One woman, eight hilarious characters | Sarah Jones

翻译人员: Zhu Cheng 校对人员: Zachary Lin Zhao

I should tell you that when I was asked to be here,

我要告诉你们当我接到大会邀请的时候

I thought to myself that well, it's TED.

我对自己说 这可是TED呀

And these TEDsters are -- you know, as innocent as that name sounds --

这些TEDsters虽然名字听起来是那么单纯而简单

these are the philanthropists and artists and scientists who sort of shape our world.

可都很不简单 他们是慈善家艺术家科学家 他们能够影响整个世界

And what could I possibly have to say that would be distinguished enough

那我又能说点什么才会让我显得与众不同

to justify my participation in something like that?

才能证明我的参与是有意义的呢

And so I thought perhaps a really civilized-sounding British accent

所以我就想到一口非常纯正显得很有教养的英国口音

might help things a bit.

也许能帮上忙

And then I thought no, no. I should just get up there and be myself

但转念一想 不 不行 我应该去到那里作回我自己

and just talk the way I really talk

我平时怎么说话 在这儿就怎么说话

because, after all, this is the great unveiling.

因为毕竟今天是盛大的揭幕仪式

And so I thought I'd come up here and unveil my real voice to you.

所以我觉得我应该来到这里把我真实的声音展现给你们

Although many of you already know that I do speak the Queen's English

虽然在座的很多人都知道我确实说一口纯正的“英国女王式”英语

because I am from Queens, New York.

因为我来自纽约的皇后区

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But the theme of this session, of course, is invention.

但是这一节的主题是创造

And while I don't have any patents that I'm aware of,

据我所知 我自己没有任何专利

you will be meeting a few of my inventions today.

那么你们只能来认识一下我今天现场发挥的几个发明了

I suppose it's fair to say

我觉得老实说

that I am interested in the invention of self or selves.

我很喜欢发现另一个或者好多个新的自我

We're all born into certain circumstances with particular physical traits,

我们每个人都有与生俱来的身体特征

unique developmental experiences, geographical and historical contexts.

独特的成长经历和地理历史环境的影响

But then what?

但除此之外又能怎么样呢

To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent?

我们在多大程度上尝试过重塑自我和发现自我呢

How do we self-identify and how mutable is that identity?

我们该如何定义自我 我们的身份又是如何可变的呢

Like, what if one could be anyone at any time?

比如说 一个人在任何时候都能变成另外任何一个人 这又会怎样呢

Well my characters, like the ones in my shows,

那么在接下来的这段表演中 我要呈现给大家的各个角色

allow me to play with the spaces between those questions.

使得我能够用一种轻松的方式来探讨这些问题

And so I've brought a couple of them with me.

我今天把她们几个一起带来了

And well, they're very excited.

她们都非常激动

What I should tell you --

我要告诉你们

what I should tell you is that they've each prepared their own little TED talks.

她们每个人都准备了一小段TED演讲

So feel free to think of this as Sarah University.

所以你们尽可以把这里想成是莎拉大学

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Okay. Okay. Oh, well.

好了 好了

Oh, wonderful.

噢 太棒了

Good evening everybody.

大家晚上好

Thank you so very much for having me here today.

非常感谢今天能让我来到这里

Ah, thank you very much. My name is Lorraine Levine.

啊 非常感谢你们 我的名字叫珞琳莱文

Oh my! There's so many of you.

噢 我的天呀 有这么多人啊

Hi sweetheart. Okay.

你好 亲爱的

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Anyway, I am here because of a young girl, Sarah Jones.

好了 我今天来到这里是因为一个年轻姑娘 她叫莎拉琼斯

She's a very nice, young black girl.

她是个非常好的年轻黑人姑娘

Well you know, she calls herself black --

你们知道 她说她自己是黑人

she's really more like a caramel color if you look at her.

实际上她是焦糖色 如果你仔细看的话

But anyway.

算了不管它了

(Laughter)

（笑声）

She has me here because she puts me in her show,

她叫我来这儿参加她的演出

what she calls her one-woman show.

参加她的“一个女人一台戏”的表演

And you know what that means, of course.

你们知道那是什么意思 当然了

That means she takes the credit and then makes us come out here and do all the work.

那就是说 活儿是我们来干 但是功劳都归她

But I don't mind.

