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Jacqueline Woodson: What reading slowly taught me about writing
Jacqueline Woodson: Membaca lambat mengajari saya cara menulis
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Membaca secara lambat -- dengan jari menelusuri setiap kata, walau tidak ada yang mengajari untuk melakukannya -- telah mengantarkan Jacqueline Woodson pada kenikmatan menulis buku. Dalam ceramah liris ini, dia mengajak kita untuk melambat dan menghargai cerita-cerita yang membawa kita ke tempat-tempat yang belum pernah kita bayangkan dan mengenalkan kita pada orang-orang yang belum pernah kita temui. "Bukankah ini intinya -- setiap ujung hari, menemukan cara untuk tidak merasa sendirian di dunia, dan sebuah cara untuk merasa bahwa kita telah mengubahnya sebelum kita pergi ?" Katanya.
Jacqueline Woodson - Writer
For Jacqueline Woodson, writing is a gift of joy not only to herself but also to her readers, who span all ages and backgrounds. Full bio
For Jacqueline Woodson, writing is a gift of joy not only to herself but also to her readers, who span all ages and backgrounds. Full bio
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00:13
A long time ago, there lived a Giant,
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Pada zaman dahulu kala,
hiduplah seorang raksasa,
hiduplah seorang raksasa,
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a Selfish Giant, whose stunning garden
was the most beautiful in all the land.
was the most beautiful in all the land.
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Raksasa Egois yang memiliki taman
paling indah di seluruh pelosok negeri.
paling indah di seluruh pelosok negeri.
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One evening, this Giant came home
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Suatu sore, ia pulang
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and found all these children
playing in his garden,
playing in his garden,
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dan melihat anak-anak
sedang bermain di tamannya.
sedang bermain di tamannya.
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and he became enraged.
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Ia pun menjadi murka.
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"My own garden is my own garden!"
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"Tamanku, milikku!"
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the Giant said.
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kata Raksasa.
00:34
And he built this high wall around it.
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Ia pun membangun tembok tinggi
mengelilingi taman.
mengelilingi taman.
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The author Oscar Wilde wrote the story
of "The Selfish Giant" in 1888.
of "The Selfish Giant" in 1888.
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Sang pengarang, Oscar Wilde menulis
"The Selfish Giant" pada tahun 1888.
"The Selfish Giant" pada tahun 1888.
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Almost a hundred years later, that Giant
moved into my Brooklyn childhood
moved into my Brooklyn childhood
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Hampir 100 tahun kemudian, kisah itu
terjadi di masa kecil saya di Brooklyn,
terjadi di masa kecil saya di Brooklyn,
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and never left.
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dan tak pernah pergi.
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I was raised in a religious family,
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Saya tumbuh dalam
keluarga religius,
keluarga religius,
00:53
and I grew up reading
both the Bible and the Quran.
both the Bible and the Quran.
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dan saya terbiasa membaca
Alkitab dan Al-Quran.
Alkitab dan Al-Quran.
00:56
The hours of reading,
both religious and recreational,
both religious and recreational,
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Membaca berjam-jam
untuk hal keagamaan maupun hiburan
untuk hal keagamaan maupun hiburan
01:00
far outnumbered the hours
of television-watching.
of television-watching.
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jauh melebihi waktu menonton televisi
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Now, on any given day,
you could find my siblings and I
you could find my siblings and I
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Setiap saat, saya bersama saudara saya
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curled up in some part
of our apartment reading,
of our apartment reading,
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meringkuk di apartemen kami membaca,
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sometimes unhappily,
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dan terkadang tidak senang
01:11
because on summer days in New York City,
the fire hydrant blasted,
the fire hydrant blasted,
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karena pada musim panas di New York,
"fire hydrant" meledak
"fire hydrant" meledak
01:14
and to our immense jealousy,
we could hear our friends down there
we could hear our friends down there
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dan kami iri, teman-teman di bawah
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playing in the gushing water,
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bermain-main dengan semburan air
01:19
their absolute joy making its way up
through our open windows.
through our open windows.
