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Lisa Bu: How books can open your mind
Lisa Bu: Ako vám knihy otvoria myseľ
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Čo sa stane, ak sen, o ktorom snívate už od detstva ...sa nesplní? Ako si Lisa Bu zvykala na nový život v Spojených štátoch amerických, obrátila sa na knihy, aby si rozšírila obzory a vytvorila pre seba novú cestu. Vo svojej milej prednáške sa s nami podelí o svoj unikátny prístup k čítaniu, o kúzle kníh.
Lisa Bu - Passionate reader
Lisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story. Full bio
Lisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story. Full bio
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So I was trained to become a gymnast
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Trénovala som gymnastiku skoro
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for two years in Hunan, China in the 1970s.
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2 roky v Hunan, Čína v 70. rokoch.
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When I was in the first grade, the government
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Keď som bola v prvom ročníku, vláda
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wanted to transfer me to a school for athletes,
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ma chcela dať do atletickej školy,
všetky poplatky by uhradili.
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all expenses paid.
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00:26
But my tiger mother said, "No."
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Ale moja tvrdohlavá matka povedala: "nie."
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My parents wanted me to become
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Rodičia zo mňa chceli mať
inžinierku. Ako sú aj oni.
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an engineer like them.
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00:33
After surviving the Cultural Revolution,
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Po kultúrnej revolúcii
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they firmly believed there's only one sure way to happiness:
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pevne verili, že existuje jediná cesta ku šťastiu:
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a safe and well-paid job.
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stála a dobre platená práca.
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It is not important if I like the job or not.
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A nezáleží na tom, či ju máte radi, či nie.
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But my dream was to become a Chinese opera singer.
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Ale mojím snom bolo stať sa čínskou opernou speváčkou.
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That is me playing my imaginary piano.
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Toto som ja, ako hrám na imaginárnom klavíri.
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An opera singer must start training young
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Operný spevák musí začať trénovať mladý,
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to learn acrobatics,
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aby sa naučil akrobaciu.
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so I tried everything I could to go to opera school.
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Vyskúšla som všetko, aby som mohla chodiť do opernej školy.
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I even wrote to the school principal
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Dokonca som napísala aj riaditeľovi školy
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and the host of a radio show.
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a moderátorovi jednej relácie v rádiu.
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But no adults liked the idea.
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Ale žiadnemu dospelákovi sa môj nápad nepáčil.
Ani jeden dospelák neveril, že to myslím vážne.
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No adults believed I was serious.
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Podporovali ma iba moji priatelia. Lenže oni tiež boli iba deti,
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Only my friends supported me, but they were kids,
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bezmocné tak ako ja.
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just as powerless as I was.
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V 15. rokoch som vedela, že už som príliš stará na trénovanie.
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So at age 15, I knew I was too old to be trained.
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Môj sen bol v nedohľadne.
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My dream would never come true.
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Bála som sa, že do konca života
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I was afraid that for the rest of my life
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sa budem musieť uspokojiť
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some second-class happiness
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s druhoradým šťastím.
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would be the best I could hope for.
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Ale to nie je fér!
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But that's so unfair.
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01:36
So I was determined to find another calling.
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Rozhodla som sa nájsť si inú cestu.
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Nobody around to teach me? Fine.
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Nik, kto by ma učil? Ok.
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I turned to books.
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Tak som sa obrátila na knihy.
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I satisfied my hunger for parental advice
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Uspokojila som svoj hlad po rodičovských radách
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from this book by a family of writers and musicians.["Correspondence in the Family of Fou Lei"]
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v knihe od rodiny spisovateľov a muzikantov. ["Korešpondencia v rodine Fou Lei"]
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I found my role model of an independent woman
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Vzor nezávislej ženy som mala
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when Confucian tradition requires obedience.["Jane Eyre"]
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keď si konfuciánska tradícia vyžaduje poslušnosť. ["Jane Eyrová"]
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And I learned to be efficient from this book.["Cheaper by the Dozen"]
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A byť užitočnou som sa naučila z tejto knihy. ["Dvanásť do tucta"]
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And I was inspired to study abroad after reading these.
