Isabel Allende: Tales of passion | TED

Reviewer: Xusto Rodriguez

Moitas grazas.

Intimida moito estar aquí, entre tanta xente lista.

(Risas)

Estou aquí para contarvos algunhas historias de paixón.

Thank you so much.

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

Hai un refrán xudeu que me encanta.

Que hai máis verdadeiro cá verdade?

(Laughter)

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

Resposta: a historia que a conta.

There's a Jewish saying that I love:

Dedícome a contar historias.

What is truer than truth?

Quero transmitir algo sobre a nosa humanidade común

Answer: the story.

que sexa máis verdadeiro cá verdade.

Interésanme tódalas historias

I'm a storyteller.

e algunhas perséguenme ata que remato por escribilas.

I want to convey something that is truer than truth

Hai certos temas que aparecen unha e outra vez.

about our common humanity.

A xustiza, a lealdade, a violencia

All stories interest me,

and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

a morte, os problemas políticos e sociais

a liberdade.

Certain themes keep coming up:

Son consciente dos misterios que nos rodean

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

así que escribo sobre coincidencias, premonicións

emocións, soños, o poder da natureza, a maxia.

freedom.

I'm aware of the mystery around us,

so I write about coincidences, premonitions,

Nos últimos 20 anos, publiquei algúns libros

emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

pero vivín no anonimato ata febreiro do 2006

cando levei a bandeira olímpica nos Xogos Olímpicos de inverno en Italia.

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

but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006,

Iso fíxome famosa. (Risas)

Agora, recoñécenme nos centros comerciais

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

e os meus netos pensan que son guai.

(Risas)

Permitídeme que vos relate os meus catro minutos de fama.

That made me a celebrity.

(Laughter)

Now people recognize me in Macy's,

Unha das organizadoras da ceremonia olímpica

and my grandchildren think that I'm cool.

da ceremonia de apertura

(Laughter)

chamoume e díxome que me elixiran como unha das carrexadoras da bandeira

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

One of the organizers of the Olympic ceremony,

Respondinlle que debía estar confundíndome con outra

of the opening ceremony,

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

porque non podo estar máis lonxe de ser unha atleta.

De feito, non cría que fose capaz de dar unha volta ó estadio sen andador.

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

(Risas)

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

Fíxome saber que aquilo non era para tomar a broma.

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

Sería a primeira vez que tódalas carrexadoras fosen mulleres.

without a walker.

(Laughter)

Cinco mulleres, representando os cinco continentes

I was told that this was no laughing matter.

e tres medallas de ouro olímpicas.

This would be the first time

that only women would carry the Olympic flag.

A miña primeira pregunta, naturalmente foi

“Que vou levar posto?” (Risas)

Five women, representing five continents,

and three Olympic gold medal winners.

"Un uniforme", dixo ela

e pediume as miñas medidas.

My first question was, naturally:

As miñas medidas!

What was I going to wear?

Xa me vía nun anorak avultado ó estilo do boneco de Michelín.

(Laughter)

"A uniform," she said,

(Risas)

and asked for my measurements.

A mediados de febreiro, alí estaba eu en Turín

My measurements.

I had a vision of myself in a fluffy anorak,

con animadas multitudes que aclamaban

looking like the Michelin Man.

cando algún dos 80 equipos olímpicos saía á rúa.

(Laughter)

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

Aqueles atletas sacrificaran todo para competir nas olimpíadas.

where enthusiastic crowds cheered

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

Todos merecían gañar, pero o factor da sorte é importante.

Those athletes had sacrificed everything to compete in the games.

Un pouco de neve, un centímetro de xeo ou a forza do vento

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

poden determinar o resultado dunha carreira ou dun partido.

Porén, o que máis pesa, máis que a sorte ou o adestramento, é o corazón.

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

can determine the result of a race or a game.

Só un corazón determinado e ousado pode gañar a medalla de ouro.

