Isabel Allende: Tales of passion | TED

Translator: Klaus Terman Reviewer: Anders Finn Jørgensen

Thank you so much.

Mange tak, det er virkeligt skræmmende at være her

It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart.

blandt de klogeste af de kloge.

(Laughter)

Jeg er her med et par fortællinger om lidenskab.

I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion.

There's a Jewish saying that I love:

Der er et jødisk ordsprog jeg elsker.

What is truer than truth?

Hvad er mere sandt end sandhed? Svar: Historien.

Answer: the story.

I'm a storyteller.

Jeg er historiefortæller. Jeg ønsker at formidle noget mere sandt end sandheden

I want to convey something that is truer than truth

about our common humanity.

om vores fælles menneskelighed.

All stories interest me,

Alle historier interesserer mig, og nogle hjemsøger mig

and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

indtil jeg ender med at skrive dem.

Certain themes keep coming up:

Bestemte emner bliver ved med at dukke op:

justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues,

retfærdighed, loyalitet, vold, død, politiske og sociale emner,

freedom.

frihed.

Jeg er klar over mysterierne omkring os,

I'm aware of the mystery around us,

so I write about coincidences, premonitions,

så jeg skriver om tilfældigheder, forudanelser

emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

følelser, drømme, naturens kræfter, magi.

In the last 20 years, I have published a few books,

De sidste 20 år har jeg publiceret nogle bøger,

but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006,

men jeg har levet i anonymitet indtil februar 2006,

when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy.

hvor jeg bar det olympiske flag, ved vinter OL i Italien.

Det gjorde mig berømt. Nu genkender folk mig i Macy's,

That made me a celebrity.

(Laughter)

Now people recognize me in Macy's,

og mine børnebørn syntes jeg er sej.

and my grandchildren think that I'm cool.

(Laughter)

(latter)

Allow me to tell you about my four minutes of fame.

Tillad mig at fortælle jer om mine 4 minutters berømmelse.

En af organisatorerne af OL ceremonien,

One of the organizers of the Olympic ceremony,

of the opening ceremony,

af åbnings ceremonien,

called me and said that I had been selected to be one of the flag bearers.

ringede og sagde at jeg var blevet udvalgt

til at være en af flag-bærerne.

I replied that surely, this was a case of mistaken identity,

Jeg svarede at det med sikkerhed var en fejl

because I'm as far as you can get from being an athlete.

da jeg er så langt fra at være atlet, som man kan være.

Actually, I wasn't even sure that I could go around the stadium

Faktisk var jeg ikke engang sikker på at jeg kunne gå rundt om stadion,

without a walker.

uden et gangstativ.

(latter)

(Laughter)

I was told that this was no laughing matter.

Jeg blev informeret at dette ikke var noget at spøge med.

This would be the first time

Dette ville være første gang

that only women would carry the Olympic flag.

at kun kvinder ville bære det olympiske flag.

Fem kvinder, repræsenterende fem kontinenter,

Five women, representing five continents,

and three Olympic gold medal winners.

og tre guldmedalje vindere.

My first question was, naturally:

Mit første spørgsmål var, naturligvis,

What was I going to wear?

hvad skulle jeg have på?

(Laughter)

(latter)

"A uniform," she said,

En uniform, sagde hun,

and asked for my measurements.

og spurgte efter mine mål.

My measurements.

Mine mål.

Jeg så mig selv i en stor anorak,

I had a vision of myself in a fluffy anorak,

looking like the Michelin Man.

lignende Michelinmanden.

(Laughter)

(latter)

Ved midten af februar,

By the middle of February, I found myself in Turin,

var jeg i Turin, hvor entusiastiske tilskuere

where enthusiastic crowds cheered

hujede når nogen af de 80 olympiske hold var på gaden

when any of the 80 Olympic teams was in the street.

Those athletes had sacrificed everything to compete in the games.

Disse atleter havde ofret alt for at konkurrere i legene.

