TED2008
John Hodgman: Aliens, love -- where are they?
Džon Hodžman (John Hodgman): Vanzemaljci, ljubav - gde su? Kratka digresija o izgubljenom vremenu
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Komičar Džon Hodžman podseća nas na novu priču o vanzemaljcima, fizici, vremenu, prostoru i načinu na koji ovo sve doprinosi slatkom, savršenom sećanju na zaljubljivanje.
John Hodgman - Expert
John Hodgman is a writer, humorist, geek celebrity, former professional literary agent and expert on all world knowledge. He was the bumbling PC in Apple's long-running "I'm a Mac; I'm a PC" ad campaign. Full bio
John Hodgman is a writer, humorist, geek celebrity, former professional literary agent and expert on all world knowledge. He was the bumbling PC in Apple's long-running "I'm a Mac; I'm a PC" ad campaign. Full bio
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You all know this story.
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Svi znate sledeću priču.
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In the summer of 1950,
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Leta 1950. godine,
00:22
Enrico Fermi, the Italian-American physicist
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Enriko Fermi,
italijansko-američki fizičar
italijansko-američki fizičar
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and atomic-pile builder,
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i graditelj nuklearnog reaktora,
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went to lunch at Los Alamos National Laboratory
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otišao je na ručak u Nacionalnoj laboratoriji
u Los Alamosu u SAD,
u Los Alamosu u SAD,
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and joined some colleagues there, and asked them a question:
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pridružio se kolegama
i postavio im pitanje:
i postavio im pitanje:
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"Where is everybody?"
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„Gde su svi?"
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This confused his colleagues, obviously,
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To je zbunilo njegove
kolege, očigledno
kolege, očigledno
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because they were sitting right there with him.
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zato što su svi sedeli
pored njega.
pored njega.
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And then he had to clarify that he wasn't talking about them.
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Onda je pojasnio da
ne misli na njih.
ne misli na njih.
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He was talking about the space aliens.
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Mislio je na svemirce.
00:45
You see, this was only a few years after
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Vidite, to se desilo samo
nekoliko godina nakon
nekoliko godina nakon
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the supposed flying saucer crash
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navodnog pada letećeg tanjira
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at Roswell, New Mexico.
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u Rozvelu, u Nju Meksiku.
00:51
And even though that turned out to be nothing,
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I iako se ispostavilo da
to nije bilo ništa,
to nije bilo ništa,
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nothing at all --
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skroz ništa -
00:55
(Laughter) --
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(smeh) -
00:58
merely a downed weather balloon
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ništa drugo do običnog
oborenog meteorološkog balona,
oborenog meteorološkog balona,
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piloted by small hairless men
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kojim su upravljala
oniža ćelava bića
oniža ćelava bića
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with slits for mouths ...
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s prorezom umesto usta...
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Still, America had gone saucer-mad,
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Amerika je ipak poludela
za letećim tanjirma,
za letećim tanjirma,
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even famous scientists
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čak i poznati naučnici
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who were eating lunch.
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koji su samo ručali.
01:12
Fermi's reasoning, if I may paraphrase badly,
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Fermijeva logika, ako smem
da ga loše parafraziram,
da ga loše parafraziram,
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is that the universe is so vast
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bila je da je univerzum
toliko ogroman
toliko ogroman
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that it stands to reason,
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da je sasvim očekivano
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there should be other intelligent life out there.
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da negde tamo treba da postoji
još inteligentnih bića.
još inteligentnih bića.
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And the universe is so old
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Univerzum je toliko star
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that unless we were the very first civilization ever to evolve,
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da, osim ako smo prva prvcijata
civilizacija koja je ikad postojala,
civilizacija koja je ikad postojala,
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we should have some evidence of their existence by now.
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do sad treba da imamo neke dokaze
o njihovom postojanju.
o njihovom postojanju.
01:29
And yet, to the best of our knowledge, we are alone.
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Bar koliko smo do sad obavešteni,
sami smo.
sami smo.
01:32
"Where is everybody?" asked Fermi,
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„Gde su svi?", upitao je Fermi,
01:35
and his colleagues had no answer.
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a njegove kolege nisu
imale odgovor.
imale odgovor.
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Fermi then went on with the same blunt logic
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Fermi je nastavio sa istom
šturom logikom
šturom logikom
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to disprove fairies,
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kako bi dokazao
postojanje vila,
postojanje vila,
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Sasquatch, God,
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Saskvoča, boga,
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the possibility of love --
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mogućnost voljenja -
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and thereafter, as you know,
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i stoga je, kao
što već znate,
što već znate,
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Enrico Fermi ate alone.
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Enriko Fermi jeo sam.
01:51
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:54
Now,
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Sad,
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I am not a scientist.
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ja nisam naučnik.
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I have never built an atomic pile.
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Nikada nisam gradio
nuklearni reaktor.
nuklearni reaktor.
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Although, I might argue that, technically,
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Premda, mogu tvrditi da je,
u suštini,
u suštini,
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every pile is atomic.
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svaki reaktor nuklearni.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
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However, with respect, I might point out two possibilities
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Ipak, s dužnim poštovanjem,
istakao bih dve mogućnosti
istakao bih dve mogućnosti
02:11
that Enrico Fermi perhaps did not consider.
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koje Enriko Fermi možda
nije uzeo u obzir.
nije uzeo u obzir.