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kebahagiaan mereka terlihat jelas
dari jendela kami
dari jendela kami
01:23
But I learned that the deeper
I went into my books,
I went into my books,
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Namun saya belajar bahwa
semakin saya mendalami buku-buku saya,
semakin saya mendalami buku-buku saya,
01:26
the more time I took with each sentence,
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Semakin lama untuk
membaca setiap kalimat,
membaca setiap kalimat,
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the less I heard the noise
of the outside world.
of the outside world.
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semakin jarang saya mendengar
kebisingan di dunia luar
kebisingan di dunia luar
01:31
And so, unlike my siblings,
who were racing through books,
who were racing through books,
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tidak seperti saudara kandung saja,
membaca seperti balapan
membaca seperti balapan
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I read slowly --
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Saya membaca perlahan --
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very, very slowly.
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sangat pelan
01:39
I was that child with her finger
running beneath the words,
running beneath the words,
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Dari kecil, jari-jari saya selalu
menunjuk kata per kata,
menunjuk kata per kata,
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until I was untaught to do this;
told big kids don't use their fingers.
told big kids don't use their fingers.
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walaupun saya tahu bahwa membaca
tidak boleh menggunakan jari.
tidak boleh menggunakan jari.
01:48
In third grade, we were made to sit
with our hands folded on our desk,
with our hands folded on our desk,
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Di kelas tiga, kami diajarkan untuk duduk
dan melipat tangan di atas bangku
dan melipat tangan di atas bangku
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unclasping them only to turn the pages,
then returning them to that position.
then returning them to that position.
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kecuali saat membuka halaman buku.
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Our teacher wasn't being cruel.
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Guru kami tidaklah galak.
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It was the 1970s,
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Itu di tahun 1970an
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and her goal was to get us reading
not just on grade level
not just on grade level
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dia menyuruh kami membaca
tidak hanya pada level siswa
tidak hanya pada level siswa
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but far above it.
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tetapi jauh di atas itu
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And we were always
being pushed to read faster.
being pushed to read faster.
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Dan kami selalu didorong
untuk membaca lebih cepat.
untuk membaca lebih cepat.
02:09
But in the quiet of my apartment,
outside of my teacher's gaze,
outside of my teacher's gaze,
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Tapi dalam keheningan apartemen saya,
tanpa ada guru yang mengawasi,
tanpa ada guru yang mengawasi,
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I let my finger run beneath those words.
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saya membiarkan jari saya
mengikuti kata-kata itu.
mengikuti kata-kata itu.
02:15
And that Selfish Giant
again told me his story,
again told me his story,
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Dan Si Raksasa Egois kembali
menceritakan kisahnya,
menceritakan kisahnya,
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how he had felt betrayed by the kids
sneaking into his garden,
sneaking into his garden,
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bagaimana ia sakit hati melihat
anak-anak menyelinap di tamannya,
anak-anak menyelinap di tamannya,
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how he had built this high wall,
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bagaimana ia membangun tembok tingginya,
02:24
and it did keep the children out,
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yang memang berhasil
menjauhkan anak-anak itu,
menjauhkan anak-anak itu,
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but a grey winter fell over his garden
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namun salju kelabu turun di atas tamannya
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and just stayed and stayed.
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dan susah untuk hilang.
02:32
With each rereading,
I learned something new
I learned something new
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Setiap kali membacanya ulang,
saya belajar hal baru
saya belajar hal baru
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about the hard stones of the roads
that the kids were forced to play on
that the kids were forced to play on
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tentang kerasnya jalanan dan
anak-anak terpaksa bermain di sana
anak-anak terpaksa bermain di sana
02:38
when they got expelled from the garden,
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ketika mereka diusir dari taman,
02:41
about the gentleness of a small boy
that appeared one day,
that appeared one day,
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tentang kebaikan hati seorang bocah kecil
yang muncul suatu hari,
yang muncul suatu hari,
02:44
and even about the Giant himself.
