mai inaltator lucru pe care l-am descoperit
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about all of this stuff that's happened around the book
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legat de ce s-a intamplat cu cartea
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since it came out, is the reaction to it.
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de la aparitia ei, a fost reactia pe care a starnit-o.
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And I knew that when my book on slowness came out,
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Stiam ca atunci cand va aparea cartea mea despre incetineala,
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it would be welcomed by the New Age brigade,
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va fi salutata de brigada New Age,
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but it's also been taken up, with great gusto,
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dar ea a fost acceptata cu mult entuziasm
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by the corporate world -- you know,
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si de lumea corporatista, stiti, de presa
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business press, but also
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de afaceri dar si de
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big companies and leadership organizations.
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marile companii si de organizatiile de leadership.
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Because people at the top of the chain, people like you, I think,
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Si asta pentru ca oamenii din varful piramidei, oameni ca voi, cred eu,
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are starting to realize that there's too much
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incep sa inteleaga ca exista prea multa
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speed in the system,
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viteza in sistem,
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there's too much busyness, and it's time to find,
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prea multa agitatie, si ca este timpul sa descoperim
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or get back to that lost art of shifting gears.
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sau sa revenim la arta pierduta a schimbarii vitezelor.
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Another encouraging sign, I think,
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Un alt semnal incurajator, cred,
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is that it's not just in the developed world
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este ca aceasta idee nu a fost adoptata
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that this idea's been taken up. In the developing world,
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numai in zonele dezvoltate ale lumii. In cele in curs de dezvoltare,
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in countries that are on the verge of making that leap
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in tarile care sunt pe cale sa faca saltul
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into first world status -- China, Brazil,
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in categoria tarilor dezvoltate, China, Brazilia,
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Thailand, Poland, and so on --
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Tailanda, Polonia si asa mai departe,
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these countries have embraced the idea of the Slow Movement,
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in aceste tari a fost adoptata Miscarea Lentorii
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many people in them, and there's a debate going on
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de catre multi oameni si a aparut o dezbatere
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in their media, on the streets.
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in mass-media lor, pe strazi.
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Because I think they're looking at the West, and they're saying,
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Pentru ca eu cred ca se uita spre Vest si isi spun
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"Well, we like that aspect of what you've got,
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"Uite, ne place aceasta parte din ceea ce aveti voi,
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but we're not so sure about that."
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dar nu suntem prea siguri de aceasta."
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So all of that said, is it,
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Acestea fiind zise, este
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I guess, is it possible?
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oare, este posibil?
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That's really the main question before us today. Is it possible
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Aceasta e principala intrebare pe care ne-o punem astazi.
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to slow down? And
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Este posibil sa incetinim?
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I'm happy to be able to say to you
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Si eu sunt fericit sa va spun ca raspunsul
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that the answer is a resounding yes.
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este un DA rasunator.
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And I present myself as Exhibit A,
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Eu sunt dovada A,
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a kind of reformed and rehabilitated
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un dependent de viteza
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speed-aholic.
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oarecum reformat si reabilitat.
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I still love speed. You know, I live in London,
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Inca iubesc viteza. Stiti, eu stau in Londra
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and I work as a journalist,
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si lucrez ca jurnalist,
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and I enjoy the buzz and the busyness,
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si imi place zumzetul si agitatia
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and the adrenaline rush that comes from both of those things.
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si aportul de adrenalina pe care le aduc amandoua.
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I play squash and ice hockey,
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Joc squash si hochei pe gheata,
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two very fast sports, and I wouldn't give them up for the world.
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doua sporturi foarte rapide, si n-as renunta la ele pentru nimic in lume.
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But I've also, over the last year or so,
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Dar in ultimul an, am inceput sa
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got in touch with my inner tortoise.
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restabilesc legatura cu broasca testoasa din mine.
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(Laughter)
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(Rasete)
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And what that means is that
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Asta inseamna ca,
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I no longer
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de la o vreme,
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overload myself gratuitously.
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nu ma mai supraincarc fara sens.
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My default mode is no longer
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Nu mai functionez automat
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to be a rush-aholic.
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ca un dependent de graba.
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I no longer hear
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Nu mai aud
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time's winged chariot drawing near,
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carul inaripat al timpului cum se apropie,
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or at least not as much as I did before.
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sau cel putin nu atat cat il auzeam inainte.
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I can actually hear it now, because I see my time is ticking off.
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De fapt pot sa-l aud acum, pentru ca vad cum mi se termina timpul.
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And the upshot of all of that is that
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Iar partea buna a acestui lucru este ca
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I actually feel a lot happier, healthier,
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ma simt chiar mult mai fericit, mai sanatos,
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more productive than I ever have.
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mai productiv decat oricand.
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I feel like I'm living
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Simt ca imi traiesc viata
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my life rather than actually just racing through it.
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in loc sa alerg prin ea.
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And perhaps, the most important
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Si poate cel mai important
17:33
measure of the success of this
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indicator al acestui fapt este
17:35
is that I feel that my relationships are a lot deeper,
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ca simt ca relatiile mele sunt mai profunde,
17:38
richer, stronger.
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mai bogate, mai puternice.
