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Boyd Varty: What I learned from Nelson Mandela
Boyd Varty: Kaj sem se naučil od Nelsona Mandele
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"V katedrali divjine vidimo najboljše dele nas samih, kako se zrcalijo nazaj k nam." Boyd Varty, aktivist divjine, deli z nami zgodbe živali, ljudi in njihove medsebojne povezanosti oz. "ubuntu" -- kar pomeni "jaz obstajam zaradi tebe." Govor posveti Nelsonu Mandeli, utelešenju tega dobrosrčnega, radodarnega duha.
Boyd Varty - Environmental and literacy activist
In his native South Africa, Boyd Varty builds wildlife corridors to restore the environment and literacy centers to restore the human spirit. Full bio
In his native South Africa, Boyd Varty builds wildlife corridors to restore the environment and literacy centers to restore the human spirit. Full bio
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00:12
I'm a man who's trying to live from his heart,
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Sem človek, ki poskuša živeti
s srcem na dlani,
s srcem na dlani,
00:16
and so just before I get going,
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tako da preden začnem,
00:19
I wanted to tell you as a South African
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vam želim povedati kot Južnoafričan,
00:21
that one of the men who has inspired me most
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da je eden izmed ljudi,
ki so me najbolj navdihovali,
ki so me najbolj navdihovali,
00:24
passed away a few hours ago.
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preminil pred nekaj urami.
00:27
Nelson Mandela has come to the end
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Nelson Mandela je prišel do konca
00:30
of his long walk to freedom.
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svoje dolge poti k svobodi.
00:33
And so this talk is going to be for him.
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Zato bo ta govor zanj.
00:40
I grew up in wonder.
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Odrasel sem v čudenju.
00:43
I grew up amongst those animals.
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Odrasel sem med temi živalmi.
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I grew up in the wild eastern part of South Africa
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Odrasel sem v divjem
vzhodnem delu Južne Afrike
vzhodnem delu Južne Afrike
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at a place called Londolozi Game Reserve.
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v kraju imenovanem
Rezervat divjine Londolozi.
Rezervat divjine Londolozi.
00:54
It's a place where my family has been
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To je kraj, kjer je moja družina
00:57
in the safari business for four generations.
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v poslu safarijev že štiri generacije.
01:01
Now for as long as I can remember,
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Že odkar pomnim,
01:03
my job has been to take people out into nature,
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je moja naloga odpeljati ljudi v naravo
01:08
and so I think it's a lovely twist of fate today
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in mislim, da je to lep obrat usode
01:11
to have the opportunity
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da imam priložnost,
01:13
to bring some of my experiences out in nature
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da prinesem nekaj svojih izkušenj iz narave
01:16
in to this gathering.
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v tole srečanje.
01:18
Africa is a place
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Afrika je kraj,
01:20
where people still sit under starlit skies
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kjer ljudje še zmeraj sedijo
pod zvezdnim nebom
pod zvezdnim nebom
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and around campfires and tell stories,
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in okrog ognja in si pripovedujejo zgodbe,
01:27
and so what I have to share with you today
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in kar bom danes delil z vami,
01:29
is the simple medicine of a few campfire stories,
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je preprosto zdravilo,
nekaj tabornih zgodb,
nekaj tabornih zgodb,
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stories about heroes of heart.
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zgodb o herojih srca.
01:37
Now my stories are not the stories
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Moje zgodbe niso zgodbe,
01:39
that you'll hear on the news,
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ki jih slišite v novicah,
01:41
and while it's true that Africa is a harsh place,
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in medtem ko je res, da je Afrika grob kraj,
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I also know it to be a place
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jaz prav tako vem, da je kraj,
01:46
where people, animals and ecosystems
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kjer nas ljudje, živali in ekosistemi
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teach us about a more interconnected world.
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učijo o bolj med seboj povezanem svetu.
01:54
When I was nine years old,
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Ko sem bil star devet let,
01:56
President Mandela came to stay with my family.
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je predsednik Mandela
prišel živet k moji družini.
prišel živet k moji družini.