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dan bahkan tentang si Raksasa itu sendiri.
02:46
Maybe his words weren't rageful after all.
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Mungkin kata-katanya justru
bukan ungkapan kemarahan.
bukan ungkapan kemarahan.
02:49
Maybe they were a plea for empathy,
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Mungkin ia sedang memohon empati,
02:52
for understanding.
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pengertian.
02:54
"My own garden is my own garden."
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"Tamanku adalah milikku."
02:59
Years later, I would learn
of a writer named John Gardner
of a writer named John Gardner
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Bertahun-tahun saya belajar
pada penulis, John Gardner
pada penulis, John Gardner
03:02
who referred to this
as the "fictive dream,"
as the "fictive dream,"
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yang menyebutnya "fictive dream"
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or the "dream of fiction,"
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atau "dream of fiction"
03:06
and I would realize that this
was where I was inside that book,
was where I was inside that book,
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dan saya menyadari di sanalah
saya mendalami buku itu,
saya mendalami buku itu,
03:09
spending time with the characters
and the world that the author had created
and the world that the author had created
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mengabiskan waktu dengan karakter
dan dunia yang pengarang ciptakan
dan dunia yang pengarang ciptakan
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and invited me into.
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dan ajak saya masuk ke dalam.
03:15
As a child, I knew that stories
were meant to be savored,
were meant to be savored,
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Semasa kecil pun saya tahu,
cerita itu dibuat untuk dinikmati
cerita itu dibuat untuk dinikmati
03:18
that stories wanted to be slow,
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cerita yang diinginkan lebih lama,
03:20
and that some author had spent months,
maybe years, writing them.
maybe years, writing them.
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beberapa pengarang butuh bulanan
bahkan tahunan untuk menulisnya.
bahkan tahunan untuk menulisnya.
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And my job as the reader --
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Dan tugas saya membaca --
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especially as the reader who wanted
to one day become a writer --
to one day become a writer --
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terlebih saya ingin
menjadi seorang penulis suatu hari ini,
menjadi seorang penulis suatu hari ini,
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was to respect that narrative.
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menghormati narasi itu.
03:33
Long before there was cable
or the internet or even the telephone,
or the internet or even the telephone,
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Jauh sebelum adanya TV kabel,
atau internet, atau bahkan telepon,
atau internet, atau bahkan telepon,
03:39
there were people sharing ideas
and information and memory through story.
and information and memory through story.
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ada beberapa orang yang berbagi ide,
informasi dan ingatan melalui cerita.
informasi dan ingatan melalui cerita.
03:43
It's one of our earliest forms
of connective technology.
of connective technology.
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Ini adalah bentuk awal
dari terhubungnya teknologi.
dari terhubungnya teknologi.
03:47
It was the story of something
better down the Nile
better down the Nile
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Ini adalah cerita tentang
keindahan sungai nil
keindahan sungai nil
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that sent the Egyptians moving along it,
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yang membuat orang Mesir
menyusuri sungai ini,
menyusuri sungai ini,
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the story of a better way
to preserve the dead
to preserve the dead
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tentang cara untuk mengawetkan orang mati
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that brought King Tut's remains
into the 21st century.
into the 21st century.
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yang membuat Jasad King Tut awet
hingga ke abad ke-21
hingga ke abad ke-21
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And more than two million years ago,
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dan lebih dari 2 juta tahun silam
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when the first humans
began making tools from stone,
began making tools from stone,
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ketika manusia pertama kali
membuat alat dari batu
membuat alat dari batu
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someone must have said, "What if?"
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Ada yang berkata,"bagaimana jika?'
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And someone else remembered the story.
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dan seseorang lain mengingat cerita
04:09
And whether they told it through words
or gestures or drawings,
or gestures or drawings,
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entah disampaikan melalui
kata, gestur atau gambar
kata, gestur atau gambar
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it was passed down; remembered:
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cerita itu diwariskan dan dikenang
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hit a hammer and hear its story.
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dengarkan ceritanya.
04:19
The world is getting noisier.
