TEDWomen 2010
Eve Ensler: Suddenly, my body
Eve Ensler: De sobte, el meu cos.
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La poetessa, escriptora, activista Eve Ensler vivia dins el seu cap. En aquesta xerrada de TEDWomen, parla de la desconnexió al llarg de la seva vida amb el seu cos; i com dos esdeveniments terribles l'ajudaren a connectar amb la realitat, el fet físic de ser humana.
Eve Ensler - Playwright, activist
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Full bio
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. Full bio
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For a long time,
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Durant molt de temps,
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there was me, and my body.
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estàvem el meu cos i jo.
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Me was composed of stories,
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Jo, estava formada per històries,
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of cravings, of strivings,
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per ànsies, per esforços,
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of desires of the future.
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per desitjos de futur.
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Me was trying
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Jo intentava
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not to be an outcome of my violent past,
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no ser el resultat del meu passat violent,
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but the separation that had already occurred
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però la separació que ja s'havia esdevingut
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between me and my body
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entre el meu cos i jo mateixa
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was a pretty significant outcome.
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era un resultat bastant significatiu.
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Me was always trying to become something, somebody.
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Jo sempre intentava convertir-me en alguna cosa, en algú.
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Me only existed in the trying.
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Jo només existia en aquest intent.
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My body was often in the way.
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El meu cos sovint s'interposava en el camí.
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Me was a floating head.
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Jo era un cap flotant.
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For years, I actually only wore hats.
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Durant anys, de fet només portava barrets.
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It was a way of keeping my head attached.
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Era una manera de mantenir el meu cap subjecte.
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It was a way of locating myself.
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Era una manera de localitzar-me.
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I worried that [if] I took my hat off
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Em preocupava que si em treia el barret
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I wouldn't be here anymore.
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ja no seria més aquí.
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I actually had a therapist who once said to me,
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De fet, un cop vaig tenir un terapeuta que em va dir:
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"Eve, you've been coming here for two years,
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"Eve, m'has visitat durant dos anys,
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and, to be honest, it never occurred to me that you had a body."
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i, sincerament, mai se m'havia acudit que tinguessis un cos."
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All this time I lived in the city
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Tot aquest temps he viscut a la ciutat,
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because, to be honest,
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perquè, sincerament,
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I was afraid of trees.
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tenia por dels arbres.
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I never had babies
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No he tingut nadons
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because heads cannot give birth.
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perquè els caps no poden parir.
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Babies actually don't come out of your mouth.
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Els nadons, de fet, no surten per la boca.
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As I had no reference point for my body,
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Com no tenia cap punt de referència del meu cos,
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I began to ask other women about their bodies --
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vaig començar a preguntar a altres dones sobre els seus cossos:
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in particular, their vaginas,
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en concret, sobre les seves vagines;
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because I thought vaginas were kind of important.
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perquè pensava que les vagines eren importants.
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This led to me writing "The Vagina Monologues,"
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Això em va dur a escriure "The vagina Monologues"(Monòlegs de la Vagina)
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which led to me obsessively and incessantly
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cosa que em va fer parlar obsessivament i incessant
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talking about vaginas everywhere I could.
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de vagines allà on podia.
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I did this in front of many strangers.
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Ho vaig fer davant de molts estranys.
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One night on stage,
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Una nit a l'escenari,
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I actually entered my vagina.
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vaig entrar dins la meva vagina.
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It was an ecstatic experience.
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Va ser una experiència exultant.
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It scared me, it energized me,
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Em va espantar, em va donar energies,
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and then I became a driven person,
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i després em vaig convertir en una persona emprenedora,
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a driven vagina.
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una vagina emprenedora.
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I began to see my body like a thing,
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Vaig començar a veure el meu cos com una cosa,
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a thing that could move fast,
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una cosa que es podia moure de pressa,
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like a thing that could accomplish other things,
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com una cosa que podia aconseguir altres coses,
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many things, all at once.
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moltes coses, tot d'una.
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I began to see my body like an iPad or a car.
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Vaig començar a veure el meu cos com un iPad o un cotxe.
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I would drive it and demand things from it.
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El conduïa i n'hi exigia coses.