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One is that the aliens might be
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Prva je da vanzemaljci
mogu biti
mogu biti
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very far away.
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veoma daleko.
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Perhaps, I dare say,
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Možda, usudio bih
se da kažem,
se da kažem,
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even on other planets.
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čak i na drugim planetama.
(Smeh)
(Smeh)
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The other possibility --
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Druga mogućnost -
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(Laughter) --
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(smeh) -
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is, perhaps, Enrico Fermi himself
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je da je možda i
sam Enriko Fermi
sam Enriko Fermi
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was an alien.
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bio vanzemaljac.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:34
Think about it.
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Razmislite.
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Isn't it a little convenient
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Nije li malo zgodno
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that in the midst of the World War, out of nowhere,
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to što se usred Drugog
svetskog rata odjednom
svetskog rata odjednom
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suddenly an Italian scientist showed up
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niotkuda pojavio jedan
italijanski naučnik
italijanski naučnik
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with an amazing new technology
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sa sjajnom novom
tehnologijom
tehnologijom
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that would transform everything in the world
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koja bi promenila
sve na svetu
sve na svetu
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and darken the history of the human species forever after?
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i zauvek zamračila istoriju
ljudske vrste?
ljudske vrste?
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And isn't it a little strange
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I nije li malo čudno
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that he required no payment for this?
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to što nije tražio nikakvu
naknadu za to?
naknadu za to?
02:56
That he asked for only one thing --
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I to što je tražio
samo jedno -
samo jedno -
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a gift of two healthy sperm whales?
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da mu se daju dve
zdrave ulješure?
zdrave ulješure?
03:01
That's -- that's not true.
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To - to nije istina.
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But it is strange.
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Ali jeste čudno.
03:05
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:09
And if Enrico Fermi were indeed a space alien,
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I ako je Enriko Fermi
stvarno bio svemirac,
stvarno bio svemirac,
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wouldn't he be the first to have tried to convince
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ne bi li on prvi
pokušao da ubedi
pokušao da ubedi
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his fellow scientists
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svoje kolege naučnike
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that the space aliens are not already here?
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da svemirci nisu tamo?
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For it is given in certain UFO-ology
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U NLO-ogiji,
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or UFOlogy circles,
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ili NLOloškim krugovima,
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that the aliens are already here and have been for millennia;
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smatra se da su vanzemaljci već ovde
i da su tu bili stolećima,
i da su tu bili stolećima,
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that they have walked among us in disguise,
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da se kreću prerušeni,
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observing us, guiding our evolution
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posmatrajući nas, vodeći
našu evoluciju
našu evoluciju
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from ape to man --
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od majmuna do čoveka -
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if you believe in that sort of thing --
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ako verujete u te priče -
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and, occasionally, kidnapping us in their flying saucers
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i da neke od nas povremeno
kidnapuju u svoje leteće tanjire
kidnapuju u svoje leteće tanjire
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and taking us away to have sex with us in pyramids.
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i odvode kako bi upražnjavali
seks u piramidama.
seks u piramidama.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:45
It's a difficult theory to discount,
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Teško je odbaciti
tu teoriju,
tu teoriju,
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I think you'll agree.
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složićete se.
03:49
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:51
For even in my own life,
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Čak i u mom iskustvu
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there are memories I have
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postoje sećanja za koja
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that are difficult to explain --
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mi je teško da objasnim -
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happenings that are so odd and unaccountably weird,
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dešavanja koja su toliko neobična
i neobjašnjivo čudna
i neobjašnjivo čudna
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that it is difficult to imagine
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da je teško zamisliti
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they were not the result
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da nisu rezultat
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of prolonged and frequent contact with aliens throughout my life.
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dugog i čestog kontakta s
vanzemaljcima tokom mog života.
vanzemaljcima tokom mog života.
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For how else will you explain
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Jer kako biste
drugačije objasnili moje
drugačije objasnili moje
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the amazing and absolutely true
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zapanjujuće i
potpuno stvarne
potpuno stvarne
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close encounters that I had
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bliske susrete
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and will describe to you now?
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koje ću vam sada opisati?
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Encounter one: Ocean City, New Jersey, 1980.
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Susret broj 1: Oušn Siti,
Nju Džerzi, 1980.
Nju Džerzi, 1980.
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This was the summer when the special edition of
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Tog leta je izašlo specijalno izdanje
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"Close Encounters of the Third Kind" was released.
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knjige „Bliski susreti treće vrste".
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And I went on vacation with my parents to the Jersey shore.
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Bio sam na odmoru sa roditeljima
na morskoj obali u Džerziju.
na morskoj obali u Džerziju.
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Within 12 hours, I was horribly sunburned,
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Za 12 časova sam
užasno izgoreo na suncu,
užasno izgoreo na suncu,
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just like Richard Dreyfuss in the movie.
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baš kao i Ričard Drajfus
u filmu.
u filmu.
04:30
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
04:31
And so I spent the rest of the vacation
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I tako sam ostatak
odmora proveo
odmora proveo
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largely sitting outside our little rental house at night,
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uglavnom sedeći uveče ispred
male iznajmljene kuće,
male iznajmljene kuće,
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the sidewalk still warm from the sun,
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na trotoaru još
toplom od sunca,
toplom od sunca,
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watching the skies for UFOs.