They all deserved to win, but there's the element of luck.

De havde alle fortjent at vinde, men der er altid held indblandet.

A speck of snow, an inch of ice, the force of the wind

Et snefnug, et stykke is, vindens styrke,

can determine the result of a race or a game.

kan afgøre resultatet af et løb eller et spil.

However, what matters most, more than training or luck, is the heart.

Men, det vigtigste er, vigtigere end træning og held, er hjertet.

Only a fearless and determined heart will get the gold medal.

Kun et frygtløst og beslutsomt hjerte vil få guldmedaljen

It is all about passion.

Det handler alt sammen om passion.

The streets of Turin were covered with red posters

Gaderne i Turin var dækket af røde plakater

announcing the slogan of the Olympics:

annoncerende OL's slogan.

"Passion lives here."

Passionen lever her. Er det ikke altid sandt?

Isn't it always true?

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Det er hjertet som driver os og afgør vores skæbne.

Dét er hvad jeg har brug for til mine karakterer i mine bøger:

That is what I need for my characters in my books:

a passionate heart.

et passioneret hjerte.

I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels,

Jeg har brug for individualister, eventyrere, outsidere og oprørere,

who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.

som stiller spørgsmål, bøjer reglerne og tager chancer.

People like all of you in this room.

Folk som alle jer, her i rummet.

Venlige mennesker med sund fornuft er ikke interessante karakterer.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters.

(Laughter)

(latter)

They only make good former spouses.

De er kun gode som tidligere samlevere.

(Laughter)

(latter)

(Applause)

(bifald)

In the greenroom of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers:

I det grønne rum på stadion, mødte jeg de andre flagbærere:

tre atleter, og skuespillerne Susan Sarandon og Sophia Loren.

three athletes and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia Loren.

Also, two women with passionate hearts:

Derudover to kvinder med passionerede hjerter:

Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya

Wangari Maathai, Nobel prisvinderen fra Kenya

who has planted 30 million trees,

som har plantet 30 millioner træer. Hvorved,

and by doing so, she has changed the soil, the weather, in some places in Africa,

hun har ændret jorden, vejret,

nogen steder i Afrika, og naturligvis

and of course, the economic conditions in many villages;

de økonomiske muligheder i mange landsbyer.

and Somaly Mam,

Og Samaly Mam, en Cambodiansk aktivist som kæmper passioneret

a Cambodian activist who fights passionately against child prostitution.

imod børneprostitution.

When she was 14 years old, her grandfather sold her to a brothel.

Da hun var 14 år solgte hende bedstefar hende til et bordel.

She told us of little girls raped by men

Hun fortalte os om små piger som blev voldtaget af mænd som troede på

who believe that having sex with a very young virgin

at det at have sex med meget unge jomfruer, ville kurere deres AIDS.

will cure them from AIDS,

Og om bordeller hvor børn bliver tvunget at tage fem til

and of brothels where children are forced to receive 15 clients per day,

15 kunder om dagen,

and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.

og hvis de protesterer, tortureres de med strøm.

In the greenroom, I received my uniform.

I det grønne rum modtog jeg min uniform.

It was not the kind of outfit that I normally wear,

Det var ikke et sæt som jeg normalt ville gå med,

but it was far from the Michelin Man suit that I had anticipated.

men det var langt fra det Michelinmand sæt

som jeg havde forventet. Faktisk ikke slemt.

Not bad, really.

I looked like a refrigerator.

Jeg så ud som et køleskab.

(Laughter)

(latter)

But so did most of the flag bearers, except Sophia Loren,

Men det gjorde de fleste flagbærere, på nær Sofia Loren,

the universal symbol of beauty and passion.

det universelle symbol på skønhed og passion.

Sophia is over 70 and she looks great.

Sophia er over 70 og ser fantastisk ud.

She's sexy, slim and tall, with a deep tan.

Hun er sexet, slank og høj, med en mørk lød.

