Let's make history…by recording it - StoryCorps & TED Prize

Lad os skabe historie ... ved at optage den - StoryCorps & TED-prisen

Translator: Mads Christoffersen Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

StoryCorps Founder & TED Prize winner Davey Isay has created an app that aims

StoryCorps grundlæggeren og TED-pris vinderen, Davey Isay, har skabt en app,

to bring people together in a project of listening, connection, and generosity.

som bringer mennesker sammen om et projekt af hørelse, sammenhæng og generøsitet.

Here's why...

Fordi...

This is the library of lost stories.

Det her er biblioteket af tabte historier.

It's where you'll find the true origins of the Sphinx and Stonehenge,

Her vil du finde de sande oprindelser til Sphinxen og Stonehenge,

the text lost in the fire of Alexandria,

teksterne der gik tabt i branden i Alexandria.

all of the great ideas that Einstein never thought to write down,

alle de store idéer, Einstein aldrig tænkte på at skrive ned,

the dream you can't quite remember from last night,

drømmen som du ikke helt kan huske fra i går nat,

your ancestor's first words,

din forfaders første ord,

her last words.

hendes sidste ord.

And it's the fastest growing library in the world.

Og det er det hurtigst voksende bibliotek i verden.

In the next year,

Næste år,

25 languages will be added to the collection,

vil 25 sprog blive tilføjet til samlingen,

never to be heard aloud again,

for derefter aldrig at blive hørt igen,

50 million points of view never related,

50 millioner synpunkter, der ikke er relateret,

the last eyewitness account of an incredible act of athleticism,

de sidste øjenvidner til en utrolig atletisk præsentation,

disobedience,

ulydighed,

courage,

mod,

unread,

ikke læst,

unheard,

ikke hørt,

unwatched.

ikke set,

But this is the StoryCorps archive at the Library of Congress

Men det her er StoryCorps arkiv i nationalbiblioteket,

where everything recorded by StoryCorps is preserved for posterity.

hvor alting der er indsamlet af StoryCorps bliver bevaret for eftertiden.

This is where,

Det er her,

if you record your parents,

hvis du optager dine forældre,

your grandparents,

dine bedsteforældre,

your neighbors,

dine naboer,

your children,

dine børn,

their stories will live on.

deres historier vil leve videre.

What if Anne Frank hadn't kept her diary?

Hvad hvis Anne Frank ikke havde haft en dagbog?

What if no one could listen to Martin Luther King's Mountaintop speech?

Hvad hvis ingen kunne lytte til Martin Luther Kings mountaintop tale?

What if the camera hadn't been rolling during the first moon landing?

Hvad hvis kameraet ikke optog under den første månelanding?

But what if, this Thanksgiving,

Men hvad hvis, under denne Thanksgiving,

the youngest member of every family interviewed the oldest?

at det yngste medlem af alle familier interviewede den ældste?

"It's like the only thing on his mind was to tell the kids that he loved them."

"Det er som om, at det eneste han ville var, at fortælle børnene at han elskede dem."

Or if on February 14th, you asked a person you love some questions

Eller hvis man den 14. februar, stillede en man elskede nogle spørgsmål,

you've never thought to ask.

man aldrig havde tænkt på at stille.

"Being married is like having a color television set,

"At være gift er ligesom, at have et farvefjernsyn,

you never want to go back to black and white."

man vil aldrig gå tilbage til sort og hvid."

History is all of these things,

Historie er alle disse ting,

the testament to tragedy,

beviset på tragedie,

the progress of civilization,

civilisationens fremskridt,

the heroic triumphs,

de heroiske triumfer,

and the moments and stories that are our lives.

og de øjeblikke og historier, som er vores liv.

It's also the act of actively listening to the voices of the past

Det handler også om, at lytte aktivt til fortidens stemmer

and the people who matter to us.

og de personer som betyder noget for os.

"Grand Central Station, now,

"Grand Central Station, så,

we know there's an architect, but who hung the iron?

vi ved at der er en arkitekt, men hvem hængte jernet op?

Who were the brick masons?

Hvem var murerne?

Who swept the floor?

Hvem fejede gulvet?

Who kept the trains going?

Hvem sørgede for at togene kørte?

We shall begin celebrating the lives of the uncelebrated."

Vi begynder med at fejre de ukendtes liv."

So you can make history by recording it.

Så du kan skabe historie ved, at optage det.