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i posmatrao nebo u
potrazi za NLO-ima.
potrazi za NLO-ima.
04:42
What did I see? Stars, satellites,
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Šta sam video?
Zvezde, satelite,
Zvezde, satelite,
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blinking airplanes -- typical sky junk.
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trepćuće avione -
tipične nebeske gluposti.
tipične nebeske gluposti.
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Occasionally, kids would come and
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Povremeno bi mi se deca
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join me and watch,
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pridruživala i posmatrala,
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but their necks soon got sore, and they would go off to the boardwalk
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ali bi ih brzo zaboleli vratovi,
te bi produžili drvenim putićem
te bi produžili drvenim putićem
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to play video games and mingle with humans.
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da igraju video-igrice
i mešaju se s ljudskim bićima.
i mešaju se s ljudskim bićima.
04:56
I was pretty good at the video games. I was not very good at the other part,
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Ja sam bio dobar u igricama,
ali ne i u onom drugom,
ali ne i u onom drugom,
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so I stayed alone with the cosmos.
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tako da sam ostajao
sam sa kosmosom.
sam sa kosmosom.
05:02
And that's when it happened.
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I tada se desilo.
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An elderly couple came walking down the street.
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Stariji par je išao ulicom.
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I would say they were in their late seventies,
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Rekao bih da su bili u
kasnim sedamdesetim
kasnim sedamdesetim
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and I would say that they were on a date,
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i rekao bih da su bili
na ljubavnom sastanku,
na ljubavnom sastanku,
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because he was wearing a very neat little suit
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zato što je on bio
u lepom odelcetu
u lepom odelcetu
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with a yellow tie -- a brown suit.
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sa žutom kravatom -
odelo braon boje.
odelo braon boje.
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And she was wearing a cardigan, because it was now fully night
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Ona je bila u džemperu jer
je već bila mrkla noć
je već bila mrkla noć
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and a chill was coming in off the ocean.
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te je hladnoća
dolazila sa okeana.
dolazila sa okeana.
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I remember, for some reason,
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Sećam se, iz
nekog razloga,
nekog razloga,
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that they were exactly the same height.
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da su bili tačno
iste visine.
iste visine.
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And then they stopped, and the man turned to me
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Zastali su i čovek se
okrenuo ka meni
okrenuo ka meni
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and said,
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i rekao:
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"What are you looking for,
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„Šta to tražiš,
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flying saucers?"
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leteće tanjire?"
05:34
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:37
You have to admit, that's a pretty boss piece of detective work
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Morate priznati da je to prilično
dobro obavljen detektivski posao
dobro obavljen detektivski posao
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for an old man on a date.
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za jednog starca na
ljubavnom sastanku.
ljubavnom sastanku.
05:42
But what was stranger still --
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Ali još čudnije -
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and even I realized it at the time,
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što sam čak i ja
tad shvatio
tad shvatio
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as a nine-year-old child --
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kao devetogodišnji dečak -
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was that they stopped at all.
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bilo je to što su uopšte zastali.
05:50
That this old man would interrupt his moonlight stroll
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To što je taj starac prekinuo
svoju šetnju pod mesečinom
svoju šetnju pod mesečinom
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with his sweetheart with the precise reason
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sa svojom ljubavlju
samo da bi
samo da bi
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of making fun of a child.
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ismevao neko dete.
05:57
"Oh," he said,
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„Ah", rekao je,
05:59
"little green men."
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„mali zeleni."
06:01
And then his girlfriend joined in, too.
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A onda mu se i
partnerka pridružila.
partnerka pridružila.
06:04
"There's no such thing as space men," she said.
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„Svemirci ne postoje",
reče ona.
reče ona.
06:06
"There's no such thing."
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„Ne postoje."
06:09
And then they both laughed. "Ha, ha, ha."
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Potom su se oboje
nasmejali: „Ha ha ha!"
nasmejali: „Ha ha ha!"
06:12
I looked around.
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Osvrnuo sam se.
06:14
The street was entirely empty.
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Ulica je bila potpuno pusta.
06:16
I had stopped hearing the sound of the ocean.
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Nisam više čuo okean.
06:18
It was as though time had stopped.
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Vreme kao da je stalo.
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I did not know why they were teasing me.
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Nisam shvatao zašto
su me začikavali.
su me začikavali.
06:23
I looked into their strangely angry faces,
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Posmatrao sam njihova
neobično ljuta lica
neobično ljuta lica
06:26
and I remember wondering,
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i sećam se da sam se pitao
06:28
are they wearing rubber masks?
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da li nose gumene maske.
06:30
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
06:32
And what would be behind those rubber masks, if they were?
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A ako ih nose, šta bi
bilo ispod njih?
bilo ispod njih?
06:35
Giant, almond-shaped, unblinking eyes?
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Krupne netrepćuće oči
u obliku badema?
u obliku badema?
06:39
Slits for mouths?
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Prorezi umesto usta?
06:41
The old man crooked his finger as though he were firing a gun,
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Starac je savio prst kao
da puca iz pištolja,
da puca iz pištolja,
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and then he made laser sounds.
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a onda je proizvodio
zvuke laserskog oružja.
zvuke laserskog oružja.
06:45
"Kew, kew, kew --
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„Piju piju piju -
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watch out."
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pazi se."
06:49
And they turned at once and walked away.
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Odjednom su se okrenuli
i odšetali.
i odšetali.