Now, how can you have a deep tan and have no wrinkles?

Hvordan kan man have en mørk lød uden rynker?

I don't know.

Jeg ved det ikke.

Da hun blev spurgt i et tv interview, hvordan hun holdt sig så godt?

When asked in a TV interview how could she look so good,

she replied, "Posture."

Svarede hun, "Positur, min ryg er altid ret,

(Laughter)

"My back is always straight,

and I don't make old people's noises."

og jeg laver ikke underlige gammelmandslyde"

(latter)

(Laughter)

So there you have some free advice

Så der har i lidt gratis rådgivning

fra en af de smukkeste kvinder på jorden.

from one of the most beautiful women on earth:

no grunting, no coughing, no wheezing,

Ingen grynten, ingen hosten, ingen hvæsen

no talking to yourselves, no farting.

ikke noget med at tale med sig selv, ingen prutten.

(latter)

(Laughter)

Ja det sagde hun ikke sådan direkte.

Well, she didn't say that, exactly.

(Laughter)

(latter)

At some point around midnight,

Omkring midnat,

we were summoned to the wings of the stadium,

blev vi samlet i siden af stadion,

and the loudspeakers announced the Olympic flag,

og højtalerne annoncerede det olympiske flag; og musikken startede

and the music started --

by the way, the same music that starts here, the "Aida" march.

forresten den samme musik som starter her,

Aida marchen.

Sophia Loren was right in front of me.

Sofia Loren var lige foran mig - hun er 25 cm højere end mig,

She's a foot taller than I am, not counting the poofy hair.

uden at tælle det luftige hår med.

(Laughter)

(latter)

She walked elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savanna,

Hun gik elegant, som en giraf på den afrikanske savanne,

holding the flag on her shoulder.

holdende flaget på sin skulder. Jeg småløbende bag hende

I jogged behind --

(Laughter)

(latter)

on my tiptoes, holding the flag on my extended arm,

på tæer - holdende flaget i strakt arm,

so that my head was actually under the damn flag.

så mit hoved faktisk kom under det pokkers flag.

(Laughter)

(latter)

All the cameras were, of course, on Sophia.

Alle kameraerne var naturligvis, på Sophia.

That was fortunate for me,

Hvilket var heldigt for mig, for på de fleste pressefotos

because in most press photos, I appear too --

kan man også se mig, selvom det ofte er mellem Sophias ben.

although, often between Sophia's legs --

(Laughter)

(latter)

a place where most men would love to be.

Et sted de fleste mænd ville elske at være.

(Laughter)

(latter)

(bifald)

(Applause)

The best four minutes of my entire life were those in the Olympic stadium.

De 4 bedste minutter i hele mit liv

var dem i det olympiske stadion.

Min mand bliver fornærmet når jeg siger sådan

My husband is offended when I say this,

although I have explained to him that what we do in private

selvom jeg har forklaret ham, at hvad vi laver i sengen

usually takes less than four minutes --

normalt tager mindre end 4 minutter.

(Laughter)

(latter)

so he shouldn't take it personally.

så han skal ikke tage det personligt.

(Laughter)

I have all the press clippings of those four magnificent minutes

Jeg har alle artiklerne om de 4 fantastiske minutter,

because I don't want to forget them

for jeg vil ikke glemme dem

when old age destroys my brain cells.

når min hukommelse ryger med alderen.

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics:

I mit hjerte vil jeg altid bære nøgleordet for olympiaden,

passion.

passion.

Så her er en historie om passion.

So here's a tale of passion.

The year is 1998,

Året er 1998, stedet er en fangelejr

the place is a prison camp for Tutsi refugees in Congo.

for Tutsiflygtninge i Congo.

By the way, 80 percent of all refugees and displaced people in the world

Forresten, 80% af alle flygtninge og fordrevne i verden

are women and girls.

er kvinder og piger.

