The Hostess Who Built a Machine to Save Her China
A Anfitriã Que Construiu uma Máquina para Salvar sua Porcelana
A woman tired of watching her fine china chip decides to build a hot-water machine herself, and her solution quietly becomes the dishwasher found in kitchens everywhere.
In a grand house full of dinner parties, there lived a woman named Josie.
Numa grande casa cheia de jantares, vivia uma mulher chamada Josie.
Josie loved hosting big dinners.
Josie adorava organizar grandes jantares.
She had beautiful plates made of fine china.
Ela tinha lindos pratos de porcelana fina.
But every time the servants washed the plates by hand, a plate chipped or broke.
Mas toda vez que os empregados lavavam os pratos à mão, um prato lascava ou quebrava.
Josie was tired of watching her treasures break in the sink.
Josie estava cansada de ver seus tesouros quebrarem na pia.
She decided to solve the problem herself.
Ela decidiu resolver o problema sozinha.
She sketched a machine on paper.
Ela esboçou uma máquina no papel.
The machine held the plates in wire racks.
A máquina segurava os pratos em grades de arame.
Hot water sprayed at them from above.
Água quente jorrava sobre eles por cima.
The water was strong enough to clean but gentle enough not to chip.
A água era forte o suficiente para limpar, mas suave o suficiente para não lascar.
Josie built the machine in her shed.
Josie construiu a máquina em seu galpão.
It worked.
Funcionou.
She patented the design in 1886.
Ela patenteou o design em 1886.
At first, nobody in homes wanted it.
No início, ninguém nas casas queria.
They said it was too big.
Disseram que era grande demais.
But hotel managers loved it.
Mas os gerentes de hotéis adoraram.
Their kitchens washed hundreds of plates every night.
Suas cozinhas lavavam centenas de pratos toda noite.
The machine saved them hours of work.
A máquina economizava horas de trabalho.
Josie started a company.
Josie fundou uma empresa.
The company grew.
A empresa cresceu.
Many decades later, the machine she built became a normal part of every kitchen in the world.
Muitas décadas depois, a máquina que ela construiu tornou-se parte normal de cada cozinha do mundo.
Josie had started it all because she simply wanted to protect her plates.
Josie havia começado tudo porque simplesmente queria proteger seus pratos.