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

O que importa é a paixón.

As rúas de Turín estaban cubertas de carteis vermellos

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

anunciando o lema das olimpíadas.

It is all about passion.

"A paixón vive aquí".

The streets of Turin were covered with red posters

E non é iso sempre certo?

announcing the slogan of the Olympics:

O corazón é o que nos motiva e determina o noso destino.

"Passion lives here."

Iso é o que preciso para as personaxes dos meus libros.

Isn't it always true?

Un corazón apaixonado.

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Preciso inconformistas, disidentes, aventureiros, marxinados e rebeldes

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

que fagan preguntas, rompan as normas e se arrisquen.

a passionate heart.

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

Persoas como todos os que estades aquí.

As boas persoas con sentido común non son personaxes interesantes.

who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.

(Risas) Só son bos exesposos.

People like all of you in this room.

(Risas)

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters.

(Aplausos)

No camerino do estadio coñecín as outras carrexadoras.

(Laughter)

They only make good former spouses.

(Laughter)

Tres atletas e as actrices Susan Sarandon e Sophia Loren.

(Applause)

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

E tamén dúas mulleres de corazón apaixonado

Wangari Maathai, a gañadora do Nobel de Kenya

three athletes and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia Loren.

que plantou 30 millóns de árbores

Also, two women with passionate hearts:

co que conseguiu cambiar o chan e o clima dalgunhas zonas de África

Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya

who has planted 30 million trees,

e, por suposto, as condicións económicas de moitos pobos

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

e Somaly Mam, unha activista camboxana

que loita apaixonadamente contra a prostitución infantil.

and of course, the economic conditions in many villages;

Cando tiña 14 anos, o seu avó vendeuna a un bordel.

and Somaly Mam,

a Cambodian activist who fights passionately against child prostitution.

Falounos de nenas pequenas violadas por homes que pensan

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

que ter relacións sexuais con nenas virxes curaraos do SIDA

She told us of little girls raped by men

e de bordeis onde se obriga a menores a atender a 15 clientes ó día

who believe that having sex with a very young virgin

e, se se rebelan, son torturadas con electricidade.

will cure them from AIDS,

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

No camerino, recibín o meu uniforme.

Non era algo que poñería normalmente

and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.

pero non tiña nada que ver co traxe de Michelin que imaxinara.

In the greenroom, I received my uniform.

Non estaba tan mal. Só parecía unha neveira.

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

(Risas)

Pero tamén o parecían as outras carrexadoras

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

excepto Sophia Loren

Not bad, really.

símbolo universal de beleza e paixón.

I looked like a refrigerator.

Sophia ten máis de 70 anos e ten un aspecto xenial.

(Laughter)

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

É sexy, delgada e alta e ten a pel ben bronceada.

the universal symbol of beauty and passion.

Como podes ter a pel ben bronceada e non ter engurras?

Sophia is over 70 and she looks great.

Non o entendo.

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

Cando lle preguntaron nunha entrevista como podía ter tan bo aspecto

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

respondeu: "Pola postura". (Risas)

I don't know.

"Sempre teño as costas rectas

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

e tampouco fago ruídos de persoa maior”. (Risas)

she replied, "Posture."

Aí vos vai un consello gratis

(Laughter)

"My back is always straight,

dunha das mulleres máis fermosas do planeta.

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

Nada de rosmar, tusir, arfar

(Laughter)

nin falar contigo mesmo ou botar peidos. (Risas)

So there you have some free advice

Ben, non dixo iso exactamente. (Risas)

from one of the most beautiful women on earth:

no grunting, no coughing, no wheezing,

Cerca de medianoite

no talking to yourselves, no farting.

leváronnos ós laterais do estadio.

(Laughter)

Anunciaron polos altofalantes a bandeira olímpica

Well, she didn't say that, exactly.

(Laughter)

e empezou a música, a marcha de “Aida”, que tamén soa aquí.

