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Ann Morgan: My year reading a book from every country in the world
Ann Morgan: Moje leto branja knjig iz vseh držav na svetu
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Ann Morgan je mislia, da veliko bere - dokler ni odkrila "ogromne kulturne slepe pege" na svoji knjižni polici. Med množico angleških in ameriških avtorjev je bilo zelo malo avtorjev izven angleško govorečega sveta. Zato si je zastavila ambiciozen cilj: v enem letu prebrati po eno knjigo iz vsake države na svetu. Sedaj poziva vse anglofile, naj berejo prevedena dela, da se bodo založniki bolj trudili, da bi prinesli tuje literarne bisere k njim. Raziščite interaktivne zemljevide njenega bralnega potovanja tu: go.ted.com/readtheworld
Ann Morgan - Writer, blogger, author
Ann Morgan challenged herself to read a book from every country in the world. Full bio
Ann Morgan challenged herself to read a book from every country in the world. Full bio
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It's often said that you can tell
a lot about a person
a lot about a person
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Pogosto pravijo,
da lahko veliko poveš o človeku
da lahko veliko poveš o človeku
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by looking at what's on their bookshelves.
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po tem, kaj ima na knjižni polici.
00:19
What do my bookshelves say about me?
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Kaj pravijo moje knjižne police o meni?
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Well, when I asked myself
this question a few years ago,
this question a few years ago,
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No, ko sem si pred nekaj leti
postavila to vprašanje,
postavila to vprašanje,
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I made an alarming discovery.
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sem odkrila nekaj šokantnega.
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I'd always thought of myself
as a fairly cultured,
as a fairly cultured,
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Vedno sem se imela za precej kultivirano,
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cosmopolitan sort of person.
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svetovljansko osebo.
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But my bookshelves told
a rather different story.
a rather different story.
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A moje knjižne police
so pripovedovale drugačno zgodbo.
so pripovedovale drugačno zgodbo.
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Pretty much all the titles on them
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Praktično vse so napisali
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were by British or North American authors,
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britanski ali severnoameriški avtorji
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and there was almost
nothing in translation.
nothing in translation.
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in skoraj nič ni bilo prevedeno.
00:46
Discovering this massive,
cultural blind spot in my reading
cultural blind spot in my reading
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Ko sem odkrila to ogromno
slepo pego v svojem branju,
slepo pego v svojem branju,
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came as quite a shock.
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sem bila precej šokirana.
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And when I thought about it,
it seemed like a real shame.
it seemed like a real shame.
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In ko sem premišljevala o tem,
se mi je zdelo škoda.
se mi je zdelo škoda.
00:55
I knew there had to be lots
of amazing stories out there
of amazing stories out there
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Vedela sem, da mora obstajati
veliko neverjetnih zgodb
veliko neverjetnih zgodb
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by writers working in languages
other than English.
other than English.
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pisateljev, ki pišejo
v drugem jeziku, kot je angleščina.
v drugem jeziku, kot je angleščina.
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And it seemed really sad to think
that my reading habits meant
that my reading habits meant
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Zdelo se mi je žalostno, da nanje
ne bom nikoli naletela
ne bom nikoli naletela
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I would probably never encounter them.
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zaradi svojih bralnih navad.
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So, I decided to prescribe myself
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Zato sem se odločila, da si predpišem
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an intensive course of global reading.
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intenzivni tečaj globalnega branja.
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2012 was set to be a very
international year for the UK;
international year for the UK;
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2012 naj bi bilo
zelo mednarodno leto za VB,
zelo mednarodno leto za VB,
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it was the year of the London Olympics.
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bilo je leto londonskih olimpijskih iger.
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And so I decided to use it
as my time frame
as my time frame
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Zato sem si to vzela za časovni okvir,
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to try to read a novel,
short story collection
short story collection
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v katerem bi poskusila prebrati roman,
zbirko kratkih zgodb
zbirko kratkih zgodb
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or memoir from every country in the world.
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ali biografijo iz vsake države na svetu.
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And so I did.
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In to sem storila.
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And it was very exciting
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Bilo je zelo razburljivo,
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and I learned some remarkable things
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naučila sem se nekaj neverjetnih reči
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and made some wonderful connections
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in navezala nekaj čudovitih stikov,
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that I want to share with you today.