但我并不介意

Frankly, I'm kvelling just to be here

说实话 能来到这里我特别高兴

with all the luminaries you have attending something like this, you know.

有这么多的专家来到这里

Really, it's amazing.

真是太棒了

Not only, of course, the scientists and all the wonderful giants of the industries

这里不光是有科学家们和各行各业的领袖人物

but the celebrities.

这里还有好多名人

There are so many celebrities running around here.

好多名人在这里进进出出

I saw -- Glenn Close I saw earlier. I love her.

刚才我见到了葛伦克罗丝 我特别喜欢她

And she was getting a yogurt in the Google cafe.

她那会儿刚好在谷歌咖啡厅拿酸奶

Isn't that adorable?

这简直是太棒了

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So many others you see, they're just wonderful.

还有其他好多人 他们都很棒

It's lovely to know they're concerned, you know.

得知他们（对会上讨论的这些问题）非常关注 我很高兴

And -- oh, I saw Goldie Hawn.

噢对 我还见到了戈尔迪霍恩

Oh, Goldie Hawn. I love her, too; she's wonderful. Yeah.

噢天哪 戈尔迪霍恩 我太喜欢她了 她真的很棒 是的

You know, she's only half Jewish.

她只有一半的犹太血统

Did you know that about her?

你知道这件事吗

Yeah. But even so, a wonderful talent. (Laughter)

是的 但是即使这样 她还是非常有天赋的

And I -- you know, when I saw her, such a wonderful feeling.

而我 当我见到她的时候 我感觉太棒了

Yeah, she's lovely.

是的 她真是太可爱了

But anyway, I should have started by saying just how lucky I feel.

好了话说回来 我应该先讲讲我感觉多么幸运

It's such an eye-opening experience to be here.

这里真是令我大开眼界

You're all so responsible for this world that we live in today.

对于我们生存的这个世界 你们承担着如此重大的责任

You know, I couldn't have dreamed of such a thing as a young girl.

要知道 当我还是小姑娘的时候 这样的事情简直是不可想像的

And you've all made these advancements happen in such a short time --

而你们在这么短的时间里实现了所有这些进步和发展

you're all so young.

而且你们都如此年轻

You know, your parents must be very proud.

你们的父母一定为你们感到非常骄傲

But I -- I also appreciate the diversity that you have here.

而且我也非常喜欢这里的多样性

I noticed it's very multicultural.

我发现这里汇集了多元文化

You know, when you're standing up here, you can see all the different people.

当你站在这里的时候 你能见到各种各样的人

It's like a rainbow.

这就像是一道彩虹

It's okay to say rainbow. Yeah.

对 没错 用”彩虹“这个词完全没有问题

I just -- I can't keep up with whether you can say, you know, the different things.

其实我总是反应不过来 不知道什么词能用什么词不能用

What are you allowed to say or not say?

什么话能说 什么话不能说

I just -- I don't want to offend anybody. You know.

要知道 我真是不想冒犯任何人

But anyway, you know,

好吧 不管怎样

I just think that to be here with all of you

我只是觉得 跟你们在一起

accomplished young people --

跟你们这些年轻人在一起

literally, some of you, the architects building our brighter future.

而且你们当中有些是建筑师 就是要搭建我们更美好的未来的

You know, it's heartening to me.

跟你们在一起让我振奋不已

Even though, quite frankly, some of your presentations are horrifying,

虽然 老实说 你们有些人做的演讲非常可怕

absolutely horrifying.

绝对令人震惊

It's true. It's true.

真的 真的

You know, between the environmental degradation

比如你们说的环境恶化的问题

and the crashing of the world markets you're talking about.

全球市场崩溃的问题

And of course, we know it's all because of the -- all the ...

当然我们都知道这一切都是因为 所有那些

Well, I don't know how else to say it to you, so I'll just say it my way:

我真不知道还能用其他什么方法来表达 所以我就用我自己的方式来说吧

the ganeyvish schticklich coming from the governments and the, you know,

都是因为那些鬼鬼祟祟偷偷摸摸的勾当（此处使用意第绪语俚语）

the bankers and the Wall Street. You know it.

你们也知道 这些勾当都是政府 银行和华尔街的人干的

Anyway.