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It had no limits. It was invincible.
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No tenia límits. Era invencible.
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It was to be conquered and mastered like the Earth herself.
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Seria conquerit i dominat com la mateixa Terra.
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I didn't heed it;
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Ja no li parava atenció;
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no, I organized it and I directed it.
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no, l'organitzava i el dirigia.
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I didn't have patience for my body;
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No tenia paciència amb el meu cos;
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I snapped it into shape.
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el vaig modelar bruscament.
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I was greedy.
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Vaig ser ambiciosa.
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I took more than my body had to offer.
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Vaig estirar més el braç que la màniga.
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If I was tired, I drank more espressos.
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Si estava cansada, bevia més cafès.
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If I was afraid, I went to more dangerous places.
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Si tenia por, anava a més llocs perillosos.
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Oh sure, sure, I had moments of appreciation of my body,
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Esclar que tenia moments d'estima cap al meu cos,
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the way an abusive parent
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de la manera que un pare maltractador
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can sometimes have a moment of kindness.
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pot, a vegades, tenir un moment d'amabilitat.
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My father was really kind to me
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El meu pare va ser molt amable amb mi
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on my 16th birthday, for example.
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en el meu 16è aniversari, per exemple.
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I heard people murmur from time to time
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Sentia a la gent murmurar de tant en tant
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that I should love my body,
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que hauria d'estimar el meu cos,
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so I learned how to do this.
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així que vaig aprendre com fer-ho.
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I was a vegetarian, I was sober, I didn't smoke.
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Era vegetariana, no bevia, no fumava.
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But all that was just a more sophisticated way
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Però tot allò no era més que una manera sofisticada
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to manipulate my body --
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de manipular el meu cos,
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a further disassociation,
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una desvinculació més gran,
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like planting a vegetable field on a freeway.
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com plantar un hort de llegums a una autopista.
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As a result of me talking so much about my vagina,
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Com a resultat de parlar tant sobre la meva vagina,
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many women started to tell me about theirs --
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moltes dones començaren a parlar-me de la seva,
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their stories about their bodies.
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històries sobre els seus cossos.
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Actually, these stories compelled me around the world,
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De fet, aquestes històries em van portar per tot el món,
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and I've been to over 60 countries.
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i he estat a més de 60 països.
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I heard thousands of stories,
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He escoltat milers d'històries.
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and I have to tell you, there was always this moment
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I he de dir que sempre hi havia un moment
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where the women shared with me
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en què les dones compartien amb mi
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that particular moment when she separated from her body --
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aquell moment en particular en què es separaren del seu cos:
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when she left home.
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quan van marxar de casa.
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I heard about women being molested in their beds,
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Vaig sentir històries de dones violades als seus llits,
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flogged in their burqas,
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flagel•lades en els seus burques,
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left for dead in parking lots,
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donades per mortes a aparcaments,
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acid burned in their kitchens.
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cremades amb àcid a les seves cuines.
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Some women became quiet and disappeared.
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Algunes dones callaren i desaparegueren.
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Other women became mad, driven machines like me.
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Altres es van convertir en màquines emprenedores boges com jo.
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In the middle of my traveling,
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Enmig dels meus viatges,
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I turned 40 and I began to hate my body,
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Vaig fer 40 anys i vaig començar a odiar el meu cos,
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which was actually progress,
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que de fet era un progrés,
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because at least my body existed enough to hate it.
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perquè almenys el meu cos existia, fins al punt d'odiar-lo.
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Well my stomach -- it was my stomach I hated.
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Bé, era la meva panxa, odiava la meva panxa.
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It was proof that I had not measured up,
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Era la prova que no havia estat a l'alçada,
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that I was old and not fabulous and not perfect
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que era vella i no fabulosa ni perfecta
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or able to fit into the predetermined corporate image in shape.
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ni capaç d'encaixar bé en una imatge corporativa predeterminada.
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My stomach was proof that I had failed,
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La meva panxa era la prova que havia fracassat,
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that it had failed me, that it was broken.
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que m'havia fallat a mi, que estava desfeta.
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My life became about getting rid of it and obsessing about getting rid of it.
