A political party for women's equality | Sandi Toksvig

翻译人员: Junyi Sha 校对人员: 柚羕 胡

I am so excited to be here.

来到这儿，我很激动。

Everything in America is so much bigger than in Europe.

美国这儿的一切都比要比欧洲大。

Look at me -- I am huge!

看看这巨大的我！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's fantastic!

太神奇了！

And TED Talks -- TED Talks are where everybody has great ideas.

在TED演讲，TED演讲 中每个人都有伟大的想法。

So the question is: Where do those great ideas come from?

所以问题就是： 这些伟大的想法来自何处？

Well, it's a little bit of debate,

好吧，这是一个有点儿争议的问题，

but it's generally reckoned that the average person --

但是通俗认知是，平均每个人－

that's me --

以我为例－

has about 50,000 thoughts a day.

每天会有大约5万个想法。

Which is a lot,

听起来很多，

直到你得知其中95%

until you realize that 95 percent of them

are the same ones you had the day before.

会和之前一天内容相同。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And a lot of mine are really boring, OK?

我的很多想法都很无聊，真的。

I think things like,

我会想些这样的事，

"Oh! I know -- I must clean the floor.

“喔！我知道我要扫地了。”

Oh! I forgot to walk the dog."

“糟了！忘了遛狗了。”

My most popular:

最高频的：

"Don't eat that cookie."

“别吃那块饼干。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So, 95 percent repetition.

所以，有95%的重复内容。

That leaves us with just a five percent window of opportunity each day

那每天就只给我们 留下了5%的剩余机会

to actually think something new.

去真正想些新的东西。

And some of my new thoughts are useless.

但是我的一些新想法是无用的。

The other day I was watching some sports on television,

有一天，我正在看电视上的体育节目，

and I was trying to decide why I just don't engage with it.

然后我就试图去想为什么我不从事它。

我对此感到好奇。

Some of it I find curious.

This is odd.

这好奇怪的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

你认为，为了能在那样的角度 看到自己的脚后跟

Do you think it would be worth being that flexible

just to be able to see your heel at that angle?

而变得那样柔韧值得吗？

（笑声）

(Laughter)

结论就是：

And here's the thing:

I'm never going to be able to relate to that,

我不会再做出那样的联系了，

因为我永远也没法做到这样，是吧？

because I'm never going to be able to do it, OK?

Well, not twice, anyway.

所以，不会再次想到这件事了。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

但我会告诉你们真相。

But I'll tell you the truth.

The truth is I have never been any good at sport, OK?

真相就是我从没有 在任何体育项目上擅长过。

I've reached that wonderful age when all my friends say,

我已经到了听朋友们说： “多么希望我能

重返18岁时的体力与健康。” 的奇妙的年龄。

"Oh, I wish I was as fit as I was when I was 18."

And I always feel rather smug then.

我总是对此感到沾沾自喜。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

因为我现在的情况 和当年的一模一样

I'm exactly as fit as I was when I --

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

我当时就不能跑。 现在就更不可能了。

I couldn't run then. I'm certainly not going to do it now.

（笑声）

(Laughter)

所以，我就有了一个新的想法：

So then I had my new idea:

Why not engage people like me in sport?

为什么不安排 像我这样的人参与体育当中？

I think what the world needs now

我认为世界奥运会现在需要

is the Olympics for people with zero athletic ability.

零运动基础的成员。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Oh, it would be so much more fun.

噢，那会更好玩的。

We'd have three basic rules, OK?

我们会有三条基本原则，怎么样？

明显的禁止用药， 禁止贿赂，和禁止技巧。

Obviously no drugs; no corruption, no skills.

（笑声）

(Laughter)

It would be --

那会变得－

No, it's a terrible idea.

不，这真是一个糟糕的主意。

And I also know why I don't engage with sport when I watch it on television.

我其实很清楚我不亲自加入 电视上看到的那些运动的原因。

因为有97%的运动节目 都是关于男性跑步

It's because probably 97 percent of it is about men running

and men kicking things,

或踢球的，

men trying to look neatly packaged in Lycra.

男性尝试外表整洁的穿着 莱卡氨纶运动服排成行。

这……

There is --

(Laughter)

（笑声）

并不总是那么成功就是了。

Not always successfully.