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K štúdiu v zahraničí ma inšpirovali zase tieto knihy.
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["Complete Works of Sanmao" (aka Echo Chan)] ["Lessons From History" by Nan Huaijin]
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02:10
I came to the U.S. in 1995,
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Do Ameriky som prišla v roku 1995.
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so which books did I read here first?
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Ktoré knihy som tam prečítala ako prvé?
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Books banned in China, of course.
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Samozrejme tie, ktoré sú v Číne zakázané.
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"The Good Earth" is about Chinese peasant life.
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"Dobrá zem" je o vidieckom živote v Číne.
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That's just not convenient for propaganda. Got it.
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Nie je vhodná na propagandu. Chápem.
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The Bible is interesting, but strange.
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Biblia je zaujímavá, ale zvláštna.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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That's a topic for a different day.
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To je téma na iný deň.
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But the fifth commandment gave me an epiphany:
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Ale vďaka piatemu prikázaniu som mala zjavenie:
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"You shall honor your father and mother."
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"Cti si otca i matku svoju."
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"Honor," I said. "That's so different,
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"Cti", povedala som. "Je to úplne iné
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and better, than obey."
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a lepšie ako poslúchaj."
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So it becomes my tool to climb out
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Stal sa z toho môj nástroj,
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of this Confucian guilt trap
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ktorým som sa dostala z konfuciánskej pasce viny
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and to restart my relationship with my parents.
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a zmenila svoj vzťah s rodičmi.
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Encountering a new culture also started my habit
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Stretnutie sa s novou kultúrou spustilo môj zvyk
komparatívneho čítania,
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of comparative reading.
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It offers many insights.
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ktoré otvára veľa uhlov pohľadu.
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For example, I found this map out of place at first
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Napríklad, táto mapa sa mi na prvý pohľad nezdala,
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because this is what Chinese students grew up with.
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lebo čínski študenti vyrastajú s touto.
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It had never occurred to me,
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Nikdy mi ani nenapadlo,
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China doesn't have to be at the center of the world.
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že Čína nemusí byť stredom sveta.
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A map actually carries somebody's view.
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Aj mapa je niekoho subjektívny pohľad na svet.
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Comparative reading actually is nothing new.
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Komparatívne čítanie vlastne nie je nič nové.
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It's a standard practice in the academic world.
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Je to štandardné cvičenie v akademickom svete.
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There are even research fields
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Existujú dokonca aj také výskumné oblasti
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such as comparative religion and comparative literature.
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ako komparatívne náboženstvo a komparatívna literatúra.
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Compare and contrast gives scholars
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Komparácia a kontrast dávajú učencom
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a more complete understanding of a topic.
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úplnejšie porozumenie danej témy.
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So I thought, well, if comparative reading
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Pomyslela som si, dobre, ak komparatívne čítanie
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works for research, why not do it in daily life too?
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je dobré pre výskum, prečo by nebolo aj v obyčajnom živote?
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So I started reading books in pairs.
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Začala som čítať knihy v pároch!
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So they can be about people --
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Môžu byť o ľuďoch -
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["Benjamin Franklin" by Walter Isaacson]["John Adams" by David McCullough] --
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["Benjamin Franklin" od Walter Isaacson]["John Adams" od David McCullough] -
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who are involved in the same event,
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or friends with shared experiences.
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ktorí sú zapojení v rovnakej udalosti
alebo priatelia so spoločnými skúsenosťami.