Vi kan kalde denne lejr i Congo en dødslejr,

We can call this place in Congo a death camp,

because those who are not killed will die of disease or starvation.

for dem som ikke bliver dræbt, vil dø af sygdomme eller sult.

The protagonists of this story are a young woman, Rose Mapendo,

Hovedpersonerne i denne historie

er en ung kvinde, Rose Mapendo, og hendes børn.

and her children.

She's pregnant and a widow.

Hun er gravid og enke.

Soldater har tvunget hende til at se på

Soldiers had forced her to watch as her husband was tortured and killed.

mens hendes mand blev tortureret og dræbt.

Somehow she manages to keep her seven children alive,

På forunderlig vis, holder hun sine 7 børn i live,

and a few months later, she gives birth to premature twins,

og nogle måneder senere, føder hun 2 for tidligt fødte tvillinger.

two tiny little boys.

To bitte små drenge.

She cuts the umbilical cord with a stick

Hun skærer navlestrengen med en pind,

and ties it with her own hair.

og binder den med sit eget hår.

She names the twins after the camp's commanders

Hun navngiver tvillingerne efter lejerens ledere

to gain their favor,

for at få deres sympati, og fodrer dem med sort the

and feeds them with black tea because her milk cannot sustain them.

fordi hendes mælk ikke kan holde dem i live.

When the soldiers burst in her cell to rape her oldest daughter,

Når soldaterne bryder ind i hendes celle for at voldtage hendes ældste datter,

holder hun om hende og nægter at give slip,

she grabs hold of her and refuses to let go,

selv når de holder en pistol mod hendes hoved.

even when they hold a gun to her head.

Somehow, the family survives for 16 months,

På en eller anden måde holder hun familien i live i 16 måneder

and then, by extraordinary luck

og så. ved ekstraordinært held, og det passionerede hjerte

and the passionate heart of a young American man, Sasha Chanoff,

i en ung amerikansk mand, Sasha Chanoff,

who manages to put her in a US rescue plane,

som formåede at få hende på et amerikansk redningsfly,

Rose Mapendo and her nine children end up in Phoenix, Arizona,

Rose Mapendo og hendes ni børn ender i Phoenix, Arizona,

where they're now living and thriving.

hvor de nu bor og trives.

"Mapendo," in Swahili, means "great love."

Mapendo betyder på swahili, stor kærlighed.

The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women

Hovedpersonerne i mine bøger er stærke og passionerede kvinder

like Rose Mapendo.

som Rose Mapendo.

I don't make them up;

Jeg finder ikke på dem. Det er der ingen grund til.

there's no need for that.

Jeg ser mig omkring og finder dem allevegne.

I look around, and I see them everywhere.

I have worked with women and for women all my life.

Jeg har arbejdet med kvinder og for kvinder hele mit liv.

I know them well.

Jeg kender dem godt.

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world,

Jeg blev født i oldtiden, ved verdens ende,

in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family.

i en patriarkalsk katolsk og konservativ familie.

No wonder that by age five, I was a raging feminist --

Intet under, at jeg i en alder af fem var en rasende feminist

although the term had not reached Chile yet,

selvom begrebet endnu ikke havde nået Chile,

so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.

så ingen vidste hvad fa'en der var galt med mig.

(Laughter)

(latter)

I would soon find out that there was a high price to pay for my freedom

Jeg fandt snart at der skulle betales en høj pris

for min frihed og for at sætte spørgsmålstegn ved patriarkatet.

and for questioning the patriarchy.

But I was happy to pay it,

Men jeg betalte med glæde, fordi for hvert stød jeg tog imod,

because for every blow that I received,

I was able to deliver two.

var jeg i stand til at uddele to.

(Laughter)

(latter)

Once, when my daughter Paula was in her twenties,

Engang da min datter Paula, var i 20'erne

sagde hun at feminismens dage var talte, at jeg skulle komme videre.

she said to me that feminism was dated, that I should move on.

We had a memorable fight.

Vi fik os en mindeværdig diskussion. Feminismens dage talte?