There is --

事实上……

(Laughter)

（笑声）

There is so little female sport on television,

电视上的女性运动节目太少了，

所以当一个年轻女性， 让我这样表达好了，

that a young woman watching might be forgiven for thinking,

这样想：一个男性成员的表现

and how can I put this nicely,

that the male member is the very lever you need

可能成为让我离开沙发， 投入体育场的助力器吗？

to get yourself off the couch and onto a sports ground.

她的想法是可以被原谅的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

The inequalities in sport are breathtaking.

体育世界中的不平等是惊人的。

So this is what happens to me:

所以，这就是我想到的：

I have a brand new idea,

我有了一个全新的想法，

and immediately I come back to an old one.

虽然瞬间后又回到了老一套。

The fact is, there is not now,

事实上，无论是现在，

nor has there ever been in the whole of history,

还是历史上的任何一个时期，

a single country in the world where women have equality with men.

无论世界上的任何国家， 都没有出现过男女平等的时刻。

Not one.

一次都没有。

196 countries,

世界上有196个国家，

it hasn't happened in the whole of evolution.

在进化史上，一次也没有过。

So, here is a picture of evolution.

这是一张进化史的图片。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We women are not even in it!

我们女性甚至都不在图里面！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It's a wonder men have been able to evolve quite so brilliantly.

人类（男性）如此出色的 完成了进化，真是一个奇观

So --

所以－

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It bugs me, and I know I should do something about it.

这个问题烦扰着我， 我觉得我应该对此做点儿什么。

But I'm busy, OK?

但是我很忙，真不幸。

I have a full-on career,

我有一份全天候的工作，

I've got three kids, I've got an elderly mom.

我有三个孩子， 还有一位年长的母亲。

In fact, if I'm honest with you,

事实上，我要和你们坦白真相，

one of the reasons I came out here

我来到TED演讲的原因之一

is because TED Talks said I could have 15 minutes to myself,

就是我可以有15分钟自己的时间

and I never have that much time --

我从来没有过那么多时间。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

我真的很忙。

So I'm busy.

And anyway, I already had a go at changing the world.

无论如何，我也算 做过了改变世界的事。

Here's the thing, OK?

是这样的。

Everybody has inside themselves what I call an "activation button."

每个人的身体里都有一个， 按照我的话来说，“启动按钮”。

It's the button that gets pressed when you think,

当你想：“我必须对此做些什么。”

"I must do something about this."

就表明按钮被按下了。

It gets pressed for all sorts of reasons.

各种原因会导致按钮被按动。

也许你受到了不平等的待遇，

Maybe you face some kind of inequality,

or you've come across an injustice of some kind,

或者经历了一种不公，

sometimes an illness strikes,

有时是疾病的打击，

or you're born in some way disadvantaged,

或者你天生就处于劣势，

or perhaps underprivileged.

或许平困。

我生来就是个同性恋。

So I was born gay, OK?

我一直都知道这件事，

I've always known,

I don't think my family were the least bit surprised.

我的家人们都对此十分惊讶。

Here is a picture of me aged four.

这是一张我4岁时的照片。

我看起来很可爱吧，

I look cute,

but inside I genuinely believed that I looked like Clint Eastwood.

但其实在内心中一直都认为自己看起来 像克林特·伊斯特伍德。（美国男演员）

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So my activation button was pressed when I had my kids --

我的启动按钮是在 我有了自己的孩子时被触发的－

three wonderful kids, born to my then-partner.

我和我性伙伴的 三个神奇的孩子。

Now here's the thing: I work on television in Britain.

事情是这样的： 我在英国的电视台工作。

By the time they were born, I was already hosting my own shows

当他们出生的时候， 我已经开始主持自己的节目，

在大众的眼皮子底下工作了。

and working in the public eye.

I love what I do,

我热爱我从事的工作，

但是我更爱我的孩子们。

but I love my kids more.

And I didn't want them to grow up with a secret.

我不希望他们在秘密中长大。

1994, when my son, my youngest was born,

1994年，当我的儿子， 最小的孩子出生时，

there was not, as far as I was aware,

据我所知，在英国的公共生活中，

a single out, gay woman in British public life.

是没有其他单身的同性恋女性的。

I don't think secrets are a good thing.

我并不认为秘密是一个好东西。

I think they are a cancer of the soul.

我认为秘密就是灵魂的癌细胞。

So I decided to come out.

所以，我决定出柜。

每个人都警告我， 我不可能再工作了，

Everybody warned me that I would never work again,

but I decided it was absolutely worth the risk.