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Dunia semakin berisik.
04:21
We've gone from boomboxes
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Dari "boomboxes"
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to Walkmen to portable CD players
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kita beralih ke "walkmen"
kemudian ke "CD Player" portabel
kemudian ke "CD Player" portabel
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to iPods
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lalu ke "Ipods"
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to any song we want, whenever we want it.
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sampai lagu yang bisa kita putar
kapan saja.
kapan saja.
04:32
We've gone from the four
television channels of my childhood
television channels of my childhood
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kita beralih dari empat saluran televisi
pada masa anak-anak
pada masa anak-anak
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to the seeming infinity
of cable and streaming.
of cable and streaming.
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ke saluran kabel dan "streaming"
yang tidak terbatas
yang tidak terbatas
04:39
As technology moves us faster and faster
through time and space,
through time and space,
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ketika teknologi menggerakkan kita
semakin cepat melalui waktu dan ruang,
semakin cepat melalui waktu dan ruang,
04:44
it seems to feel like story
is getting pushed out of the way,
is getting pushed out of the way,
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Ini seperti sebuah cerita
yang keluar dari alurnya
yang keluar dari alurnya
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I mean, literally pushed out
of the narrative.
of the narrative.
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Saya sebut ini keluar dari narasi.
04:50
But even as our engagement
with stories change,
with stories change,
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Bahkan keterikatan kita dengan cerita
telah berubah
telah berubah
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or the trappings around it morph from book
to audio to Instagram to Snapchat,
to audio to Instagram to Snapchat,
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dari buku ke saluran audio
hingga Instagram dan Snapchat
hingga Instagram dan Snapchat
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we must remember our finger
beneath the words.
beneath the words.
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kita harus mengingat tangan kita
di bawah kata-kata
di bawah kata-kata
05:02
Remember that story,
regardless of the format,
regardless of the format,
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Ingat. Terlepas dari bentuknya, cerita
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has always taken us to places
we never thought we'd go,
we never thought we'd go,
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telah membawa kita ke tempat
yang tak pernah kita pikirkan
yang tak pernah kita pikirkan
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introduced us to people
we never thought we'd meet
we never thought we'd meet
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mengenalkan kita pada orang
yang tak pernah terpikirkan.
yang tak pernah terpikirkan.
05:11
and shown us worlds
that we might have missed.
that we might have missed.
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dan menunjukkan pada dunia
yang mungkin kita lewatkan.
yang mungkin kita lewatkan.
05:15
So as technology keeps moving
faster and faster,
faster and faster,
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Ketika teknologi bergerak semakin cepat,
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I am good with something slower.
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saya senang dengan
sesuatu yang lebih lambat
sesuatu yang lebih lambat
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My finger beneath the words
has led me to a life of writing books
has led me to a life of writing books
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jari-jari saya di bawah kata-kata
telah membawa saya pada dunia menulis buku
telah membawa saya pada dunia menulis buku
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for people of all ages,
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yang cocok untuk segala umur
05:27
books meant to be read slowly,
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buku-buku yang dibaca secara lambat
05:29
to be savored.
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dinikmati.
05:31
My love for looking deeply
and closely at the world,
and closely at the world,
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Kecintaan saya untuk
melihat dunia lebih dalam dan dekat
melihat dunia lebih dalam dan dekat
05:35
for putting my whole self into it,
and by doing so,
and by doing so,
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untuk masuk di dalamnya
dan melakukannya
dan melakukannya
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seeing the many, many
possibilities of a narrative,
possibilities of a narrative,
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untuk melihat banyak kemungkinan
dari sebuah narasi,
dari sebuah narasi,
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turned out to be a gift,
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berubah menjadi sebuah hadiah
05:44
because taking my sweet time
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karena waktu saya telah tersita untuknya.
05:46
taught me everything
I needed to know about writing.
I needed to know about writing.
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mengajarkan saya tentang penulisan.