06:51
The old man reached out
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Starac je ispružio
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his knobbly claw
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svoju čvorastu kandžu
06:55
for the woman's hand,
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ka ženinoj šaci,
06:57
and found it, and left me alone.
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pronašao ju je, a mene
ostavio za sobom.
ostavio za sobom.
06:59
Now, you could describe this as a simple misunderstanding --
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Ovo se može opisati kao
običan nesporazum -
običan nesporazum -
07:02
a strange encounter among humans.
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jedan čudni susret ljudskih bića.
07:04
Maybe it was swamp gas, but --
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Možda su u pitanju bila
isparenja iz močvare, ali -
isparenja iz močvare, ali -
07:06
(Laughter) --
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(Smeh) -
07:08
I know what I saw.
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ja znam šta sam video.
07:11
Close encounter two: Brookline, Massachusetts, 1984.
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Bliski susret broj 2:
Bruklin, Masačusets, 1984. godine.
Bruklin, Masačusets, 1984. godine.
07:15
I went to see the movie "Dune,"
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Krenuo sam da odgledam
film „Dina"
film „Dina"
07:17
and a girl talked to me. Now, on its face --
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i jedna devojka je pričala sa mnom.
Na njenom licu -
Na njenom licu -
07:20
(Laughter) --
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(Smeh) -
07:23
this is impossible on its face, I realize --
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ovo je nemoguće na njenom
licu, shvatam i sam -
licu, shvatam i sam -
07:25
but it is absolutely true.
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ali je potpuno istinito.
07:27
It was opening night, naturally.
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Naravno, bila je premijera.
07:29
I went with my friend Tim McGonigal, who sat on my left.
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Išao sam s prijateljem Timom Makgonaglom,
koji je sedeo s moje leve strane.
koji je sedeo s moje leve strane.
07:32
On my right was the girl in question.
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S desne strane bila
je pomenuta devojka.
je pomenuta devojka.
07:34
She had long, curly black hair, a blue jean jacket.
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Imala je dugu, kovrdžavu crnu kosu,
plavu teksas-jaknu.
plavu teksas-jaknu.
07:37
I remember, she had some sort of injury to her ankle,
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Sećam se da je joj je
nožni članak bio povređen,
nožni članak bio povređen,
07:40
an Ace bandage, and she had crutches.
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da je imala rastegljivi zavoj i štake.
07:42
She was very tall, I would say.
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Rekao bih da je bila
vrlo visoka.
vrlo visoka.
07:44
I was starting high school at the time. I would say she was a junior,
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Ja sam u to vreme bio prva godina srednje
škole, a rekao bih da je ona bila četvrta,
škole, a rekao bih da je ona bila četvrta,
07:47
but I had never seen her before. She didn't go to my school.
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ali je nikada ranije nisam video.
Nije išla u moju školu.
Nije išla u moju školu.
07:49
I didn't know her name, and I never will.
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Nisam joj znao ime,
i nikada ga neću ni saznati.
i nikada ga neću ni saznati.
07:52
She was sitting with someone who I presume was her mother,
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Sedela je s osobom koja joj je,
pretpostavljam, bila majka
pretpostavljam, bila majka
07:54
and they were talking about the novel, "Dune."
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i pričale su o romanu „Dina".
07:57
They were both big fans, mother and daughter --
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Obe su bile fanovi knjige,
i majka i ćerka -
i majka i ćerka -
07:59
very unusual.
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što je vrlo neobično.
08:01
They were talking about how their favorite characters
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Pričale su kako su
im omiljeni likovi
im omiljeni likovi
08:03
were the giant sandworms.
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bili džinovski pustinjski crvi.
08:06
And then it got stranger.
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A onda je postalo čudno.
08:08
That's when she turned to me and said,
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Onda se okrenula
ka meni i upitala:
ka meni i upitala:
08:10
"Are you looking forward to seeing the movie?"
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„Je l' jedva čekaš
da vidiš film?"
da vidiš film?"
08:13
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
08:15
First of all, I was embarrassed
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Prvo i prvo, posramio sam se
08:16
because I had not read the novel "Dune" at that time.
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jer tad nisam bio
pročitao roman „Dina".
pročitao roman „Dina".
08:19
I was merely a connoisseur of movies
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Bio sam samo poznavalac filmova
08:21
featuring desert planets, as I still am.
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s pustim planetama,
što sam i dalje.
što sam i dalje.
08:23
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
08:25
But it was also the tone of how she asked the question:
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Ali ton njenog pitanja -
08:27
apropos of nothing, like she didn't even care about the answer,
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bez posebnog razloga, bio je kao da
uopšte nije marila za odgovor,
uopšte nije marila za odgovor,
08:30
as though she just wanted to talk to me.
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kao da je samo želela
da razgovara sa mnom.
da razgovara sa mnom.
08:34
I did not know what to say. I said, "Yes."
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Nisam znao šta da kažem.
Odgovorio sam: „Da."
Odgovorio sam: „Da."
08:37
I did not even turn my head.
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Nisam čak ni okrenuo glavu.
08:40
The movie began.
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FIlm je počeo.
08:42
I need not remind you that this was David Lynch's version of "Dune,"
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Ne treba da vas podsećam da
je to bila verzija „Dine" Dejvida Linča
je to bila verzija „Dine" Dejvida Linča
08:45
in which all of the characters
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u kojoj su svi likovi
08:48
were sexy and deformed at the same time.