管他呢

(Laughter)

（笑声）

The point is, I'm happy somebody has practical ideas

关键的是 我非常高兴看到你们想出了切实可行的办法

to get us out of this mess.

让我们摆脱这些糟糕的状况

So I salute each of you and your stellar achievements.

所以我要向你们每个人致敬 向你们的辉煌成就致敬

Thank you for all that you do.

感谢你们所做的一切

And congratulations on being such big makhers that you've become TED meisters.

还要祝贺你们成为TED的大师

So, happy continued success.

祝你们获得更大的成功

Congratulations. Mazel tov.

祝贺你们 祝贺你们（此处使用意第绪语俚语）

(Applause)

（掌声）

Hi. Hi.

嗨嗨

Thank you everybody.

感谢你们

Sorry, this is such a wonderful opportunity and everything, to be here right now.

能来到这里简直太棒了

My name is Noraida. And I'm just --

我叫诺埃达 我只是

I'm so thrilled to be part of like your TED conference

能来参加TED大会我真是太高兴了

that you're doing and everything like that.

这里的一切都令人激动

I am Dominican-American.

我是多米尼加裔美国人

Actually, you could say I grew up in the capital of Dominican Republic,

实际上 可以说我是在多米尼加共和国的首都长大的

otherwise known as Washington Heights in New York City.

或者说就是纽约市的华盛顿高地

But I don't know if there's any other Dominican people here,

我不知道这里有没有其他的多米尼加人

but I know that Juan Enriquez, he was here yesterday.

但我知道胡安恩里克斯昨天来这里了

And I think he's Mexican, so that's --

我觉得他是墨西哥人

honestly, that's close enough for me right now. So --

老实说 这离我已经足够近了

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I just -- I'm sorry.

对不起

I'm just trying not to be nervous because this is

我只想尽量不要太紧张

a very wonderful experience for me and everything.

因为这个机会对我来说太难得了

And I just -- you know I'm not used to doing the public speaking.

而且我不习惯当众演讲

And whenever I get nervous I start to talk really fast.

每当我紧张 我说话就特别快

Nobody can understand nothing I'm saying, which is very frustrating for me,

谁都听不明白我在说什么 这太打击我了

as you can imagine.

你们能想像吧

I usually have to just like try to calm down and take a deep breath.

通常我要深呼吸让自己镇静下来

But then on top of that, you know, Sarah Jones told me we only have 18 minutes.

但更糟糕的是 莎拉琼斯告诉我 我们总共只有18分钟

So then I'm like, should I be nervous, you know, because maybe it's better.

于是我想也许我应该紧张点儿才好

And I'm just trying not to panic and freak out. So I like, take a deep breath.

我要尽量不慌张 所以我得深呼吸

Okay. Sorry. So anyway, what I was trying to say is that I really love TED.

好了 我想说我真的很喜欢TED

Like, I love everything about this. It's amazing.

我喜欢这里的一切 太不可思议了

Like, it's -- I can't get over this right now.

我克服不了这个（紧张情绪）

And, like, people would not believe, seriously, where I'm from,

说真的 人们都不相信我是从哪来的

that this even exists.

不相信居然有这么个地方

You know, like even, I mean I love like the name, the -- TED.

我喜欢TED这个名字

I mean I know it's a real person and everything, but I'm just saying that like,

我知道这是个真人的名字 我只想说

you know, I think it's very cool how it's also an acronym, you know,

这居然还是个缩略语 真是太酷了

which is like, you know, is like very high concept and everything like that.

这听起来非常高深

I like that.

我喜欢

And actually, I can relate to the whole like acronym thing and everything.

事实上 我自己跟缩略语也很有关系

Because, actually, I'm a sophomore at college right now.

我现在是大学二年级的学生

At my school -- actually I was part of co-founding an organization,

我在学校跟几个朋友成立了一个组织

which is like a leadership thing,

也颇有领导意义

you know, like you guys, you would really like it and everything.

就像你们一样 你们一定会喜欢这个想法的

And the organization is called DA BOMB,

这个组织叫DA BOMB(该缩略语会被误认为“炸弹”的意思）

A\and DA BOMB -- not like what you guys can build and everything --

我们的DA BOMB组织比不上你们所创造的这些（伟大的东西）

it's like, DA BOMB, it means like Dominican -- it's an acronym --

DA BOMB也是个缩略语

Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies.

