Half a million secrets | Frank Warren

Translator: Raquel Caamaño Reviewer: Patricia Álvarez

Hi, my name is Frank,

Ola, o meu nome é Frank

and I collect secrets.

e colecciono segredos.

It all started with a crazy idea

Todo comezou cunha idea tola

in November of 2004.

en novembro do 2004.

I printed up 3,000 self-addressed postcards,

Imprimín máis de 3000 postais coa miña dirección,

just like this.

xusto coma esta.

They were blank on one side,

Estaban en branco por un lado,

and on the other side

e no outro lado

I listed some simple instructions.

listei unhas instrucións sinxelas.

I asked people to anonymously share an artful secret

Pedínlle a xente que compartise anonimamente un segredo enxeñoso

they'd never told anyone before.

que nunca lle contaran a ninguén.

And I handed out these postcards randomly

E repartín esas postais ó azar

on the streets of Washington, D.C.,

polas rúas de Washington D.C.

not knowing what to expect.

sen saber que agardar.

But soon the idea began spreading virally.

Pero a idea deseguida empezou a expandirse.

People began to buy their own postcards

A xente empezou a mercar as súas propias postais

and make their own postcards.

e a facer as súas propias postais.

I started receiving secrets in my home mailbox,

Comecei a recibir segredos na caixa de correo da miña casa,

not just with postmarks from Washington, D.C.,

non só con mataselos de Washington D.C.,

but from Texas, California,

senón de Texas, California,

Vancouver, New Zealand, Iraq.

Vancouver, Nova Zelandia, Iraq.

Soon my crazy idea didn't seem so crazy.

De súpeto a miña tolemia non parecía tal tolemia.

PostSecret.com

PostSecret.com

is the most visited advertisement-free blog in the world.

é o blog sen publicidade máis visitado do mundo.

And this is my postcard collection today.

E esta é a miña colección de postais no presente.

You can see my wife

Podedes ver á miña muller

struggling to stack a brick of postcards

intentando amorear un montón de postais

on a pyramid of over a half-million secrets.

nunha pirámide de máis de medio millón de segredos.

What I'd like to do now

O que me gustaría facer agora

is share with you a very special handful of secrets

é compartir con vós unha manda moi especial de segredos

from that collection,

desa colección,

starting with this one.

empezando por este.

"I found these stamps as a child,

"Atopei estes selos cando era neno,

and I have been waiting all my life

e agardei toda a vida

to have someone to send them to.

a ter alguén a quen mandarllos.

I never did have someone."

Nunca tiven a ninguén."

Secrets can take many forms.

Os segredos poden adoptar moitas formas.

They can be shocking

Poden ser impactantes,

or silly or soulful.

parvos ou conmovedores.

They can connect us to our deepest humanity

Poden conectarnos coa nosa humanidade máis profunda

or with people we'll never meet.

ou con xente que nunca coñeceremos.

(Laughter)

Poño descafeinado ós clientes que son groseiros comigo! (Risos)

Maybe one of you sent this one in.

Pode que un de vós enviara este.

I don't know.

Non o sei.

This one does a great job of demonstrating

Este amosa moi ben

the creativity that people have

a creatividade da xente

when they make and mail me a postcard.

cando fan e me envían unha postal.

This one obviously was made out of half a Starbucks cup

Esta obviamente está feita coa metade dun vaso do Starbucks

with a stamp and my home address written on the other side.

cun selo e a miña dirección escrita no outro lado.

"Dear Birthmother, I have great parents.

"Querida nai biolóxica, teño uns pais xeniais.

I've found love. I'm happy."

Atopei amor. Son feliz".

Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas,

Os segredos poden lembrarnos os incontables dramas humanos,

of frailty and heroism,

debilidades e heroísmo,

playing out silently

actuando silandeiramente

in the lives of people all around us

nas vidas da xente do noso arredor

even now.

mesmo agora.

"Everyone who knew me before 9/11

"Todo o mundo que me coñecía antes do 11S

believes I'm dead."

cre que estou morto".