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bili seksi i deformisani
u isto vreme.
u isto vreme.
08:50
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
08:52
There was a character called the Third-Stage Guild Navigator,
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U filmu ima lik koji se zove
Navigator esnafa trećeg stepena,
Navigator esnafa trećeg stepena,
08:55
which was a kind of giant, floating fetus-creature
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koji je neka vrsta džinovskog,
plutajućeg bića-fetusa
plutajućeg bića-fetusa
08:58
that lived in a giant tank with this orange mist
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koje živi u džinovskom
rezervoaru sa narandžastom izmaglicom
rezervoaru sa narandžastom izmaglicom
09:01
of psychedelic spice
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psihodeličnih začina
09:03
swirling around him,
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koji su kružili oko njega,
09:05
allowing him to bend space and time.
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i koji su mu omogućavali
da savija prostor i vreme.
da savija prostor i vreme.
09:07
He could never leave the tank
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Nije mogao da izađe
iz rezervoara
iz rezervoara
09:09
or interact with the outside world.
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ili da komunicira sa
spoljnim svetom.
spoljnim svetom.
09:11
He had become, in his isolation,
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Postao je, u toj izolaciji,
09:13
so deformed and so sexy,
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toliko deformisan i seksi
09:15
that he had to talk through a kind of old-timey radio
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da je morao da sa spoljnim svetom
razgovara preko nekakvog starinskog radija,
razgovara preko nekakvog starinskog radija,
09:18
to the outside world, and could never touch them.
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i ništa nije mogao dotaći.
09:21
I mean, I liked him a lot better than the sandworms.
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Mislim, on mi se više
sviđao od pustinjskih crva.
sviđao od pustinjskih crva.
09:24
The sandworms were fine, but your favorite character?
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Oni su bili dobri, ali da
vam budu omiljeni likovi?
vam budu omiljeni likovi?
09:27
Please.
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Molim vas.
09:29
When the movie ended,
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Kada se film završio
09:31
everyone seemed very happy
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svi su jedva čekali
09:33
to get up and get out of the theatre as soon as possible.
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da ustanu i odu iz
bioskopa što pre.
bioskopa što pre.
09:36
Except for the girl.
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Svi osim te devojke.
09:38
As I walked out, her pace slowed.
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Kako sam išao ka izlazu,
ona je usporila korak.
ona je usporila korak.
09:40
Perhaps it was the crutches,
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Možda je to bilo zbog štaka,
09:42
but it seemed --
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ali je delovalo -
09:44
(Laughter) --
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(Smeh) -
09:46
it seemed as though she might want to talk to me again.
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delovalo je kao da je izgleda
htela da opet razgovaramo.
htela da opet razgovaramo.
09:50
When I say it out loud, it sounds so ridiculous,
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Kada to izgovorim
zvuči smešno,
zvuči smešno,
09:53
but I can only come to the conclusion
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ali mogu samo da zaključim
09:55
that it was what, in the alien abductee community,
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da je u pitanju bilo ono što se u
krugovima ljudi koje su vanzemaljci oteli
krugovima ljudi koje su vanzemaljci oteli
09:58
they call a "screen memory":
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zove „lažno sećanje":
10:01
a ridiculous false recollection designed by their brain
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smešno lažno sećanje
koje mozak nadomisli
koje mozak nadomisli
10:04
to cover up some trauma -- say, of being kidnapped
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kako bi se potisnula trauma -
recimo, da vas kidnapuju
recimo, da vas kidnapuju
10:06
and flown off to a sex pyramid.
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i odvedu u piramidu za seks.
10:08
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:10
And so I sure am glad
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Tako da mi je veoma drago
10:12
I did not slow down to talk to her.
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što nisam usporio
da razgovaram s njom.
da razgovaram s njom.
10:14
I sure am glad I never saw her again.
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Veoma mi je drago što
je nikada nisam ponovo video.
je nikada nisam ponovo video.
10:18
Close encounter three: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
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Bliski susret broj 3:
Filadelfija, Pensilvanija,
Filadelfija, Pensilvanija,
10:21
1989.
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1989. godine.
10:23
In the mid-to-late '80s,
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Sredinom ili krajem osamdesetih,
10:25
the novelist Whitley Strieber wrote a book called "Communion,"
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romanopisac Vitli Striber
napisao je knjigu „Pričest"
napisao je knjigu „Pričest"
10:28
in which he described his own lifelong experiences
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u kojoj opisuje svoja
dugogodišnja iskustva
dugogodišnja iskustva
10:30
being abducted by aliens.
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otimanja od strane vanzemaljaca.
10:33
And he also described the phenomenon known in this community
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Takođe opisuje i fenomen
tih krugova
tih krugova
10:35
as "lost time,"
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koji se zove „izgubljeno vreme",
10:37
where Whitley Strieber would suddenly become aware
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kada bi Vitli Striber
iznenada postao svestan
iznenada postao svestan
10:39
that he could not remember the previous ten minutes,
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toga da ne može da se seti
prethodnih deset minuta
prethodnih deset minuta
10:42
or the previous ten hours, or the previous ten days.
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ili deset časova ili deset dana.
10:45
And would come to the conclusion that that was when the aliens
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I došao je do zaključka
da su ga tada vanzemaljci
da su ga tada vanzemaljci
10:47
were taking him and giving him rectal probes.
