Elizabeth Lindsey: Curating humanity's heritage

譯者: Sunny Kan Ngai Hang 審譯者: Shelley Krishna Tsang

As a child,

作為一個孩子，

I was raised by native Hawaiian elders --

我由夏威夷原住民長老--

three old women

三個年老的女人

who took care of me while my parents worked.

她們因為我的父母工作而照顧了我。

The year is 1963.

這一年是1963年。

We're at the ocean.

我們在

It's twilight.

黃昏的海洋。

We're watching the rising of the stars

我們正在注視著上升的明星

and the shifting of the tides.

與潮汐的轉變。

It's a stretch of beach we know so well.

在這一個綿延的海灘上我們感覺很好。

The smooth stones on the sand

沙灘上光滑的石頭

are familiar to us.

都是我們熟悉的。

If you saw these women on the street

如果你在街上看到這些婦女

in their faded clothes,

穿著褪了色的衣服,

you might dismiss them

你可能會因為她們窮困愚蠢

as poor and simple.

而打發她們.

That would be a mistake.

那將是一個錯誤。

These women are descendants

這些婦女是

of Polynesian navigators,

波利尼西亞航海家的後裔，

trained in the old ways

由長輩的舊方式

by their elders,

所培育。

and now they're passing it on to me.

現在他們正在將它傳遞給我。

They teach me the names of the winds and the rains,

他們教我風和雨--

of astronomy according to a genealogy of stars.

根據天文學恆星的家譜。

There's a new moon on the horizon.

當地平線上有一灣新月。

Hawaiians say it's a good night for fishing.

夏威夷人說這是一個美好的捕魚夜。

They begin to chant.

他們開始誦詠。

[Hawaiian chant]

[夏威夷詠]

When they finish,

當他們完成後，

they sit in a circle

他們坐成一個圓圈

and ask me to come to join them.

並請我和他們一起。

They want to teach me about my destiny.

他們想教我一些關於我命運的事情。

I thought every seven-year-old went through this.

我想我七歲已經歷了這一點。

(Laughter)

(笑聲)

"Baby girl,

“親愛的女孩，

someday the world will be in trouble.

世界將有一天陷入困境。

People will forget their wisdom.

人們會忘記自己的智慧。

It will take elders' voices

這將需要長者的聲音

from the far corners of the world

從遙遠的角落

to call the world into balance.

呼籲世界進入平衡。

You will go far away.

你會去很遠的地方。

It will sometimes be a lonely road.

在孤獨的路上。

We will not be there.

我們不會在那裡。

But you will look into the eyes

但你表面上

of seeming strangers,

是陌生人，

and you will recognize your ohana,

你會識別您的"奧哈納"，

your family.

你的家庭.

And it will take all of you.

和它將帶走你的一切。

It will take all of you."

它將帶走你的一切。"

These words, I hold onto

這些話，我緊握

all my life.

於我的一生.

Because the idea of doing it alone

因為獨自這樣做的想法

terrifies me.

使我驚恐萬分。

The year is 2007.

這一年是2007年。

I'm on a remote island in Micronesia.

我在密克羅尼西亞的一個偏遠的島嶼.

Satawal is one half-mile long

薩塔瓦爾島是半英里長

by one mile wide.

一英里寬的地方。

It's the home of my mentor.

這是我導師的家。

His name is Pius Mau Piailug.

他的名字叫Pius Piailug.

Mau is a palu,

茂 是一個"帕盧"，

a navigator priest.

一位航海家牧師。

He's also considered

他也被認為

the greatest wave finder in the world.

是世界上最大波濤的發現者。

There are fewer than a handful

現在只有很少

of palu left on this island.

"帕盧"留在這個島。

Their tradition is so extraordinary

他們的傳統是如此平凡,

that these mariners sailed

這些水手航行

three million square miles across the Pacific

三百萬平方公里渡過太平洋彼岸

without the use of instruments.

而無需使用工具。

They could synthesize patterns in nature

他們可以協同自然界的模式

using the rising and setting of stars,

用星星的起落，

the sequence and direction of waves,

波浪的序列和方向，

the flight patterns of certain birds.

某些鳥類的飛行模式。

Even the slightest hint of color

甚至是雲底最淡淡的

on the underbelly of a cloud

顏色的一點提示

would inform them

會使他們知道

and help them navigate with the keenest accuracy.

並幫助他們以最大精度導航。

When Western scientists would join Mau on the canoe

當西方的科學家乘坐 茂 的獨木舟

and watch him go into the hull,

看著他走進了船身,

it appeared that an old man

他似乎像一位老人

was going to rest.

正在休息。

In fact, the hull of the canoe

事實上，獨木舟的船身

is the womb of the vessel.

是該船隻的孕育處。

It is the most accurate place

這是感受波浪的方向

to feel the rhythm and sequence

的節奏和序列

and direction of waves.

最準確的地方.

Mau was, in fact,

茂，事實上，

gathering explicit data

用他的整個身體

using his entire body.

收集明確的數據。

It's what he had been trained to do

他五歲開始

since he was five years old.

就一直被訓練這樣做。

Now science may dismiss this methodology,

現在科學可能摒棄這個方法，

but Polynesian navigators use it today

但今天波利尼西亞航海家正利用這方法

because it provides them

因為它可以為

an accurate determination

他們的船隻

of the angle and direction

準確測定

of their vessel.

