ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eddi Reader - Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection.

Why you should listen

Scotland-born Eddi Reader was an '80s pop star in the UK, where her band Fairground Attraction had a #1 hit with the supercatchy "Perfect." Now, as a solo artist, her sounds has matured; quiet acoustic arrangements and gentle harmonies put her lush voice front and center. TED Music Director Thomas Dolby calls her his favorite singer of all time.

Albums such as Candyfloss and Medicine and Angels & Electricity established her as a thoughtful songwriter and interpreter, with an affinity for wistful songs of longing and loss -- and a nice sideline in what used to be called "message" songs, which call to the listener to think about war and peace, the Earth and our place in it.

Reader has also become a noted interpreter of the poems of Robert Burns. Her latest album, Peacetime, offers a compelling mix of Burns lyrics, traditional folk tunes and new songs written by Reader and her longtime songwriting partner, Boo Hewerdine. Fun fact: The title song on the album, "Peacetime," Eddi first learned backstage at her 2003 TED performance.

More profile about the speaker
Eddi Reader | Speaker | TED.com
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com
TED2003

Eddi Reader: "What You've Got"

إيدي ريدر: "ماذا تملك"

Filmed:
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مغنية / كاتبة أغاني إيدي رايدر تؤدي " ماذا تفعل مع ما لديك , " تأمل علي نغم Ted :كيف تستخدم هداياك و مواهبك لتفعل الفرق . مع توماس دولبي على البيانو .
- Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection. Full bio - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City." Full bio

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This songأغنية is one of Thomas'توماس favoritesالمفضلة,
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هذه الأغنية واحدة من أفضل أغنيات توماس ,
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calledمسمي "What You Do with What You've Got."
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تسمى " ماذا تفعل مع ما لديك . "
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♫ You mustيجب know someoneشخصا ما like him ♫
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لابد وإنك تعرف شخصاً مثله
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♫ He was tallطويل and strongقوي and leanالخالية من
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كان طويل وقوي وممشوق
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♫ With a bodyالجسم like a greyhoundالسلوقي كلب الصيد
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مع جسد مثل كلب الحراسة
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♫ and a mindعقل so sharpحاد and keenمتحمس
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وعقل حاد الذكاء مستعد دائماً
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♫ But his heartقلب, just like laurelالغار
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لكن قلبه , مثل شجرة يانعة
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grewنمت twistedملفوف around itselfبحد ذاتها
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كبرت ملتفة حول نفسها
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Tillحتى almostتقريبيا everything he did ♫
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في كل شيئ فعله تقريباً
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broughtجلبت painالم to someoneشخصا ما elseآخر
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سبب ألم إلى شخص آخر
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♫ It's not just what you're bornمولود with ♫
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ليس ما تولد به فقط
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♫ It's what you chooseأختر to bearيتحمل
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بل ما تختار أن تقدم
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♫ It's not how bigكبير your shareشارك is ♫
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ليس مقدار ما تشارك به
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♫ It's how much you can shareشارك
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بل كيف تستطيع أن تشارك
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♫ It's not the fightsمعارك you dreamedحلمت of ♫
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ليست الأهداف التي حلمت بها
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♫ It's those you really foughtحارب
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إنما تلك التي تخوضها بالفعل
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♫ It's not what you've been givenمعطى
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ليس عما أُعطيت في حياتك
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♫ It's what you do with what you've got ♫
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بل إنما ما تفعل بما لديك
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♫ What's the use of two strongقوي legsالساقين
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ما هي الفائدة لِرجلين قويتين
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♫ if you only runيركض away? ♫
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لو إنك هربت من الموقف ؟
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♫ And what's the use of the finestأروع voiceصوت
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ما هي ميزة أحسن صوت
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♫ if you've nothing good to say? ♫
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لو لم يكن لديك شيئ جيد لتقول
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♫ What's the use of strengthقوة and muscleعضلة
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ما هي فائدة القوة والعضلات
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♫ if you only pushإدفع and shoveغرز? ♫
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لو إستخدمتها في دفع وقهر الآخرين
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♫ And what's the use of two good earsآذان
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ما هي فائدة أذنين جيدين
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♫ if you can't hearسمع those you love? ♫
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لو لم تستطع أن تسمع الذين تحبهم
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♫ What's the use of two strongقوي legsالساقين
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ما هي فائدة رجلين قويين
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♫ if you only runيركض away? ♫
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إذا فقط هرعت للهروب
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♫ And what's the use of the finestأروع voiceصوت
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ما هي ميزة أحسن صوت
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♫ if you've nothing good to say? ♫
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لو لم يكن لديك شيئ جيد لتقول
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♫ What's the use of strengthقوة and muscleعضلة
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ما هي فائدة القوة والعضلات
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♫ if you only pushإدفع and shoveغرز? ♫
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لو إستخدمتها في دفع وقهر الآخرين
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♫ And what's the use of two good earsآذان
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ما هي فائدة أذنين جيدين
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♫ if you can't hearسمع those you love? ♫
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لو لم تستطع أن تسمع الذين تحبهم
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Betweenما بين those who use theirهم neighborsالجيران
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ما بين الذين يستغلون جيرانهم
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♫ and those who use the caneقصب
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والذين يستعملون العصا
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Betweenما بين those in constantثابت powerقوة
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بين الذين يريدون القوة الدائمة
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♫ and those in constantثابت painالم
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والذين في عذاب مستمر
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Betweenما بين those who runيركض to gloryمجد
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بين هؤلاء الذين يسرعون للمجد
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♫ and those who cannotلا تستطيع runيركض
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وهؤلاء الذين لا يستطيعون الجري
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♫ Tell me whichالتي onesمنها are the cripplesالمقعدين
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أخبرني أي نوع منهم هم المعاقين
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♫ and whichالتي onesمنها touchلمس. اتصال. صلة the sunشمس
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وأيهما إستطاع أن يقترب من الشمس
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Whichالتي onesمنها touchلمس. اتصال. صلة the sunشمس
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أيهما إستطاع أن يقترب من الشمس
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Whichالتي onesمنها touchلمس. اتصال. صلة the sunشمس
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أيهما إستطاع أن يقترب من الشمس
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(Applauseتصفيق) Thank you very much.
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( تصفيق )
Translated by Bob Samuel
Reviewed by Anwar Dafa-Alla