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odvodili i pregledali mu rektum.
10:50
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:52
This book became, naturally, an enormous best-seller.
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Ta knjiga je, sasvim prirodno,
postala veliki bestseler.
postala veliki bestseler.
10:55
This image by Ted Joseph was from that book,
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Ova slika Teda Džozefa
je iz te knjige
je iz te knjige
10:57
and was his, sort of, police sketch
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i to je neka vrsta policijskog crteža
11:00
of what the creatures looked like
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izgleda tih stvorenja
11:02
that Whitley Strieber had described to him.
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koja mu je Vitli Striber opisao.
11:04
And it was so successful that they made it into a movie.
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Knjiga je bila tako uspešna
da su po njoj snimili film.
da su po njoj snimili film.
11:07
And in 1989, the way I remember it,
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A 1989. godine,
po mom sećanju,
po mom sećanju,
11:09
I was in Philadelphia
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bio sam u Filadelfiji
11:11
visiting my girlfriend, and we decided,
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u poseti devojci i odlučili smo
11:13
apropos of nothing, to go see this movie.
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bez posebnog razloga, da
odgledamo taj film.
odgledamo taj film.
11:16
And the way I remember it, the movie featured these details.
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Po mom sećanju, u filmu su
se dešavale sledeće stvari:
se dešavale sledeće stvari:
11:19
One: Whitley Strieber
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prvo, Vitlija Stribera
11:21
was played by Christopher Walken.
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igrao je Kristofer Voken.
11:23
Two: the alien was played by a rubber puppet.
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Drugo, vanzemaljca je
glumila gumena lutka.
glumila gumena lutka.
11:26
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
11:28
Three: there was a surprisingly long
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Treće, u filmu je bila
prikazana iznenađujuće duga
prikazana iznenađujuće duga
11:31
sequence of the film in which the rubber puppet
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scena u kojoj gumena lutka
11:33
gives Christopher Walken a rectal probe.
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pregleda rektum Kristofera Vokena.
11:37
Four: this was being shown
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Četvrto, to je prikazivano
11:39
in a regular movie theater in Center City, Philadelphia.
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u običnom bioskopu u
Senter sitiju, u Filadelfiji.
Senter sitiju, u Filadelfiji.
11:42
Five: all of which is to say,
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Peto, to sve govori
11:44
they made a movie out of the book, "Communion,"
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da su napravili film
od knjige „Pričest"
od knjige „Pričest"
11:46
and it starred Christopher Walken.
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i da je glavnu ulogu igrao
Kristofer Voken.
Kristofer Voken.
11:49
Does something seem strange about this to you?
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Da li vam je tu nešto čudno?
11:52
Something odd? Something off? Something wrong with this picture?
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Nešto čudno? Nešto neobično?
Nešto pogrešno?
Nešto pogrešno?
11:55
Think about it. Yes. The answer is:
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Razmislite. Jeste. Odgovor je:
11:57
I had a girlfriend. What?
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ja sam imao devojku.
Molim?
Molim?
12:00
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
12:03
How did this happen? When did this happen?
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Kako se to dogodilo?
Kada se to dogodilo?
Kada se to dogodilo?
12:06
I remember walking out of the theater
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Sećam se da sam, dok
smo izlazili iz bioskopa,
smo izlazili iz bioskopa,
12:08
and becoming suddenly aware of this fact,
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iznenada postajao svestan
te činjenice,
te činjenice,
12:10
as we walked hand in hand,
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dok smo se držali za ruke
12:12
and pondering these very same questions.
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i razmišljali o tim
istim pitanjima.
istim pitanjima.
12:14
And to this day, I have no answer for you.
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I do dana današnjeg
nemam odgovor.
nemam odgovor.
12:18
Close encounter four: the Algarve,
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Bliski susret broj 4:
Algarvi,
Algarvi,
12:20
Portugal, 1991.
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Portugalija, 1991. godine.
12:22
Some years later, I and this woman --
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Nekoliko godina kasnije,
ja sam s tom ženom -
ja sam s tom ženom -
12:24
we'll call her "Catherine Fletcher" --
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zvaćemo je „Ketrin Flečer" -
12:27
(Laughter) --
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(Smeh) -
12:30
went traveling through the south of Portugal together.
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putovao južnom Portugalijom.
12:33
We stayed in old, crumbling, walled cities,
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Odsedali smo u malim hostelima
u starim ruševitim gradovima
opasanim zidinama,
opasanim zidinama,
12:37
in tiny little hotels,
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12:38
and we would climb up to the roof and drink Vinho Verde
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i jednom smo se popeli na
krov i pili Vinjo verde,
krov i pili Vinjo verde,
12:41
and watch the sun set and play checkers.
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gledali zalazak sunca
i igrali mice.
i igrali mice.
12:43
What? Did we do this? Really? Does anyone do this?
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Molim? Jesmo to mi radili?
Stvarno? Ko to još radi?
Stvarno? Ko to još radi?
12:47
We went to some topless beaches.
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Išli smo na toples-plaže.
12:49
Excuse me? No, not in my life.
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Kako molim?
Ne, ne u mom životu.
Ne, ne u mom životu.
12:52
For what it's worth, we went to Sagres,
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Ako vam išta znači,
bili smo u tvrđavi Sagres
bili smo u tvrđavi Sagres
12:54
which was considered, at the time, to be the end of the world.
