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Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body
Eve Ensler: A zrazu moje telo
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Poetka, spisovateľka a aktivistka Eve Ensler si žila vo svojej hlave. Vo svojej strhujúcej prednáške z TEDWomen hovorí o svojej celoživotnej odpútanosti od svojho tela a o tom, ako jej dve šokujúce udalosti pomohli nájsť spojenie s realitou, fyzickou stránkou každého človeka.
Eve Ensler - Playwright, activist
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Full bio
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Full bio
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For a long time,
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Dlho som
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there was me, and my body.
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bola moje ja a moje telo.
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Me was composed of stories,
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Moje ja tvorili príbehy,
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of cravings, of strivings,
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vášne, snahy,
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of desires of the future.
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túžby budúcnosti.
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Me was trying
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Moje ja sa snažilo,
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not to be an outcome of my violent past,
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aby nebolo produktom mojej divokej minulosti,
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but the separation that had already occurred
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ale z odpútania, ktoré už nastalo
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between me and my body
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medzi mojím ja a mojím telom,
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was a pretty significant outcome.
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sa predsa len stal dosť podstatný dôsledok.
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Me was always trying to become something, somebody.
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Moje ja sa vždy snažilo, aby bolo niečím, niekým.
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Me only existed in the trying.
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Moje ja existovalo len v snažení.
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My body was often in the way.
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Telo mu v tom často bránilo.
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Me was a floating head.
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Moje ja bola vznášajúca sa hlava.
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For years, I actually only wore hats.
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Roky som nosievala len klobúky.
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It was a way of keeping my head attached.
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Tak som zabezpečila, aby hlava držala na mieste.
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It was a way of locating myself.
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Bol to spôsob, ako sa nájsť.
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I worried that [if] I took my hat off
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Bála som sa, že ak si dám klobúk dole,
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I wouldn't be here anymore.
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už tu viac nebudem.
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I actually had a therapist who once said to me,
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Mala som terapeuta, ktorý mi raz povedal:
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"Eve, you've been coming here for two years,
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„Eve, chodíš sem už dva roky,
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and, to be honest, it never occurred to me that you had a body."
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a úprimne povedané, nikdy mi nedošlo, že máš telo.“
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All this time I lived in the city
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Celý tento čas som žila v meste,
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because, to be honest,
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lebo, ak mám byť úprimná,
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I was afraid of trees.
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mala som strach zo stromov.
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I never had babies
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Nikdy som nemala deti,
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because heads cannot give birth.
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veď hlava nemôže porodiť.
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Babies actually don't come out of your mouth.
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Dieťa predsa nevyjde z úst.
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As I had no reference point for my body,
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Keďže som nemala žiadny referenčný bod pre svoje telo,
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I began to ask other women about their bodies --
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začala som sa pýtať iných žien na ich telá,
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in particular, their vaginas,
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a to najmä na ich vagíny,
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because I thought vaginas were kind of important.
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lebo som si myslela, že pošvy sú dosť dôležité.
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This led to me writing "The Vagina Monologues,"
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To ma viedlo k napísaniu knihy 'Vagina Monologues,'
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which led to me obsessively and incessantly
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čo ma viedlo k nutkavému a sústavnému
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talking about vaginas everywhere I could.
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rozprávaniu o pošvách všade, kde sa dalo.
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I did this in front of many strangers.
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Rozprávala som o tom pred mnohými cudzími ľuďmi.
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One night on stage,
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Raz večer na javisku
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I actually entered my vagina.
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som v podstate vstúpila do svojej vagíny.
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It was an ecstatic experience.
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Bol to extatický zážitok.
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It scared me, it energized me,
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Prestrašil ma, nabil ma energiou,
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and then I became a driven person,
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a vtedy sa zo mňa stala riadená osoba,
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a driven vagina.
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riadená vagína.
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I began to see my body like a thing,
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Začala som vnímať svoje telo ako vec,
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a thing that could move fast,
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vec, čo sa vie rýchlo pohybovať,
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like a thing that could accomplish other things,
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ako vec, čo môže dosiahnuť ďalšie veci,
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many things, all at once.
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veľa vecí, všetky naraz.
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I began to see my body like an iPad or a car.
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Začala som vnímať svoje telo ako iPad alebo auto.
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I would drive it and demand things from it.
