The Cables Under the Sea

When people send a message to another country, the message often travels under the sea. Long cables lie on the bottom of the ocean. They connect cities and countries all over the world.

Kad ljudi šalju poruku u drugu zemlju, poruka često putuje ispod mora. Dugi kabeli leže na dnu oceana. Povezuju gradove i zemlje diljem svijeta.

The cables are not very big. Many are as thin as a garden hose. Inside, there are thin strands of glass, each one as thin as a hair. Light moves through the glass very fast and carries the information.

Kabeli nisu jako veliki. Mnogi su tanki poput vrtnog crijeva. Unutra se nalaze tanke niti stakla, svaka tanka poput vlasi kose. Svjetlost putuje kroz staklo vrlo brzo i nosi informacije.

These cables do an important job. They carry about ninety-five out of every hundred messages that go between countries. There are more than six hundred cables in the sea today, and together they are very, very long. They cross every ocean on Earth.

Ti kabeli obavljaju važan posao. Prenose otprilike devedeset pet od svakih sto poruka koje putuju između zemalja. Danas u moru postoji više od šest stotina kabela, i zajedno su vrlo, vrlo dugi. Prelaze svaki ocean na Zemlji.