全称是多米尼加裔美国人慈善组织为了母亲和婴儿们

So, I know, see, like the name is like a little bit long,

我知道这个名字有点长

but with the war on terror and everything,

但是因为反恐战争这类原因

the Dean of Student Activities has asked us to stop saying DA BOMB

校学生活动的主任不让我们用DA BOMB这个简称

and use the whole thing so nobody would get the wrong idea, whatever.

让我们要用全称以避免歧义

So, basically like DA BOMB --

所以说 DA BOMB 这个组织

what Dominican-American Benevolent Organization for Mothers and Babies does

我是说 多米尼加裔美国人慈善组织为了母亲和婴儿们

is, basically, we try to advocate for students who show a lot of academic promise

我们努力为在学业上很有前途的学生们争取权益

and who also happen to be mothers like me.

而且这些学生跟我一样同时也是母亲

I am a working mother, and I also go to school full-time.

我是个母亲 但我同时要上班 还要全日制上学

And, you know, it's like -- it's so important to have like role models out there.

要知道 能找到榜样是非常重要的

I mean, I know sometimes our lifestyles are very different, whatever.

我知道我们的生活方式很不一样

But like even at my job -- like, I just got promoted.

即使在工作上（也不一样） 我刚刚获得了晋升

Right now it's very exciting actually for me

目前我的工作让我很兴奋

because I'm the Junior Assistant to the Associate Director

因为我是业务发展高级副总裁领导的

under the Senior Vice President for Business Development --

副总监的初级助理

that's my new title.

这是我的新头衔

So, but I think whether you own your own company or you're just starting out like me,

但我觉得是不是有自己的公司（并不重要）像我们这样刚刚开始

like something like this is so vital

做一个如此重要的项目

for people to just continue expanding their minds and learning.

可以帮助那些想继续学习拓展他们的思想的人

And if everybody, like all people really had access to that,

如果每个人都有途径获得这类机会

it would be a very different world out there, as I know you know.

这个世界就会大不相同 你我都知道

So, I think all people, we need that,

所以我觉得我们所有人都有这个需要

but especially, I look at people like me, you know like,

但我特别关注跟我一样的人

I mean, Latinos -- we're about to be the majority, in like two weeks.

我是说拉丁裔的人们 我们即将成为多数民族 大概就在两周以后

So, we deserve just as much to be part of the exchange of ideas as everybody else.

所以我们应当获得跟其他人一样多的交流思想的机会

So, I'm very happy that you're, you know, doing this kind of thing,

因此我非常高兴你们举办了这样的活动

making the talks available online.

而且还把演讲放到互联网上

That's very good. I love that.

这太棒了 我爱这里

And I just -- I love you guys. I love TED.

我爱你们所有的人 我爱TED

And if you don't mind, privately now, in the future, I'm going to think of TED

如果你们不介意的话 从今往后我个人会把TED的缩写解释成

as an acronym for Technology, Entertainment and Dominicans.

科技 娱乐和多米尼加人

Thank you very much.

谢谢你们

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

So, that was Noraida,

好吧 这就是诺埃达

and just like Lorraine and everybody else you're meeting today,

就像珞琳和其他每一位你们今天要见到的人一样

these are folks who are based on real people from my real life:

这些朋友们的原型都来自我的真实生活

friends, neighbors, family members.

她们是我的朋友们邻居们和家人

I come from a multicultural family.

我来自一个多元文化的大家庭

In fact, the older lady you just met:

事实上 你们刚刚见到的那位老太太

very, very loosely based on a great aunt on my mother's side.

有那么一点点像我妈妈家的一位阿姨

It's a long story, believe me.

说来话长了 相信我

But on top of my family background,

但除了我（特殊）的家庭背景之外

my parents also sent me to the United Nations school,

我的父母还把我送进了联合国学校

where I encountered a plethora of new characters,

在那里我结识了太多的新人

including Alexandre, my French teacher, okay.

包括亚历山大 我的法语老师

Well, you know, it was beginner French, that I am taking with her, you know.

要知道 那时候她教我们初级法语

And it was Madame Bousson, you know, she was very [French].

布松女士非常。。。（法语）

It was like, you know, she was there in the class,

要知道 在课堂上

you know, she was kind of typically French.