05:49
And writing taught me everything
I needed to know about creating worlds
I needed to know about creating worlds
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dan menulis mengajarkan saya
bagaimana menciptakan dunia
bagaimana menciptakan dunia
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where people could be seen and heard,
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di mana banyak orang
bisa dilihat dan didengar
bisa dilihat dan didengar
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where their experiences
could be legitimized,
could be legitimized,
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di mana pengalaman mereka
dapat disahkan
dapat disahkan
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and where my story,
read or heard by another person,
read or heard by another person,
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di mana cerita saya dibaca
dan didengar oleh orang lain
dan didengar oleh orang lain
06:03
inspired something in them
that became a connection between us,
that became a connection between us,
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menginspirasi sehingga tercipta
hubungan di antara kita,
hubungan di antara kita,
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a conversation.
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obrolan.
06:08
And isn't that what this is all about --
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Bukankah begitu seharusnya?
06:11
finding a way, at the end of the day,
to not feel alone in this world,
to not feel alone in this world,
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menemukan cara untuk
tidak merasa sendiri di dunia ini
tidak merasa sendiri di dunia ini
06:15
and a way to feel like
we've changed it before we leave?
we've changed it before we leave?
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dan cara untuk merasa kita telah
mengubahnya sebelum kita meninggalkannya?
mengubahnya sebelum kita meninggalkannya?
06:20
Stone to hammer, man to mummy,
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Batu ke palu, manusia ke mumi,
06:23
idea to story --
and all of it, remembered.
and all of it, remembered.
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ide ke cerita--
dan semua ini, dikenang.
dan semua ini, dikenang.
06:28
Sometimes we read
to understand the future.
to understand the future.
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Kita kadang-kadang membaca
untuk mengerti masa depan.
untuk mengerti masa depan.
06:32
Sometimes we read to understand the past.
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Kita kadang-kadang membaca
untuk mengerti masa lalu
untuk mengerti masa lalu
06:35
We read to get lost, to forget
the hard times we're living in,
the hard times we're living in,
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kita membaca untuk melupakan
masa-masa sulit yang kita hadapi
masa-masa sulit yang kita hadapi
06:39
and we read to remember
those who came before us,
those who came before us,
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dan kita membaca
untuk tahu para pendahulu kita
untuk tahu para pendahulu kita
06:42
who lived through something harder.
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dengan kehidupan yang lebih keras
06:44
I write for those same reasons.
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Itulah alasan saya untuk menulis.
06:47
Before coming to Brooklyn, my family
lived in Greenville, South Carolina,
lived in Greenville, South Carolina,
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Sebelum di Brooklyn, keluarga saya
tinggal di Greenville, South Carolina
tinggal di Greenville, South Carolina
06:52
in a segregated neighborhood
called Nicholtown.
called Nicholtown.
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dalam lingkungan yang terpisah,
Nicholtown
Nicholtown
06:55
All of us there were
the descendants of a people
the descendants of a people
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dan kami semua adalah
keturunan dari orang-orang
keturunan dari orang-orang
06:58
who had not been allowed
to learn to read or write.
to learn to read or write.
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yang tidak boleh
belajar membaca dan menulis
belajar membaca dan menulis
07:01
Imagine that:
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Bayangkan:
07:03
the danger of understanding
how letters form words,
how letters form words,
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bahayanya mengerti bagaimana
huruf membentuk kata
huruf membentuk kata
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the danger of words themselves,
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bahayanya kata-kata itu sendiri,
07:10
the danger of a literate people
and their stories.
and their stories.
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bahayanya orang yang terpelajar
dan kisahnya.
dan kisahnya.
07:15
But against this backdrop
of being threatened with death
of being threatened with death
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Tapi dengan melawan ancaman kematian
07:18
for holding onto a narrative,
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untuk berpegang pada narasi,
07:21
our stories didn't die,
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cerita kami tidak mati,
07:23
because there is yet another story
beneath that one.
beneath that one.
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karena ada cerita lain di bawahnya.
07:26
And this is how it has always worked.
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Dan begitulah sistemnya.