At some point around midnight,

we were summoned to the wings of the stadium,

and the loudspeakers announced the Olympic flag,

Sophia Loren ía diante miña.

and the music started --

É 30 cm máis alta ca min, iso sen contar o volume do cabelo.

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

(Risas)

Camiñaba de xeito elegante, coma unha xirafa da sabana africana

Sophia Loren was right in front of me.

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

coa bandeira sobre o ombro.

(Laughter)

Eu trotaba detrás. (Risas)

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

Ía na punta dos pés, agarrando a bandeira co brazo estendido.

holding the flag on her shoulder.

A maldita bandeira tapábame a cabeza.

I jogged behind --

(Laughter)

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

(Risas)

Por suposto, tódalas cámaras enfocaban a Sophia.

Isto a min víñame ben

so that my head was actually under the damn flag.

porque significa que aparezo na maioría das fotos da prensa

(Laughter)

aínda que moitas veces estou entre as pernas de Sophia

All the cameras were, of course, on Sophia.

(Risas)

That was fortunate for me,

un lugar no que lles encantaría estar á maioría dos homes.

because in most press photos, I appear too --

(Risas)

although, often between Sophia's legs --

(Aplausos)

(Laughter)

Os mellores catro minutos da miña vida

a place where most men would love to be.

foron eses, no estadio olímpico.

(Laughter)

O meu home oféndese cando digo isto

(Applause)

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

aínda que xa lle expliquei que o que facemos na intimidade

normalmente non chega ós catro minutos (Risas)

My husband is offended when I say this,

así que non o debe tomar tan a peito. (Risas)

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

Teño tódolos recortes de prensa deses catro magníficos minutos

usually takes less than four minutes --

porque non quero esquecelos cando a vellez acabe coas miñas neuronas.

(Laughter)

so he shouldn't take it personally.

(Laughter)

I have all the press clippings of those four magnificent minutes

Quero levar sempre no meu corazón a palabra chave das olimpíadas.

because I don't want to forget them

Paixón.

when old age destroys my brain cells.

Aquí vai unha historia de paixón.

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

O ano é 1998.

O lugar, un campo de prisioneiros para refuxiados Tutsi no Congo.

passion.

So here's a tale of passion.

Por certo, o 80% dos refuxiados do mundo son nenas e mulleres.

The year is 1998,

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

Poderíamos chamarlle a este sitio no Congo un campamento mortal

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

porque os que non son asasinados morrerán de enfermidade ou de fame.

are women and girls.

Os protagonistas desta historia son unha muller nova, Rose Mapendo

We can call this place in Congo a death camp,

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

e os seus fillos.

Ela é viúva e está embarazada.

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

Os soldados obrigárona a ver como torturaban e mataban o seu home.

and her children.

Dalgunha maneira, consegue manter vivos os seus sete fillos.

She's pregnant and a widow.

Uns meses despois, pare xemelgos prematuros.

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

Dous nenos moi pequeniños.

Somehow she manages to keep her seven children alive,

Corta o cordón umbilical cun pau e átao co seu propio cabelo.

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

Chama os xemelgos coma os comandantes do campamento

two tiny little boys.

She cuts the umbilical cord with a stick

para intentar poñelos da súa parte

and ties it with her own hair.

e aliméntaos con té negro porque o seu leite non pode mantelos.

She names the twins after the camp's commanders

Cando os soldados entran na súa cela para violar a súa filla maior

to gain their favor,

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

agárraa e négase a soltala

incluso cando lle poñen unha pistola na cabeza.

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

Dalgunha maneira, a familia sobrevive durante 16 meses

she grabs hold of her and refuses to let go,

e logo, grazas a unha sorte extraordinaria

even when they hold a gun to her head.

e o corazón apaixonado dun rapaz estadounidense, Sasha Chanoff,

Somehow, the family survives for 16 months,

quen consegue metela nun avión de rescate de EEUU,

and then, by extraordinary luck

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

Rose Mapendo e os seus nove fillos acaban en Phoenix (Arizona)

who manages to put her in a US rescue plane,

onde agora levan unha vida próspera.