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And for me, I guess, the litmus test
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Iar pentru mine, testul cu turnesol, sa zicem,
17:43
for whether this would work, and what it would mean,
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care imi arata daca functioneaza si ce semnifica,
17:45
was always going to be bedtime stories, because that's sort of where
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il reprezinta povestile de adormit copiii, pentru ca de fapt
17:48
the journey began. And there too the news is
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de acolo a pornit toata aventura. Si acolo vestile
17:51
rosy. You know,
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sunt de asemenea bune, stiti,
17:53
at the end of the day, I go into my son's room.
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la sfarsitul zilei, merg in camera fiului meu.
17:55
I don't wear a watch. I switch off my computer,
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Nu port ceas. Imi inchid calculatorul,
17:57
so I can't hear the email pinging into the basket,
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asa ca nu pot auzi cand imi vine un e-mail,
17:59
and I just slow down to his pace and we read.
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si incetinesc pana la ritmul lui si citim.
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And because children have their own tempo and internal clock,
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Si pentru ca toti copiii au ceasul lor intern si ritmul lor,
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they don't do quality time,
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copiii nu acorda "timp de calitate"
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where you schedule 10 minutes for them to open up to you.
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cand iti planifici 10 minute ca ei sa se deschida in fata ta.
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They need you to move at their rhythm.
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Ei au nevoie ca tu sa te misti in ritmul lor.
18:13
I find that 10 minutes into a story, you know,
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Am vazut ca la 10 minute dupa ce am inceput o poveste,
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my son will suddenly say, "You know,
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fiul meu imi spune dintr-odata
18:17
something happened in the playground today that really bothered me."
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"Stii, mi s-a intamplat ceva la joaca si m-a suparat tare."
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And we'll go off and have a conversation on that.
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Si incepem sa conversam pe tema asta.
18:22
And I now find that bedtime stories
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Si acum imi da seama ca povestile de seara
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used to be
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obisnuiau sa fie un fel de
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a box on my to-do list, something that I dreaded,
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casuta pe care trebuia s-o bifez, ceva de care mi-era groaza,
18:30
because it was so slow and I had to get through it quickly.
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pentru ca erau lente si trebuia sa trec repede peste ele.
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It's become my reward at the end of the day,
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Au devenit rasplata mea la sfarsitul zilei,
18:34
something I really cherish.
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ceva ce am ajuns sa pretuiesc mult.
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And I have a kind of Hollywood ending
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Am un fel de final de Hollywood
18:38
to my talk this afternoon,
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pentru discursul din aceasta dupa-amiaza,
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which goes a little bit like this:
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care suna cam asa.
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a few months ago, I was getting ready to go on
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Acum cateva luni, ma pregateam sa plec
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another book tour, and I had my bags packed.
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intr-un alt turneu cu cartea, si aveam gentile pregatite.
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I was downstairs by the front door, and I was waiting for a taxi,
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Eram jos, in fata usii, asteptam un taxi,
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and my son came down the stairs and
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si a coborat fiul meu pe scari si
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he'd made a card for me. And he was carrying it.
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imi facuse o felicitare. Si o luase cu el.
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He'd gone and stapled two cards, very like these, together,
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Prinsese cu capse doua cartonase, cam ca astea,
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and put a sticker of his favorite
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si pusese un abtibild cu personajul lui preferat,
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character, Tintin, on the front.
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Tintin, pe fata.
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And he said to me,
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Si mi-a zis,
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or he handed this to me, and I read it,
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sau mi-a dat-o si eu am citit-o,
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and it said, "To Daddy, love Benjamin."
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scria "Pentru tati, cu drag Benjamin."
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And I thought, "Aw, that's really sweet.
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Si m-am gandit "Ce dragut,
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Is that a good luck on the book tour card?"
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e o felicitare sa-mi poarte noroc in turneu?"
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And he said, "No, no, no, Daddy -- this is a card
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Si el a zis "Nu, nu, nu, tati -- este o felicitare
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for being the best story reader in the world."
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pentru ca esti cel mai bun cititor de povesti din lume."
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And I thought, "Yeah, you know, this slowing down thing really does work."
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Si m-am gandit, "Da, stii, treaba asta cu incetinitul chiar functioneaza."
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Thank you very much.
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Va multumesc foarte mult.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Carl Honore - JournalistIn his book In Praise of Slowness, Carl Honoré dissects our speed-obsessed society and celebrates those who have gotten in touch with their "inner tortoise."
Why you should listen
Canadian-born journalist Carl Honoré has written for The Economist, the Houston Chronicle, the Observer, and the National Post, but he is best known for his advocacy of the Slow Movement. A loose and international effort by the harried and haggard to decelerate the pace of their lives, the Slow Movement spans everything from telecommunications (slow email) and health care (slow medicine) to diet (slow food) and public space (slow cities).
Honore's bestselling book In Praise of Slowness plots the lineage of our speed-obsessed society; while it recognizes the difficulty of slowing down, it also highlights the successes of everyday people around the world who have found ways of doing it. Honoré traces his "Aha" moment to his son's bedtime, when Honore would race through storybooks -- skipping pages, reading portions of paragraphs -- to move things along. (He's since reformed.) His latest book, Under Pressure, is about how we are raising a generation of overprogrammed, overachieving and exhausted children.
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