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ki jih danes želim deliti vami.
01:42
But it started with some
practical problems.
practical problems.
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A začelo se je
z nekaj praktičnimi težavami.
z nekaj praktičnimi težavami.
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After I'd worked out which of the many
different lists of countries in the world
different lists of countries in the world
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Ko sem ugotovila, katerega izmed mnogih
različnih seznamov držav na svetu
različnih seznamov držav na svetu
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to use for my project,
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naj uporabim za moj projekt,
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I ended up going with the list
of UN-recognized nations,
of UN-recognized nations,
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sem uporabila seznam,
ki ga priznavajo Združeni narodi,
ki ga priznavajo Združeni narodi,
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to which I added Taiwan,
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ki sem mu dodala Tajvan
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which gave me a total of 196 countries.
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in na koncu sem dobila 196 držav.
02:01
And after I'd worked out
how to fit reading and blogging
how to fit reading and blogging
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Ko sem ugotovila, kako naj uskladim
branje in bloganje
branje in bloganje
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about, roughly, four books a week
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o približno štirih knjigah na teden,
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around working five days a week,
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s petimi dnevi dela na teden,
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I then had to face up to the fact
that I might even not be able
that I might even not be able
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sem se morala soočiti z dejstvom,
da morda ne bom mogla dobiti
da morda ne bom mogla dobiti
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to get books in English
from every country.
from every country.
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knjig v angleščini iz vsake države.
02:16
Only around 4.5 percent
of the literary works published
of the literary works published
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Samo okrog 4,5 odstotka literarnih del,
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each year in the UK are translations,
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letno objavljenih v VB, so prevodi,
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and the figures are similar for much
of the English-speaking world.
of the English-speaking world.
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in številke so podobne za večino
angleško govorečih držav.
angleško govorečih držav.
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Although, the proportion
of translated books published
of translated books published
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A delež prevedenih knjig, ki so objavljene
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in many other countries is a lot higher.
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v mnogih drugih državah, je veliko večji.
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4.5 percent is tiny enough to start with,
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4,5 odstotka je že tako zelo malo,
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but what that figure doesn't tell you
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a ta številka vam ne pove,
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is that many of those books
will come from countries
will come from countries
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da veliko teh knjig prihaja iz držav
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with strong publishing networks
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z močnimi založniškimi mrežami,
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and lots of industry professionals
primed to go out and sell those titles
primed to go out and sell those titles
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z veliko strokovnjakov,
pripravljenih, da te naslove prodajo
pripravljenih, da te naslove prodajo
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to English-language publishers.
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angleškim založnikom.
02:49
So, for example, although well over 100
books are translated from French
books are translated from French
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Na primer, čeprav je več
kot 100 knjig prevedenih iz francoščine
kot 100 knjig prevedenih iz francoščine
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and published in the UK each year,
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in izdanih v VB vsako leto,
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most of them will come from countries
like France or Switzerland.
like France or Switzerland.
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jih večina prihaja iz držav,
kot sta Francija in Švica.
kot sta Francija in Švica.
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French-speaking Africa, on the other hand,
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V francosko govoreči del Afrike
pa po drugi strani
pa po drugi strani
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will rarely ever get a look-in.
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le redko dobimo vpogled.
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The upshot is that there are
actually quite a lot of nations
actually quite a lot of nations
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Rezultat je, da je pravzaprav
veliko narodov,
veliko narodov,
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that may have little or even no
commercially available literature
commercially available literature
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ki imajo zelo malo ali sploh nič
komercialno dostopne literature
komercialno dostopne literature
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in English.
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v angleščini.
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Their books remain invisible to readers
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Njihove knjige ostajajo nevidne za bralce
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of the world's most published language.
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najbolj branega jezika na svetu.
03:22
But when it came to reading the world,
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A kar se tiče branja sveta
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the biggest challenge of all for me
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je bil zame največji izziv
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was that fact that I didn't
know where to start.
know where to start.
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dejstvo, da nisem vedela, kje začeti.
