Jamila Lyiscott: 3 ways to speak English | TED

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Today,

Danas

a baffled lady observed

jedna zbunjena žena je primetila

the shell where my soul dwells

školjku u kojoj moja duša živi

And announced that I'm

I izjavila je da sam

"razgovetna"

"articulate"

Which means that when it comes

Što znači da kad su u pitanju

to enunciation and diction

dikcija i izgovor

I don't even think of it

Ja o tome i ne razmišljam

‘Cause I’m "articulate"

Jer ja sam "razgovetna"

So when my professor asks a question

Kada moj profesor postavi pitanje

And my answer is tainted with a connotation

A ja odgovoram sa konotacijom

of urbanized suggestion

urbanizovanog predloga

There’s no misdirected intention

Nema pogrešno usmerenih namera

Pay attention

‘Cause I’m “articulate”

Obratite pažnju

Jer ja sam "razgovetna"

So when my father asks, “Wha’ kinda ting is dis?”

I kad moj tata pita, "Kak'a je ovo stvar?"

My “articulate” answer never goes amiss

Moj "razgovetni" odgovor nikada nije pogrešan

I say “father, this is the impending problem at hand”

Ja kažem: "Oče, ovo je važan problem trenutno"

And when I’m on the block

I switch it up just because I can

I kada sam u bloku

Ja se prebacim, jer ja to mogu

So when my boy says, “What’s good with you son?”

I kada mi tebra kaže: "Š'a ima sine?"

I just say, “I jus’ fall out wit dem people but I done!”

Ja samo kažem: "Samo sam se povukla od tih ljudi, ali sam gotova!"

I ponekad u učionici

And sometimes in class

I might pause the intellectual sounding flow to ask

Možda sam zaustavila intelektualnu diskusiju u toku da pitam

“Yo! Why dese books neva be about my peoples”

"Ej! Zašto ove knjige nikad nisu o mojim ljudima"

Yes, I have decided to treat

Jeste, odlučila sam da tretiram

all three of my languages as equals

sva tri moja jezika kao ravnopravne

Because I’m “articulate”

Jer ja sam "razgovetna"

But who controls articulation?

Ali ko kontroliše razgovetnost?

Because the English language is a multifaceted oration

Engleski jezik je višesložni jezik

Subject to indefinite transformation

podložan stalnim promenama

Now you may think that it is ignorant to speak broken English

Sada, možda mislite da je neznalica onaj ko govori šatrovačkim

But I’m here to tell you that even “articulate” Americans

Ali ja sam ovde da bih vam rekla da i "razgovetni" Amerikanci

sound foolish to the British

zvuče blesavo Britancima

So when my Professor comes on the block and says, “Hello”

Stoga kada moj profesor dođe u blok i kaže "Zdravo"

I stop him and say “Noooo …

Ja ga zaustavim i kažem "Neeee...

You’re being inarticulate …

Vi ste nerazgovetni...

the proper way is to say ‘what’s good’”

pravilno je reći 'š'a ima'"

Now you may think that’s too hood, that’s not cool

Sada, možda mislite da zvučim kao klinja iz kraja, to nije kul

But I’m here to tell you that even our language has rules

Ali sam ovde da vam kažem da i naš jezik ima pravila

So when Mommy mocks me and says

I kada me mama zadirkuje i kaže

“ya’ll-be-madd-going-to-the-store”

"ti si luda ako ćeš ići u tu radnju"

I say “Mommy, no, that sentence is not following the law

Ja kažem: "Mamice, ne, ta rečenica ne prati pravila

Never does the word "madd" go before a present participle

nikada pridev "lud" ne ide ispred sadašnjeg participa

That’s simply the principle of this English”

To je jednostavno pravilo ovog engleskog"