Feminism is dated?

Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today,

Ja, for privilegerede kvinder som min datter og alle os her i dag,

but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world,

men ikke for de fleste af vores søstre i resten af verden

som stadig tvinges ind i tidlige ægteskaber,

who are still forced into premature marriage,

prostitution, forced labor.

prostitution, tvangsarbejde

They have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.

de får børn de ikke ønsker eller kan brødføde.

They have no control over their bodies or their lives.

De har ingen kontrol over deres kroppe eller deres liv.

De har ingen uddannelse eller frihed.

They have no education and no freedom.

They are raped, beaten up and sometimes killed with impunity.

De voldtages, bankes og nogen gange dræbes, ustraffet.

For most Western young women of today,

For de fleste unge vestlige kvinder i dag,

being called a "feminist" is an insult.

vil det være en fornærmelse, at blive kaldt feminist.

Feminism has never been sexy,

Feminisme har aldrig været sexet, men lad mig forsikre dig

but let me assure you that it never stopped me from flirting,

at det aldrig har afholdt mig fra at flirte,

og jeg har sjældent manglet mænd.

and I have seldom suffered from lack of men.

(latter)

(Laughter)

Feminism is not dead, by no means.

Feminismen er slet ikke død.

Den har udviklet sig. Hvis du ikke syntes om begrebet,

It has evolved.

If you don't like the term,

change it, for Goddess' sake.

så lav det for guds skyld om.

Call it "Aphrodite" or "Venus" or "bimbo" or whatever you want.

Kald det Afrodite eller Venus eller dulle eller hvad du syntes,

The name doesn't matter,

navnet betyder intet,

as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.

så længe vi forstår hvad det handler om, og støtter op.

Så her kommer en anden historie om passion, og denne er trist.

So here's another tale of passion, and this is a sad one.

The place is a small women's clinic in a village in Bangladesh.

Stedet er en lille kvindeklinik i en landsby, i Bangladesh.

The year is 2005.

Det er år 2005.

Jenny is a young American dental hygienist

Jenny er en ung Amerikansk tandtekniker,

who has gone to the clinic as a volunteer during her three-week vacation.

som arbejder som frivillig

under hendes 3 ugers ferie.

She's prepared to clean teeth,

Hun er forberedt på at rense tænder,

but when she gets there,

men da hun ankommer, finder hun at der ingen læger er,

she finds out that there are no doctors, no dentists,

ingen tandlæger, og klinikken er en hytte fyldt med fluer.

and the clinic is just a hut full of flies.

Outside, there is a line of women

Udenfor er der en kø af kvinder

who have waited several hours to be treated.

som har ventet timer på behandling.

The first patient is in excruciating pain

Den første patient er i ulidelig smerte

fordi hun har flere rådne kindtænder.

because she has several rotten molars.

Jenny realizes that the only solution is to pull out the bad teeth.

Jenny fandt at den eneste løsning er at trække dem ud.

Hun er ikke godkendt til det; hun har aldrig gjort det.

She's not licensed for that; she has never done it.

She risks a lot and she's terrified.

Hun risikerer en masse og er rædselsslagen

She doesn't even have the proper instruments,

Hun har ikke engang det rette værktøj,

but fortunately, she has brought some novocaine.

men heldigvis har hun medbragt noget bedøvelse

Jenny has a brave and passionate heart.

Jenny har et modigt og passioneret hjerte.

She murmurs a prayer and she goes ahead with the operation.

Hun mumler en bøn og fortsætter operationen.

At the end, the relieved patient kisses her hands.

Den lettede patient ender med at kysse hendes hænder.

That day the hygienist pulls out many more teeth.

Den dag trækker tandteknikeren mange tænder ud.

The next morning, when she comes again to the so-called clinic,

Næste morgen, da hun igen ankommer til sin såkaldte klinik,

her first patient is waiting for her with her husband.

venter hendes første patient der, med sin mand.