03:29
Having spent my life reading
almost exclusively British
almost exclusively British
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Ker sem celo življenje brala
skoraj samo britanske
skoraj samo britanske
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and North American books,
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in severno-ameriške knjige,
03:34
I had no idea how to go about
sourcing and finding stories
sourcing and finding stories
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nisem imela pojma, kako naj poiščem zgodbe
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and choosing them from much
of the rest of the world.
of the rest of the world.
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in jih izberem
iz večine preostalega sveta.
iz večine preostalega sveta.
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I couldn't tell you how to source
a story from Swaziland.
a story from Swaziland.
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Ne morem vam povedati,
kako najti zgodbo iz Svazija.
kako najti zgodbo iz Svazija.
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I wouldn't know a good novel from Namibia.
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Ne poznam dobrega romana iz Namibije.
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There was no hiding it --
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Ni se dalo skriti -
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I was a clueless literary xenophobe.
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bila sem literarni ksenofob,
ki nima pojma.
ki nima pojma.
03:52
So how on earth was I
going to read the world?
going to read the world?
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Kako bom prebrala svet?
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I was going to have to ask for help.
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Prositi sem morala za pomoč.
03:57
So in October 2011, I registered my blog,
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Tako sem oktobra 2011
registrirala svoj blog,
registrirala svoj blog,
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ayearofreadingtheworld.com,
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ayearofreadingtheworld.com
(leto branja sveta)
(leto branja sveta)
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and I posted a short appeal online.
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in na spletu objavila kratko prošnjo.
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I explained who I was,
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Pojasnila sem, kdo sem,
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how narrow my reading had been,
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kako ozko moje branje,
04:09
and I asked anyone who cared to
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in prosila, da mi, kdor bi želel,
04:11
to leave a message suggesting
what I might read
what I might read
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pusti sporočilo s predlogom,
kaj naj berem
kaj naj berem
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from other parts of the planet.
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iz drugih koncev sveta.
04:15
Now, I had no idea whether
anyone would be interested,
anyone would be interested,
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Nisem imela pojma, ali bo to koga zanimalo,
04:20
but within a few hours
of me posting that appeal online,
of me posting that appeal online,
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a v nekaj urah po objavi poziva
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people started to get in touch.
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so me ljudje kontaktirali.
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At first, it was friends and colleagues.
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Najprej so bili prijatelji in kolegi.
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Then it was friends of friends.
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Nato prijatelji prijateljev.
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And pretty soon, it was strangers.
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In zelo kmalu, neznanci.
04:33
Four days after I put that appeal online,
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Štiri dni po objavi poziva
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I got a message from a woman
called Rafidah in Kuala Lumpur.
called Rafidah in Kuala Lumpur.
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sem dobila sporočilo od ženske
iz Kuala Lumpurja, po imenu Rafidah.
iz Kuala Lumpurja, po imenu Rafidah.
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She said she loved
the sound of my project,
the sound of my project,
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Povedala je, da ji je všeč
zven mojega projekta,
zven mojega projekta,
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could she go to her local
English-language bookshop
English-language bookshop
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predlagala, da bi šla v svojo
knjigarno z angleškimi knjigami,
knjigarno z angleškimi knjigami,
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and choose my Malaysian book
and post it to me?
and post it to me?
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izbrala mojo malezijsko knjigo
in mi jo poslala.
in mi jo poslala.
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I accepted enthusiastically,
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Navdušeno sem sprejela
04:51
and a few weeks later,
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in nekaj tednov kasneje
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a package arrived containing
not one, but two books --
not one, but two books --
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je prišel paket ne z eno,
ampak dvema knjigama -
ampak dvema knjigama -
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Rafidah's choice from Malaysia,
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Rafidino izbiro iz Malezije
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and a book from Singapore
that she had also picked out for me.
that she had also picked out for me.
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in knjigo iz Singapurja,
ki jo je prav tako izbrala zame.
ki jo je prav tako izbrala zame.
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Now, at the time, I was amazed
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Takrat sem bila navdušena,
05:10
that a stranger more than 6,000 miles away
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da bi se tujka več kot 9000 km stran
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would go to such lengths to help someone
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tako potrudila za nekoga,
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she would probably never meet.
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ki ga najbrž ne bo nikoli srečala.