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Šoférovala by som ho a čakala, že bude robiť to, čo má.
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It had no limits. It was invincible.
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Nemalo obmedzenia. Bolo nepremožiteľné.
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It was to be conquered and mastered like the Earth herself.
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Malo sa dať podmaniť a ovládnuť ako samotná Zem.
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I didn't heed it;
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Nebrala som naň ohľad,
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no, I organized it and I directed it.
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nie, ja som ho organizovala a usmerňovala.
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I didn't have patience for my body;
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Nemala som trpezlivosť so svojím telom;
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I snapped it into shape.
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to ja som mu dávala tvar.
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I was greedy.
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Bola som nenásytná.
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I took more than my body had to offer.
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Brala som si viac, než mi telo mohlo ponúknuť.
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If I was tired, I drank more espressos.
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Ak som bola unavená, dala som si viac káv.
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If I was afraid, I went to more dangerous places.
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Ak som sa bála, išla som na ešte nebezpečnejšie miesta.
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Oh sure, sure, I had moments of appreciation of my body,
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Ale áno, určite boli chvíle, keď som telo docenila,
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the way an abusive parent
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tak ako aj zneužívajúci rodič
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can sometimes have a moment of kindness.
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má niekedy chvíľku vľúdnosti.
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My father was really kind to me
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Môj otec bol ku mne naozaj milý,
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on my 16th birthday, for example.
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napríklad na moje 16. narodeniny.
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I heard people murmur from time to time
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Niekedy som začula, ako si ľudia šomrú,
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that I should love my body,
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že by som mala mať rada svoje telo,
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so I learned how to do this.
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tak som sa naučila ako na to.
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I was a vegetarian, I was sober, I didn't smoke.
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Bola som vegetariánka, striedma, nefajčila som.
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But all that was just a more sophisticated way
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Ale to bol len rafinovanejší spôsob,
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to manipulate my body --
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ako manipulovať so svojím telom –
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a further disassociation,
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ďalšie odpútanie,
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like planting a vegetable field on a freeway.
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niečo ako založenie zeleninového poľa na autostráde.
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As a result of me talking so much about my vagina,
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V dôsledku mojich rečí o vagíne
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many women started to tell me about theirs --
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mi mnohé ženy začali hovoriť o tých svojich –
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their stories about their bodies.
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svoje príbehy o ich telách.
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Actually, these stories compelled me around the world,
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Pred týmito príbehmi som naozaj neunikla nikde na svete,
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and I've been to over 60 countries.
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a to som bola vo viac ako 60 krajinách.
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I heard thousands of stories,
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Počula som tisícky príbehov,
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and I have to tell you, there was always this moment
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a poviem vám, vždy prišla chvíľa,
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where the women shared with me
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keď sa mi ženy zverili
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that particular moment when she separated from her body --
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s istým momentom, keď sa žena oddelila od svojho tela –
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when she left home.
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keď odišla z domu.
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I heard about women being molested in their beds,
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Počula som o ženách, ktoré obťažovali v ich vlastných lôžkach,
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flogged in their burqas,
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ktoré zbičovali v burkách,
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left for dead in parking lots,
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ponechali na smrť na parkoviskách,
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acid burned in their kitchens.
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poleptali kyslinou v kuchyniach.
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Some women became quiet and disappeared.
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Niektoré ženy sa utiahli a zmizli.
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Other women became mad, driven machines like me.
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Z ďalších sa stali zúrivé, riadené stroje ako ja.
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In the middle of my traveling,
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V polčase mojich ciest
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I turned 40 and I began to hate my body,
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som oslávila 40 rokov a začala nenávidieť svoje telo.
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which was actually progress,
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V podstate išlo o pokrok,
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because at least my body existed enough to hate it.
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pretože moje telo existovalo aspoň natoľko, že som ho neznášala.
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Well my stomach -- it was my stomach I hated.
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Nuž, moje brucho – neznášala som svoje brucho.
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It was proof that I had not measured up,
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Svedčilo o tom, že nevyhovujem,
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that I was old and not fabulous and not perfect
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že som stará, vôbec nie skvostná a dokonalá,
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or able to fit into the predetermined corporate image in shape.
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že nedokážem zapadnúť do vopred určeného korporátneho obrazu.