The woman's face looks like a watermelon.

Kvindens ansigt ligner en vandmelon.

It is so swollen that you can't even see the eyes.

Det er så hævet at man ikke kan se hendes øjne.

The husband, furious, threatens to kill the American.

Den rasende mand truer med at slå amerikaneren ihjel.

Jenny is horrified at what she has done.

Jenny er forfærdet over, hvad hun har gjort,

But then, the translator explains

men så forklarer tolken

that the patient's condition has nothing to do with the operation.

at patientens tilstand ikke har noget med operationen at gøre.

The day before, her husband beat her up

Dagen forinden bankede manden hende fordi hun ikke nåede hjem

because she was not home in time to prepare dinner for him.

i tide til at lave aftensmad til ham.

Millioner af kvinder lever stadig sådan.

Millions of women live like this today.

They are the poorest of the poor.

De er de fattigste af de fattige.

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor,

Selvom kvinder laver 2/3 af verdens arbejde,

they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

ejer de mindre end 1 procent af verdens formue.

They are paid less than men for the same work, if they're paid at all,

De betales mindre end mænd, for det samme arbejde

hvis de overhovedet betales, og de forbliver sårbare

and they remain vulnerable because they have no economic independence,

fordi de ikke har økonomisk uafhængighed,

and they are constantly threatened by exploitation,

og de trues konstant med udnyttelse,

violence and abuse.

vold og misbrug.

It is a fact that giving women education, work,

Det er en kendsgerning at kvinders uddannelse, arbejde,

the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property

mulighed for at styre egen indkomst,

arve og eje ejendom, gavner samfund.

benefits the society.

If a woman is empowered,

Hvis en kvinde styrkes,

her children and her family will be better off.

vil hendes børn og familie vinde ved det.

If families prosper, the village prospers,

Hvis familier trives, vil landsbyer trives,

and eventually, so does the whole country.

og på sigt vil hele landet.

Wangari Maathai goes to a village in Kenya.

Wangari Maathai tager til en landsby i Kenya

She talks with the women and explains that the land is barren

Hun taler med kvinderne og forklarer at jorden er ufrugtbar,

because they have cut and sold the trees.

fordi de har fældet og solgt træerne.

Hun får kvinderne til at plante nye træer og vande dem,

She gets the women to plant new trees and water them,

drop by drop.

dråbe for dråbe.

In a matter of five or six years, they have a forest,

På 5 - 6 år har de en skov,

the soil is enriched, and the village is saved.

jorden er frodig og landsbyen reddet.

The poorest and most backward societies

De fattigste og tilbagestående samfund

are always those that put women down.

er altid dem som undertrykker kvinder.

Yet this obvious truth is ignored by governments

Det faktum, ignoreres dog af regeringer

and also by philanthropy.

og hjælpeorganisationer.

For every dollar given to a women's program,

For hver dollar som gives til kvinde-sager,

20 dollars are given to men's programs.

gives der 20 dollar til mande-sager.

Women are 51 percent of humankind.

Kvinder udgør 51% af menneskeheden.

Empowering them will change everything,

Styrkes de vil de ændre alt -

more than technology and design and entertainment.

mere end teknologi, design og underholdning.

I can promise you that women working together --

Jeg vil love jer at kvinder som arbejder sammen -

linked, informed and educated --

knyttede, informerede og uddannede -

kan bringe fred og velstand til denne fortabte planet.

can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians,

I enhver krig er de fleste dræbte civile,

mainly women and children.

primært kvinder og børn. De er tilfældigt skadede.

They are collateral damage.

Men run the world,

Mænd styrer verden, og se på det rod vi lever i.

and look at the mess we have.

What kind of world do we want?

Hvilken verden ønsker vi?

This is a fundamental question that most of us are asking.

Dette er et fundamentalt spørgsmål som de fleste stiller.

Giver det mening at deltage i den eksisterende verdensorden?

Does it make sense to participate in the existing world order?