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La meva vida es va convertir en un intent obsessiu per desfer-me'n, de la panxa.
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In fact, it became so extreme
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De fet, tan obsessiva em vaig tornar
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I wrote a play about it.
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que hi vaig escriure una obra de teatre.
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But the more I talked about it,
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Però quan més en parlava,
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the more objectified and fragmented my body became.
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més es convertia en un objecte i més es fragmentava el meu cos.
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It became entertainment; it became a new kind of commodity,
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Va esdevenir un entreteniment; va esdevenir una forma de comoditat nova,
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something I was selling.
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una cosa que jo venia.
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Then I went somewhere else.
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Després vaig anar a algun altre lloc.
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I went outside
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Vaig sortir fora
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what I thought I knew.
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del que jo em pensava que coneixia.
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I went to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Vaig anar a la República Democràtica del Congo.
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And I heard stories
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I vaig escoltar històries
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that shattered all the other stories.
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que van fer bocins totes les altres històries.
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I heard stories
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Vaig escoltar històries
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that got inside my body.
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que es van ficar dins del meu cos.
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I heard about a little girl
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Vaig sentir parlar d'una nena petita
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who couldn't stop peeing on herself
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que no podia parar d'orinar-se
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because so many grown soldiers
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de tants soldats
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had shoved themselves inside her.
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que l'havien violat.
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I heard an 80-year-old woman
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Vaig escoltar a una dona de 80 anys
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whose legs were broken and pulled out of her sockets
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a qui li havien trencat i desencaixat les cames
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and twisted up on her head
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i les hi havien retorçat pel cap
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as the soldiers raped her like that.
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mentre els soldats la violaven.
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There are thousands of these stories,
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Hi ha milers d' històries com aquestes.
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and many of the women had holes in their bodies --
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I moltes d'aquestes dones tenien forats al seu cos
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holes, fistula --
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(forats, fístules)
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that were the violation of war --
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que eren la profanació de la guerra:
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holes in the fabric of their souls.
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forats en el teixit de l'ànima.
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These stories saturated my cells and nerves,
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Aquestes històries em van saturar les cèl•lules i els nervis.
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and to be honest,
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I sincerament,
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I stopped sleeping for three years.
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vaig deixar de dormir durant tres anys.
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All the stories began to bleed together.
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Totes les històries van començar a sagnar juntes.
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The raping of the Earth,
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L'espoli de la Terra,
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the pillaging of minerals,
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el pillatge dels minerals,
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the destruction of vaginas --
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la destrucció de vagines;
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none of these were separate anymore
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res d'això ho veuria mai més aïllat
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from each other or me.
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entre si o de mi.
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Militias were raping six-month-old babies
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Els milicians violaven nadons de sis mesos
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so that countries far away
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perquè així països llunyans
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could get access to gold and coltan
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poguessin tenir accés a l'or i al coltan
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for their iPhones and computers.
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per fabricar iPhones i ordinadors.
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My body had not only become a driven machine,
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El meu cos no tan sols s'havia convertit en una màquina emprenedora,
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but it was responsible now
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sinó que també era ja responsable
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for destroying other women's bodies
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de destruir el cos d'altres dones
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in its mad quest to make more machines
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en aquesta boja expedició per crear més màquines
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to support the speed and efficiency of my machine.
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per sostenir la velocitat i l'eficàcia de la meva màquina.
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Then I got cancer --
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I després vaig contraure càncer,
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or I found out I had cancer.
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o vaig adonar-me que tenia càncer.
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It arrived like a speeding bird
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Va arribar com un ocell a tota velocitat
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smashing into a windowpane.
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que s'estampa contra el vidre de la finestra.
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Suddenly, I had a body,
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De sobte, tenia un cos,
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a body that was pricked
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un cos que va ser pessigat,
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and poked and punctured,
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furgat i punxat,
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a body that was cut wide open,
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un cos que va ser obert de punta a punta,
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a body that had organs removed
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un cos del qual es van treure òrgans
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and transported and rearranged and reconstructed,
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i els van transportar i guarir i reconstruir,
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a body that was scanned
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un cos que va ser escanejat
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and had tubes shoved down it,
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i va tenir tubs ficats al seu interior,
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a body that was burning from chemicals.