"I used to work with a bunch of uptight religious people,

"Adoitaba traballar cunha manda de persoas relixiosas pechadas,

so sometimes I didn't wear panties,

así que de cando en vez non levaba bragas

and just had a big smile and chuckled to myself."

e simplemente amosaba un gran sorriso e ría por dentro".

(Laughter)

(Risos)

This next one takes a little explanation before I share it with you.

O seguinte precisa unha pequena explicación antes de que volo ensine.

I love to speak on college campuses

Encántame falar nos campus universitarios

and share secrets and the stories with students.

e compartir segredos e historias cos estudantes.

And sometimes afterwards I'll stick around

E ás veces quedo despois

and sign books and take photos with students.

e asino libros e fágome fotos cos estudantes.

And this next postcard was made

E a seguinte postal está feita

out of one of those photos.

cunha desas fotos.

And I should also mention that, just like today,

E tamén debo mencionar que, igual que hoxe,

at that PostSecret event,

no evento de PostSecret,

I was using a wireless microphone.

estaba a usar un micrófono sen cables.

"Your mic wasn't off during sound check.

"O teu micrófono non estaba apagado durante a proba de son.

We all heard you pee."

Todos te escoitamos mexar".

(Laughter)

(Risos)

This was really embarrassing when it happened,

Isto foi moi avergoñante cando sucedeu,

until I realized it could have been worse.

ata que me decatei de que podería ser peor.

Right. You know what I'm saying.

Sabedes o que quero dicir.

(Laughter)

(Risos)

"Inside this envelope

"Dentro deste sobre

is the ripped up remains

están os anacos rotos

of a suicide note I didn't use.

dunha carta de suicidio que non usei.

I feel like the happiest person on Earth (now.)"

Síntome como a persoa máis feliz do mundo (agora)".

"One of these men is the father of my son.

"Un destes homes é o pai do meu fillo.

He pays me a lot to keep it a secret."

Pagoume unha morea para que mantivera o segredo".

(Laughter)

(Risos)

"That Saturday when you wondered where I was,

"Aquel sábado que te preguntabas onde estaba,

well, I was getting your ring.

ben, estaba mercando o teu anel.

It's in my pocket right now."

Está no meu peto nestes momentos".

I had this postcard posted on the PostSecret blog

Publiquei esta postal no blog de PostSecret

two years ago on Valentine's Day.

hai dous anos no día de San Valentín.

It was the very bottom, the last secret in the long column.

Estaba abaixo de todo, o último segredo da longa columna.

And it hadn't been up for more than a couple hours

E non pasaran máis de un par de horas

before I received this exuberant email

cando recibín este exuberante e-mail

from the guy who mailed me this postcard.

do rapaz que me enviara esta postal.

And he said, "Frank, I've got to share with you

Dicía: "Frank, teño que compartir contigo

this story that just played out in my life."

a historia que acaba de pasar na miña vida".

He said, "My knees are still shaking."

Dicía: "Os meus xeonllos aínda están a tremer".

He said, "For three years, my girlfriend and I,

Dicía: "Hai tres anos que a miña moza e máis eu

we've made it this Sunday morning ritual

temos o ritual matinal dos domingos

to visit the PostSecret blog together

de visitar o blog de PostSecret xuntos

and read the secrets out loud.

e ler os segredos en voz alta.

I read some to her, she reads some to me."

Eu léolle uns a ela, ela leme outros a min".

He says, "It's really brought us closer together

Dicía: "iso realmente nos uniu

through the years.

durante estes anos.

And so when I discovered

E entón cando descubrín

that you had posted

que colgaras

my surprise proposal to my girlfriend at the very bottom,

a miña proposición sorpresa para a miña moza ó final de todo,

I was beside myself.

estaba fóra de min.

And I tried to act calm, not to give anything away.

Intentei actuar con calma, non amosar nada.

