The magic of truth and lies (and iPods) | Marco Tempest

翻译人员: Jiwei Qu 校对人员: Lawrence Wang

So the type of magic I like, and I'm a magician,

我是个魔术师，我喜欢的魔术类型

is magic that uses technology to create illusions.

是用科技创造

错觉的魔术

So I would like to show you something I've been working on.

所以我想给大家展示一下我所从事的事情

这是个应用软件

It's an application

that I think will be useful for artists -- multimedia artists in particular.

我觉得它对艺术家们有用--

特别多媒体艺术家

它能在几个移动设备之间

It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices.

进行多屏幕视频同步

我向在座的观众

I borrowed these three iPods from people here in the audience

借了这三台ipod

to show you what I mean.

协助我进行表演

我将通过它们来向大家讲述

And I'm going to use them to tell you a little bit about my favorite subject:

一点我最喜欢的一个主题

deception.

欺骗

(Music)

（音乐）

我最喜欢的一个魔术师

One of my favorite magicians is Karl Germain.

是 卡尔·戈尔门

He had this wonderful trick where a rosebush would bloom

他变过一个很棒的戏法

让蔷薇花

right in front of your eyes.

在你眼前盛开

But it was his production of a butterfly that was the most beautiful.

但最厉害的是他变出了一只蝴蝶

那才是最美的

(Recording) Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen,

（录音）旁白：女士们 先生们

the creation of life.

生命的创造

(Applause)

(鼓掌）

(Music)

（音乐）

Marco Tempest: When asked about deception,

马可·坦布斯特： 当问及欺骗时

他这样说：

he said this:

旁白：魔术是唯一诚实的职业

Announcer: Magic is the only honest profession.

A magician promises to deceive you --

魔术师承诺要欺骗你--

他做到了

and he does.

MT: I like to think of myself as an honest magician.

马可：我觉得自己是个诚实的魔术师

我用到许多手法

I use a lot of tricks,

which means that sometimes I have to lie to you.

也就是说

有时我不得不对大家撒谎

Now I feel bad about that.

现在我对此有点于心不安

But people lie every day.

但是人们每天都在撒谎

(Ringing)

（电话铃声）稍等

Hold on.

Phone: Hey, where are you?

女士来电：嘿，你在哪？

MT: Stuck in traffic. I'll be there soon.

马可：我正堵在路上，马上到

你们一定也说过类似的谎

You've all done it.

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Music)

女士：我马上就好，亲爱的

Right: I'll be ready in just a minute, darling.

Center: It's just what I've always wanted.

男士：这正是我一直想要的

Left: You were great.

女士：你真了不起

MT: Deception,

马可：欺骗

it's a fundamental part of life.

这是我们生活重要的一部分

Now polls show

调查显示

that men tell twice as many lies as women --

男人说谎的次数是女人的

两倍--

assuming the women they asked told the truth.

假设受访的女性没说谎的话

（笑声）

(Laughing)

We deceive to gain advantage

我们通过欺骗获得优势

and to hide our weaknesses.

同时隐藏我们的缺点

The Chinese general Sun Tzu said that all war was based on deception.

中国的军事家孙子

认为所有的战争

都是基于欺骗

奥斯卡·王尔德

Oscar Wilde said the same thing of romance.

认为浪漫也是如此

Some people deceive

有些人

for money.

为了钱从事行骗

Let's play a game.

让我们做个游戏

Three cards, three chances.

三张牌，三次机会

Announcer: One five will get you 10, 10 will get you 20.

旁白：押五收益为10，押10得20

Now, where's the lady?

红桃Q在哪里？

Where is the queen?

哪张是皇后？

马可：这张？

MT: This one?

Sorry. You lose.

不好意思，你输了

Well, I didn't deceive you.

我并没有欺骗你

You deceived yourself.

你自己欺骗了自己

Self-deception.

自我欺骗

That's when we convince ourselves that a lie is the truth.

当我们自己说服了自己时

谎言就是事实

Sometimes it's hard to tell the two apart.

有时很难分清谎言和事实

沉迷于赌博的人

Compulsive gamblers are experts at self-deception.

很善于自我欺骗

(Slot machine)

（老虎机的声音）

They believe they can win.

他们坚信他们能赢

They forget the times they lose.

却忘记已经输了多少次了

The brain is very good at forgetting.

人的大脑是很健忘的

Bad experiences are quickly forgotten.

对于不好的经历忘记的更快

不好的经历

Bad experiences quickly disappear.

快速消失

这就是为什么在这个庞大而又孤独的宇宙中

Which is why in this vast and lonely cosmos,

人类是如此的乐观的原因

we are so wonderfully optimistic.

我们的自我欺骗

Our self-deception becomes a positive illusion --

变成了一种积极的错觉--

为什么电影

why movies are able to take us onto extraordinary adventures;

可以把我们带入奇妙的冒险中

为什么我们相信罗密欧

why we believe Romeo when he says he loves Juliet;

当他说他爱朱丽叶的时候

and why single notes of music,

为什么单个音符

when played together,

当演奏在一起的时候

become a sonata and conjure up meaning.

就变成了奏鸣曲并被赋予了含义

月光曲

That's "Clair De lune."

Its composer, called Debussy,

它的作曲家是德彪西

认为艺术

said that art was the greatest deception of all.

是世上最伟大的欺骗

Art is a deception that creates real emotions --

艺术是创造了

真实情感的欺骗--

a lie that creates a truth.

一个创造了真实的谎言

当你让自己沉浸在这种骗局之中的时候

And when you give yourself over to that deception,

就成为了魔术

it becomes magic.

[MAGIC]

(Music fades slowly)

(Applause)

（掌声）

谢谢，非常感谢

Thank you. Thank you very much.

（掌声）

(Applause)