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un cos que s'estava cremant amb els productes químics.
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Cancer exploded
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El càncer va explotar
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the wall of my disconnection.
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la paret de la meva desconnexió.
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I suddenly understood that the crisis in my body
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De sobte vaig comprendre que la crisi en el meu cos
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was the crisis in the world,
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era la crisi en el món,
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and it wasn't happening later,
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i no anava a passar més tard,
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it was happening now.
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estava passant en aquell moment.
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Suddenly, my cancer was a cancer that was everywhere,
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De sobte, el meu càncer era un càncer que estava a tot arreu,
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the cancer of cruelty, the cancer of greed,
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el càncer de la crueltat, el càncer de la cobdícia,
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the cancer that gets inside people
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el càncer que es fica a dins la gent
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who live down the streets from chemical plants -- and they're usually poor --
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que viu als carrers de les plantes químiques, són normalment pobres,
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the cancer inside the coal miner's lungs,
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el càncer dins els pulmons del miner,
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the cancer of stress for not achieving enough,
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el càncer de l'estrès per no aconseguir prou,
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the cancer of buried trauma,
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el càncer d'un trauma enterrat,
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the cancer in caged chickens and polluted fish,
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el càncer dels pollastres engabiats i el peix contaminat,
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the cancer in women's uteruses from being raped,
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el càncer a l'úter de les dones violades,
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the cancer that is everywhere from our carelessness.
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el càncer que és a tot arreu per culpa del nostre descuit.
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In his new and visionary book,
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En el seu recent i utòpic llibre,
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"New Self, New World,"
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"New Self, New World" (Nou Individu, Nou Món)
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the writer Philip Shepherd says,
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l'escriptor Philip Sheperd diu:
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"If you are divided from your body,
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"Si estàs separat del teu cos
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you are also divided from the body of the world,
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també estàs separat del cos del món,
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which then appears to be other than you
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que, llavors, sembla ser un altre diferent de tu
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or separate from you,
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o separat de tu,
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rather than the living continuum
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en comptes de viure un continu
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to which you belong."
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al qual pertanys."
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Before cancer,
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Abans del càncer
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the world was something other.
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el món era una altra cosa.
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It was as if I was living in a stagnant pool
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Era com si estigués vivint en un toll d'aigua estancada
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and cancer dynamited the boulder
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i el càncer va dinamités la roca
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that was separating me from the larger sea.
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que em separava de la mar.
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Now I am swimming in it.
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Ara hi estic nadant.
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Now I lay down in the grass
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Ara m'estiro a l'herba
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and I rub my body in it,
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i m'hi frego el cos,
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and I love the mud on my legs and feet.
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i m'encanta el fang a les meves cames i peus.
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Now I make a daily pilgrimage
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Ara faig un peregrinatge diari
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to visit a particular weeping willow by the Seine,
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per visitar un desmai concret a la vora del Sena,
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and I hunger for the green fields
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i m'enyoro els camps verds
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in the bush outside Bukavu.
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en la malesa a les afores de Bukavu.
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And when it rains hard rain,
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I quan cauen plujes fortes,
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I scream and I run in circles.
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crido i em poso a córrer en cercles.
08:22
I know that everything is connected,
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Sé que tot està connectat,
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and the scar that runs the length of my torso
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i que la cicatriu que puja pel meu tors
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is the markings of the earthquake.
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és la marca del terratrèmol.
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And I am there with the three million in the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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I sóc allà amb els tres milions dels carrers de Port-au-Prince.
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And the fire that burned in me
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on day three through six of chemo
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el tercer dia dels sis de la químio
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is the fire that is burning
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és el foc que està cremant
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in the forests of the world.
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als boscos del món.
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I know that the abscess
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that grew around my wound after the operation,
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que creixen al voltant de la meva ferida després de l'operació,
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the 16 ounces of puss,
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els 450 grams de pus,
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is the contaminated Gulf of Mexico,
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és el Golf de Mèxic contaminat,
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and there were oil-drenched pelicans inside me
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i que hi havia pelicans amarats de petroli a dins de mi
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and dead floating fish.