她是那种典型的法国人

You know, she was very chic, but she was very filled with ennui, you know.

她很时髦很优雅 但她又十分倦怠

And she would be there, you know, kind of talking with the class, you know,

她在课堂上给我们讲

talking about the, you know, the existential futility of life, you know.

讲生命的存在徒劳无益

And we were only 11 years old, so it was not appropriate. (Laughter)

我们当时只有11岁 这个话题不太恰当

But [German].

但是（德语）

Yes, I took German for three years, [German],

是的 我学过三年德语（德语）

and it was quite the experience because I was the only black girl in the class,

这个经历很特别 因为我是班里唯一的黑人姑娘

even in the UN school.

即便我上的是联合国学校

Although, you know, it was wonderful.

但这经历很棒

The teacher, Herr Schtopf, he never discriminated.

我的德语老师施托普先生从来没有歧视过任何人

Never. He always, always treated each of us,

从来没有过 他一直从来都是公平对待我们每一个人

you know, equally unbearably during the class.

让我们每一个人在课堂上都不好受

So, there were the teachers and then there were my friends,

好吧 这就是我的老师们 此外还有我的朋友们

classmates from everywhere,

和来自世界各地的同学们

many of whom are still dear friends to this day.

他们中的很多人直到今天都是我非常要好的朋友

And they've inspired many characters as well.

他们激发了我很多创作灵感

For example, a friend of mine.

比如我的一个朋友

Well, I just wanted to quickly say good evening.

我只想说 晚上好

My name is Praveen Manvi and thank you very much for this opportunity.

我的名字叫普拉文曼维 感谢你们给我这个机会

Of course, TED, the reputation precedes itself all over the world.

TED的大名已经传遍全球

But, you know, I am originally from India,

我来自印度

and I wanted to start by telling you

我想告诉你们

that once Sarah Jones told me that we will be having the opportunity

莎拉琼斯告诉我 我们可以有机会

to come here to TED in California,

来加利福尼亚参加TED大会

originally, I was very pleased and, frankly, relieved

一开始我就感到很高兴 而且老实说 松了一口气

because, you know, I am a human rights advocate.

因为你们知道我是一名人权倡导者

And usually my work, it takes me to Washington D.C.

我的工作通常都要去华盛顿特区

And there, I must attend these meetings, mingling with some tiresome politicians,

在那里我必须参加各种会议 要跟那些令人厌倦的政客打交道

trying to make me feel comfortable

他们为了让我觉得舒服一些

by telling how often they are eating the curry in Georgetown. (Laughter)

总跟我说他们在乔治城多么经常吃咖喱

So, you can just imagine -- right.

所以你们可以想像

So, but I'm thrilled to be joining all of you here.

但我非常高兴能够参加你们的活动

I wish we had more time together, but that's for another time. Okay? Great.

我希望能有更多的时间跟你们在一起 但只能下次再说啦 好吧

(Applause)

（掌声）

And, sadly, I don't think we'll have time for you to meet everybody I brought, but --

遗憾的是 恐怕没那么多时间让我所有的朋友都跟你们见面 但是

I'm trying to behave myself,

我在努力做到举止得体

it's my first time here.

毕竟是我第一次来这里

But I do want to introduce you to a couple of folks you may recognize,

但我确实想让你们见一下另外几个朋友 你们应该能认出她们

if you saw "Bridge and Tunnel."

如果你们看过“土包子”这部舞台剧的话

Uh, well, thank you.

恩 谢谢大家

Good evening.

晚上好

My name is Pauline Ning,

我叫宁宝琳

and first I want to tell you that I'm --

首先我要告诉你们

of course I am a member of the Chinese community in New York.

我是纽约的华人社区的一员

But when Sarah Jones asked me to please come to TED,

但是当莎拉琼斯让我来参加TED的时候

I said, well, you know, first, I don't know that, you know --

起先我说不好 要知道

before two years ago, you would not find me in front of an audience of people,

如果放在两年前 我肯定不会当着这么多人讲话

much less like this

比这少得多的人 我也不会的

because I did not like to give speeches

因为我不太愿意作演讲

because I feel that, as an immigrant, I do not have good English skills for speaking.