And just like every Sunday,

E coma cada domingo

we started reading the secrets out loud to each other."

comezamos a ler os segredos en voz alto un ó outro".

He said, "But this time it seemed like it was taking her forever

Dicía: "pero esta vez parecía que tardaba anos

to get through each one."

en pasar dun ó outro".

But she finally did.

Pero finalmente o fixo.

She got to that bottom secret, his proposal to her.

Chegou o segredo do final, a súa proposición para ela.

And he said, "She read it once and then she read it again."

E dicía: "leuno unha vez, e despois o volveu ler."

And she turned to him and said,

Virouse cara el e lle dixo.

"Is that our cat?"

"Non é ese o noso gato?"

(Laughter)

(Risos)

And when she saw him,

E cando o mirou

he was down on one knee, he had the ring out.

estaba cun xeonllo no chan, ensinándolle o anel.

He popped the question, she said yes. It was a very happy ending.

Fíxolle a pregunta, dixo que si. Foi un final moi feliz.

So I emailed him back

Así que lle respondín

and I said, "Please share with me an image, something,

e lle dixen, "Por favor, mándame unha imaxe ou algo

that I can share with the whole PostSecret community

que poida compartir con toda a comunidade de PostSecret

and let everyone know your fairy tale ending."

para que todo o mundo saiba o final da túa historia de conto".

And he emailed me this picture.

E mandoume esta fotografía.

(Laughter)

(Risos)

"I found your camera at Lollapalooza this summer.

"Atopei a túa cámara en Lollapalooza este verán.

I finally got the pictures developed

Por fin as levei a revelar

and I'd love to give them to you."

e gustaríame darchas".

This picture never got returned back

Esta fotografía nunca foi devolta

to the people who lost it,

á xente que a perdera,

but this secret has impacted many lives,

pero este segredo impactou en moitas vidas,

starting with a student up in Canada

empezando cun estudante de Canadá

named Matty.

chamado Matty.

Matty was inspired by that secret

Matty inspirouse neste segredo

to start his own website,

para empezar o seu propio sitio web,

a website called IFoundYourCamera.

unha web chamada IFoundYourCamera.

Matty invites people

Matty invita a xente

to mail him digital cameras that they've found,

a enviarlle cámaras dixitais que atoparan,

memory sticks that have been lost

memorias que se perderan

with orphan photos.

con fotos orfas.

And Matty takes the pictures off these cameras

E Matty colle as fotografías desas cámaras

and posts them on his website every week.

e as colga na súa web cada semana.

And people come to visit

E a xente as visita

to see if they can identify a picture they've lost

para ver se poden identificar una fotografía que perderan

or help somebody else get the photos back to them

ou axudar a alguén a recuperar as fotografías

that they might be desperately searching for.

que pode que estiveran buscando desesperadamente.

This one's my favorite.

Esta é a miña favorita.

(Laughter)

(Risos)

Matty has found this ingenious way

Matty atopou esta enxeñosa maneira

to leverage the kindness of strangers.

de aumentar a amabilidade dos descoñecidos.

And it might seem like a simple idea, and it is,

E pode parecer unha idea simple, e o é,

but the impact it can have on people's lives can be huge.

pero o impacto que pode ter na vida das persoas pode ser enorme.

Matty shared with me

Matty compartiu comigo

an emotional email he received

un emotivo e-mail que recibiu

from the mother in that picture.

da nai desta fotografía.

"That's me, my husband and son.

"Esta son eu co meu marido e o meu fillo.

The other pictures are of my very ill grandmother.

As outras fotografías son da miña avoa, que está moi enferma.

Thank you for making your site.

Grazas por crear este sitio.

These pictures mean more to me than you know.

Estas fotografías significan para min máis do que poidas imaxinar.

My son's birth is on this camera.

O nacemento do meu fillo está nesta cámara.

He turns four tomorrow."

Mañá cumpre catro anos".