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i peixos morts surant.
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And the catheters they shoved into me without proper medication
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I els catèters que em van ficar sense la medicació apropiada
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made me scream out
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em van fer cridar
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the way the Earth cries out from the drilling.
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de la mateixa manera que la Terra crida a causa de les perforacions.
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In my second chemo,
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En la meva segona químio,
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my mother got very sick
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la meva mare es va posar molt malalta
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and I went to see her.
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i vaig anar a visitar-la.
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And in the name of connectedness,
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I en el nom de la connectivitat,
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the only thing she wanted before she died
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l'única cosa que volia abans de morir
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was to be brought home
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era que la duguessin a casa,
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by her beloved Gulf of Mexico.
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a la vora del seu estimat Golf de Mèxic.
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So we brought her home,
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Així que la vam dur a casa,
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and I prayed that the oil wouldn't wash up on her beach
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i vaig pregar que el petroli no arribés a la seva platja
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before she died.
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abans que morís.
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And gratefully, it didn't.
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I, afortunadament, no ho va fer.
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And she died quietly in her favorite place.
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I va morir tranquil·lament al seu lloc preferit.
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And a few weeks later, I was in New Orleans,
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I unes setmanes després, jo era a Nova Orleans,
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and this beautiful, spiritual friend
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i una amiga maca i espiritual
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told me she wanted to do a healing for me.
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em va dir que volia guarir-me.
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And I was honored.
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I em vaig sentir ben pagada.
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And I went to her house, and it was morning,
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I vaig anar a casa seva, era de matí,
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and the morning New Orleans sun was filtering through the curtains.
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i el sol del matí de Nova Orleans es filtrava a través de les cortines.
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And my friend was preparing this big bowl,
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I la meva amiga va preparar un bol gran,
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and I said, "What is it?"
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i li vaig dir: "Què és això?"
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And she said, "It's for you.
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I em va contestar: "És per tu.
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The flowers make it beautiful,
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Les flors el fan bonic,
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and the honey makes it sweet."
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i la mel el fa dolç".
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And I said, "But what's the water part?"
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Vaig dir: "Però què és la part d'aigua?"
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And in the name of connectedness,
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I en nom de la connectivitat,
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she said, "Oh, it's the Gulf of Mexico."
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ella va dir: "Ah, és el Golf de Mèxic".
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And I said, "Of course it is."
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I vaig dir: "I tant".
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And the other women arrived and they sat in a circle,
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I les altres dones van arribar i van seure en un cercle,
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and Michaela bathed my head with the sacred water.
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i la Michaela em va banyar el cap amb l'aigua sagrada.
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And she sang -- I mean her whole body sang.
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I va cantar: Vull dir, tot el seu cos va cantar.
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And the other women sang
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I les altres dones van cantar
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and they prayed for me and my mother.
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i van orar per la meva mare i per mi.
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And as the warm Gulf washed over my naked head,
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I mentre l'aigua tíbia del Golf rentava el meu cap
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I realized that it held
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em vaig adonar que contenia
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the best and the worst of us.
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el millor i el pitjor de nosaltres.
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It was the greed and recklessness
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Hi havia la cobdicia i la imprudència
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that led to the drilling explosion.
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que van dur a l'explosió de perforacions.
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It was all the lies that got told
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Hi havia totes les mentides dites
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before and after.
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abans i després.
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It was the honey in the water that made it sweet,
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Hi havia la mel a l'aigua que ho feia dolç,
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it was the oil that made it sick.
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hi havia el petroli que ho emmalaltia.
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It was my head that was bald --
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Hi havia el meu cap calb
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and comfortable now without a hat.
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i còmode, sense barret ja.
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It was my whole self
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Hi havia tot el meu ésser
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melting into Michaela's lap.
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fonentse-se a la falda de la Michaela.
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It was the tears that were indistinguishable from the Gulf
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Hi havia les llàgrimes que eren indistingibles del Golf
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that were falling down my cheek.
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que rodaven per les meves galtes.
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It was finally being in my body.
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Hi havia finalment el meu cos.
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It was the sorrow
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Hi havia la tristesa
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that's taken so long.