If I had the vocal capacity I would

Kada bih imala vokalne mogućnosti,

sing this from every mountaintop,

pevala bih ovo sa vrha bilo koje planine

From every suburbia, and every hood

Iz svakog predgrađa, iz svakog kraja

‘Cause the only God of language is the one recorded in the Genesis

"Jer samo je Bog jezika taj koji je zapisan u knjizi Postanja

Of this world saying “it is good"

ovoga sveta govoreći "dobro je"

So I may not always come before you

Stoga, možda neću uvek stati ispred vas

with excellency of speech

Sa savršenim govorom ali nemojte mi suditi

But do not judge me by my language and assume

na osnovu mog jezika

That I’m too ignorant to teach

i zaključiti da sam neznalica da predajem

‘Cause I speak three tongues

Jer ja pričam tri jezika

One for each:

Home, school and friends

jedan za svaki od ovih:

kuću, školu i prijatelje

I’m a tri-lingual orator

Ja sam trojezični govornik

Sometimes I’m consistent with my language now

Ponekada se držim pravila kao sad

Then switch it up so I don’t bore later

onda se prebacim da mi kasnije ne bi dosadilo

Sometimes I fight back two tongues

Ponekada se borim sa dva jezika

While I use the other one in the classroom

dok koristim onaj treći u učionici

And when I mistakenly mix them up

i onda ih greškom pomešam

I feel crazy like … I’m cooking in the bathroom

I osećam se ludo kao da kuvam u kupatilu

I know that I had to borrow your language

Znam da moram pozajmiti od vašeg jezika

because mines was stolen

jer su moji ukradeni

But you can’t expect me to speak your history wholly

Ali ne očekujte da govorim o vašoj istoriji u potpunosti

while mines is broken

These words are spoken

kada je moja slomljena

Ove reči je izgovorio neko

By someone who is simply fed up with

kome su prekipeli

the Eurocentric ideals of this season

evrocentrički ideali ove sezone

And the reason I speak a composite version of your language

I razlog zbog koga ja pričam izmenjenom verzijom vašeg jezika

Is because mines was raped away along with my history

je taj što je moj razaran tokom istorije

I speak broken English so the profusing gashes can remind us

Govorim oštećenim engleskim da bi nas duboke rane podsetile

That our current state is not a mystery

na trenutno stanje koje nije misterija

I’m so tired of the negative images that are driving my people mad

Toliko sam se umorila od ružnih slika koje izluđuju moje ljude

So unless you’ve seen it rob a bank stop calling my hair bad

I osim ako je ne vidite da pljačka banku, ne govorite kako mi je frizura loša

I’m so sick of this nonsensical racial disparity

Toliko mi je muka od ovih besmislenih rasnih razlika

So don’t call it good unless your hair is known

I nemojte je zvati dobrim, ukoliko je vaša kosa poznata

for donating to charity

po doniranju dobrotvornim ustanovama

As much as has been raped away from our people

Jer koliko god je bio izmučen jezik naših ljudi

Kako možete da očekujete da se ponašam prema njihovom tragu na vašem jeziku

How can you expect me to treat their imprint on your language

kao bilo čemu što je manje od ravnopravnog

As anything less than equal

Let there be no confusion

Hajde da ne bude zabune

Let there be no hesitation

Hajde da ne bude oklevanja

This is not a promotion of ignorance

Ovo nije promovisanje neznanja

This is a linguistic celebration

Ovo je lingvističko slavlje

That’s why I put "tri-lingual" on my last job application

Zato sam stavila "trojezični govornik" na mojoj najskorijoj prijavi za posao

I can help to diversify your consumer market

Pomažem da se razlikuje vaše kupovno tržište

is all I wanted them to know

i to je sve što sam htela da oni znaju

And when they call me for the interview

I kada me pozovu na razgovor

I’ll be more than happy to show that

I can say:

rado bih pokazala

“What’s good”

da mogu da kažem:

"Š'a ima"

“Whatagwan”

And of course …“Hello”

"Š'a bilo"

i naravno "Zdravo"

Because I’m “articulate”

Jer ja sam "razgovetna"

Thank you.

Hvala.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)