01:59
He had just been released from
his 27 years of incarceration,
his 27 years of incarceration,
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Bil je ravno izpuščen
po 27 letih zapora
po 27 letih zapora
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and was in a period of readjustment
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in se je ravno privajal
02:06
to his sudden global icon status.
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na svoj nenadni status globalne ikone.
02:08
Members of the African National Congress
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Člani Afriškega Nacionalnega Kongresa
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thought that in the bush
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so menili, da bo v divjini
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he would have time to rest and recuperate
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imel čas za počitek in okrevanje,
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away from the public eye,
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proč od oči javnosti
02:17
and it's true that lions tend to be
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in res je, da so levi
02:20
a very good deterrent to press and paparazzi.
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zelo dobra obramba
pred tiskom in paparaci.
pred tiskom in paparaci.
02:24
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:26
But it was a defining time for me as a young boy.
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To je bil odločilen čas zame
kot mladega fanta.
kot mladega fanta.
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I would take him breakfast in bed,
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Prinesel sem mu zajtrk v posteljo,
02:31
and then, in an old track suit and slippers,
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in potem, v stari trenirki in natikačih,
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he would go for a walk around the garden.
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je šel na sprehod po vrtu.
02:36
At night, I would sit with my family
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Zvečer sem sedel z družino
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around the snowy, bunny-eared TV,
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okrog snežnega televizorja
z zajčjimi ušesi
z zajčjimi ušesi
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and watch images of that same
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in gledal slike tega istega
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quiet man from the garden
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tihega moža z vrta,
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surrounded by hundreds and thousands of people
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obdanega z na stotine in tisoče ljudi,
02:48
as scenes from his release were broadcast nightly.
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saj so prizore njegovega izpusta
predvajali vsako noč.
predvajali vsako noč.
02:51
He was bringing peace
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Prinašal je mir
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to a divided and violent South Africa,
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v razdvojeno in nasilno Južno Afriko,
02:56
one man with an unbelievable sense of his humanity.
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en moški z neverjetnim občutkom
za človečnost.
za človečnost.
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Mandela said often that the gift of prison
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Mandela je pogosto dejal,
da je bilo darilo zapora
da je bilo darilo zapora
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was the ability to go within and to think,
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zmožnost iti vase in razmišljati,
03:07
to create in himself
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ustvarjati v sebi
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the things he most wanted for South Africa:
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stvari, ki si jih je najbolj želel
za južno Afriko
za južno Afriko
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peace, reconciliation, harmony.
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mir, spravo, harmonijo.
03:15
Through this act of immense open-heartedness,
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Skozi svoja neizmerna dejanja
odprtega srca,
odprtega srca,
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he was to become the embodiment
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je postal poosebljenje
03:20
of what in South Africa we call "ubuntu."
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tistega, čemur v Južni Afriki pravimo
"ubuntu".
"ubuntu".
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Ubuntu: I am because of you.
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Ubuntu: Jaz obstajam zaradi tebe.
03:26
Or, people are not people
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Ali, ljudje niso ljudje
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without other people.
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brez drugih ljudi.
03:31
It's not a new idea or value
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To ni nova ideja ali vrednota,
03:33
but it's one that I certainly think at these times
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ampak je tista, na kateri je v teh časih
03:35
is worth building on.
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vredno graditi.
03:37
In fact, it is said that in the
collective consciousness of Africa,
collective consciousness of Africa,
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Pravzaprav naj bi v kolektivni zavesti Afrike
03:40
we get to experience the deepest parts
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izkusili najgloblje dele
03:42
of our own humanity
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svoje lastne človečnosti
03:43
through our interactions with others.
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skozi naše interakcije z drugimi.
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Ubuntu is at play right now.
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Ubuntu se dogaja prav zdaj.
03:48
You are holding a space for me
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Zame imate poseben prostor,
03:50
to express the deepest truth of who I am.
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da izrazim najglobljo resnico
o tem, kdo sem.
o tem, kdo sem.
