Lessons from Auschwitz: The power of our words - Benjamin Zander

奥斯维辛的一课: 言语的力量 - Benjamin Zander

翻译人员: xin li 校对人员: Yiqun Liu

It really makes a difference what we say.

我们说出去的话能产生不小影响

I learned this from a woman who survived Auschwitz.

我是从一位奥斯维辛集中营幸存的女士那儿学到的

She went to Auschwitz when she was fifteen years old,

她去奥斯维辛时只有十五岁

and her brother was eight, and the parents were lost.

弟弟八岁 与父母走散了

And she told me this,

这是她告诉我的

"We were in the train going to Auschwitz,

我们在去往奥斯维辛的火车上

and I looked down, and I saw my brother's shoes were missing.

我低头看了眼 发现我弟弟的鞋子不见了

And I said, 'Why are you so stupid?

然后我说道 ”你为什么那么笨“

Can't you keep your things together?

“就不能管好自己的东西吗？”

For goodness sake!'

“天哪！”

The way an elder sister might speak to a younger brother."

不过就是姐姐教训弟弟那样

Unfortunately, it was the last thing she ever said to him

遗憾的是 这竟是她对他说的最后一些话

because she never saw him again.

因为她再也没见过他

He did not survive.

他没能活下来

And so when she came out of Auschwitz, she made a vow.

当她走出奥斯维辛的时候 她发了一个誓

She said, "I walked out of Auschwitz into life.

她说 “我离开奥斯维辛后重获新生”

And the vow was,

誓言中这样说道

"I will never say anything that couldn't stand

“我再也不会说些伤人的话”

as the last thing I ever say."

“因为那也许会是我所说的最后一句话”

Now, can we do that? No.

现在，我们能做到吗？不能

But it is a possibility to live in to.

但不妨把它作为毕生的一个追求

Thank you.

谢谢