07:28
For as long as we've been communicating,
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selama kita mampu melakukan komunikasi,
07:30
there's been the layering
to the narrative,
to the narrative,
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Narasi itu banyak lapisannya,
07:32
the stories beneath the stories
and the ones beneath those.
and the ones beneath those.
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Cerita ini di bawah yang itu,
cerita itu di bawah yang ini.
cerita itu di bawah yang ini.
07:36
This is how story has and will
continue to survive.
continue to survive.
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Begitulah cara cerita bertahan.
07:41
As I began to connect the dots
that connected the way I learned to write
that connected the way I learned to write
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Saat saya mulai menghubungkan titik-titik
di mana saya belajar menulis
di mana saya belajar menulis
07:45
and the way I learned to read
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di mana saya belajar membaca
07:47
to an almost silenced people,
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terhadap orang yang miris pendiam.
07:50
I realized that my story was bigger
and older and deeper
and older and deeper
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saya menyadari bahwa cerita saya
lebih besar, tua dan mendalam
lebih besar, tua dan mendalam
07:55
than I would ever be.
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dari pada yang saya alami.
07:57
And because of that, it will continue.
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maka dari itu cerita saya akan berlanjut.
08:00
Among these almost-silenced people
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Di antara banyak orang yang bersikap diam
08:03
there were the ones
who never learned to read.
who never learned to read.
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Ada beberapa orang yang belum pernah
belajar membaca
belajar membaca
08:07
Their descendants, now generations
out of enslavement,
out of enslavement,
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Keturunan mereka, generasi yang
bebas dari perbudakan,
bebas dari perbudakan,
08:11
if well-off enough,
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kalau cukup kaya,
08:12
had gone on to college,
grad school, beyond.
grad school, beyond.
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bisa belajar di perguruan tinggi,
bahkan lebih.
bahkan lebih.
08:16
Some, like my grandmother and my siblings,
seemed to be born reading,
seemed to be born reading,
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Beberapa seperti nenek dan saudara saya
tampaknya dilahirkan untuk membaca,
tampaknya dilahirkan untuk membaca,
08:20
as though history
stepped out of their way.
stepped out of their way.
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walau dilupakan sejarah.
08:23
Some, like my mother, hitched onto
the Great Migration wagon --
the Great Migration wagon --
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Beberapa seperti ibu saya
menumpang di kereta Great Migration --
menumpang di kereta Great Migration --
08:27
which was not actually a wagon --
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yang sebenarnya bukan kereta
08:29
and kissed the South goodbye.
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mengucapkan The South goodbye.
08:32
But here is the story within that story:
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Namun, inilah cerita dalam cerita
08:35
those who left and those who stayed
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Orang-orang pergi dan tinggal,
08:37
carried with them
the history of a narrative,
the history of a narrative,
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membawa sejarah sebuah cerita.
08:40
knew deeply that writing it down wasn't
the only way they could hold on to it,
the only way they could hold on to it,
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Mereka paham, menuliskannya bukanlah
satu-satunya cara untuk mempertahankannya
satu-satunya cara untuk mempertahankannya
08:44
knew they could sit on their porches
or their stoops at the end of a long day
or their stoops at the end of a long day
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paham bahwa mereka
dapat duduk di teras setiap senja
dapat duduk di teras setiap senja
08:49
and spin a slow tale for their children.
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dan bercerita ke anak-cucu mereka.
08:52
They knew they could sing their stories
through the thick heat of picking cotton
through the thick heat of picking cotton
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Mereka paham mereka bisa menyanyikan
cerita di kepanasan memetik kapas
cerita di kepanasan memetik kapas
08:56
and harvesting tobacco,
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dan memanen tembakau,
08:58
knew they could preach their stories
and sew them into quilts,
and sew them into quilts,
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mereka dapat berkreasi
dengan cerita mereka
dengan cerita mereka
09:02
turn the most painful ones
into something laughable,
into something laughable,
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mengubah sesuatu yang paling menyakitkan
menjadi sesuatu yang lucu
menjadi sesuatu yang lucu
09:06
and through that laughter,
exhale the history a country
exhale the history a country
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dan melalui humor,
mereka bercerita tentang negara
mereka bercerita tentang negara
09:08
that tried again and again and again
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yang terus menerus mencoba
09:11
to steal their bodies,
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mencuri tubuh mereka,
09:13
their spirit
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semangat mereka
09:14
and their story.