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

“Mapendo”, en swahili, significa “gran amor”.

where they're now living and thriving.

As protagonistas dos meus libros son mulleres fortes e apaixonadas

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

como Rose Mapendo.

Non as invento, porque non preciso facelo.

Miro arredor de min e véxoas por todas partes.

The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women

Traballei con e para mulleres toda a miña vida.

like Rose Mapendo.

I don't make them up;

Coñézoas ben.

there's no need for that.

Nacín na antigüidade, na fin do mundo,

I look around, and I see them everywhere.

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

nunha familia católica, conservadora e patriarcal.

I know them well.

Non é de estrañar que, con cinco anos, fora una feminista empedernida,

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

aínda que, daquela, o termo non chegara a Chile

in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family.

e ninguén sabía que problema tiña.

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

(Risas)

Non tardaría moito en aprender

although the term had not reached Chile yet,

o alto prezo da miña liberdade e de cuestionar o patriarcado.

so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.

(Laughter)

Pero non me importaba pagalo, porque, por cada golpe que levaba

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

podía dar outros dous. (Risas)

and for questioning the patriarchy.

Unha vez, cando a miña filla Paula tiña arredor de 20 anos

But I was happy to pay it,

because for every blow that I received,

díxome que o feminismo estaba anticuado, que debía modernizarme.

I was able to deliver two.

(Laughter)

Tivemos unha gran pelexa.

Once, when my daughter Paula was in her twenties,

O feminismo, anticuado?

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

Si, para mulleres privilexiadas coma a miña filla ou as que estamos aquí

We had a memorable fight.

pero non para a maioría das nosas irmás no resto do mundo

Feminism is dated?

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

ás que aínda obrigan a casarse prematuramente

a prostituírse ou a traballos forzados.

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

Teñen fillos que non queren ter ou ós que non poden alimentar.

who are still forced into premature marriage,

Non teñen control sobre o seu corpo ou as súas vidas.

prostitution, forced labor.

Non teñen educación nin liberdade.

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

Son violadas, golpeadas e incluso asasinadas con impunidade.

They have no control over their bodies or their lives.

Para moitas mulleres occidentais de hoxe

They have no education and no freedom.

"feminista" é un insulto.

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

O feminismo nunca foi sexy

pero asegúrovos que iso nunca me impediu flirtear

For most Western young women of today,

being called a "feminist" is an insult.

e case nunca tiven falta de homes.

Feminism has never been sexy,

(Risas)

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

O feminismo non morreu, para nada, senón que evolucionou.

and I have seldom suffered from lack of men.

Se non vos gusta o termo, cambiádeo, polo amor de Deusa!

(Laughter)

Chamádelle “Afrodita” ou “Venus” ou “barbie” ou o que queirades.

Feminism is not dead, by no means.

It has evolved.

O nome non importa

If you don't like the term,

mentres entendamos o que significa e o apoiemos.

change it, for Goddess' sake.

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

Aquí vai outra historia de paixón e esta é triste.

The name doesn't matter,

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

O lugar é unha pequena clínica de mulleres

dun pobo de Bangladesh. O ano é 2005.

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

Jenny é unha moza hixienista dental de EEUU

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

que foi á clínica como voluntaria durante as súas vacacións de tres semanas.

The year is 2005.

Está preparada para limpar dentes

Jenny is a young American dental hygienist

pero cando chega encóntrase con que non hai médicos nin dentistas

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

e a clínica non é máis ca un galpón cheo de moscas.

She's prepared to clean teeth,

Fóra hai una ringleira de mulleres

but when she gets there,

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

que levan horas esperando a que as atendan.

and the clinic is just a hut full of flies.