05:19
But Rafidah's kindness proved
to be the pattern for that year.
to be the pattern for that year.
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A Rafidina prijaznost
je bila vzorec tistega leta.
je bila vzorec tistega leta.
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Time and again, people went
out of their way to help me.
out of their way to help me.
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Spet in spet so se ljudje trudili,
da bi mi pomagali.
da bi mi pomagali.
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Some took on research on my behalf,
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Nekateri so raziskovali namesto mene,
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and others made detours
on holidays and business trips
on holidays and business trips
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drugi so naredili ovinek na počitnicah
in poslovnih poteh,
in poslovnih poteh,
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to go to bookshops for me.
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da so šli v knjigarno zame.
05:35
It turns out, if you want
to read the world,
to read the world,
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Izkazalo se je, da če želiš prebrati svet,
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if you want to encounter it
with an open mind,
with an open mind,
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če bi ga rad srečal z odprtim umom,
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the world will help you.
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ti bo svet pomagal.
05:45
When it came to countries
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V državah,
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with little or no commercially
available literature in English,
available literature in English,
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kjer je zelo malo ali nič
literature dostopne v angleščini,
literature dostopne v angleščini,
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people went further still.
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so šli ljudje še dlje.
05:52
Books often came from surprising sources.
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Knjige so pogosto prišle
iz presenetljivih virov.
iz presenetljivih virov.
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My Panamanian read, for example,
came through a conversation
came through a conversation
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Moje branje iz Paname, na primer,
je prišlo skozi pogovor
je prišlo skozi pogovor
05:59
I had with the Panama Canal on Twitter.
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s panamskim prekopom na Twitterju.
06:03
Yes, the Panama Canal
has a Twitter account.
has a Twitter account.
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Ja, panamski prekop ima Twitter profil.
06:07
And when I tweeted at it about my project,
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In ko sem tvitala o svojem projektu,
06:10
it suggested that I might like to try
and get hold of the work
and get hold of the work
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mi je predlagal,
naj poskusim dobiti knjigo
naj poskusim dobiti knjigo
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of the Panamanian author
Juan David Morgan.
Juan David Morgan.
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panamskega avtorja Juana Davida Morgana.
06:16
I found Morgan's website
and I sent him a message,
and I sent him a message,
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Našla sem Morganovo spletno stran
in ga vprašala,
in ga vprašala,
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asking if any of his
Spanish-language novels
Spanish-language novels
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če so katerega izmed njegovih
romanov v španščini
romanov v španščini
06:21
had been translated into English.
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prevedli v angleščino.
06:24
And he said that nothing
had been published,
had been published,
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Rekel je, da ni bilo nič objavljeno,
06:26
but he did have an unpublished translation
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a ima neobjavljen prevod
06:29
of his novel "The Golden Horse."
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romana "Zlati konj".
06:31
He emailed this to me,
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Poslal mi ga je
06:33
allowing me to become
one of the first people ever
one of the first people ever
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in mi s tem dovolil, da sem bila
ena izmed prvih,
ena izmed prvih,
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to read that book in English.
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ki je prebrala to knjigo v angleščini.
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Morgan was by no means the only wordsmith
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Morgan še zdaleč ni edini mojster besed,
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to share his work with me in this way.
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ki je z mano delil svoje delo na ta način.
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From Sweden to Palau,
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Od Švedske do Palaua
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writers and translators
sent me self-published books
sent me self-published books
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so mi pisatelji in prevajalci
poslali knjige, izdane v samozaložbi,
poslali knjige, izdane v samozaložbi,
06:49
and unpublished manuscripts of books
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in neizdane rokopise knjig,
06:51
that hadn't been picked
up by Anglophone publishers
up by Anglophone publishers
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ki jih niso opazili založniki
iz angleško govorečega sveta
iz angleško govorečega sveta
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or that were no longer available,
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ali pa niso bile več na voljo
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giving me privileged glimpses
of some remarkable imaginary worlds.
of some remarkable imaginary worlds.
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in mi s tem dali vpogled v nekatere
neverjetne domišljijske svetove.
neverjetne domišljijske svetove.