但是我认为这样的风险完全值得。

Well, it was hell.

好吧，那段时间 简直就是人间炼狱。

In Britain, we have a particularly vicious section of the right-wing press,

在英国，我们有一个 特别邪恶的右翼新闻组织，

and they went nuts.

他们简直疯了。

And their hatred stirred up the less stable elements of society,

他们的仇恨激起了 社会的不稳定因素，

and we got death threats --

因而我们被下了死亡通牒－

enough death threats that I had to take the kids into hiding,

以至于我必须把我的孩子们藏起来，

and we had to have police protection.

我们必须寻求警方的保护。

And I promise you there were many moments in the still of the night

我向你们保证， 我在深夜的许多时刻，

会被自己的所作所为吓到。

when I was terrified by what I had done.

Eventually the dust settled.

最终，一切归于了平静。

Against all expectation I carried on working,

与所有的预期背道而驰， 是我继续从事我的工作。

and my kids were and continue to be absolutely fantastic.

而我的孩子们一如既往的， 十分神奇。

I remember when my son was six, he had a friend over to play.

我想起当儿子6岁的时候， 他的一个朋友到我们家来玩。

They were in the next room; I could hear them chatting.

他们就在隔壁房间； 我能听见他们的谈话。

那个朋友对我儿子说， “有两个妈妈的感觉如何？”

The friend said to my son, "What's it like having two mums?"

I was a little anxious to hear, so I leant in to hear and my son said,

我很急于听到答案， 所以我就靠近听我儿子说，

"It's fantastic, because if one of them's sick,

“这种感觉很奇妙， 因为如果一个人病了，

you've still got another one to cook for you."

你还有另一个妈妈给你做饭吃。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

所以我内心中为 同性恋平等的按钮被启动了，

So my activation button for gay equality was pressed,

and along with many, many others,

同时还有其他的许多，许多。

I campaigned for years for gay rights,

我曾多年参与同性恋人权运动，

and in particular, the right to marry the person that I love.

特别还包括，与相爱的人结婚的权利。

最后，我们终于成功了。

In the end, we succeeded.

And in 2014, on the day that the law was changed,

在2014年，法律被修改的那一天，

I married my wife, who I love very much, indeed.

我与我的妻子结婚了， 我真的很爱她。

（掌声）

(Applause)

我们没有默默的举行婚礼， 我们是在伦敦的

We didn't do it in a quiet way -- we did it on the stage

at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

皇家节日厅的大舞台上举办的。

那是一次盛大的活动。

It was a great event.

The hall seats two-and-a-half thousand people.

舞台下坐着2500个人。

We invited 150 family and friends, then I let it be known to the public:

我们邀请了150个家庭和朋友们， 之后我们又公开宣布了

任何想要来加入庆祝的人， 都可以来参加。

anybody who wanted to come and celebrate, please come and join us.

It would be free to anybody who wanted to come.

我们免费向所有大众开放婚礼现场。

Two-and-half thousand people turned up.

然后就有了2500个观众来参加。

(Applause)

（掌声）

各种你能想到的人物：

Every kind of person you can imagine:

同性恋，异性恋， 犹太教祭司，修女，已婚人士，

gays, straights, rabbis, nuns, married people,

black, white -- the whole of humanity was there.

黑皮肤的，白皮肤的－ 汇集了全部的人种。

And I remember standing on that stage thinking, "How fantastic.

我记得站在台上的时候， 我想，“太奇妙了。

Job done.

工作完成了。

Love triumphs.

爱情胜利了。

Law changed."

法律更变了。”

And I --

而我－

(Applause)

（掌声）

And I genuinely thought my activation days were over, OK?

而我真心以为我的 被激活状态结束了

So every year in that same hall,

所以，每年，我都会在

同一个大厅里举办音乐会， 去庆祝国际女性日。

I host a fantastic concert to celebrate International Women's Day.

We gather the world's only all-female orchestra,

我们请来世界上唯一 一支全由女性组成的乐团，

我们会演奏那些被人遗忘 或低估的女作曲家们的曲目

we play fantastic music by forgotten or overlooked women composers,

we have amazing conductors --

我们邀请一些神奇的指挥－

it's Marin Alsop there from Baltimore conducting,

这是马林·阿尔索普 一位来自巴尔的摩的指挥，

Petula Clark singing --

佩屈拉･克拉克是主唱－

and I give a lecture on women's history.