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que ha trigat tant a manifestar-se.
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It was finding my place
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Hi havia la descoberta del meu lloc
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and the huge responsibility
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i l'enorme responsabilitat
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that comes with connection.
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que ve amb la connexió.
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It was the continuing devastating war in the Congo
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Hi havia la contínua i devastadora guerra al Congo
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and the indifference of the world.
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i la indiferència del món.
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It was the Congolese women
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Hi havia les dones del Congo
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who are now rising up.
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que ara estan aixecant-se.
11:19
It was my mother leaving,
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Hi havia la mare que ens deixava,
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just at the moment
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just en el moment
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that I was being born.
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que jo neixia.
11:25
It was the realization
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Hi havia la consciència
11:27
that I had come very close to dying --
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d'haver estat molt a prop de morir,
11:29
in the same way that the Earth, our mother,
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de la mateixa manera que la Terra, la nostra mare,
11:32
is barely holding on,
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resisteix amb prou feines,
11:35
in the same way that 75 percent of the planet
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de la mateixa manera que el 75% del planeta
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are hardly scraping by,
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amb prou feines, tira endavant,
11:42
in the same way
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de la mateixa manera
11:44
that there is a recipe for survival.
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que hi ha una recepta per a la supervivència.
11:47
What I learned
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El que vaig aprendre
11:49
is it has to do with attention and resources
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és que té a veure amb l'atenció i serveis
11:52
that everybody deserves.
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que tothom mereix.
11:54
It was advocating friends
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Hi havia els amics donant-me suport
11:56
and a doting sister.
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i una germana afectuosa.
11:58
It was wise doctors and advanced medicine
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Hi havia els doctors savis i la medicina avançada
12:00
and surgeons who knew what to do with their hands.
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i els cirurgians que sabien què fer amb les mans.
12:03
It was underpaid and really loving nurses.
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Hi havia les malpagades i carinyoses infermeres.
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It was magic healers and aromatic oils.
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Hi havia els curanderos i els olis aromatics.
12:10
It was people who came with spells and rituals.
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Hi havia la gent que va venir amb conjurs i rituals.
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It was having a vision of the future
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Hi havia el fet de tenir una visió de futur
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and something to fight for,
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i alguna cosa per la qual lluitar,
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because I know this struggle isn't my own.
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perquè sé que aquest patiment no és només el meu.
12:20
It was a million prayers.
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Hi havia un milió d'oracions.
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It was a thousand hallelujahs
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Hi havia un miler d'al·leluies
12:24
and a million oms.
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i un milió d'oms.
12:26
It was a lot of anger,
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Hi havia moltíssima ira,
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insane humor,
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humor malaltís,
12:30
a lot of attention, outrage.
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molta atenció, indignació.
12:32
It was energy, love and joy.
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Hi havia energia, amor i alegria.
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It was all these things.
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Hi havia totes aquestes coses.
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It was all these things.
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Hi havia totes aquestes coses.
12:39
It was all these things
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Hi havia totes aquestes coses
12:41
in the water, in the world, in my body.
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a l'aigua, al món, al meu cos.
12:44
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiment)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eve Ensler - Playwright, activistEve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere.
Why you should listen
Inspired by intimate conversations with friends, Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues. The play recounts tender, funny, gripping and horrifying stories she gathered from hundreds of women about their bodies, their sexual experiences, and yes, their vaginas. Since its first staging in 1996, it has been translated into more than 45 languages, performed in more than 120 countries and re-created as an HBO film.
The Vagina Monologues' success allowed Ensler to create V-Day, a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, which has so far raised $85 million to prevent violence and protect abused women. In February 2011, Ensler received the Isabelle Stephenson Tony Award for her philanthropic work. Ensler has also drawn praise for The Good Body, a play that cuts to women's obsession with their appearance, and her film What I Want My Words to Do to You, which portrays a writing group she leads at a correctional facility for women. Today, she continues to find new projects and push the envelope. Her latest play, I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World, hit the New York Times bestseller list and just wrapped a workshop production in Johannesburg -- nest stop is Paris and then Berkeley in June 2012.
Eve Ensler | Speaker | TED.com