Maya Penn: Meet a young entrepreneur, cartoonist, designer, activist ... | TED

翻译人员: Zhiting Chen 校对人员: Geoff Chen

Server: May I help you, sir?

服务器：先生，请问有什么可以帮您吗？

Customer: Uh, let's see.

顾客：恩，让我看看。

Server: We have pan seared registry error

服务器： 我们有注册错误烤盘，

sprinkled with the finest corrupted data,

洒有最好的已损坏数据，

binary brioche, RAM sandwiches,

二进制奶油蛋卷、随机存取储存三明治

Conficker fitters,

配飞客蠕虫病毒，

and a scripting salad with or without polymorphic dressing,

和脚本沙拉，以及多态酱汁供您选择，

and a grilled coding kabob.

还有编码烤肉串。

Customer: I'd like a RAM sandwich

客户：我选随机存取存储器三明治

and a glass of your finest Code 39.

和一杯最好的代码 39 酒。

Server: Would you like any desserts, sir?

服务器： 请问先生需要甜品吗？

Our special is tracking cookie.

我们特别菜是网路跟踪器曲奇。

Customer: I'd like a batch of some zombie tracking cookies, thank you.

客户： 我想要一份僵尸跟踪曲奇，谢谢。

Server: Coming right up, sir.

服务器： 马上就好，先生。

Your food will be served shortly.

不久将为你呈上菜品。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Maya Penn: I've been drawing ever since I could hold a crayon,

玛雅·佩恩: 在我会拿蜡笔的时候 我就开始画画了，

and I've been making animated flip books

从三岁开始，我就在

since I was three years old.

制作动画手翻书，

At that age, I also learned about what an animator was.

很小的时候，我就知道 动画片绘制者是什么。

There was a program on TV about jobs

那时有一个关于工作的电视节目，

most kids don't know about.

大多数孩子都不知道那是什么。

When I understood that an animator

当我了解到，我在电视上看到的卡通

makes the cartoons I saw on TV,

都出自动画设计者之手的时候，

I immediately said, "That's what I want to be."

我马上说："我想要成为这样的人。"

I don't know if I said it mentally or out loud,

我不知道是否以一种疯狂或大声的语气，

but that was a greatly defining moment in my life.

但那是我生命中重大的决定性时刻。

Animation and art has always been my first love.

动画和艺术一直是我的最爱。

It was my love for technology that sparked the idea

我对技术的热爱点亮了

for "Malicious Dishes."

“邪恶菜肴”这个想法，

There was a virus on my computer,

我的电脑上有病毒，

and I was trying to get rid of it,

我一直在试图消除它，

and all of a sudden, I just thought,

突然之间，我想到，

what if viruses have their own little world inside the computer?

病毒们在计算机内部 有自己的小世界吗？

Maybe a restaurant where they meet up

也许有个餐厅，病毒们时常在那里碰面

and do virusy things?

做坏事？

And thus, "Malicious Dishes" was born.

因此，"邪恶菜肴"出现了。

At four years old, my dad showed me

在我四岁的时候，我爸爸展示了

how to take apart a computer and put it back together again.

如何拆开计算机，再把它拼装回去的过程。

That started my love for technology.

这开启了我对技术的喜爱。

I built my first website myself in HTML,

我用超文本标记语言 搭建了自己的第一个网站，

and I'm learning JavaScript and Python.

我正在学习脚本语言和和 Python 语言。

I'm also working on an animated series

我同时还在制作一个动画系列，

called "The Pollinators."

叫作"传粉者"。

It's about bees and other pollinators in our environment

有关于自然界中蜜蜂和其它传粉者

and why they're so important.

以及它们为什么如此重要。

If plants aren't pollinated by the pollinators,

如果传粉昆虫不给植物授粉，

then all creatures, including ourselves,

所有依靠这些植物生存的生物

that depend on these plants, would starve.

包括我们自己就会被挨饿。

So I decided to take these cool creatures

所以我将这些很酷的生物

and make a superhero team.

组建成一个超级英雄团队。

(Applause)

（掌声）

(Foot stomp)

(跺脚声)

(Music)

（音乐）

(Roar)

（大吼）

Pollinator: Deforestsaurus! I should have known!

传粉者： 破坏森林的惧龙! 我就知道是你！

I need to call on the rest of the Pollinators!

我需要呼叫其它的传粉者们！

(Music)

（音乐）

Thank you. (Applause)

谢谢。（掌声）

All of my animations start with ideas,

所有我的动画都起源于创意，

but what are ideas?

但什么是创意？

Ideas can spark a movement.

创意能激发行动。

Ideas are opportunities and innovation.

创意意味着机会和创新。

Ideas truly are what make the world go round.

创意是世界运转的源泉。

If it wasn't for ideas, we wouldn't be

如果不是有创意， 我们就不会是现在这样

where we are now with technology, medicine,

有科技、 医药、

art, culture, and how we even live our lives.

艺术、 文化以及我们的生活方式。

At eight years old, I took my ideas

八岁那年，我将我的创意付诸实践

and started my own business called Maya's Ideas,

开创了自己的生意，叫作“玛雅的创意”

and my nonprofit, Maya's Ideas for the Planet.

和我的非盈利性组织-- “玛雅有关地球的创意”。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And I make eco-friendly clothing and accessories.