我会就女性的历史发表演讲。

我喜欢收集来自过去的， 启发人心的故事，并把它们流传下去。

I love to gather inspirational stories from the past and pass them on.

Too often, I think history's what I call the Mount Rushmore model.

很多时候，我都认为历史 就是我口中的拉什莫尔山模型。

It looks majestic, but the women have been entirely left out of it.

看起来雄伟， 但女性已经完全脱离了它。

And I was giving a talk in 2015 about the suffragettes --

在2015年，我发表了 一个关于妇女参政的演讲－

我相信你知道那些 在英国为了妇女投票权

I'm sure you know those magnificent women who fought so hard

for the right for women in Britain to vote.

努力奋斗的女性们。

And their slogan was: "Deeds, not words."

而她们的口号是： “用行动，别用语言。”

And boy, they succeeded,

男孩们听着，她们成功了，

because women did indeed get the vote in 1928.

因为女性在1928年获得了投票权。

So I'm giving this talk about this,

我正在做一个关于此的演讲，

and as I'm talking, what I realized is:

而我正在说的，我意识到了：

this was not a history lecture I was giving;

我不是在上一堂历史课；

this was not something where the job was done.

我们的工作还远没有完成。

我们没还有这么多没做完的事。

This was something where there was so much left to do.

Nowhere in the world, for example,

举个例子，在世界的任何角落，

do women have equal representation in positions of power.

都没有女性比男性 获得更多权利席位的。

OK, let's take a very quick look at the top 100 companies

好吧，让我们来瞄一眼 2016年伦敦交易市场中

in the London Stock Exchange in 2016.

前100强企业。

Top 100 companies: How many women running them?

前100强企业中， 有多少是女性经营的呢？

7家。好吧，7家。 那还凑活吧，我想。

Seven. OK. Seven. That's all right, I suppose.

Until you realize that 17 are run by men called "John."

直到你意识到有17家都是由 名叫“约翰”的男性运营的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

在FTSE（全球性行业标准）下的 100强企业中，更多的男性叫“约翰”

There are more men called John running FTSE 100 companies --

(Laughter)

（笑声）

than there are women.

而不是女性。

另外还有14家 由叫做“戴维”的男性主管。

There are 14 run by men called "Dave."

(Laughter)

（笑声）

现在，我充分相信 戴维和约翰们正风生水起。

Now, I'm sure Dave and John are doing a bang-up job.

(Laughter)

（笑声）

好吧。但是为什么这很重要呢？

OK. Why does it matter?

Well, it's that pesky business of the gender pay gap.

嗯，这是那个被讨厌的 业务性别工资差距。

Nowhere in the world do women earn the same as men.

在世界的任何角落，都没有 女性与男性挣钱一样多的。

而这一切都不可能改变，

And that is never going to change

除非我们在顶层 董事会会议室有更多女性。

unless we have more women at the top in the boardroom.

We have plenty of laws;

我们有许多法律；

英国于1975年通过了《同酬法》。

the Equal Pay Act in Britain was passed in 1975.

Nevertheless, there are still many, many women

尽管如此，还是有很多， 很多的女性，

相比她们的男性同事来说，

who, from early November until the end of the year,

by comparison to their male colleagues,

一年中有将近两个月的时间，

are effectively working for free.

是等效于白干的。

In fact, the World Economic Forum estimates

事实上，世界经济论坛组织预测

男女收入将最终于2133年

that women will finally get equal pay in ...

2133!

达到平等。

Yay!

是的！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

这是一个多么糟糕的数字。

That's a terrible figure.

And here's the thing:

事情是这样的：

the day before I came out to give my talk,

在我来到这儿做演讲之前，

世界经济论坛修改了它的预测。

the World Economic Forum revised it.

So that's good, because that's a terrible -- 2133.

听起来不错，因为2133 真是一个糟透了的数字

Do you know what they revised it to?

你们知道他们修改成了多少？

2186.

2186。

（笑声）

(Laughter)

Yeah, another 53 years, OK?

呵呵，又多了53年。

We are not going to get equal pay

就以现行的体制，

in my grandchildren's grandchildren's lives

我的孙子辈的孙子辈

under the current system.

也还是达不到收入平等。

And I have waited long enough.

我已经等了足够久了。

I've waited long enough in my own business.