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My stomach was proof that I had failed,
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Moje brucho bolo dôkazom môjho zlyhania,
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that it had failed me, that it was broken.
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dôkazom, že mi zavarilo, že sa pokazilo.
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My life became about getting rid of it and obsessing about getting rid of it.
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Život sa začal točiť okolo toho, ako sa ho zbaviť, a nutkania sa ho zbaviť.
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In fact, it became so extreme
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Došlo to až do takých extrémov,
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I wrote a play about it.
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že som o tom napísala hru.
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But the more I talked about it,
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Ale čím viac som o tom hovorila,
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the more objectified and fragmented my body became.
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tým viac sa moje telo zhmotňovalo a trieštilo.
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It became entertainment; it became a new kind of commodity,
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Stala sa z neho zábava, stalo sa novým druhom komodity,
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something I was selling.
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niečo, čo som predávala.
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Then I went somewhere else.
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Tak som sa vydala niekde inde.
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I went outside
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Odišla som stadiaľ,
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what I thought I knew.
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kde som to podľa mňa poznala.
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I went to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Išla som do Konžskej demokratickej republiky.
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And I heard stories
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A tam som počula príbehy,
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that shattered all the other stories.
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ktoré prebili všetky ostatné.
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I heard stories
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Počula som príbehy,
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that got inside my body.
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ktoré mi prenikli do tela.
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I heard about a little girl
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Počula som o dievčatku,
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who couldn't stop peeing on herself
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ktoré nemohlo prestať na seba cikať,
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because so many grown soldiers
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lebo toľko dospelých vojakov
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had shoved themselves inside her.
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prešlo jej telom.
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I heard an 80-year-old woman
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Počula som o 80-ročnej žene,
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whose legs were broken and pulled out of her sockets
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ktorej zlomili nohy, vykĺbili z kĺbových jamiek
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and twisted up on her head
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a vykrútili za hlavu,
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as the soldiers raped her like that.
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keď ju vojaci takto znásilňovali.
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There are thousands of these stories,
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Takýchto príbehov sú tisíce,
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and many of the women had holes in their bodies --
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veľa žien malo v sebe diery –
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holes, fistula --
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otvory, fistuly –
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that were the violation of war --
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ktoré boli násilím vojny –
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holes in the fabric of their souls.
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diery v látke ich duší.
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These stories saturated my cells and nerves,
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Tieto príbehy vyplnili moje bunky a nervy,
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and to be honest,
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a ak mám byť úprimná,
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I stopped sleeping for three years.
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tri roky som nemohla spať.
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All the stories began to bleed together.
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Všetky tieto príbehy sa rozkrvácali.
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The raping of the Earth,
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Znásilňovanie Zeme,
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the pillaging of minerals,
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drancovanie nerastov,
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the destruction of vaginas --
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deštrukcia pošiev –
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none of these were separate anymore
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už nič nebolo oddelené
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from each other or me.
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navzájom alebo odo mňa.
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Militias were raping six-month-old babies
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Vojaci znásilňovali šesťmesačné bábätká,
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so that countries far away
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aby ďaleké krajiny
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could get access to gold and coltan
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získali prístup k zlatu a koltánu
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for their iPhones and computers.
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do svojich iPadov a počítačov.
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My body had not only become a driven machine,
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Z môjho tela sa stal nielen riadený stroj,
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but it was responsible now
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ale teraz bolo zodpovedné
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for destroying other women's bodies
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aj za ničenie tiel iných žien
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in its mad quest to make more machines
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v šialenej túžbe vyrábať viac strojov
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to support the speed and efficiency of my machine.
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s cieľom zlepšiť rýchlosť a efektívnosť môjho stroja.
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Then I got cancer --
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Potom som dostala rakovinu –
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or I found out I had cancer.
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respektíve som zistila, že mám rakovinu.
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It arrived like a speeding bird
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Prišlo to, ako keď vták v rýchlosti
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smashing into a windowpane.
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vrazí do okna.
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Suddenly, I had a body,
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Náhle som mala telo,
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a body that was pricked
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telo, ktoré bolo napichnuté,
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and poked and punctured,
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rozrýpané a rozbodané,
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a body that was cut wide open,
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telo, ktoré bolo rozrezané,
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a body that had organs removed
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telo, ktorému vybrali, preniesli,
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and transported and rearranged and reconstructed,
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premiestnili a zrekonštruovali orgány,
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a body that was scanned
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telo, ktoré bolo zosnímané,
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and had tubes shoved down it,
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do ktorého viedli hadičky,
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a body that was burning from chemicals.