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I read, for example,
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Brala sem, na primer,
07:03
about the Southern African king
Ngungunhane, who led the resistance
Ngungunhane, who led the resistance
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o južnoafriškem kralju Ngungunhaneju,
ki je vodil upor
ki je vodil upor
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against the Portuguese
in the 19th century;
in the 19th century;
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proti Portugalcem v 19. stoletju
07:11
and about marriage rituals
in a remote village
in a remote village
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in o poročnih obredih v odmaknjeni vasi
07:13
on the shores of the Caspian sea
in Turkmenistan.
in Turkmenistan.
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na obalah Kaspijskega jezera
v Turkmenistanu.
v Turkmenistanu.
07:18
I met Kuwait's answer to Bridget Jones.
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Spoznala sem kuvajtski odgovor
na Bridget Jones.
na Bridget Jones.
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(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
07:25
And I read about an orgy
in a tree in Angola.
in a tree in Angola.
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In brala sem o orgiji na drevesu v Angoli.
07:32
But perhaps the most amazing example
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A morda je najbolj
neverjeten primer truda,
neverjeten primer truda,
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of the lengths that people
were prepared to go to
were prepared to go to
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ki so ga ljudje vložili,
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to help me read the world,
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da bi mi pomagali prebrati svet,
07:39
came towards the end of my quest,
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prišel pri koncu mojega potovanja,
07:41
when I tried to get hold of a book
from the tiny, Portuguese-speaking
from the tiny, Portuguese-speaking
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ko sem poskušala dobiti knjigo
iz majhne portugalsko govoreče
iz majhne portugalsko govoreče
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African island nation
of São Tomé and Príncipe.
of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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afriške otoške državice,
Sao Tome in Principe.
Sao Tome in Principe.
07:49
Now, having spent several months
trying everything I could think of to find
trying everything I could think of to find
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Ko sem več mesecev poskušala vse,
česar sem se lahko domislila, da bi našla
česar sem se lahko domislila, da bi našla
07:53
a book that had been translated
into English from the nation,
into English from the nation,
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knjigo, ki je bila prevedena
v angleščino iz te države,
v angleščino iz te države,
07:56
it seemed as though
the only option left to me
the only option left to me
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se mi je zdelo, da je edina možnost,
07:58
was to see if I could get something
translated for me from scratch.
translated for me from scratch.
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da ugotovim, ali bi mi nekdo
nekaj prevedel sam.
nekaj prevedel sam.
08:02
Now, I was really dubious
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Res sem dvomila,
08:03
whether anyone was going
to want to help with this,
to want to help with this,
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ali mi bo kdo pomagal s tem
08:06
and give up their time
for something like that.
for something like that.
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in svoj čas uporabil za kaj takega.
08:09
But, within a week of me putting
a call out on Twitter and Facebook
a call out on Twitter and Facebook
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A v enem tednu, ko sem objavila poziv
na Twitterju in Facebooku
na Twitterju in Facebooku
08:13
for Portuguese speakers,
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za portugalsko govoreče,
08:15
I had more people than I could
involve in the project,
involve in the project,
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sem imela več ljudi,
kot bi jih lahko vpletla v projekt,
kot bi jih lahko vpletla v projekt,
08:19
including Margaret Jull Costa,
a leader in her field,
a leader in her field,
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vključno z Margaret Jull Costa,
vodilno na svojem področju,
vodilno na svojem področju,
08:23
who has translated the work
of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago.
of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago.
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ki je prevedla dela Nobelovega nagrajenca
Joséja Saramaga.
Joséja Saramaga.
08:30
With my nine volunteers in place,
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S svojimi devetimi prostovoljci
08:32
I managed to find a book
by a São Toméan author
by a São Toméan author
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sem uspela najti
avtorja iz Sao Tomeja,
avtorja iz Sao Tomeja,
08:35
that I could buy enough copies of online.
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čigar knjigo sem lahko dobila
v dovolj izvodih.
v dovolj izvodih.
08:37
Here's one of them.
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Tu je eden izmed njih.
08:39
And I sent a copy out
to each of my volunteers.
to each of my volunteers.
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Kopijo sem poslala vsakemu
izmed svojih prostovoljcev.
izmed svojih prostovoljcev.