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["Personal History" by Katharine Graham]["The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life," by Alice Schroeder]
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I also compare the same stories in different genres -- (Laughter)
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["Osobná história" od Katharine Graham]["The Snowball: Warren Buffett a podnikanie života," od Alice Schroeder]
Taktiež porovnávam rovnaké príbehy v rozličných žánroch (smiech)
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[Holy Bible: King James Version]["Lamb" by Chrisopher Moore] --
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[Biblia: King James Version]["Baránok" od Chrisopher Moore]
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or similar stories from different cultures,
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alebo podobné príbehy z rôznych kultúr,
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as Joseph Campbell did in his wonderful book.["The Power of Myth" by Joseph Campbell]
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ako tak urobil joesp Campbell vo svojej úžasnej knihe. ["Sila mýtu" od Joseph Campbell]
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For example, both the Christ and the Buddha
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Napríklad, Kristus i Buddha
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went through three temptations.
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boli trikrát pokúšaní.
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For the Christ, the temptations
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Kristove pokušenia boli
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are economic, political and spiritual.
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ekonomické, politické a duchovné.
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For the Buddha, they are all psychological:
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Buddhove boli všetky psychologické:
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lust, fear and social duty -- interesting.
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túžba, strach a sociálna povinnosť - zaujímavé.
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So if you know a foreign language, it's also fun
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Ak ovládate cudzí jazyk, je tiež zábavné
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to read your favorite books in two languages.
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čítať vaše obľúbené knihy v dvoch jazykoch.
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["The Way of Chuang Tzu" Thomas Merton]["Tao: The Watercourse Way" Alan Watts]
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Instead of lost in translation, I found there is much to gain.
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Namiesto stratenia sa v preklade, môžete veľa získať.
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For example, it's through translation that I realized
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Napríklad, vďaka prekladu som si uvedomila, že
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"happiness" in Chinese literally means "fast joy." Huh!
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"šťastie" v čínštine doslova znamená "rýchla radosť." Jéj!
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"Bride" in Chinese literally means "new mother." Uh-oh.
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"Nevesta" doslova znamená "nová matka." Bŕŕ.
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(Laughter)
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(smiech)
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Books have given me a magic portal to connect with people
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Knihy mi otvorili magický portál, cez ktorý môžem spojiť
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of the past and the present.
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ľudí z minulosti a s ľuďmi súčasnosti.
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I know I shall never feel lonely or powerless again.
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Viem, že sa už nikdy nebudem cítiť sama alebo bezmocná.
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Having a dream shattered really is nothing
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Mať zničený svoj sen nie je nič
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compared to what many others have suffered.
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v porovnaní s tým, čo musia niektorí ľudia podstúpiť.
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I have come to believe that coming true
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Začala som veriť v to, že splniť si sen
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is not the only purpose of a dream.
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nie je jediný dôvod sna.
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Its most important purpose is to get us in touch
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Dôležitejšie je, že si uvedomíme,
odkiaľ tieto sny pochádzajú.
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with where dreams come from,
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where passion comes from, where happiness comes from.
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kde vzniká tá vášen, to šťastie.
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Even a shattered dream can do that for you.
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Aj zničený sen toto pre vás dokáže spraviť.
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So because of books, I'm here today,
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Takže vďaka knihám som dnes tu,
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happy, living again with a purpose and a clarity,
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šťastná, môj život má opäť jasný cieľ,
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most of the time.
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väčšinou.
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So may books be always with you.
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Nech Vás knihy vždy sprevádzajú.
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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(Applause)
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(potlesk)
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Thank you. (Applause)
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05:56
Thank you. (Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lisa Bu - Passionate readerLisa Bu has built a career helping people find great stories to listen to. Now she tells her own story.
Why you should listen
At TED's annual staff retreat, everyone has to get up and talk about something -- either about work, or about something interesting from their own lives. In fall 2012, our own Lisa Bu prepared a talk about her love of reading. And our quiet, funny and efficient Content Distribution Manager simply brought down the house, with a story that's too good not to share. We are thrilled and proud that Lisa is the first TED staffer ever to be invited to speak on the mainstage at the TED Conference.
Born and raised in Hunan, China, Lisa Bu has been with TED since 2011. Before that, she spent seven years as a talk show producer and a digital media content director at Wisconsin Public Radio. She's also a computer programmer, with a PhD in journalism and an MBA in information systems from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as a BA in Chinese from Nanjing University in China.
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