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Eddi Reader - Singer/songwriter
In her warm, glorious voice, Eddi Reader sings thoughtful songs about love, longing and introspection.

Why you should listen

Scotland-born Eddi Reader was an '80s pop star in the UK, where her band Fairground Attraction had a #1 hit with the supercatchy "Perfect." Now, as a solo artist, her sounds has matured; quiet acoustic arrangements and gentle harmonies put her lush voice front and center. TED Music Director Thomas Dolby calls her his favorite singer of all time.

Albums such as Candyfloss and Medicine and Angels & Electricity established her as a thoughtful songwriter and interpreter, with an affinity for wistful songs of longing and loss -- and a nice sideline in what used to be called "message" songs, which call to the listener to think about war and peace, the Earth and our place in it.

Reader has also become a noted interpreter of the poems of Robert Burns. Her latest album, Peacetime, offers a compelling mix of Burns lyrics, traditional folk tunes and new songs written by Reader and her longtime songwriting partner, Boo Hewerdine. Fun fact: The title song on the album, "Peacetime," Eddi first learned backstage at her 2003 TED performance.

More profile about the speaker
Eddi Reader | Speaker | TED.com
Thomas Dolby - Electronic music pioneer
Thomas Dolby has spent his career at the intersection of music and technology. He was an early star on MTV, then moved to Silicon Valley, then went back on the road with his album, "A Map of the Floating City."

Why you should listen

Perhaps best known for blinding us with science, Thomas Dolby has always blurred the lines between composition and invention. As a London teenager, Tom Robertson was fascinated with the convergence of music and technology. His experiments with an assortment of keyboards, synthesizers and cassette players led his friends to dub him “Dolby.” That same fascination later drove him to become an electronic musician and multimedia artist whose groundbreaking work fused music with computer technology and video. Two decades, several film scores, five Grammy nominations and countless live-layered sound loops later, it's clear Dolby's innovations have changed the sound of popular music.

In the 1990s, Dolby re-created himself as a digital-musical entrepreneur, founding Beatnik, which developed the polyphonic ringtone software used in more than half a billion cell phones. From 2001 to 2012, Dolby served as TED's Music Director, programming great music for the TED stage, assembling a wide variety of house bands and collaborations to play between speakers. At TED2010, backed by the string quarter Ethel, he premiered the song "Love Is a Loaded Pistol," from his sweeping, A Map of the Floating City. The album marked his return to recording and touring after a 15-year hiatus, and used seriously retro technology -- '40s-era oscilloscopes and Royal Navy field-test equipment -- to control modern synthesizers, in shows at once nostalgic and cutting edge.

In 2014, Dolby took on a new name: professor. He was named the Homewood Professor of the Arts at Johns Hopkins University, teaching the course "Sound on Film."

More profile about the speaker
Thomas Dolby | Speaker | TED.com