In this episode, Alice speaks with Arman Malekzadeh, a Ph.D. student of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran. They talk about our understanding of AI in simple terms.

در این قسمت آلیچه با آرمان ملک‌زاده صحبت می‌کنه. آرمان دانشجوی دکترای هوش مصنوعی در دانشگاه شریف هست. آرمان و آلیچه به زبان ساده در مورد فهم ما در مورد هوش مصنوعی صحبت می‌کنند.

کلمههای جدید این قسمت:

چیزهای این مدلی: things like that

طراحی وب: Web Design

عامل هوشمند: intelligent agent

چونه زدن با کسی:  to haggle, bargain with someone

شبکه: network

قابل لمس: tangible

مبتنی بر تجربه گذشته: based on past experiences

تیرک دروازه: post in a football field

فاش شدن اطلاعات: information leak

محافظ: guard

تشخیص چهره: face recognition

مدیر عامل: CEO

سلاح: weapon

پدر کسی را درآوردن: to hurt someone so badly

سه بعدی: Three dimensional

به روز شدن: to become up to date

حوزه‌های هوش مصنوعی: field or areas of artificial intelligence

با یک روند مثبت: with a positive trend

تِز: thesis

محاسبه: calculation

The full scripts and translations of every episode are available for free on⁠⁠⁠⁠ Ko-fi⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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In this episode, Alice and Yusuf talk about their experiences with learning foreign languages - why they learn languages and how they do it. در این قسمت آلیچه و یوسف در مورد تجربهشون با زبان های خارجی حرف میزنند و این که چطور زبانهای خارجی رو یاد میگیرند

کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

 بی‌ربط: unrelated

چیزی را مصادره کردن : to confiscate something 

نکته: point 

سیاست کلی : the general policy, the main policy 

تداوم: consistency 

انعطاف: flexibility 

نرم‌افزار: software

 اعتماد به نفس: self esteem

 مهارت‌های شناختی: cognitive abilities

 قابل فهم: understandable 

لوازم خانگی: household appliances 

باشگاه: gym 

استخر: swimming pool

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In this episode, Alice interviews Dr. Leila Papoli-Yazdi, an Iranian archeologist living in Sweden, about becoming an archeologist and her experiences working in this field.

در این قسمت، آلیچه با دکتر لیلا پاپلی یزدی، باستان‌شناس ایرانی که در سوئد زندگی میکنه، درباره باستان‌شناس شدن و تجربه هاش در این رشته مصاحبه می‌کند.

کلمات جدید این قسمت:

تصور گنگ a vague picture, a vague idea

روش method, waz

بررسی کردن to check, to analyze

باستانشناسی شکلهای گوناگون داره archeology has various/diverse forms

استعمارگرها colonizers, colonial powers

یه مقیاس بزرگ a large scale

رباله trash,garbage

ثروتمند rich, wealthy

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In this episode, Yusuf and Alice talk about childhood memories and how they remember it in their twenties. This episode’s conversation is both serious and fun, and they share two very funny childhood memories!

توی این اپیزود، آلیچه و یوسف با هم در مورد خاطرات کودکی و چطور دوران کودکی رو به یاد میارند حرف می‌کنند.در این اپیزود که هم جدیه و هم شاد،دو تا خاطرات خندهدار از کودکی برای شما تعریف می‌کنند.

کلمه های جدید این قسمت:

خلاصه کردن to summarize

مستقل independent

ندید چیزی رو گرفتن/چیزی رو پنهان کردنto hide something

روحیشون ضعیفتر میشه their morale has weakened

دم غروبclose to the sunset

حاصل زحمت پدر و مادر result of the parents’ efforts

فارغ التحصیل شدن to graduate

تک زبانه monolingual

دو زبانه bilingual

تنهایی و انزوا loneliness and isolation

کشتی گرفتن to wrestle

کله head

اوج خوشحالی peak of happiness

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A few days ago, Yusuf received a few voice messages from his genius friend, Arman, in which he expressed his honest opinion about happiness, a follow-up on the sixth episode of Our Farsi Podcast. We decided we couldn’t afford not publishing these invaluable voices! If you also find our episodes inspiring or useful, or in any ways you feel like saying something about the podcast, contact us via [email protected].

چند روز پیش، یوسف چند پیام صوتی از دوست نابغه‌اش، آرمان، دریافت کرد. در این پیام‌ها،‌ آرمان نظرش رو در مورد شادی بیان کرد – شادی موضوع اپیزود ششم «فارسی ما» بود. نظر آرمان برای ما خیلی جالب و ارزشمند بود؛ به همین دلیل، تصمیم گرفتیم این اپیزود رو به آرمان و نظرش در مورد شادی اختصاص بدیم.