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Without you, I'm just a guy talking to an empty room,
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Brez vas sem samo tip,
ki govori prazni sobi,
ki govori prazni sobi,
03:56
and I spent a lot of time last week doing that,
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in prejšnji teden sem to pogosto počel,
03:59
and it's not the same as this.
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in ni enako kot tole.
04:02
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
04:05
If Mandela was the national
and international embodiment,
and international embodiment,
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Če je bil Mandela nacionalna
in mednarodna poosebitev,
in mednarodna poosebitev,
04:08
then the man who taught me the most
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je moški, ki me je naučil največ
04:10
about this value personally was this man,
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o tej vrednoti osebno,
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Solly Mhlongo.
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Solly Mhlongo.
04:14
Solly was born under a tree
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Solly se je rodil pod drevesom,
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60 kilometers from where I grew up in Mozambique.
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60 km stran od mojega doma v Mozambiku.
04:18
He would never have a lot of money,
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Nikoli ni imel veliko denarja,
04:20
but he was to be
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a postal je
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one of the richest men I would ever meet.
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eden najbogatejših ljudi,
kar sem jih srečal.
kar sem jih srečal.
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Solly grew up tending to his father's cattle.
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Solly je med odraščanjem skrbel
za očetovo živino.
za očetovo živino.
04:27
Now, I can tell you, I don't know what it is
about people who grow up looking after cattle,
about people who grow up looking after cattle,
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Povem vam, ne vem, kaj je z ljudmi,
ki med odraščanjem skrbijo za živino,
ki med odraščanjem skrbijo za živino,
04:31
but it makes for über-resourcefulness.
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ampak postanejo neverjetno iznajdljivi.
04:34
The first job that he ever got in the safari business
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Prva služba, ki jo je dobil
v poslu safarijev,
v poslu safarijev,
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was fixing the safari trucks.
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je bila popravljanje
tovornjakov za safari.
tovornjakov za safari.
04:39
Where he had learned to do that out in the bush
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Kje v divjini se je tega naučil, ne vem,
04:41
I have no idea, but he could do it.
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a to je znal početi.
04:43
He then moved across into what we called
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Nato se premaknil v nekaj, čemur pravimo
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the habitat team.
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ekipa habitata.
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These were the people on the reserve
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To so ljudje v rezervatu,
04:49
who were responsible for its well-being.
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ki so odgovorni za njegovo dobro stanje.
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He fixed roads, he mended wetlands,
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Popravljal je ceste, skrbel za mokrišča,
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he did some anti-poaching.
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boril se je proti krivolovu.
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And then one day we were out together,
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Nekega dne, ko sva bila skupaj zunaj,
04:57
and he came across the tracks of where
a female leopard had walked.
a female leopard had walked.
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je naletel na sledi,
kjer je hodila samica leoparda.
kjer je hodila samica leoparda.
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And it was an old track,
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In bila je stara sled,
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but for fun he turned and he began to follow it,
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ampak za zabavo se je obrnil
in ji začel slediti,
in ji začel slediti,
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and I tell you, I could tell by the speed
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in glede na hitrost premikanja
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at which he moved on those pad marks
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po teh sledeh, sem vedel,
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that this man was a Ph.D.-level tracker.
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da je ta človek diplomiran sledilec.
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If you drove past Solly
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Če si se peljal mimo Solly-a,
05:14
somewhere out on the reserve,
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nekje v rezervatu,
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you look up in your rearview mirror,
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in pogledal v vzvratno ogledalo,
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you'd see he'd stopped the car
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si ga videl, kako je ustavil avto
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20, 50 meters down the road
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20, 50 metrov stran,
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just in case you need help with something.
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če bi slučajno potreboval pomoč.
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The only accusation I ever heard leveled at him
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Edina obtožba, ki je kdajkoli letela nanj,
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was when one of our clients said,
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je bila, ko je naših strank dejala,
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"Solly, you are pathologically helpful."
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"Solly, ti si patološko ustrežljiv."
05:31
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:34
When I started professionally guiding people
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Ko sem začel profesionalno voditi ljudi
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out into this environment,
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v to okolje,
05:38
Solly was my tracker.