角度和方向.

The palu also had

"帕盧"也有

an uncanny ability

一種非同尋常的

to forecast weather conditions

能對天氣情況

days in advance.

提前幾天的預測能力。

Sometimes I'd be with Mau on a cloud-covered night

有時候，我會與 茂 在有雲蓋的晚上

and we'd sit at the easternmost coast of the island,

我們會坐在島嶼最東面的海岸，

and he would look out,

而他會向外望。

and then he would say,

然後他會說，

"Okay, we go."

“好吧，我們走。“

He saw that first glint of light --

他看到第一次反射的光--

he knew what the weather was going to be three days from now.

他會知道現在到三天後的天氣情況。

Their achievements, intellectually and scientifically,

他們的成就、智慧上和科學上，

are extraordinary,

都是非凡的，

and they are so relevant

這跟我們在

for these times that we are in

度過風暴的時候

when we are riding out storms.

非常相關。

We are in such a critical moment

我們集體的歷史

of our collective history.

正處在這樣一個關鍵時刻。

They have been compared

他們跟宇航員

to astronauts --

進行了比較-

these elder navigators

這些老航海家

who sail vast open oceans

在廣大的公海

in double-hulled canoes

以雙殼獨木舟

thousands of miles

從一個小島嶼

from a small island.

航行千里。

Their canoes, our rockets;

他們的獨木舟，是我們的火箭，

their sea, our space.

他們的海，是我們的宇宙。

The wisdom of these elders

這些長者的智慧

is not a mere collection

不是一個單純的收集

of stories about old people

在一些偏遠地方

in some remote spot.

有關老人的故事。

This is part of our collective narrative.

這是我們的集體敘事的一部分。

It's humanity's DNA.

這是人類的DNA。

We cannot afford to lose it.

我們不能失去它。

The year is 2010.

這一年是2010年。

Just as the women in Hawaii

正如夏威夷的婦女

that raised me predicted,

提出我的預測，

the world is in trouble.

世界正陷入困境。

We live in a society

我們生活在一個

bloated with data,

資料膨脹的社會，

yet starved for wisdom.

然而缺乏智慧。

We're connected 24/7,

我們24/7的相互聯繫，

yet anxiety,

但焦慮、

fear, depression and loneliness

恐懼、抑鬱和孤獨

is at an all-time high.

是一個歷史新高。

We must course-correct.

我們必須方向正確。

An African shaman said,

一個非洲巫師說，

"Your society worships the jester

"你的社會崇拜小丑

while the king stands

而國王則站在

in plain clothes."

便衣之中。"

The link between the past and the future

過去與未來之間的聯繫

is fragile.

是脆弱的。

This I know intimately,

這是我熟知的，

because even as I travel

因為即使當我在

throughout the world

世界各地旅行

to listen to these stories and record them,

去聽這些故事和記錄下來，

I struggle.

我掙扎。

I am haunted

我感到困擾

by the fact that I no longer remember

因為事實上我不再記得

the names of the winds and the rains.

風和雨的名稱。

Mau passed away

茂 於五個月前

five months ago,

去世，

but his legacy and lessons live on.

但他的遺產和經驗依然健在。

And I am reminded

而我被提醒說，

that throughout the world

在整個世界上

there are cultures

大量的文化

with vast sums of knowledge in them,

蘊藏大量的知識，

as potent as the Micronesian navigators,

像密克羅尼西亞的航海家一樣強有力的，

that are going dismissed,

將會被摒棄，

that this is a testament

這是一個

to brilliant, brilliant

對卓越，卓越的

technology and science and wisdom

技術和科學和智慧

that is vanishing rapidly.

迅速的消失的見證。

Because when an elder dies a library is burned,

因為當一個長輩去世，有如一個圖書館被焚毀。

and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.

與之世界各地，圖書館都猛烈燃燒起來了。

I am grateful for the fact

我很感謝事實上

that I had a mentor like Mau

我曾經有一個像 茂 的導師

who taught me how to navigate.

教我如何航海。

And I realize

我意識到

through a lesson that he shared

通過一個他的教訓

that we continue to find our way.

使我們繼續尋找道路。

And this is what he said:

這是他說：

"The island is the canoe;

“這島是獨木舟;

the canoe, the island."

獨木舟，島。“

And what he meant was,

而他的意思是，

if you are voyaging

如果你航行

and far from home,

和遠離家鄉，

your very survival depends

你的生存依賴

on everyone aboard.

船上的每個人.

You cannot make the voyage alone,

你不能孤獨航行，

you were never meant to.

你從未想過。

This whole notion of every man for himself

這個人各為己的整體概念

is completely unsustainable.

是完全不可持續的。

It always was.

它始終是。

So in closing I would offer you this:

因此最後我會給你這些：

The planet is our canoe,

地球是我們的獨木舟，

and we are the voyagers.

而我們是旅行者。

True navigation

真正的導航

begins in the human heart.

從心出發。

It's the most important map of all.

這是最重要的地圖。

Together, may we journey well.

在一起，願我們的旅途愉快。

(Applause)

(掌聲)