08:42
They all took on a couple
of short stories from this collection,
of short stories from this collection,
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Vsak se je zadolžil za nekaj
kratkih zgodb iz te zbirke,
kratkih zgodb iz te zbirke,
08:46
stuck to their word, sent
their translations back to me,
their translations back to me,
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držal obljubo, mi poslal prevod
08:49
and within six weeks,
I had the entire book to read.
I had the entire book to read.
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in v šestih tednih sem
imela celotno knjigo.
imela celotno knjigo.
08:54
In that case, as I found so often
during my year of reading the world,
during my year of reading the world,
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V tem primeru, kot sem med svojim
letom branja sveta velikokrat spoznala,
letom branja sveta velikokrat spoznala,
08:58
my not knowing and being open
about my limitations
about my limitations
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je moje neznanje in moja odkritost
glede lastnih omejitev
glede lastnih omejitev
09:03
had become a big opportunity.
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postala velika priložnost.
09:05
When it came to São Tomé and Príncipe,
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Pri Sao Tome in Príncipe
09:08
it was a chance not only
to learn something new
to learn something new
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je bila ne samo priložnost,
da se naučim nekaj novega
da se naučim nekaj novega
09:11
and discover a new collection of stories,
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in odkrijem novo zbirko zgodb,
09:14
but also to bring together
a group of people
a group of people
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ampak tudi združitev skupine ljudi
09:17
and facilitate a joint creative endeavor.
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in skupen ustvarjalni trud.
09:20
My weakness had become
the project's strength.
the project's strength.
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Moja slabost je postala moč projekta.
09:25
The books I read that year
opened my eyes to many things.
opened my eyes to many things.
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Knjige, ki sem jih prebrala tisto leto,
so mi odprle oči za mnogo stvari.
so mi odprle oči za mnogo stvari.
09:29
As those who enjoy reading will know,
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Tisti, ki uživate v branju, veste,
09:31
books have an extraordinary power
to take you out of yourself
to take you out of yourself
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da imajo knjige neverjetno moč,
da vas odpeljejo
da vas odpeljejo
09:35
and into someone else's mindset,
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v misli nekoga drugega,
09:37
so that, for a while at least,
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tako da vsaj za nekaj časa
09:39
you look at the world
through different eyes.
through different eyes.
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gledate na svet skozi druge oči.
09:42
That can be an uncomfortable experience,
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To je lahko neprijetna izkušnja,
09:44
particularly if you're reading a book
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še posebej če berete knjigo
09:46
from a culture that may have quite
different values to your own.
different values to your own.
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iz kulture, ki ima precej
drugačne vrednote od vaših.
drugačne vrednote od vaših.
09:50
But it can also be really enlightening.
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A lahko je tudi razsvetljujoče.
09:53
Wrestling with unfamiliar ideas
can help clarify your own thinking.
can help clarify your own thinking.
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Bojevanje z neznanimi idejami vam lahko
pomaga razjasniti vaše lastno mišljenje.
pomaga razjasniti vaše lastno mišljenje.
09:57
And it can also show up blind spots
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Lahko vam pokaže slepe pege
09:59
in the way you might have
been looking at the world.
been looking at the world.
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v vašem pogledu na svet.
10:03
When I looked back at much
of the English-language literature
of the English-language literature
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Ko sem pogledala nazaj
na literaturo v angleškem jeziku,
na literaturo v angleškem jeziku,
10:05
I'd grown up with, for example,
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s katero sem odrasla,
10:07
I began to see how narrow a lot of it was,
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sem ugotovila, kako ozkogleda je bila
10:10
compared to the richness
that the world has to offer.
that the world has to offer.
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v primerjavi z razkošjem,
ki nam ga lahko ponudi svet.
ki nam ga lahko ponudi svet.
10:14
And as the pages turned,
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In ko so se strani obračale,
10:17
something else started to happen, too.
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se je zgodilo še nekaj drugega.
10:20
Little by little,
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Po malem
10:21
that long list of countries that
I'd started the year with, changed
I'd started the year with, changed
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se je ta dolgi seznam držav,
s katerim sem začela leto,
s katerim sem začela leto,
10:25
from a rather dry, academic
register of place names
register of place names
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iz suhoparnega, akademskega registra imen
10:30
into living, breathing entities.