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telo, ktoré spaľovali chemikálie.
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Cancer exploded
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Rakovina rozvalila
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the wall of my disconnection.
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múr môjho odpútania.
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I suddenly understood that the crisis in my body
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Náhle som pochopila, že kríza v mojom tele
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was the crisis in the world,
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je krízou vo svete,
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and it wasn't happening later,
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a, že nepríde neskôr,
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it was happening now.
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ale deje sa teraz.
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Suddenly, my cancer was a cancer that was everywhere,
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Z mojej rakoviny sa zrazu stala všadeprítomná rakovina,
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the cancer of cruelty, the cancer of greed,
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rakovina krutosti, rakovina chamtivosti,
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the cancer that gets inside people
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rakovina, ktorá preniká do ľudí,
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who live down the streets from chemical plants -- and they're usually poor --
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ktorí bývajú pri chemických fabrikách – a obvykle sú chudobní –,
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the cancer inside the coal miner's lungs,
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rakovina v pľúcach baníka,
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the cancer of stress for not achieving enough,
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rakovina stresu z nedostatočného výkonu,
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the cancer of buried trauma,
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rakovina pochovanej traumy,
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the cancer in caged chickens and polluted fish,
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rakovina kurčiat v klietkach a kontaminovaných rýb,
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the cancer in women's uteruses from being raped,
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rakovina materníc znásilnených žien,
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the cancer that is everywhere from our carelessness.
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rakovina, ktorá je všade, z našej ľahostajnosti.
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In his new and visionary book,
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Vo svojej novej a vizionárskej knihe
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"New Self, New World,"
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„Nové ja, nový svet“
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the writer Philip Shepherd says,
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spisovateľ Philip Shepherd píše:
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"If you are divided from your body,
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„Ak je človek oddelený od svojho tela,
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you are also divided from the body of the world,
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je odtrhnutý aj od tela sveta,
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which then appears to be other than you
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ktorý sa potom javí byť iný, než človek je,
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or separate from you,
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prípadne izolovaný od človeka,
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rather than the living continuum
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a nie je ako žijúce kontinuum,
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to which you belong."
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do ktorého človek patrí.“
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Before cancer,
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Svet pred rakovinou
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the world was something other.
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bol iný.
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It was as if I was living in a stagnant pool
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Bolo to, akoby som žila v nehybnej bažurine
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and cancer dynamited the boulder
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a rakovina odstrelila bralo,
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that was separating me from the larger sea.
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ktoré ma delilo od šíreho mora.
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Now I am swimming in it.
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Teraz si v ňom plávam.
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Now I lay down in the grass
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Teraz si líham do trávy
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and I rub my body in it,
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a telom sa o ňu triem,
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and I love the mud on my legs and feet.
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a páči sa mi, keď mi nohy pokryje blato.
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Now I make a daily pilgrimage
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Teraz chodievam na každodennú púť
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to visit a particular weeping willow by the Seine,
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ku konkrétnej smutnej vŕbe pri Seine,
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and I hunger for the green fields
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a neviem sa nasýtiť zelených polí
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in the bush outside Bukavu.
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v kríkoch za Bukavu.
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And when it rains hard rain,
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I scream and I run in circles.
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kričím a behám v kruhu.
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I know that everything is connected,
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Viem, že všetko je prepojené
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and the scar that runs the length of my torso
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a že jazva vinúca sa pozdĺž môjho trupu
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is the markings of the earthquake.
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je znakom zemetrasenia.
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And I am there with the three million in the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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Som tam s troma miliónmi na uliciach Port-au-Prince.
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And the fire that burned in me
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A oheň, ktorý vo mne horel
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on day three through six of chemo
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v tretí až šiesty deň chemoterapie,
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is the fire that is burning
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je oheň, ktorý horí
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in the forests of the world.
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v lesoch nášho sveta.
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I know that the abscess
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that grew around my wound after the operation,
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ktorý sa mi po operácii vytvoril okolo rany,
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the 16 ounces of puss,
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tých 450 gramov hnisu,
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is the contaminated Gulf of Mexico,
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je kontaminovaný Mexický záliv.