我已经在我自己的 事业中等了足够久了。

In 2016 I became the very first woman on British television

在2016年，我成为了 第一位在英国主持

to host a prime-time panel show.

黄金时段节目的女性。

Isn't that great? Wonderful, I'm thrilled.

听起来不错吧？很神奇，我很激动。

但是－

But --

(Applause)

（掌声）

But 2016! The first!

但是2016年，才有第一位！

Television's been around for 80 years!

电视已经有约80年的历史了！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It may be television's not so important,

可能因为电视不重要吧，

but it's kind of symptomatic, isn't it?

但这也是一种表征，不是吗？

2016, the UN were looking for a brand new ambassador

2016年，联合国为代表 女性权利与性别平等

to represent women's empowerment and gender equality,

寻找了一位新的形象大使，

and who did they choose?

你们猜他们选了谁？

Wonder Woman.

神奇女侠。

Yes, they chose a cartoon, OK?

没错，他们选了一个动画人物。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Because no woman was up to the job.

因为没有任何女性能胜任这项工作。

The representation of women in positions of power is shockingly low.

在掌权位置的女性人数是极低的。

It's true in Congress, and it's certainly true in the British Parliament.

在美国国会是这样， 在英国的议会也是这样。

In 2015, the number of men elected to the Parliament that year

2015年，英国议会选举 产生的男性议员总数，

was greater than the total number of women

比历届选举中产生的女性议员

人数的总和还要多。

who have ever been members of Parliament.

And why does it matter?

为什么这很重要？

Here's the thing: if they're not at the table --

是这样的： 如果女性没机会上桌－

literally, in Britain, at that table helping to make the laws --

字面上说，在英国， 没机会上桌参与制定法律－

do not be surprised if the female perspective is overlooked.

那就不要因为女性视角 被忽视而感到惊讶。

It's a great role model for young people to see a woman in charge.

让年轻人看到一位女性掌权， 她就会成为人们的楷模。

In 2016, Britain got its second female Prime Minister;

在2016年，英国迎来了 第二位女首相；

Theresa May came to power.

特蕾莎·梅接过了权力棒。

The day she came to power she was challenged:

上台的那一天，她遭到了质疑：

just do one thing.

就做一件事吧。

Do one thing in the first 100 days that you're in office

在你入主的前100天里 只要做一件事，

那就是努力并改善英国女性的生活。

to try and improve lives for women in Britain.

And what did she do? Nothing.

她做了什么？什么也没做。

什么都没有。

Nothing.

Because she's much too busy cleaning up the mess the boys made.

因为她正忙着清理 男孩们留下的残局呢。

Even having a female leader,

即使有了一位女性领导人，

they always find something better to do

他们总还是能够找到

than to sort out the pesky issue of inequality.

比解决不平等问题 更好的事情去做

So I keep talking about equality like it matters. Does it?

所以我就继续把平等问题 当回事的那么说。是这样吗？

Well, let's take a very quick look at the STEM industries, OK?

好吧，让我们再瞄一眼 STEM工业领域吧！

So science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

STEM就是科学，技术， 工程，数学领域。

Pretty much important in every single aspect of our daily lives.

关系到我们生活中 每一个重要的方面

在STEM行业当中，有着最厚的， 记录最完好的

There is the thickest and most incredibly well-documented glass ceiling

in the STEM industries.

玻璃天花板。

What if the cure for cancer

万一治疗癌症的解药

or the answer the global warming

或是回答全球变暖问题的答案

都藏在一个无法实践的 女性科学家的头脑里呢？

lies in the head of a young female scientist who fails to progress?

So I thought all these things,

我有把这些都思考了一遍，

and I knew I had to do "Deeds, not words."

我就明白了我必须做到 “用行动，别用语言。”

And I spoke to my wonderful friend,

我和一位神奇的朋友交谈了一下，

brilliant journalist Catherine Mayer in Britain,

聪明的英国新闻记者凯瑟琳·梅耶，

and we rather foolishly --

我们就绌愚蠢的－

and I suspect there was wine involved --

我怀疑是酒精作用的原因－

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We decided to found a brand new political party.

我们决定去建立一个全新的政党。

Because here's the critical thing:

只因为一个重要的原因：

the one place women and men are absolutely equal is at the ballot box.

唯一一个男女绝对平等的 地方就是那个投票箱。

We had no idea what we were doing,

当时，我们对我们的 所做所谓完全没有概念，

we didn't know how complicated it was to start a political party.