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spremenil v bitja, polna življenja.
10:33
Now, I don't want to suggest
that it's at all possible
that it's at all possible
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No, nočem namigovati, da je sploh mogoče
10:36
to get a rounded picture of a country
simply by reading one book.
simply by reading one book.
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dobiti zaokroženo sliko države
preprosto z branjem ene knjige.
preprosto z branjem ene knjige.
10:41
But cumulatively, the stories
I read that year
I read that year
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A skupaj so me zgodbe,
ki sem jih prebrala to leto,
ki sem jih prebrala to leto,
10:44
made me more alive than ever before
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naredile bolj dovzetno kot kadarkoli prej
10:47
to the richness, diversity and complexity
of our remarkable planet.
of our remarkable planet.
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za bogastvo, raznolikost in kompleksnost
našega neverjetnega planeta.
našega neverjetnega planeta.
10:54
It was as though the world's stories
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Bilo je, kot da bi zgodbe
10:56
and the people who'd gone
to such lengths to help me read them
to such lengths to help me read them
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in ljudje, ki so se tako potrudili,
da sem jih lahko prebrala,
da sem jih lahko prebrala,
11:00
had made it real to me.
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zame naredili svet resničen.
11:04
These days, when I look at my bookshelves
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Te dni, ko pogledam svoje knjižne police
11:06
or consider the works on my e-reader,
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ali zgodbe na svojem e-bralniku,
11:09
they tell a rather different story.
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te povedo precej drugačno zgodbo.
11:12
It's the story of the power
books have to connect us
books have to connect us
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Je zgodba o moči knjig, da nas povežejo
11:16
across political, geographical,
cultural, social, religious divides.
cultural, social, religious divides.
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prek političnih, geografskih, kulturnih,
socialnih, verskih razlik.
socialnih, verskih razlik.
11:21
It's the tale of the potential
human beings have to work together.
human beings have to work together.
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Je zgodba o potencialu,
ki ga imamo ljudje za sodelovanje.
ki ga imamo ljudje za sodelovanje.
11:26
And, it's testament
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In je pričanje
11:27
to the extraordinary times we live
in, where, thanks to the Internet,
in, where, thanks to the Internet,
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o neverjetnih časih, v katerih živimo,
in kjer je, po zaslugi interneta,
in kjer je, po zaslugi interneta,
11:32
it's easier than ever before
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lažje kot kadarkoli prej,
11:34
for a stranger to share a story,
a worldview, a book
a worldview, a book
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da neznanka deli zgodbo,
pogled na svet, knjigo
pogled na svet, knjigo
11:38
with someone she may never meet,
on the other side of the planet.
on the other side of the planet.
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z nekom, ki ga morda ne bo nikoli srečala,
na drugem koncu planeta.
na drugem koncu planeta.
11:43
I hope it's a story I'm reading
for many years to come.
for many years to come.
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Upam, da je to zgodba,
ki jo bom brala še mnogo let.
ki jo bom brala še mnogo let.
11:47
And I hope many more people will join me.
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In upam, da se mi bo pridružilo
še veliko ljudi.
še veliko ljudi.
11:49
If we all read more widely,
there'd be more incentive
there'd be more incentive
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Če bi brali bolj na široko,
bi bilo več vzpodbude
bi bilo več vzpodbude
11:52
for publishers to translate more books,
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za založnike, da prevedejo več knjig,
11:55
and we would all be richer for that.
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in s tem bi vsi pridobili.
11:57
Thank you.
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Hvala.
11:58
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ann Morgan - Writer, blogger, authorAnn Morgan challenged herself to read a book from every country in the world.
Why you should listen
One day British writer Ann Morgan realized that most books in her bookshelves were by British or American authors. She undertook to read, over the course of a year, at least one book from each of the world's 196 countries -- texts often suggested by bibliophiles from all over the world.
Her experience inspired her book Reading the World (US title: The World Between Two Covers). She blogs about international literature, and her first novel, a psychological literary thriller called Beside Myself, will be published in January 2016.
Ann Morgan | Speaker | TED.com