Every picture that you see there

Cada fotografía que podedes ver aí

and thousands of others

e outros centos

have been returned back to the person who lost it --

foron devoltas á persoa que as perdera,

sometimes crossing oceans,

as veces cruzando océanos,

sometimes going through language barriers.

outras superando a barreira da linguaxe.

This is the last postcard I have to share with you today.

Esta é a última postal que teño para compartir con vós hoxe.

"When people I love

"Cando a xente que quero

leave voicemails on my phone

deixa mensaxes de voz no meu teléfono

I always save them in case they die tomorrow

sempre os gardo por se acaso morren mañá

and I have no other way

e non teño outra maneira

of hearing their voice ever again."

de escoitar a súa voz outra vez".

When I posted this secret,

Cando colguei este segredo,

dozens of people

ducias de persoas

sent voicemail messages from their phones,

enviaron mensaxes de voz dos seus teléfonos

sometimes ones they'd been keeping for years,

ás veces algúns que os tiveran gardados durante anos

messages from family or friends

mensaxes da familia ou amigos

who had died.

que morreran.

They said that by preserving those voices

Dixeron que preservando esas voces

and sharing them,

e compartíndoas

it helped them keep the spirit of their loved ones alive.

axudábanlles a manter o espírito dos seres queridos vivo.

One young girl

Unha rapariga xove

posted the last message

colgou a última mensaxe

she ever heard from her grandmother.

que escoitara da súa avoa.

Secrets can take many forms.

Os segredos poden adoptar moitas formas.

They can be shocking or silly

Poden ser impactantes ou parvos

or soulful.

ou conmovedores.

They can connect us with our deepest humanity

Poden conectarnos coa nosa humanidade máis profunda

or with people we'll never meet again.

ou con xente que nunca volveremos ver.

Voicemail recording: First saved voice message.

Mensaxe de voz: primeira mensaxe de voz gardada

Grandma: ♫ It's somebody's birthday today ♫

Avoa: ♫ É o aniversario de alguén hoxe ♫

♫ Somebody's birthday today ♫

♫ O aniversario de alguén hoxe ♫

♫ The candles are lighted ♫

♫ As candeas están acesas ♫

♫ on somebody's cake ♫

♫ na torta de alguén ♫

♫ And we're all invited ♫

♫ E todos estamos convidados ♫

♫ for somebody's sake ♫

♫ á torta de alguén ♫

You're 21 years old today.

Hoxe cumpres 21 anos.

Have a real happy birthday, and I love you.

Que teñas un moi feliz aniversario, quérote.

I'll say bye for now.

Adeus de momento.

FW: Thank you.

FW: Grazas.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

Thank you.

Grazas.

(Applause)

(Aplausos)

June Cohen: Frank, that was beautiful,

June Cohen: Frank, iso foi precioso,

so touching.

tan emotivo.

Have you ever sent yourself a postcard?

Algunha vez enviácheste a ti mesmo unha postal?

Have you ever sent in a secret to PostSecret?

Algunha vez enviaches un segredo a PostSecret?

FW: I have one of my own secrets in every book.

FW: Teño un segredo propio en cada libro.

I think in some ways, the reason I started the project,

Creo que, dalgunha maneira, a razón pola que comecei o proxecto,

even though I didn't know it at the time,

aínda que non o soubera nese momento

was because I was struggling with my own secrets.

foi porque estaba pelexando cos meus propios segredos.

And it was through crowd-sourcing,

E foi grazas á externalización,

it was through the kindness that strangers were showing me,

a través da amabilidade que os descoñecidos me amosaban,

that I could uncover

que puiden destapar

parts of my past that were haunting me.

partes do meu pasado que me estaban a perseguir.

JC: And has anyone ever discovered

JC: E algunha vez alguén descubriu

which secret was yours in the book?

cal era o teu segredo no libro?

Has anyone in your life been able to tell?

Alguén da túa vida o conseguiu descubrir?

FW: Sometimes I share that information, yeah.

FW: Algunhas veces comparto esa información, si.

(Laughter)

(Risos)

(Applause)

(Aplausos)