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(Pljesak)
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Hi, everyone. I'm Sirena. I'm 11 years old and from Connecticut. (Audience cheers)
Pozdrav svima. Ja sam Sirena. Imam 11 godina i dolazim iz Connecticuta.
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(Pljesak)
Well, I'm not really sure why I'm here.
Dobro, nisam posve sigurna zašto sam ovdje.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
I mean, what does this have to do with technology, entertainment and design? Well, I count my iPod, cellphone and computer as technology, but this has nothing to do with that.
Mislim, kakve veze ovo ima s tehnologijom, zabavom i dizajnom? Dobro, mislim da su moj iPod, mobitel i računalo tehnologija ali ovo nema nikakve veze s time.
So I did a little research on it. Well, this is what I found. Of course, I hope I can memorize it.
Tako sam napravila malo istraživanje. Evo što sam pronašla. Naravno, nadam se da to mogu zapamtiti.
(Clears throat)
The violin is made of a wood box and four metal strings. By pulling a string, it vibrates and produces a sound wave, which passes through a piece of wood called a bridge, and goes down to the wood box and gets amplified, but ... let me think.
Violina je u osnovi napravljena od drvene kutije i četiri glavne žice. Svirajući preko žice, žica vibrira i proizvodi zvučni val. Zvuk prelazi preko komada drveta kojeg nazivamo mostom i ide dolje prema drvenoj kutiji gdje se pojačava
(Laughter)
ali... da razmislim. (Smijeh)
Placing your finger at different places on the fingerboard changes the string length, and that changes the frequency of the sound wave. (Sighs) Oh, my gosh!
Ok. S druge strane stavljajući prste u različite položaje na vratu violine mijenjamo dužinu žice što mijenja frekvenciju zvučnog vala.
(Laughter)
O, moj bože!
OK, this is sort of technology, but I can call it a 16th-century technology. But actually, the most fascinating thing that I found was that even the audio system or wave transmission nowadays are still based on the same principle of producing and projecting sound. Isn't that cool?
(Smijeh) OK. To je vrsta tehnologije ali je mogu nazvati tehnologijom 16. stoljeća. Ali zapravo, najfascinantnija stvar koju sam pronašla je audio sustav ili današnja transmisija valova u srži je bazirana na jednakim principima proizvodnje i projekcije zvuka.
(Laughter)
Zar to nije fora?
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(Smijeh)
Design -- I love its design. I remember when I was little, my mom asked me, "Would you like to play the violin or the piano?" I looked at that giant monster and said to myself -- "I am not going to lock myself on that bench the whole day!"
(Pljesak) Dizajn -- ja volim dizajn. Sjećam se dok sam bila mala mama me pitala, želiš li svirati violinu ili klavir? Pogledala sam tog velikog monstruma i rekla sebi -- neću se zaključati na tu klupu
(Laughter)
cijeli dan.
This is small and lightweight. I can play from standing, sitting or walking. And, you know what? The best of all is that if I don't want to practice, (Whispering) I can hide it.
Ovo je malo i lagano. Mogu svirati dok stojim, sjedim ili hodam. I znaš što? Najbolje od svega je, ako ne želim vježbati mogu je sakriti.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
The violin is very beautiful. Some people relate it as the shape of a lady. But whether you like it or not, it's been so for more than 400 years, unlike modern stuff [that] easily looks dated. But I think it's very personal and unique that, although each violin looks pretty similar, no two violins sound the same -- even from the same maker or based on the same model.
Violina je stvarno prekrasna. Neki ljudi je povezuju s oblikom žene ali volite li je ili ne takva je već 400 godina, i za razliku od modernih stvari koje brzo zastarjevaju. Ali mislim da je jako osobno i unikatno to, što iako svaka violina izgleda slično ne postoje dvije violine koje zvuče isto. Čak i od istog proizvođača
Entertainment -- I love the entertainment.
ili bazirane na istom modelu.
But actually, the instrument itself isn't very entertaining. I mean, when I first got my violin and tried to play around on it, it was actually really bad, because it didn't sound the way I'd heard from other kids -- it was so horrible and so scratchy. So, it wasn't entertaining at all. But besides, my brother found this very funny: Yuk! Yuk! Yuk!
Zabava -- ja volim zabavu ali u stvari, instrument sam po sebi nije jako zabavan. Mislim, kada sam dobila violinu i pokušala je svirati bila je u stvari, jako loša jer nije zvučala na način na koji sam je čula kod druge djece toliko strašna i toliko kreštava tako da uopće nije bila zabavna. Također, moj brat je to smatrao jako smiješnim. Jak, jak, jak.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
A few years later, I heard a joke about the greatest violinist, Jascha Heifetz. After Mr. Heifetz's concert, a lady came over and complimented him: "Oh, Mr. Heifetz, your violin sounded so great tonight!" And Mr. Heifetz was a very cool person, so he picked up his violin and said, "Funny -- I don't hear anything."
Nekoliko godina kasnije čula sam vic o najvećem violinistu, Jaschi Heifetzu. Poslije koncrta gosp. Heifetza gospođa je došla do njega i dala mu kompliment: "Oh, gosp. Heifetz, vaša violina je zvučala sjajno večeras." A gosp. Heifetz je bio jako spokojna osoba i tako je uzeo svoju violinu i rekao, "Smiješno, ne čujem ništa."
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
Now I realize that as the musician, we human beings, with our great mind, artistic heart and skill, can change this 16th-century technology and a legendary design to a wonderful entertainment. Now I know why I'm here.
I sada, shvaćam da kao glazbenik, mi ljudska bića, mi imamo sjajan um, umjetničko srce i vještinu koja može promijeniti tehnologiju iz 16-og stoljeća i legendarni dizajn u prekrasnu zabavu.
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Sada, znam zašto sam ovdje.
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(Pljesak)
At first, I thought I was just going to be here to perform, but unexpectedly, I learned and enjoyed much more. But ... although some of the talks were quite up there for me.
Na prvu sam mislila kako ću doći ovdje i samo svirati ali nenadano, naučila sam i uživala bitno više. Ali... premda su neki bili stvarno uz mene.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
Like the multi-dimension stuff. I mean, honestly, I'd be happy enough if I could actually get my two dimensions correct in school.
Poput multi-dimenzionalnog osoblja. Mislim, iskreno, bila bih dovoljno sretna kada bih dobila moje ispravne dvije dimenzije u školi.
(Laughter)
(Smijeh)
But actually, the most impressive thing to me is that -- well, actually, I would also like to say this for all children is to say thank you to all adults, for actually caring for us a lot, and to make our future world much better. Thank you.
U stvari, najimpresivnija stvar za mene je... dobro, u stvari, htjela bih ovo izjaviti u ime sve djece i reći, hvala vam, svim odraslima jer stvarno puno brinete o nama i osiguravate da nam je budućnost bolja.
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Hvala vam.
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