我制作环保材料的服装和配饰。

I'm 13 now, and although I started my business

我现在 13 岁，尽管我在 2008 年开始了

in 2008,

我的生意，

my artistic journey started way before then.

我的艺术之旅在那之前很早就开始了。

I was greatly influenced by art, and I wanted to

艺术给予我极大地影响，我想要

incorporate it in everything I did, even my business.

把它纳入我所做的一切，甚至是我的生意。

I would find different fabrics around the house,

我会在房子周围找寻不同的面料，

and say, "This could be a scarf or a hat,"

并说，"这可以是一条围巾或帽子。"

and I had all these ideas for designs.

我有着很多设计灵感，

I noticed when I wore my creations,

当我穿着我自己的作品时，我注意到

people would stop me and say,

人们会暂住脚步问说，

"Wow, that's really cute. Where can I get one?"

"哇，这真的很可爱。在哪儿能买到呢?"

And I thought, I can start my own business.

我想，我可以开始自己的生意了。

Now I didn't have any business plans

那时我没有任何的商业计划，

at only eight years old.

也只有八岁。

I only knew I wanted to make pretty creations

我只知道我想要制作漂亮的饰品，

that were safe for the environment

用对环境安全无害的材料和方式

and I wanted to give back.

我想要回馈自然。

My mom taught me how to sew,

我妈妈教我缝纫技术，

and on my back porch, I would sit and make

我坐在走廊后面，

little headbands out of ribbon,

用缎带制作发箍，

and I would write down the names and the price of each item.

并写下产品名和价格。

I started making more items like hats,

我开始制作更多的饰品，像是帽子，

scarves and bags.

围巾和包袋。

Soon, my items began selling all over the world,

很快，我的作品销往世界各地，

and I had customers in Denmark, Italy, Australia,

购买的客户来自丹麦、 意大利、 澳大利亚、

Canada and more.

加拿大和其它国家。

Now, I had a lot to learn about my business,

现在，我有学习更多商业知识，

like branding and marketing,

像品牌塑造和市场营销，

staying engaged with my customers,

同我的老客户沟通，

and seeing what sold the most and the least.

看看什么卖得最好， 什么销量最糟。

Soon, my business really started to take off.

很快，我的生意真的开始飞黄腾达了。

Then one day, Forbes magazine contacted me when I was 10 years old.

然后有一天，《福布斯》杂志联系我， 那时我只有 10 岁。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

They wanted to feature me and my company

他们想要写关于我

in their article.

和我公司的文章。

Now a lot of people ask me,

现在很多人问我，

why is your business eco-friendly?

为什么你的生意是环境友好型的？

I've had a passion for protecting the environment

从小开始，我就有 保护环境和生活在其中的

and its creatures since I was little.

小小生物的热情。

My parents taught me at an early age

我很小的时候，父母就教给我

about giving back and being a good steward to the environment.

要回馈和善待环境。

I heard about how the dyes in some clothing

我了解到，一些衣物的染料

or the process of even making the items

或衣物的生产过程

was harmful to the people and the planet,

对人类和地球是有害的。

so I started doing my own research,

所以我开始研究，

and I discovered that even after dyeing has being completed,

我发现甚至在染色完成后，

there is a waste issue that gives a negative impact

废弃的污水还会造成

on the environment.

环境污染。

For example, the grinding of materials,

例如，磨材料，

or the dumping of dried powder materials.

或倾倒干粉材料。

These actions can pollute the air,

这些行为会污染空气，

making it toxic to anyone or anything that inhales it.

对于人体和环境是有毒的。

So when I started my business,

所以，当我开始自己生意的时候，

I knew two things:

两件事是很确定的：

All of my items had to be eco-friendly,

我的作品必须是环保的，

and 10 to 20 percent of the profits I made

利润的 10% 到 20%

went to local and global charities

要捐给当地和世界上的慈善机构

and environmental organizations.

和环境保护组织。

(Applause)

（掌声）

I feel I'm part of the new wave of entrepreneurs

我觉得我是新兴企业家的一部分

that not only seeks to have a successful business,

不单只追求建立一个成功的企业，

but also a sustainable future.

而且要建立一个可持续的未来。

I feel that I can meet the needs of my customers

我觉得可以满足客户的需求，

without compromising the ability of future generations

在不损害后代享有

to live in a greener tomorrow.

更加绿色的未来的前提下。

We live in a big, diverse and beautiful world,

我们生活在一个广阔的、 多样的美丽世界，

and that makes me even more passionate to save it.

这让我更有保护这一切的热情。

But it's never enough to just to get it through your heads

但只用头脑来想想， 我们的世界正在发生些什么

about the things that are happening in our world.

是远远不够的。

It takes to get it through your hearts,

还要通过你们的心，

because when you get it through your heart,

因为当你用心感受这件事，

that is when movements are sparked.

就会有所行动。

That is when opportunities

那时，机会

and innovation are created,

和创新就会出现

and that is why ideas come to life.

这也就是为什么创意能成为现实。

Thank you, and peace and blessings.

谢谢你，和平与祝福。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you. (Applause)

谢谢。（掌声）

Pat Mitchell: So, you heard Maya talk about

帕特 · 米切尔： 玛雅谈到

the amazing parents who are behind

在她背后支持她的令人赞叹的父母

this incredible woman. Where are they?

他们在哪里？

Please, Mr. and Mrs. Penn. Would you just -- Ah!

有请佩恩先生和夫人 ！

(Applause)

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