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and there were oil-drenched pelicans inside me
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Mala som v sebe ropou nasiaknuté pelikány
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and dead floating fish.
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a mŕtve, bruchom hore unášané ryby.
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And the catheters they shoved into me without proper medication
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A z katétrov, ktoré do mňa vsúvali bez vhodného lieku,
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made me scream out
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som kričala tak,
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the way the Earth cries out from the drilling.
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ako kričí rozvŕtavaná Zem.
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In my second chemo,
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V čase druhej chemoterapie
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my mother got very sick
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sa mojej mame veľmi priťažilo
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and I went to see her.
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a išla som ju pozrieť.
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And in the name of connectedness,
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V mene vzájomnej prepojenosti
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the only thing she wanted before she died
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chcela pred smrťou len jedinú vec –
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was to be brought home
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aby sme ju zobrali domov
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by her beloved Gulf of Mexico.
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k jej milovanému Mexickému zálivu.
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So we brought her home,
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Vzali sme ju teda domov,
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and I prayed that the oil wouldn't wash up on her beach
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a modlila som sa, aby ropa nezaniesla maminu pláž
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before she died.
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skôr, než zomrie.
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And gratefully, it didn't.
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Našťastie nezaniesla.
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And she died quietly in her favorite place.
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Mama zomrela pokojne na svojom obľúbenom mieste.
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And a few weeks later, I was in New Orleans,
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O pár týždňov som bola v New Orleans
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and this beautiful, spiritual friend
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a jedna krásna, oduševnelá priateľka
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told me she wanted to do a healing for me.
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mi povedala, že ma chce vyliečiť.
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And I was honored.
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Bolo mi to cťou.
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And I went to her house, and it was morning,
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Išla som k nej domov, bolo ráno
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and the morning New Orleans sun was filtering through the curtains.
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a cez záclony presvitalo raňajšie orleanské slnko.
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And my friend was preparing this big bowl,
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Priateľka pripravovala veľkú misu,
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and I said, "What is it?"
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spýtala som sa: „Čo to je?“
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And she said, "It's for you.
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A ona povedala: „To je pre teba.
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The flowers make it beautiful,
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Kvety ju skrášľujú
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and the honey makes it sweet."
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a med ju osladzuje.“
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And I said, "But what's the water part?"
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Povedala som: „A čo tá voda?“
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And in the name of connectedness,
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A v mene vzájomnej prepojenosti
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she said, "Oh, it's the Gulf of Mexico."
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povedala: „No, to je Mexický záliv.“
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And I said, "Of course it is."
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A ja som povedala: „Veď ako inak.“
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And the other women arrived and they sat in a circle,
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Prišla ďalšia žena a posadili sa do kruhu.
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and Michaela bathed my head with the sacred water.
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Michaela mi omyla hlavu svätou vodou.
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And she sang -- I mean her whole body sang.
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A spievala – teda celé jej telo spievalo.
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And the other women sang
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Aj druhá žena spievala
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and they prayed for me and my mother.
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a modlili sa za mňa a moju mamu.
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And as the warm Gulf washed over my naked head,
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A ako teplý záliv omýval moju holú hlavu,
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I realized that it held
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uvedomila som si, že v ňom je
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the best and the worst of us.
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to najlepšie a to najhoršie z nás.
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It was the greed and recklessness
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Bol hrabivosťou a bezohľadnosťou,
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that led to the drilling explosion.
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ktoré viedli k výbuchu vrtu.
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It was all the lies that got told
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Bol všetkými tými klamstvami,
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before and after.
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ktoré sa povedali pred tým i po tom.
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It was the honey in the water that made it sweet,
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Bol medom vo vode, ktorú osladil,
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it was the oil that made it sick.
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bol ropou, ktorá ju otrávila.
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It was my head that was bald --
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Bol mojou hlavou bez vlasov,
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and comfortable now without a hat.
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ktorá mi už nevadila aj bez klobúka.
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It was my whole self
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Bol celým mojím ja,
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melting into Michaela's lap.
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ktoré sa rozplývalo v Michaelinom lone.
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It was the tears that were indistinguishable from the Gulf
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Bol slzami, nerozoznateľnými od zálivu,
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that were falling down my cheek.