我们并不知道建立一个政党 是一件多么复杂的事情。

I thought, "It can't be that difficult, men have been doing it for years."

我想，“不可能那么难的，男人们 这么多年不也一直这么做的吗？”

（笑声）

(Laughter)

So we started by calling it "The Women's Equality Party."

所以我们就给它起名“女性平等党”。

然后立刻就有人问我，

And straightaway people said to me,

"Why did you call it that?"

“你为什么要叫它这个名字？”

I said, "I don't know, I just thought we'd be clear."

我就说，“我也不清楚， 我只是觉得这样清晰明了。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I didn't want what we were doing to be a secret, you know? I just --

我不想让我们的所作所为 变成一个秘密，你知道的，我只是－

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Some people said, "You can't call it that! It's much too feminist!"

有些人说，“你不能给它取 那样的名字，太女权主义了！”

Ooh! Scary word! Ahh!

噢，可怕的词汇！

我都数不清有多少次了， 我听到有人说，

I can't tell you how many times I've heard somebody say,

"I'm not a feminist, but ..."

“我不是女权主义，但是……”

And I always think if there's a "but" in the sentence,

然后我就总认为， 如果句子里有一个“但是”，

it can't all be roses in the garden.

那么花园里就不可能只有玫瑰。

And then I started getting asked the hilarious question,

然后我就开始 被问道一个有趣的问题，

"Are you all going to burn your bras?"

“你们都要去烧掉胸罩吗？”

Yes! Because bras are famously made of flammable material.

是的！因为胸罩是出了名的 由可燃性材料制成的。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

这就是每位女性走路时 都光彩照人的原因。

That's why all women spark when they walk.

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Here's quick history sidebar for you:

这儿的历史快讯栏会告诉你：

在60年代，没有任何 一位女性曾经烧过胸罩。

no woman ever burnt her bra in the '60s.

It's a story made up by a journalist.

这是由一名记者编造的故事。

Thank goodness journalism has improved since then.

谢天谢地，自此以后的 新闻都有了大进步。

所以－

So --

(Laughter)

（笑声）

我宣布了我们要做 一个直播的采访节目，

I announced what we were going to do in a broadcast interview,

and straightaway, the emails started coming.

随即，邮件就大批涌现了。

开始是成百的， 后来就变得成千了，

First hundreds, then thousands and thousands,

from every age group: from the very young to women in their '90s,

这些邮件来自各种年龄群体： 从非常年轻的到人过耄耋的，

甚至还有成百的男性同胞。

to hundreds of wonderful men.

People wrote and said, "Please, can I help?

人们写来信并说， “请问一下，我能帮点什么吗？

Please, can I visit you at party headquarters?"

请问一下，我能来参观 你们的政党总部吗？”

We didn't have a headquarters -- we didn't have a party!

我们没有总部－ 我们还不是一个政党！

We didn't have anything.

我们还什么都没有。

All we had was a wonderful, tight group of fabulous friends

我们所拥有的只是一群神奇的， 紧密的，关系极好的朋友

trying to answer emails pretty much 24-7 in our pajamas.

想要全天候，穿着睡衣的， 回复大家的邮件。

我们当时都很忙。

We were all busy.

Many of us had careers, many of us had children,

我们中的很多人都有 自己的事业，都有孩子，

but we did what women do, and we shared the work.

但是我们做了女性应当做的， 我们还分享了我们的工作成果。

And almost instantly, we agreed on certain fundamental things.

之后，突然之间，我们就在 一些基础问题上达到了一致。

First thing: we want to be the only political party in the world

第一件事：我们想成为世界上第一个

whose main aim was to no longer need to exist.

主要目的被淡化的政党。

这是一个绝妙的主意。

That's a fantastic idea.

We wanted to be the only political party with no particular political leaning.

我们想成为唯一一个 没有特殊政治倾向的政党。

We wanted people from the left, from the right, from the middle,

我们接受来自左派，右派，中间派，

every age group.

来自各种年龄群体的人。

因为这一切的一切只是 为了一个简单的目标：

Because the whole point was to work with a simple agenda:

let's get equality in every aspect of our lives,

让我们在生活的 方方面面都得到平等，

当我们做到的时候，

and when we're finished,

let's go home and get the other chores done.

我们就可以回到家里， 把该做的家务给做了。

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And we wanted to change how politics is conducted.