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dan cerita mereka.
09:17
So as a child, I learned
to imagine an invisible finger
to imagine an invisible finger
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Saat saya kecil,
saya belajar untuk membayangkan jari
saya belajar untuk membayangkan jari
09:21
taking me from word to word,
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yang membawa saya menyelami kata per kata,
09:24
from sentence to sentence,
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dari kalimat ke kalimat lain,
09:27
from ignorance to understanding.
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dan ketidaktahuan menjadi pengetahuan.
09:30
So as technology continues to speed ahead,
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Jadi, ketika teknologi semakin cepat
09:34
I continue to read slowly,
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saya terus membaca dengan lambat,
09:38
knowing that I am respecting
the author's work
the author's work
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karena saya menghargai karya penulis
09:41
and the story's lasting power.
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dan kekuatan sebuah cerita
yang bertahan lama
yang bertahan lama
09:44
And I read slowly to drown out the noise
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saya membaca untuk mengurangi kebisingan
09:47
and remember those who came before me,
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dan mengingat mereka
yang telah mendahului saya,
yang telah mendahului saya,
09:51
who were probably the first people
who finally learned to control fire
who finally learned to control fire
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mungkin orang pertama yang
belajar cara mengendalikan api
belajar cara mengendalikan api
09:57
and circled their new power
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dan memutar kekuatan baru mereka
10:00
of flame and light and heat.
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dari api dan cahaya dan panas
10:05
And I read slowly to remember
the Selfish Giant,
the Selfish Giant,
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dan saya membaca lambat
untuk mengingat The Selfish Giant
untuk mengingat The Selfish Giant
10:09
how he finally tore that wall down
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bagaimana dia merobohkan tembok
10:11
and let the children run free
through his garden.
through his garden.
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dan membiarkan anak-anak
berlari melewati taman
berlari melewati taman
10:15
And I read slowly to pay homage
to my ancestors,
to my ancestors,
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dan saya membaca secara pelan
untuk menghormati nenek moyang saya
untuk menghormati nenek moyang saya
10:19
who were not allowed to read at all.
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yang tidak diizinkan
untuk membaca sama sekali
untuk membaca sama sekali
10:22
They, too, must have circled fires,
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mereka dapat memutar api
10:24
speaking softly of their dreams,
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berbicara secara halus
tentang mimpi mereka
tentang mimpi mereka
10:28
their hopes, their futures.
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harapan mereka, dan masa depan mereka
10:32
Each time we read, write or tell a story,
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setiap saya kita membaca,
menulis, dan mengisahkan sebuah cerita
menulis, dan mengisahkan sebuah cerita
10:37
we step inside their circle,
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kita memasuki lingkaran mereka
10:40
and it remains unbroken.
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dan ini masih belum terpecahkan
10:43
And the power of story lives on.
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dan kekuatan dari cerita akan tetap hidup.
10:48
Thank you.
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Terima kasih
10:49
(Applause)
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(Tepuk tangan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jacqueline Woodson - WriterFor Jacqueline Woodson, writing is a gift of joy not only to herself but also to her readers, who span all ages and backgrounds.
Why you should listen
Despite being raised by "old-school Southerners" who would've preferred she embarked on a sensible career, award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson tells us that "I've known I wanted to be a writer since I was around seven years old. I loved everything about stories -- how they made me feel and think, the joy good ones brought both the listener and the teller, the double and deeper meanings ... I knew writing made me happiest, and wrote as often as I could.
"Now, when I'm not writing, I'm out speaking about writing. I write for young people and old people. I write for magazines, newspapers. I write speeches and plays. I do this because it's never not joyful for me."
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