We want a world where life is preserved

Vi ønsker en verden hvor liv bevares

and the quality of life is enriched for everybody,

og hvor livskvaliteten øges for alle,

not only for the privileged.

ikke kun de privilegerede.

I januar så jeg en udstilling af Fernando Boteros' billeder

In January, I saw an exhibit of Fernando Botero's paintings

på Berkeley's bibliotek.

at the UC Berkeley library.

No museum or gallery in the United States,

Intet museum eller galleri i USA,

except for the New York gallery that carries Botero's work,

på nær New York galleriet som har Botero's værker,

has dared to show the paintings,

har turdet vise billederne fordi temaet

because the theme is the Abu Ghraib prison.

er Abu Ghraib fængslet.

Det er kæmpe billeder af tortur og magtmisbrug,

They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power,

i den voluminøse Botero stil.

in the voluminous Botero style.

I have not been able to get those images out of my mind

Det er ikke lykkedes mig at få de billeder ud af mit hoved

or my heart.

eller mit hjerte.

What I fear most is power with impunity.

Det jeg frygter mest er magt med immunitet

I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

Jeg frygter magtmisbrug, og magten til at misbruge

In our species, the alpha males define reality,

I vores race er det alfahannerne der definerer rammerne,

and force the rest of the pack to accept that reality

og tvinger resten af flokken til at acceptere dem

and follow the rules.

og følge reglerne.

The rules change all the time, but they always benefit them,

Reglerne skifter hele tiden, men de tilgodeser altid dem,

and in this case, the trickle-down effect, which does not work in economics,

og i dette tilfælde virker det fantastisk afsmittende,

hvilket ikke gælder indenfor økonomi.

works perfectly.

Abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom.

Misbrug smitter af fra toppen til bunden.

Women and children, especially the poor, are at the bottom.

Kvinder og børn, specielt de fattige, er på bunden.

Even the most destitute of men have someone they can abuse --

Selv de svageste mænd har nogen de kan misbruge -

a woman or a child.

en kvinde eller et barn.

I'm fed up with the power that a few exert over the many

Jeg er så træt af den magt som nogle få, udøver imod de mange

through gender, income, race and class.

igennem køn, indkomst, race og klasse.

Jeg syntes tiden er moden til at lave fundamentale ændringer

I think that the time is ripe to make fundamental changes

in our civilization.

i vores civilisation.

But for real change, we need feminine energy

Men for virkeligt at ændre noget, har vi brug for kvindelig energi

in the management of the world.

i administrationen af verden.

We need a critical number of women in positions of power,

Vi har brug for en kritisk masse af kvinder i magtpositioner,

and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

og vi er nødt til at pleje den feminine energi i mænd.

I'm talking about men with young minds, of course.

Jeg taler naturligvis om unge mænd.

Old guys are hopeless; we have to wait for them to die off.

Gamle gutter er håbløse, dem må vi vente på uddør.

(Laughter)

(latter)

Yes, I would love to have Sophia Loren's long legs

Ja, jeg ville have elsket at have Sophia Lorens lange ben

and legendary breasts.

og legendariske bryster.

But given a choice, I would rather have the warrior hearts

Men giv mig valget, og jeg vil hellere have en krigers hjerte

som Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny og Rose Mapendo.

of Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny, and Rose Mapendo.

Jeg vil gerne gøre verden god.

I want to make this world good.

Ikke bedre, men gøre den god.

Not better -- but to make it good.

Why not? It is possible.

Hvorfor ikke? Det er muligt. Se jer omkring i dette rum -

Look around in this room --

all this knowledge, energy, talent and technology.

al den viden, energi, talent og teknologi.

Let's get off our fannies, roll up our sleeves

Lad os komme op af sofaen, rul ærmerne op

and get to work, passionately,

og kom i gang, passionerede

om at skabe en næsten perfekt verden.

in creating an almost-perfect world.

Thank you.

Tak.

(Applause and cheers)