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je bil Solly moj sledilec.
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We worked together as a team.
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Skupaj sva delala kot ekipa.
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And the first guests we ever got
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In prvi gosti, ki sva jih imela,
05:44
were a philanthropy group from your East Coast,
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so bili skupina dobrodelnikov
z vaše Vzhode obale,
z vaše Vzhode obale,
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and they said to Solly, on the side, they said,
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in rekli so Sollyu,
05:49
"Before we even go out to see lions and leopards,
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"Preden sploh gremo pogledat
leve in leoparde,
leve in leoparde,
05:52
we want to see where you live."
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želimo videti, kje živiš."
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So we took them up to his house,
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Peljala sva jih do njegove hiše
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and this visit of the philanthropist to his house
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in ta obisk dobrodelnikov
05:58
coincided with a time when Solly's wife,
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je sovpadal z obdobjem,
ko je bila Sollyeva žena,
ko je bila Sollyeva žena,
06:01
who was learning English,
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ki se je učila angleško,
06:02
was going through a phase
where she would open the door
where she would open the door
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v fazi, da je odprla vrata
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by saying, "Hello, I love you.
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z vzklikom, "Pozdravljen, rada te imam.
06:07
Welcome, I love you." (Laughter)
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Dobrodošel, rada te imam." (Smeh)
06:09
And there was something so beautifully African
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In v tem je bilo nekaj tako čudovito afriškega
06:12
about it to me, this small house
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zame, ta mala hiša
06:14
with a huge heart in it.
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z velikim srcem.
06:16
Now on the day that Solly saved my life,
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Na dan, ko mi je Solly rešil življenje,
06:23
he was already my hero.
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je bil že moj heroj.
06:25
It was a hot day,
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Bil je vroč dan
06:27
and we found ourselves down by the river.
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in znašla sva se ob reki.
06:29
Because of the heat, I took my shoes off,
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Zaradi vročine sem si sezul čevlje,
06:31
and I rolled up my pants,
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zavihal hlačnice
06:33
and I walked into the water.
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in zakorakal v vodo.
06:35
Solly remained on the bank.
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Solly je ostal na bregu.
06:37
The water was clear running over sand,
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Voda je bila čista, tekla je nad peskom
06:40
and we turned and we began
to make our way upstream.
to make our way upstream.
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in obrnila sva se in začela hoditi proti toku.
06:43
And a few meters ahead of us,
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Nekaj metrov pred nama
06:45
there was a place where a tree
had fallen out of the bank,
had fallen out of the bank,
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je bil kraj, kjer je drevo padlo z brega,
06:48
and its branches were touching the water,
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in njegove veje so se dotikale vode
06:51
and it was shadowy.
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in bilo je senčno.
06:52
And if had been a horror movie,
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In če bi to bila grozljivka,
06:55
people in the audience would have started saying,
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bi ljudje v občinstvu dejali,
06:57
"Don't go in there. Don't go in there." (Laughter)
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"Ne pojdi tja. Ne pojdi tja." (Smeh)
07:01
And of course, the crocodile was in the shadows.
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In seveda, v senci je bil krokodil.
07:04
Now the first thing that you notice
when a crocodile hits you
when a crocodile hits you
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Prva stvar, ki jo opaziš
pri njegovem napadu
pri njegovem napadu
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is the ferocity of the bite.
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je silovitost ugriza.
07:08
Wham! It hits me by my right leg.
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Bam! Ugrizne me naravnost v desno nogo.
07:10
It pulls me. It turns. I throw my hand up.
I'm able to grab a branch.
I'm able to grab a branch.
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Povleče me. Obrne se.
Iztegnem roko. Uspe mi zagrabiti vejo.
Iztegnem roko. Uspe mi zagrabiti vejo.
07:14
It's shaking me violently.
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Divje me trese.
07:16
It's a very strange sensation
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Zelo čuden občutek je,
07:17
having another creature try and eat you,
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ko te hoče neko drugo bitje pojesti,
07:19
and there are few things that
promote vegetarianism like that.
promote vegetarianism like that.