کلمه‌های جدید این اپیزود:

دقیق زدی به هدف - you're spot on

به هم ریختن - to be disappointed

فروپاشی روانی - mental breakdown

گنده - very big

فازش فرق می‌کنه - it's on another level, it's different

حسادت کردن - to be jealous

حسرت - حسرت خوردن - to be sorry

آقازاده - privileged child of a wealthy or/and powerful family

به واسطه این که در یک کشور دیگه زندگی می‌کنه - because he lived in another country

بهینه - استفاده بهینه از زمان - optimal, optimized

هیچ درسی جلودار من نیست - no course could stop me

به لحاظ نمره - in terms of grade (score)

تصور کردن کی بود مانند تجربه کردن - Imagination will never be the same as experiencing something

شنیدن کی بود مانند دیدن - Hearing about something will never be like seeing it

وقتی آدم شکمش سیره - when someone's (mostly) basic needs are met

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In this episode, Yusuf and his sister Reyhane talk about the concept of happiness and how happiness can be related to both a person’s mental state and also external factors such as a country’s political and economic situation, social media and immigration.

در این قسمت یوسف و خواهرش ریحانه در مورد مفهوم شادی صحبت میکنند و اینکه چطور شادی می‌تونه هم با وضعیت روحی یک نفر و هم با عوامل بیرونی مثل وضعیت سیاسی و اقتصادی یک کشور، رسانه های اجتماعی و مهاجرت مرتبط باشه.

کلمات جدید این قسمت:

وابسته dependent

 به اینترنت وابسته‌ام I'm dependent on the Internet

تعریف definition

 تعریف تو از شادی your definition of happiness

رضایت درونی internal satisfaction

به شخصه personally

اعتماد به نفس self-esteem

مقطعی occasional

جنبه aspects

 دو جنبه داره it has two aspects

صبر و تحمل patience and endurance

صبرت لبریز شده I can't take it anymore 

آزار دادن to bother

شاخص‌های شادی criteria of happiness 

میزان اعتماد مردم به حکومت amount of trust towards the government

فساد corruption

سرانه جی‌دی‌پی GDP per capita

حمله attack

حماقت stupidity

زن مسن an old woman

فضای مجازی cyberspace

سندیت علمی scientific proof

اقدام کردن برای کاری to take action

 اقدام برای مهاجرت effort for immigration

مبلغ زیاد a huge amount

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In this episode, we talk about our experience with university. Yusuf tells us about his experience studying in Shiraz first and Tehran later, while Alice will talk about studying in Munich, Germany. Alice is doing her Masters in Middle Eastern Studies and Yusuf studied History and then graduated in Central Asia and Caucasus Studies.

توی این قسمت، من و آلیچه در مورد تجربه‌مون با دانشگاه حرف می‌زنیم. من (یوسف) در مورد تجربم با دانشگاه شیراز و دانشگاه تهران می‌گم و آلیچه در مورد تجربش با دانشگاه مونیخ (LMU). آلیچه دانشجوی ارشد مطالعات خاورمیانه هست و من هم فارغ التحصیل تاریخ و مطالعات آسیای مرکزی و قفقاز.

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This is the second part of the Nowruz episode. In this episode, we talk about how Nowruz was celebrated in the past and we speculate about how it might be celebrated in the future.

To listen to the first part of this discussion, click here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/04HxnySSh9MKGbEcNW0l4e?si=9SsE6La-RQGGwsqus2QqiA 

این بخش دوم قسمت نوروز است. در این قسمت درباره جشن نوروز در گذشته حرف میزنیم و حدس میزنیم چطور در آینده جشن گرفته میشه.

برای شنیدن بخش اول این بحث اینجا را کلیک کنید:https://open.spotify.com/episode/04HxnySSh9MKGbEcNW0l4e?si=9SsE6La-RQGGwsqus2QqiA 

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In this episode, we discuss “expectations versus reality” surrounding Nowruz and holidays in general. We are all probably familiar with Nowruz traditions such as preparing the Haft Seen spread and visiting family members, but with an ongoing economic crisis and the impact of the Corona pandemic, is Nowruz still relevant ?

This episode is divided into two parts. Stay tuned for the second one!

در این قسمت درباره «انتظارات در برابر واقعیت» در مورد نوروز و تعطیلات دیگه صحبت می‌کنیم. ما همه با سنت‌های مرتبط با نوروز مثل آماده کردن سفره هفت‌سین و عید دیدنی آشناییم ولی آیا با این بحران فعلی اقتصادی و اثرات سالهای کرونا، نوروز هنوز موضوعیت داره؟

این قسمت در دو بخش تقسیم شده است. این قسمت در دو بخش تقسیم شده است. برای بخش دوم با ما همراه باشید.

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In this episode, Yusuf asked three of his friends from three different locations in Iran to express their feelings and experiences about Chaharshanbeh Suri, an annual fire dance festival held on the eve of the last Wednesday of each year. We're grateful for Arian, Anahita and Alireza for their participation in the episode!

در این قسمت، از دوستام خواستم از تجربه‌شون در مورد چهارشنبه‌سوری صحبت کنند. چهارشنبه سوری یک جشن سنتی ایرانیه که در آخرین شب چهارشنبه سال برگزار می‌شه. از آرین، آناهیتا و علیرضا خیلی ممنونم که در این قسمت با من همکاری کردند.

(00:05) Introduction / مقدمه

(01:36) New words / کلمات جدید

(07:06) Arian's Experience / تجربه ی آرین

(10:18) Anahita's Experience / تجربه ی آناهیتا

(16:08) Alireza's Experience /تجربه ی علیرضا

(18:46) Outro and Yusuf's Experience / بخش پایانی و تجربه ی یوسف

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