因为我觉得 作为一名移民 我的英语讲不好

But then, I decided, just like Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,

但我又一想 我要像施瓦辛格州长一样

I try anyway.

努力尝试一下

(Laughter)

（笑声）

My daughter -- my daughter wrote that,

我的女儿帮我写的发言稿

she told me, "Always start your speech with humor."

她告诉我 总要以一个笑话开始演讲

But my background --

关于我的背景

I want to tell you story only briefly.

我想简短地跟你们说一下

My husband and I, we brought our son and daughter here in 1980s

我丈夫和我在1980年代带着我们的儿子和女儿来到这里

to have the freedom we cannot have in China at that time.

是冲着这里的自由 当时的中国还没有这么自由

And we tried to teach our kids to be proud of their tradition, but it's very hard.

我们努力教育我们的孩子要为他们的传统感到自豪 但这非常难

You know, as immigrant, I would speak Chinese to them,

要知道 作为移民 我会跟孩子们说中文

and they would always answer me back in English.

但他们总是用英文回答我

They love rock music, pop culture, American culture.

他们喜欢摇滚乐 流行文化 美国文化

But when they got older,

但当他们长大以后

when the time comes for them to start think about getting married,

到了要谈婚论嫁的年龄

that's when we expect them to realize, a little bit more, their own culture.

我们就希望他们能够回归原本的文化传统

But that's where we had some problems.

但问题就出在这儿

My son, he says he is not ready to get married.

我的儿子说他还不准备结婚

And he has a sweetheart, but she is American woman, not Chinese.

他有个女朋友 但她不是中国人 是美国人

It's not that it's bad, but I told him, "What's wrong with a Chinese woman?"

我不是说这下就坏事了 但我跟他说“中国姑娘有什么不好呢？”

But I think he will change his mind soon.

我觉得他会改变主意的

So, then I decide instead, I will concentrate on my daughter.

之后我决定把注意力放在我女儿身上

The daughter's marriage is very special to the mom.

女儿的婚事对妈妈来说很特别

But first, she said she's not interested.

但刚开始 她说她没兴趣

She only wants to spend time with her friends.

她只想跟她的朋友们在一起

And then at college, it's like she never came home.

之后在读大学的时候 她基本上就不回家了

And she doesn't want me to come and visit.

她也不愿意让我去学校看她

So I said, "What's wrong in this picture?"

我就想 哪里出了问题

So, I accused my daughter to have like a secret boyfriend.

我责怪女儿有个秘密的男朋友

But she told me, "Mom, you don't have to worry about boys

但她告诉我说 妈妈你不用担心男孩子的问题

because I don't like them."

因为我根本不喜欢他们

(Laughter)

（笑声）

And I said, "Yes, men can be difficult, but all women have to get used to that."

我就说 是的 男人是个难题 但所有的女人都要习惯的

She said, "No Mom. I mean, I don't like boys. I like girls.

她就说 不是的 妈妈 我是说 我不喜欢男孩子 我喜欢女孩子

I am lesbian."

我是个同性恋

So, I always teach my kids to respect American ideas,

我一直教育我的孩子们要尊重美国人的想法

but I told my daughter that this is one exception --

但我跟女儿说这个问题是一个例外

(Laughter) --

（笑声）

that she is not gay, she is just confused by this American problem.

她不是同性恋 她只是被这类美国问题给搞糊涂了

But she told me, "Mom, it's not American."

但她跟我说 妈妈 不是美国人

She said she is in love -- in love with a nice Chinese girl.

她说她爱上了一个中国姑娘

(Laughter)

（笑声）

So, these are the words I am waiting to hear,

这些话是我想听到的

but from my son, not my daughter.

但应该是从我儿子嘴里说出来 而不是我女儿

(Laughter)

（笑声）

But at first I did not know what to do.

刚开始的时候 我真的不知道该怎么办

But then, over time, I have come to understand that this is who she is.

但过了一段时间 我开始明白了她真的就是这样的一个人

So, even though sometimes it's still hard,

即便有的时候还是很难接受

I will share with you that it helps me to realize

我想跟你们分享的是 这件事让我认识到

society is more tolerant, usually because of places like this,

这个社会越来越宽容 就是因为有像TED这样的地方

because of ideas like this,

因为有像这样的想法

and people like you, with an open mind.