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čo mi stekali po lícach.
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It was finally being in my body.
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Konečne som bola v mojom tele.
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It was the sorrow
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Bol smútkom,
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that's taken so long.
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ktorý dlho neodchádzal.
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It was finding my place
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Bol miestom, ktoré som si našla,
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and the huge responsibility
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a veľkou zodpovednosťou,
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that comes with connection.
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ktorú spojenie prináša.
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It was the continuing devastating war in the Congo
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Bol pretrvávajúcou ničivou vojnou v Kongu
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and the indifference of the world.
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a ľahostajnosťou sveta.
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It was the Congolese women
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Bol konžskými ženami,
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who are now rising up.
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ktoré sa teraz začínajú búriť.
11:19
It was my mother leaving,
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Bol odchádzaním mojej matky,
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just at the moment
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presne vo chvíli,
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that I was being born.
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keď som sa narodila.
11:25
It was the realization
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Bol uvedomením si,
11:27
that I had come very close to dying --
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že som bola až príliš blízko umieraniu –
11:29
in the same way that the Earth, our mother,
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tak ako Zem, naša matka,
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is barely holding on,
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sa drží z posledných síl,
11:35
in the same way that 75 percent of the planet
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tak ako 75 percent planéty
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are hardly scraping by,
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ledva prežíva,
11:42
in the same way
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tak ako
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that there is a recipe for survival.
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existuje recept na prežitie.
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What I learned
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Zistila som, že
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is it has to do with attention and resources
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ide o pozornosť a zdroje,
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that everybody deserves.
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a tieto veci si zaslúži každý.
11:54
It was advocating friends
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Bol priateľmi, ktorí ma hájili,
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and a doting sister.
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a bezhranične milujúcou sestrou.
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It was wise doctors and advanced medicine
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Bol múdrymi lekármi a modernou medicínou
12:00
and surgeons who knew what to do with their hands.
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a chirugami, ktorí vedeli, čo robiť s rukami.
12:03
It was underpaid and really loving nurses.
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Bol slabo platenými a skutočne milujúcimi ošetrovateľkami.
12:07
It was magic healers and aromatic oils.
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Bol magickými liečiteľmi a aromatickými olejmi.
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It was people who came with spells and rituals.
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Bol ľudmi, čo prišli s kúzlami a obradmi.
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It was having a vision of the future
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Bol o tom, aby som mala víziu budúcnosti
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and something to fight for,
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a mala za čo bojovať,
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because I know this struggle isn't my own.
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pretože viem, že tento boj nie je mojím bojom.
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It was a million prayers.
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Bol to milión modlitieb.
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It was a thousand hallelujahs
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Bolo to tisíckrát aleluja
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and a million oms.
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a miliónkrát óm.
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It was a lot of anger,
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Bolo to množstvo hnevu,
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insane humor,
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šialeného humoru,
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a lot of attention, outrage.
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mnoho pozornosti, potupy.
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It was energy, love and joy.
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Bola to energia, láska a radosť.
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It was all these things.
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Boli to všetky tieto veci.
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It was all these things.
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Boli to všetky tieto veci.
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It was all these things
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Boli to všetky tieto veci
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in the water, in the world, in my body.
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vo vode, vo svete, v mojom tele.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eve Ensler - Playwright, activistEve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere.
Why you should listen
Inspired by intimate conversations with friends, Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues. The play recounts tender, funny, gripping and horrifying stories she gathered from hundreds of women about their bodies, their sexual experiences, and yes, their vaginas. Since its first staging in 1996, it has been translated into more than 45 languages, performed in more than 120 countries and re-created as an HBO film.
The Vagina Monologues' success allowed Ensler to create V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, which has so far raised $85 million to prevent violence and protect abused women. In February 2011, Ensler received the Isabelle Stephenson Tony Award for her philanthropic work. Ensler has also drawn praise for The Good Body, a play that cuts to women's obsession with their appearance, and her film What I Want My Words to Do to You, which portrays a writing group she leads at a correctional facility for women. Today, she continues to find new projects and push the envelope. Her latest play, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, hit the New York Times bestseller list and just wrapped a workshop production in Johannesburg -- nest stop is Paris and then Berkeley in June 2012.
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