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koju su svojevremeno
smatrali krajem sveta.
smatrali krajem sveta.
12:57
And there I was chased by a pack of feral dogs on the dock,
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I eto mene kako trčim jer me juri
čopor divljih pasa na doku,
čopor divljih pasa na doku,
13:00
and the lead dog bit me on the ass,
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i onda me vođa ujede za dupe,
13:03
requiring me to go to a strange Portuguese clinic
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zbog čega moram da odem
u čudnu portugalsku kliniku
u čudnu portugalsku kliniku
13:05
and receive an ass shot.
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i primim injekciju u dupe.
13:07
Make of that what you will.
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Shvatite to kako želite.
13:09
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
13:10
Our last day in Portugal,
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Poslednjeg dana u Portugaliji
13:12
we were in the district capital of Faro,
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bili smo u prestonici okruga Faro,
13:15
and Catherine decided that she wanted to go to the beach
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i Ketrin je odlučila
da hoće da ode na plažu
da hoće da ode na plažu
13:17
one last time.
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poslednji put.
13:19
Now, Faro is a bustling little city,
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Pošto je Faro jedan
užurbani gradić,
užurbani gradić,
13:21
and to get to the beach, she explained, you would have to take
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da biste došli do plaže,
objasnila je, morali biste
objasnila je, morali biste
13:23
a bus and then a boat.
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da idete autobusom i čamcem.
13:25
And did I want to come with?
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Da li sam i ja hteo
da pođem?
da pođem?
13:27
But I was exhausted and dog-bitten, and so I said, "No."
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Bio sam iscrpljen i izujedan
te sam rekao da neću.
te sam rekao da neću.
13:30
I remember what she looked like before she left.
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Sećam se kako je izgledala
pre nego što je otišla.
pre nego što je otišla.
13:34
The freckles had grown
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Pojavile su joj se pege
13:36
and multiplied on her face and shoulders,
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i umnožile se na licu i ramenima,
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clustering into a kind of a tan.
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formirajući neku vrstu
tamnog tena.
tamnog tena.
13:41
A tan, we were both tan --
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Oboje smo bili pocrneli -
13:43
is this true?
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da li je to moguće?
13:46
Her eyes were extra bright and extra blue, as a result.
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Oči su joj bile izrazito svetle
i izrazito plave zbog toga.
i izrazito plave zbog toga.
13:49
She was smiling.
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Smešila se.
13:51
She was a single woman about to go alone into a country,
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Ona je bila žena koja je htela
da sama krene nekom zemljom
da sama krene nekom zemljom
13:53
not even speaking the language,
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a da i ne zna jezik,
13:56
to travel alone by bus and boat
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da sama putuje
autobusom ili čamcem,
autobusom ili čamcem,
13:58
to go to a beach she did not know
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da ode na plažu
koju ne poznaje
koju ne poznaje
14:00
or had never seen.
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i koju nikad nije videla.
14:02
I loved her, and then she went out
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Voleo sam je,
i izašla je
i izašla je
14:05
into that strange, alien land.
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u tu čudnu, stranu zemlju.
14:08
It took me some time to come to my senses.
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Trebalo mi je malo vremena
da dođem k sebi.
da dođem k sebi.
Imao sam sopstveni
momenat „izgubljenog vremena"
momenat „izgubljenog vremena"
14:11
I had my own "lost time" moment,
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14:12
where I woke up and suddenly realized
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jer sam se probudio i
odjednom shvatio
odjednom shvatio
14:15
it was very late in the day, almost dinnertime,
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da je dan skoro prošao,
da je bilo skoro vreme za večeru
da je bilo skoro vreme za večeru
14:17
and she had not come back.
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i da se ona nije vratila.
14:19
Nervous, I went down to the street to look for her.
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Sav nervozan, izašao sam
na ulicu da je potražim.
na ulicu da je potražim.
14:21
Now, I did not speak Portuguese.
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Nisam znao portugalski.
14:24
I did not know where the beach was.
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Nisam znao gde je plaža.
14:26
I could not call her on a cell phone because this was 1991,
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Nisam mogao da je nazovem
na mobilni jer je to bilo 1991. godine,
na mobilni jer je to bilo 1991. godine,
14:29
and the aliens had not given us that technology yet.
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a vanzemaljci nam još uvek
nisu dali tu tehnologiju.
nisu dali tu tehnologiju.
14:31
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
14:34
I realized that the day would only have
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Shvatio sam da postoje samo
14:36
two possible outcomes:
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dva moguća ishoda tog dana:
14:38
either Catherine would come back to the hotel,
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ili bi se Ketrin vratila u hotel
14:40
or she would never come back to the hotel.
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ili se ne bi vratila nikad.
14:43
And so I sat down to wait.
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Tako sam seo i čekao.
14:45
I did not watch the skies, but the very end of the street
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Nisam posmatrao nebo nego
sam kraj ulice
sam kraj ulice
14:49
where the buses and cars and pedestrians
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duž koje su se autobusi,
auti, pešaci
auti, pešaci
14:52
and little scooters were moving along.
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i mali skuteri kretali.
14:54
And I watched those constellations shift,
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Posmatrao sam kako se
te skupine pomeraju
te skupine pomeraju
14:56
hoping that they would part and I would see her face.