像你们这样的思想开放的人

So I think maybe TED, you impact people's lives

我觉得TED给我们的生活带来了重大影响

in the ways maybe even you don't realize.

在不知不觉中 影响着我们

So, for my daughter's sake,

所以 我要代表我女儿

I thank you for your ideas worth spreading.

谢谢你们分享思想之美

Thank you. Xie xie.

谢谢你们

(Applause)

（掌声）

Good evening. My name is Habbi Belahal.

晚上好 我叫哈比贝拉艾

And I would like to first of all thank Sarah Jones

我首先要感谢莎拉琼斯

for putting all of the pressure on the only Arab who she brought with her

因为我是她请来的唯一一位阿拉伯人 这给我很大压力

to be last today.

而且我是最后一个发言的

I am originally from Jordan.

我来自约旦

And I teach comparative literature at Queens College.

我在皇后学院教比较文学

It is not Harvard.

不是哈佛

But I feel a bit like a fish out of water.

我感到有些不适应

But I am very proud of my students.

但我为我的学生感到骄傲

And I see that a few of them did make it here to the conference.

我看到他们有些人来到了大会现场

So you will get the extra credit I promised you.

我保证会给你们加学分的

But, while I know that I may not look like the typical TED-izen, as you would say,

尽管我知道我看起来不像本地人

I do like to make the point that we in global society,

我正想说的就是 我们生活在地球村里

we are never as different as the appearances may suggest.

我们之间的差异再也不像我们的长相这样差别如此大

So, if you will indulge me, I will share quickly with you a bit of verse,

如果你们允许的话 我愿意跟你们分享一段诗

which I memorized as a young girl at 16 years of age.

这是我16岁时就会背的一首诗

So, back in the ancient times.

那么让我们回到远古年代

[Arabic]

（阿拉伯语）

And this roughly translates:

这段诗大致的翻译是

"Please, let me hold your hand.

请让我牵你的手

I want to hold your hand.

我想牵着你的手

I want to hold your hand.

我想牵着你的手

And when I touch you, I feel happy inside.

当我抚摸你时 我内心感到幸福无比

It's such a feeling that my love, I can't hide, I can't hide, I can't hide."

我亲爱的 我无法掩饰这情感 我无法掩饰 无法掩饰 无法掩饰

Well, so okay, but please, please, but please.

好了 但是 请注意

If it is sounding familiar, it is because I was at the same time in my life

也许这诗听起来有些耳熟 因为在我人生中的同一个时期

listening to the Beatles.

我也在听披头士的歌

On the radio [unclear], they were very popular.

他们的歌在电台里很流行

So, all of that is to say that I like to believe

所以 我想说的是 我情愿相信

that for every word intended as to render us deaf to one another,

尽管有些词语故意使得我们对彼此充耳不闻

there is always a lyric connecting ears and hearts across the continents in rhyme.

但总有动人的歌词飘进耳朵直达内心 带着韵律传遍各大洲

And I pray that this is the way that we will self-invent, in time.

我祈祷我们将会通过这样的方式不断实现自我发现

That's all, shukran. Thank you very much for the opportunity.

就是这样 非常感谢你们给我这个机会

Okay? Great.

好吧 很好

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you all very much. It was lovely.

非常感谢你们大家 这真是太棒了

Thank you for having me.

谢谢你们让我来到这里

(Applause)

（掌声）

Thank you very, very much. I love you.

谢谢你们 我爱你们

(Applause)

（掌声）

Well, you have to let me say this.

你们得让我说出来

I just -- thank you.

我还是想说 谢谢你们

I want to thank Chris and Jacqueline, and just everyone for having me here.

我想感谢克里斯和贾奎琳和你们每一位 谢谢你们让我来到这里

It's been a long time coming, and I feel like I'm home.

我花了很长时间才来到这里 我感觉像到了家一样

And I know I've performed for some of your companies

我知道我之前为你们当中的一些公司演出过

or some of you have seen me elsewhere,

或者你们在其他地方看过我的演出

but this is honestly one of the best audiences I've ever experienced.

但今天在座的各位是有史以来我有过的最棒的观众

The whole thing is amazing, and so don't you all go reinventing yourselves any time soon.

这里的一切都太不可思议了 你们大家还不赶快去重新发现自我

(Applause)

（掌声）