A primeira paciente padece unha dor terrible

Outside, there is a line of women

porque ten varias moas podres.

who have waited several hours to be treated.

Jenny dáse conta de que a única solución é arrincar os dentes.

The first patient is in excruciating pain

Non ten licenza para facelo e nunca o fixo.

because she has several rotten molars.

Corre un risco enorme e está aterrada.

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

Nin sequera ten o instrumental axeitado.

Afortunadamente, trouxo algo de anestesia.

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

She risks a lot and she's terrified.

Jenny ten un corazón valente e apaixonado.

She doesn't even have the proper instruments,

Murmura unha pregaria e comeza a operación.

but fortunately, she has brought some novocaine.

Ó rematar, a paciente, aliviada, bícalle as mans.

Jenny has a brave and passionate heart.

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

Ese día, a hixienista saca moitos máis dentes.

At the end, the relieved patient kisses her hands.

Á mañá seguinte, cando chega á mal chamada clínica

a primeira paciente está esperándoa co seu home.

That day the hygienist pulls out many more teeth.

A cara da muller parece unha sandía.

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

Está tan inchada que nin se lle ven os ollos.

her first patient is waiting for her with her husband.

O home, furioso, ameaza con matar a hixienista.

The woman's face looks like a watermelon.

Jenny está horrorizada cos efectos da súa operación.

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

Pero o intérprete explícalle

The husband, furious, threatens to kill the American.

que o estado da paciente non ten nada que ver coa operación.

Jenny is horrified at what she has done.

O día anterior, o marido bateu nela

But then, the translator explains

porque non estaba na casa a tempo para preparar a cea.

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

The day before, her husband beat her up

Hoxe, hai millóns de mulleres vivindo así.

Están na máis absoluta pobreza.

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

A pesar de supoñer dous terzos do traballo no mundo

as mulleres son donas

Millions of women live like this today.

de menos do 1% dos bens.

They are the poorest of the poor.

Págaselles menos cós homes polo mesmo traballo

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

e iso se se lles paga

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

e seguen a ser vulnerables, porque non teñen independencia económica

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

e están constantemente ameazadas pola explotación, a violencia e o abuso.

and they remain vulnerable because they have no economic independence,

É un feito que darlles ás mulleres educación, traballo,

a capacidade de controlar o seu soldo e de herdar e ter propiedades

and they are constantly threatened by exploitation,

violence and abuse.

beneficia a sociedade.

It is a fact that giving women education, work,

Se unha muller está empoderada

os seus fillos e a súa familia benefícianse.

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

Se as familias prosperan, os pobos prosperarán

benefits the society.

e, ó final, prosperará todo o país.

If a woman is empowered,

her children and her family will be better off.

Wangari Maathai vai a un pobo de Kenya.

Explícalles ás mulleres que a terra é estéril

If families prosper, the village prospers,

and eventually, so does the whole country.

porque cortaron e venderon as árbores.

Wangari Maathai goes to a village in Kenya.

Consegue que as mulleres planten árbores novas

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

e que as reguen gota a gota.

Nun prazo de cinco ou seis anos teñen un bosque

because they have cut and sold the trees.

a terra está enriquecida e o pobo está salvado.

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

drop by drop.

As sociedades máis pobres e atrasadas

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

sempre son as que menosprezan as mulleres.

the soil is enriched, and the village is saved.

Porén, esta verdade tan obvia é ignorada polos gobernos

The poorest and most backward societies

e tamén pola filantropía.

are always those that put women down.

Por cada dólar que se dá a un programa de mulleres

dáselles 20 dólares a programas de homes.

Yet this obvious truth is ignored by governments

and also by philanthropy.

As mulleres representan o 51% da humanidade.

For every dollar given to a women's program,

Empoderalas cambiarao todo, máis que a tecnoloxía

20 dollars are given to men's programs.

o deseño ou o entretemento.

Women are 51 percent of humankind.