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i nadao sam se da će se
razmaći i da će se ona pomoliti.
razmaći i da će se ona pomoliti.
14:59
It was at that moment,
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U tom trenutku sam,
15:01
in that very small town of 30,000 or so,
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u tom gradiću od
oko 30.000 ljudi,
oko 30.000 ljudi,
15:04
that I truly appreciated the vastness of the universe
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istinski cenio veličinu svemira
15:07
and the searching we might do in it.
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i potragu za tim
šta mi tu radimo.
šta mi tu radimo.
15:10
And that's when the Liberians came along.
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Tada su naišli Liberijci.
15:12
Five young men -- all laughing, happy, traveling together,
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Pet mladića - koji su bili nasmejani,
srećni i putovali zajedno,
srećni i putovali zajedno,
15:15
coming back to this hotel where they were staying.
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vraćali su se u hotel
u kome su bili odseli.
u kome su bili odseli.
15:18
One of them was named Joseph, and he asked me
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Jedan od njih se zvao
Džozef i pitao me je
Džozef i pitao me je
15:20
what was I doing, and I explained.
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šta radim, i ja sam objasnio.
15:22
And he said, "Don't worry." He was sure that Catherine would be safe.
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On odgovori: „Nemoj se brinuti."
Bio je uveren da je Ketrin dobro.
Bio je uveren da je Ketrin dobro.
15:25
But he did not seem so very sure,
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Ali nije delovao sigurno
15:27
for he sat down to wait with me.
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jer je seo da pričeka sa mnom.
15:29
And for the next two hours, they all waited with me:
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U naredna dva sata svi
su čekali sa mnom:
su čekali sa mnom:
15:31
taking turns, going up to their room, coming back,
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na smenu su se penjali do
svoje sobe, vraćali se,
svoje sobe, vraćali se,
15:34
telling me jokes, distracting me.
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pričali viceve, odvlačili mi pažnju.
15:35
Two hours, they gave me a message.
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Za dva sata su mi dali poruku.
15:38
We are not alone.
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Nismo mi sami.
15:40
And then, in the middle of a sentence, at the very birth of twilight,
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A onda, usred rečenice,
u sam sumrak
u sam sumrak
15:43
I turned and looked down the street.
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sam se okrenuo i
pogledao ka ulici.
pogledao ka ulici.
15:45
The stars aligned, and she came back.
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Zvezde su se poravnale
i ona se vratila.
i ona se vratila.
15:48
She was smiling. She did not understand why I was so worried.
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Smešila se. Nije shvatala
zašto sam se toliko brinuo.
zašto sam se toliko brinuo.
15:51
Neither did the Liberians,
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Nisu ni Liberijci,
15:53
although there was a huge amount of relief in their laughter
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iako se u njihovom smehu
osećalo ogromno olakšanje
osećalo ogromno olakšanje
15:55
as they clapped us on the back, and went back up to their room
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dok su nas tapšali po
leđima i vratili se u svoju sobu
leđima i vratili se u svoju sobu
15:58
and left us alone in the street, holding hands.
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i ostavili nas same na ulici
kako se držimo za ruke.
kako se držimo za ruke.
16:01
An event like this leaves a scar on the memory,
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Takav događaj ostavlja
trag u pamćenju,
trag u pamćenju,
16:04
much like a piece of alien technology
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slično kao neka
vanzemaljska tehnologija
vanzemaljska tehnologija
16:06
that has been inserted into your buttocks
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koja vam je stavljena
među guzove
među guzove
16:08
by a "Portuguese doctor."
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od strane „portugalskog doktora".
16:10
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
16:12
And even now, a decade and a half later,
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Čak i sada, deceniju
i po nakon tog događaja,
i po nakon tog događaja,
16:14
even now that we are married,
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čak i sada kada smo venčani,
16:16
I look for her still, whenever she is not in the room.
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uvek je tražim, kad god
nije u istoj prostoriji.
nije u istoj prostoriji.
16:19
And even though, I think you'll agree, it is probable
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Mislim da ćete se svi složiti,
čak i da postoji mogućnost
čak i da postoji mogućnost
16:22
that during the time she was away,
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da su je tokom tog vremena
kada je bila odsutna
kada je bila odsutna
16:24
she was kidnapped and replaced by an alien clone,
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kidnapovali i zamenili
vanzemaljskim klonom,
vanzemaljskim klonom,
16:27
I love her and wait for her still.
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ja je volim i
i dalje je čekam.
i dalje je čekam.
16:29
Thank you for your kind attention.
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Hvala vam na pažnji.
16:31
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
John Hodgman - ExpertJohn Hodgman is a writer, humorist, geek celebrity, former professional literary agent and expert on all world knowledge. He was the bumbling PC in Apple's long-running "I'm a Mac; I'm a PC" ad campaign.
Why you should listen
You may know him only as the PC in Apple's PC vs. Mac smackdown ads, or as the Daily Show with Jon Stewart's Resident Expert. But John Hodgman has many other claims to fame. He's the author of The Areas of My Expertise, which provides vital and completely fake details on the great lobster conspiracy, hoboes, nine US presidents who had hooks for hands, and how to win a fight; the followup More Information Than You Require; and his newest (and he claims last), That Is All.
He is a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine; host of the Little Gray Book Lectures, a monthly series that has aired on This American Life; and an actual former professional literary agent.
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