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in malo je stvari, ki tako dobro
promovirajo vegetarijanstvo.
promovirajo vegetarijanstvo.
07:23
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:24
Solly on the bank sees that I'm in trouble.
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Solly na bregu vidi, da sem v težavah.
07:27
He turns. He begins to make his way to me.
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Obrne se. Odpravi se proti meni.
07:29
The croc again continues to shake me.
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Krokodil me še zmeraj trese.
07:31
It goes to bite me a second time.
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Hoče me še enkrat ugrizniti.
07:33
I notice a slick of blood in the water around me
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Opazim madež krvi v vodi okoli mene,
07:35
that gets washed downstream.
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ki teče po reki.
07:36
As it bites the second time, I kick.
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Ko me drugič ugrizne, brcnem.
07:39
My foot goes down its throat. It spits me out.
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Moja noga gre v njegovo grlo. Izpljune me.
07:41
I pull myself up into the branches,
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Potegnem se med veje
07:43
and as I come out of the water,
I look over my shoulder.
I look over my shoulder.
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in ko pridem iz vode, pogledam čez ramo.
07:47
My leg from the knee down
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Moja noga je od kolena navzdol
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is mangled beyond description.
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razmesarjena prek besed.
07:51
The bone is cracked.
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Kost je polomljena.
07:52
The meat is torn up.
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Meso raztrgano.
07:54
I make an instant decision that
I'll never look at that again.
I'll never look at that again.
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Takoj se odločim,
da tega ne pogledam nikoli več.
da tega ne pogledam nikoli več.
07:59
As I come out of the water,
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Ko pridem vem iz vode,
08:01
Solly arrives at a deep section,
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Solly prispe do globokega dela,
08:04
a channel between us.
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kanala med nama.
08:05
He knows, he sees the state of my leg,
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Ve, vidi stanje moje noge,
08:07
he knows that between him and I
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ve, da je med nama
08:09
there is a crocodile,
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krokodil.
08:10
and I can tell you this man doesn't
slow down for one second.
slow down for one second.
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Povem vam, ta človek
se ne ustavi niti za sekundo.
se ne ustavi niti za sekundo.
08:13
He comes straight into the channel.
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Naravnost v kanal gre.
08:15
He wades in to above his waist.
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Zabrede noter čez pas.
08:17
He gets to me. He grabs me.
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Pride do mene. Zgrabi me.
08:18
I'm still in a vulnerable position.
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Še vedno sem v ranljivem položaju.
08:20
He picks me and puts me on his shoulder.
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Pobere me in si me vrže na ramo.
08:21
This is the other thing about Solly,
he's freakishly strong.
he's freakishly strong.
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Še ena stvar glede Sollya,
neznansko je močan.
neznansko je močan.
08:24
He turns. He walks me up the bank.
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Obrne se. Ponese me po bregu.
08:26
He lays me down. He pulls his shirt off.
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Položi me dol. Potegne si dol srajco.
08:28
He wraps it around my leg,
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Ovije jo okrog moje noge,
08:30
picks me up a second time,
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in me spet pobere,
08:31
walks me to a vehicle,
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me ponese do vozila
08:33
and he's able to get me to medical attention.
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in priskrbi zdravniško pomoč.
08:37
And I survive.
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In preživim.
08:40
Now — (Applause)
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Sedaj-- (Aplavz)
08:44
Now I don't know how many people you know
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,Ne vem, koliko ljudi poznate,
08:47
that go into a deep channel of water
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ki gredo v globoko vodo,
08:49
that they know has a crocodile in it
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vedoč, da je v njej krokodil,
08:51
to come and help you,
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da bi vam pomagali,
08:53
but for Solly, it was as natural as breathing.
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a za Sollya je bilo to
tako naravno kot dihanje.
tako naravno kot dihanje.
08:56
And he is one amazing example
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In on je samo en neverjeten primer
08:59
of what I have experienced all over Africa.
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tega, kar sem doživel po vsej Afriki.