Prométovolo. As mulleres, traballando xuntas e conectadas

Empowering them will change everything,

more than technology and design and entertainment.

con información e con educación

poden conseguir paz e prosperidade neste planeta perdido.

I can promise you that women working together --

En calquera guerra, as mortes son maiormente de civís

linked, informed and educated --

principalmente mulleres e nenos. Son danos colaterais.

can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

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

Os homes mandan e mirade en que lea estamos.

Que mundo queremos?

mainly women and children.

They are collateral damage.

Esta é a pregunta fundamental que a maioría facemos.

Men run the world,

and look at the mess we have.

Ten sentido formar parte da actual orde mundial?

What kind of world do we want?

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

O que queremos é un mundo onde a vida se protexa

e a calidade de vida se enriqueza para todos

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

e non só para os privilexiados.

We want a world where life is preserved

En xaneiro, fun a unha exposición de cadros de Fernando Botero

and the quality of life is enriched for everybody,

na biblioteca da Univ. de California en Berkeley.

not only for the privileged.

Ningún museo ou galería de EEUU

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

excepto a galería de Nova York que leva a obra de Botero

at the UC Berkeley library.

se atreveu a mostrar os cadros

No museum or gallery in the United States,

porque o tema é a prisión de Abu Ghraib.

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

Son enormes cadros de tortura e abuso de poder

has dared to show the paintings,

no voluminoso estilo de Botero.

because the theme is the Abu Ghraib prison.

Non son capaz de quitar esas imaxes da cabeza

They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power,

ou do corazón.

in the voluminous Botero style.

O que máis medo me mete é o poder con impunidade.

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

Temo o abuso de poder e o poder para abusar.

or my heart.

Na nosa especie, o macho alfa define a realidade

What I fear most is power with impunity.

e forza ó resto da manada a aceptar esa realidade

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

e seguir as normas.

In our species, the alpha males define reality,

As normas cambian, pero sempre os benefician a eles

and force the rest of the pack to accept that reality

e o efecto goteo, que en economía non funciona

and follow the rules.

neste caso funciona perfectamente.

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

O abuso vai desde o máis alto ata o máis baixo da escaleira.

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

As mulleres e os nenos, especialmente os pobres

están abaixo.

works perfectly.

Ata o home máis desamparado ten alguén de quen poder abusar:

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

unha muller ou un neno.

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

Estou farta co poder que uns poucos exercen sobre a maioría

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

a través do xénero, dos ingresos, da raza ou da clase.

a woman or a child.

Creo que chegou o momento

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

de facer cambios fundamentais na nosa civilización.

through gender, income, race and class.

Pero para que haxa cambios reais, necesitamos enerxía feminina

na xestión do mundo.

I think that the time is ripe to make fundamental changes

Necesitamos un número clave de mulleres en posicións de poder

in our civilization.

But for real change, we need feminine energy

e necesitamos promover a enerxía feminina nos homes.

in the management of the world.

Falo de homes con mentes novas, claro.

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

Os vellos son un caso perdido, temos que esperar a que morran.

and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

(Risas)

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

Encantaríame ter as longas pernas de Sophia Loren.

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

e os seus peitos lendarios.

(Laughter)

Pero se me dan a elixir, preferiría os corazóns loitadores

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

de Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny e Rose Mapendo.

and legendary breasts.

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

Quero que este sexa un mundo bo.

Non mellor, senón bo.

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

Por que non? É posible.

Mirade ó voso redor, nesta sala.

I want to make this world good.

Todo este coñecemento, a enerxía, o talento e a tecnoloxía.

Not better -- but to make it good.

Why not? It is possible.

Temos que levantar o cu, remangarnos e traballar apaixonadamente

Look around in this room --

all this knowledge, energy, talent and technology.

para crear un mundo case perfecto.

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

Grazas.

(Aplausos e aclamacións)

and get to work, passionately,

in creating an almost-perfect world.

Thank you.

(Applause and cheers)