其次，我们想改变 现行政治的流程。

我不确定你们这儿是否也是这样，

I don't know if you have this,

but in Britain we have two major political parties.

但是在英国，我们有两大主要政党。

它们就是政治领域的恐龙。

They're the dinosaurs of politics.

And how they speak to each other is shameful and poisonous.

而它们互相之间的 交流方式是可耻的，剧毒的。

I'm sure you've never had that kind of name-calling --

我知道你们肯定没听过那种叫法－

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And lying here.

但是这样考虑一下。

当一个政治家说， “你知道吗，我觉得，

Wouldn't it be great if just one politician said,

"Do you know, my opponent has a point.

我的对手说的有点道理。 让我们看看能不能合作

Let's see if we can't work together and get the job done."

来完成这项工作吧。” 这不是很好吗？

(Applause)

（掌声）

让更多的女性投身政治吧，好吗？

And let's get more women into politics, OK?

Let's immediately get more women into politics

让我们，作为唯一的一个 给候选人提供儿童照顾的政党，

by being the only political party to offer free childcare to our candidates,

获得更多女性投身政治吧，

so they can get out of the house and start campaigning.

这样她们就能迈出家门，开始选举。

(Applause)

（掌声）

Within 10 months,

在10个月的时间里，

我们在英国有了 超过70个政党分支部门。

we had more than 70 branches of our party across the UK.

我们在2016年5月，

We stood candidates for election in London, Scotland and Wales

我们在伦敦，苏格兰， 威尔士举办了候选人选举。

in May 2016.

One in 20 people voted for our candidate for London Mayor.

5%的人把党代表后选票 投给了伦敦市市长。

And when the men in the race saw how many votes we were attracting,

当选举中的男性注意到 我们吸引了多少选票时

wonder of wonders,

奇迹中的奇迹，

they began to talk about the need to tackle gender equality.

他们开始讨论攻破 性别平等的问题了。

（掌声）

(Applause)

你们知道的，我从小 就听惯了会做出改变的承诺。

You know, I've been promised change since I was a child.

It was always coming:

他们总是说：

women were going to stand shoulder to shoulder with men.

女人和男人会肩并肩得站立。

但是我所等到的一向 都是空空得承诺和失落－

All I got were empty promises and disappointment --

enough disappointment to found a political party.

足够多的失落了， 足以让我建立一个政党的地步。

But here is my new idea for today -- this is my five percent, OK?

但是，这是我现今的新观点－ 这是我的5%。

这个真的很好。

And this one is really good.

The fact is, this is not enough.

但事实上，这是不够的。

It is not enough to found one political party for equality in a single country.

在一个国家建立一个 平等政党是远不够的

What we need is a seismic change in the global political landscape.

我们需要在全球政治界 做出天翻地覆的变化。

我们建立的典范的好处就是，

And the wonderful thing about the model we have created

is that it would work anywhere.

它可以在世界的任何角落成为可能。

It would work in America,

它能在美国变成现实，

it would work in Australia, it would work in India.

在澳大利亚，在印度。

It's like we've made the perfect recipe: anybody can cook it,

这就像我们发明了绝佳的食谱： 不仅每个人都可以动手做，

and it's good for everybody.

而且对每个人的身体健康都有益。

And we want to give it away.

我们想要把它传递出去。

If you want to know what we did, we're giving it away.

如果你们想知道我们做了什么， 我们正在传播我们的故事。

Can you imagine if we could mobilize millions of women across the world

你们能相信我们能够动摇 世界各地数以万计的女性吗？

to say, "That's enough!" to the traditional battles of politics?

就对传统政治斗争说，“够了！”

To say, "Stop the bickering, let's get the work done."

就说，“停止斗嘴吧， 让我们把该做的做了。”

We could literally change the world.

我们真的可以改变世界。

And I want that.

而且这就是我想要做的。

(Applause)

（掌声）

I want ...

我想要……

（掌声）

(Applause)

我想要为了我们的女儿们，

I want that for our daughters,

and I want it for our sons.

为了我们的儿子们这样做。

因为，事实的真相是： 平等对所有人都是更好的选择。

Because the fact is: equality is better for everyone.

Come on people, let's activate! Let's change the world!

来吧，人们，让我们按下按钮！ 让我们改变世界！

I know we can do it, and it wants doing!

我知道我们能做到， 况且它也希望被完成！

(Applause)

（掌声）