The provided text is in English, and we ask you to translate the text to the Croatian language. Please bear in mind the following guidelines while translating: 1) We want a natural translation, a formal form. 2) Use the symbols like '#@%$-+_=^&!*' as-is. *Include* the special characters as suited when translating to Croatian. 3) Quantities like millions or billions should be translated to their equivalent in Croatian language 4) Note the input is all case-sensitive except for special placeholders and output is expected to be case-sensitive. 5) The output must have Croatian characters like Ž or č and the output must preserve the Croatian language characters. 6) The input contains punctuations and output is expected to have relevant punctuations for grammatical accuracy.

Q: And this was kind of a shocker to me.

A: I to mi je bilo šokantno.
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Q: But even when they do talk about important political issues, they do it in a way that I feel discourages engagement.

A: Ali čak i kada govore o važnim političkim problemima, govore na način da se osjećam obeshrabrenim angažirati se.
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Q: I had a thumb, I had $85, and I ended up in San Francisco, California -- met a lover -- and back in the 80s, found it necessary to begin work on AIDS organizations.

A:
Imao sam palac, imao sam 85$ i završio sam u San Franciscu, Kalifornija -- upoznao ljubavnika -- i u 80-ima, shvatio kako je neophodno da započnem raditi s AIDS organizacijama.
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