09:02
In a more collective society,
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V bolj povezani družbi
09:04
we realize from the inside
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spoznamo od znotraj,
09:07
that our own well-being is deeply tied
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da je naše dobro počutje globoko povezano
09:10
to the well-being of others.
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z dobrim počutjem drugih.
09:13
Danger is shared. Pain is shared.
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Nevarnost se deli. Bolečina se deli.
09:17
Joy is shared. Achievement is shared.
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Radost se deli. Dosežki se delijo.
09:20
Houses are shared. Food is shared.
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Hiše se delijo. Hrana se deli.
09:24
Ubuntu asks us to open our hearts
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Ubuntu nas prosi, naj odpremo svoja srca
09:27
and to share,
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in delimo,
09:29
and what Solly taught me that day
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in kar me je Solly naučil tistega dne,
09:31
is the essence of this value,
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je bistvo njegove vrednosti,
09:33
his animated, empathetic action
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njegove animirane, empatične akcije
09:36
in every moment.
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v vsakem trenutku.
09:38
Now although the root word is about people,
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Ker koren besede zadeva ljudi,
09:41
I thought that maybe ubuntu was only about people.
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sem mislil, da Ubuntu velja samo za ljudi.
09:44
And then I met this young lady.
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In potem sem spoznal to mlado damo.
09:48
Her name was Elvis.
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ime ji je Elvis.
09:49
In fact, Solly gave her the name Elvis
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Solly jo je poimenoval Elvis,
09:51
because he said she walked like she was doing
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ker je rekel, da hodi, kot da bi
09:54
the Elvis the pelvis dance.
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plesala kot Elvis.
09:57
She was born with very badly
deformed back legs and pelvis.
deformed back legs and pelvis.
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Rodila se je z zelo deformiranima
zadnjima nogama in medenico.
zadnjima nogama in medenico.
10:01
She arrived at our reserve from a reserve
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Prispela je k nam iz rezervata
10:03
east of us on her migratory route.
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vzhodno od nas na njeni poti.
10:05
When I first saw her,
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Ko sem jo prvič videl,
10:07
I thought she would be dead in a matter of days.
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sem pomislil, da bo umrla v nekaj dneh.
10:10
And yet, for the next five years
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Ampak naslednjih 5 let
10:13
she returned in the winter months.
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se je vračala v zimskih mesecih.
10:15
And we would be so excited to be out in the bush
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In bili smo tako vznemirjeni,
ko smo bili v divjini
ko smo bili v divjini
10:17
and to come across this unusual track.
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in naleteli na to nenavadno sled.
10:20
It looked like an inverted bracket,
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Izgledala je kot narobe obrnjen oklepaj
10:21
and we would drop whatever
we were doing and we would follow,
we were doing and we would follow,
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in spustili smo vse iz rok in ji sledili
10:24
and then we would come around the corner,
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in potem smo prišli izza ovinka
10:26
and there she would be with her herd.
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in bila je tam s svojo čredo.
10:28
And that outpouring of emotion
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In izbruh čustev
10:30
from people on our safari trucks
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ljudi v naših safari tovornjakih,
10:32
as they saw her, it was this sense of kinship.
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ko so jo videli,
je dal občutek povezanosti.
je dal občutek povezanosti.
10:35
And it reminded me
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In opomnila me je,
10:37
that even people who grow up in cities
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da celo ljudje, ki so odrasli v mestih,
10:39
feel a natural connection
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čutijo naravno povezavo
10:42
with the natural world and with animals.
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s svetom narave in z živalmi.
10:45
And yet still I remained amazed
that she was surviving.
that she was surviving.
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A še zmeraj sem bil osupel,
da je preživela.
da je preživela.
10:48
And then one day we came across
them at this small water hole.
them at this small water hole.
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In nekega dne smo jih srečali
v neki mali luknji z vodo.
v neki mali luknji z vodo.
10:51
It was sort of a hollow in the ground.
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Bila je nekakšna vdolbina v tleh.
10:53
And I watched as the matriarch drank,
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Gledal sem, kako je matriarhinja pila
10:56
and then she turned in that
beautiful slow motion of elephants,
beautiful slow motion of elephants,
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in se potem obrnila v tistem prelepem
počasnem gibanju slonov,
počasnem gibanju slonov,
10:59
looks like the arm in motion,
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ki izgleda kot roka v gibanju,
11:01
and she began to make her way up the steep bank.
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ter si začela utirati pot
po strmem bregu.
po strmem bregu.
11:04
The rest of the herd turned and began to follow.
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Ostali del črede se je obrnil in ji sledil.
11:08
And I watched young Elvis
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Gledal sem mlado Elvis,
11:10
begin to psych herself up for the hill.
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kako se je začela vzpenjati po hribu.
11:13
She got visibly -- ears came forward,
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Vidno se je trudila--ušesa je dala naprej,
11:17
she had a full go of it and halfway up,
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dobro ji je šlo in na pol poti
11:19
her legs gave way, and she fell backwards.
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so se njene noge vdale in padla je nazaj.
11:21
She attempted it a second time,
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Poskusila je znova
11:23
and again, halfway up, she fell backwards.
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in spet so se njene noge
vdale na pol poti.
vdale na pol poti.
11:26
And on the third attempt,
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V tretjem poskusu
11:28
an amazing thing happened.
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se je zgodilo nekaj neverjetnega.
11:30
Halfway up the bank,
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Na pol poti po bregu
11:32
a young teenage elephant came in behind her,
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se je za njo postavil
mlad najstniški slon,
mlad najstniški slon,
11:35
and he propped his trunk underneath her,
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jo spodaj podprl z rilcem
11:38
and he began to shovel her up the bank.
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in jo začel potiskati po bregu.
11:41
And it occurred to me
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Spoznal sem,
11:42
that the rest of the herd
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da ostali člani črede
11:44
was in fact looking after this young elephant.
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pravzaprav skrbijo za to mlado slonico.
11:46
The next day I watched again
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Naslednji dan sem spet opazoval,
11:49
as the matriarch broke a branch
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ko je matriarhinja odlomila vejo
11:51
and she would put it in her mouth,
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in jo dala v usta,
11:53
and then she would break a second one
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nato odlomila še eno
11:55
and drop it on the ground.
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in jo spustila na tla.
11:58
And a consensus developed between all of us
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Med vodiči na tem območju
12:00
who were guiding people in that area
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se je razvilo splošno mnenje,
12:02
that that herd was in fact moving slower
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da se ta čreda premika počasneje,
12:05
to accommodate that elephant.
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da se prilagodi tej slonici.
12:09
What Elvis and the herd taught me
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Elvis in njena čreda so me naučili,
12:11
caused me to expand my definition of ubuntu,
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da sem razširil
svoje razumevanje ubuntuja,
svoje razumevanje ubuntuja,
12:14
and I believe that in the cathedral of the wild,
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in verjamem, da v katedrali divjine
12:17
we get to see the most beautiful parts of ourselves
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vidimo naše najlepše dele,
12:19
reflected back at us.
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kako se zrcalijo nazaj v nas.
12:21
And it is not only through other people
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Ne izkusimo naše človeškosti
12:25
that we get to experience our humanity
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samo skozi druge ljudi,
12:28
but through all the creatures that live on this planet.
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ampak skozi vsa živa bitja,
ki živijo na tem planetu.
ki živijo na tem planetu.
12:32
If Africa has a gift to share,
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Če ima Afrika darilo, ki ga lahko deli,
12:34
it's a gift of a more collective society.
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je to darilo bolj povezane družbe.
12:38
And while it's true that ubuntu is an African idea,
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In čeprav je ubuntu afriška ideja,
12:42
what I see is the essence of that value
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vidim, da bistvo te ideje
12:47
being invented here.
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nastaja tu.
12:49
Thank you.
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Hvala.
12:51
(Applause)
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(Aplavz)
13:16
Pat Mitchell: So Boyd,
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Pat Mitchell: Torej, Boyd,
13:17
we know that you knew President Mandela
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vemo, da si predsednika Mandelo poznal
13:22
from early childhood
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od zgodnjega otroštva
13:24
and that you heard the news as we all did today,
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in da si novico slišal danes,
tako kot mi vsi tu
tako kot mi vsi tu
13:27
and deeply distraught
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in si globoko pretresen,
13:30
and know the tragic loss that it is to the world.
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vemo, kakšna tragična izguba
je to za svet.
je to za svet.
13:34
But I just wondered if you wanted
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Ampak zanima me samo, če si želel
13:36
to share any additional thoughts,
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deliti kakšno dodatno misel,
13:38
because we know that you heard that news
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ker vemo, da si slišal novico,
13:40
just before coming in to do this session.
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tik preden si prišel sem na to seanso.
13:44
Boyd Varty: Well thanks, Pat.
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Boyd Varty: Hvala, Pat.
13:45
I'm so happy because it was time for him to pass on.
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Zelo sem vesel, ker je prišel njegov čas.
13:48
He was suffering.
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Trpel je.
13:50
And so of course there's the mixed emotions.
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In seveda so tu mešani občutki.
13:53
But I just think of so many occurrences
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Ampak spomnim se
toliko različnih stvari,
toliko različnih stvari,
13:55
like the time he went on the Oprah show
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na primer takrat,
ko je odšel na Oprah show
ko je odšel na Oprah show
13:57
and asked her what the show would be about.
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in jo vprašal, o čem bo oddaja govorila.
14:00
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:01
And she was like, "Well, it'll be about you."
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In rekla je,"No, o tebi bo govorila."
14:05
I mean, that's just incredible humility.
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Mislim, ta neverjetna skromnost.
14:07
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:11
He was the father of our nation
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Bil je oče našega naroda
14:14
and we've got a road to walk in South Africa.
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in imamo pot,
ki ji moramo v Južni Afriki slediti.
ki ji moramo v Južni Afriki slediti.
14:21
And everything, they used to call it Madiba magic.
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Vsemu temu skupaj so rekli
Madiba čarovnija.
Madiba čarovnija.
14:24
You know, he used to go to
a rugby match and we would win.
a rugby match and we would win.
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Veste, šel je gledat tekmo ragbija
in smo zmagali.
in smo zmagali.
14:27
Anywhere he went, things went well.
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Kamorkoli je šel,
so se stvari dobro odvile.
so se stvari dobro odvile.
14:30
But I think that magic will be with us,
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Ampak mislim, da bo ta čarovnija z nami,
14:33
and the important thing is that we carry
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in pomembno je, da prenašamo naprej tisto,
14:36
what he stood for.
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kar je zagovarjal.
14:38
And so that's what I'm going to try and do,
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To je tisto, kar bom poskušal storiti
14:41
and that's what people all over
South Africa are trying to do.
South Africa are trying to do.
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in to poskušajo storiti
ljudje po vsej Južni Afriki.
ljudje po vsej Južni Afriki.
14:44
PM: And that's what you've done today.
BV: Oh, thank you.
BV: Oh, thank you.
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PM: In to si storil danes.
BV: Oh, hvala vam.
BV: Oh, hvala vam.
14:46
PM: Thank you.
BV: Thank you. Thanks very much.
BV: Thank you. Thanks very much.
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PM: Hvala.
BV: Hvala. Najlepša hvala.
BV: Hvala. Najlepša hvala.
14:50
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Boyd Varty - Environmental and literacy activistIn his native South Africa, Boyd Varty builds wildlife corridors to restore the environment and literacy centers to restore the human spirit.
Why you should listen
Everyone has felt that connection with nature. Through the Good Work Foundation, Boyd Varty is building a movement around it. The fourth-generation custodian of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa calls it a psychology of restoration. “We would like to be pioneers of the age of restoration,” says Varty. “Restoration of land, people and the human spirit."
By providing environmental, English and computer education to the people who live and work in Londolozi, he’s also creating an economically and socially sustainable model for conservation.
Boyd Varty | Speaker | TED.com