ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaustav Dey - Fashion revolutionary
Kaustav Dey leads marketing for Tommy Hilfiger in India.

Why you should listen

Kaustav Dey has always been fascinated by the role of fashion as a vehicle for protest, both in his own life and in the fashion industry. He believes that fashion has played a key role in counterculture history -- and that now more than ever, we need to fight censorship and repression with fashion.

Dey earned a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Madras University in Chennai, and he holds an MBA in marketing and communications from MICA in Ahmedabad, India. He loves fashion, food and his six dogs.

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Kaustav Dey: How fashion helps us express who we are -- and what we stand for

高斯塔夫戴伊: 時尚如何協助我們表現出真實自我──以及我們所代表的理念

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在紐約市,不會有人覺得女性穿著牛仔褲很奇怪──但當諾貝爾獎得主馬拉拉穿牛仔褲時,那就是種政治行為了。在全球,個人特徵有可能變成是罪行,衣著可能會是一種抗議的形式。這場演說是關於穿著的力量,講者高斯塔夫戴伊探究了時尚如何給予我們一種非話語的語言來表達「不同意」,並鼓勵我們擁抱我們的真實自我。
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00:12
I was around 10 when one day,
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我大約十歲時,有一天,
00:15
I discovered發現 a box
of my father's父親的 old things.
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我發現了一個盒子,
裡面有我爸爸的舊東西。
00:18
In it, under a bunch
of his college學院 textbooks教科書,
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盒子裡,在一堆他的
大學教科書底下,
00:21
was a pair of black黑色 corduroy燈芯 絨
bell-bottom鐘底 pants褲子.
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有一件黑色燈芯絨的喇叭褲。
00:27
These pants褲子 were awful可怕 --
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這褲子糟透了──
00:29
musty發霉的 and moth-eaten飛蛾吃.
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發霉且還長了蛀蟲。
00:31
And of course課程, I fell下跌 in love with them.
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當然,我愛上了它。
00:33
I'd never seen看到 anything like them.
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我從來沒看過這樣的東西。
00:36
Until直到 that day,
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在那天之前,
00:37
all I'd ever known已知 and worn磨損的
was my school學校 uniform制服,
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我所知道、所穿過的,
都是我的學校制服。
00:42
which哪一個, in fact事實, I was pretty漂亮 grateful感激 for,
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事實上,我對制服
是抱持感恩態度的,
00:45
because from quite相當 a young年輕 age年齡,
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因為,很小的時候,
00:47
I'd realized實現 I was somewhat有些 different不同.
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我就知道我和別人有某些不同之處。
00:50
I'd never been one of the boys男孩 my age年齡;
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我從來不像我那個年齡的男孩;
00:53
terrible可怕 at sports體育,
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我的體育很糟,
00:54
possibly或者 the unmanliestunmanliest little boy男孩 ever.
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可能是史上最無男子漢氣概的男孩。
00:57
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
00:58
I was bullied欺負 quite相當 a bit.
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我蠻常被霸凌。
01:01
And so, I figured想通 that to survive生存
I would be invisible無形,
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所以我知道,如果
想要生存,我就得隱形,
01:06
and the uniform制服 helped幫助 me
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而制服幫了我大忙,
01:08
to seem似乎 no different不同 from any other child兒童.
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讓我看起來和其他孩子沒有什麼不同。
01:11
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
01:12
Well, almost幾乎.
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嗯,是幾乎沒有什麼不同。
01:16
This became成為 my daily日常 prayer禱告:
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我每日的禱告便是:
01:18
"God, please make me
just like everybody每個人 else其他."
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「主啊,請讓我和其他人一樣。」
不過,這禱告大概直接
進到了上帝的語音信箱。
01:23
I think this went straight直行
to God's voicemail語音郵件, though雖然.
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01:25
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
01:27
And eventually終於, it became成為 pretty漂亮 clear明確
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最終,非常顯然
01:29
that I was not growing生長 up to be
the son兒子 that my father父親 always wanted.
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我長大後不會成為
我爸爸希望的樣子。
01:33
Sorry, Dad.
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抱歉,老爹。
01:37
No, I was not going to magically神奇 change更改.
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不,我不會神奇地突然改變。
01:40
And over time, I grew成長 less and less sure
that I actually其實 wanted to.
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但隨時間過去,我也
越來越不確定我真想要改變。
01:46
Therefore因此, the day those black黑色 corduroy燈芯 絨
bell-bottom鐘底 pants褲子 came來了 into my life,
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因此,那件黑色燈芯絨的喇叭褲
出現在我人生中的那一天,
01:51
something happened發生.
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奇妙的事情發生了。
01:53
I didn't see pants褲子;
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我看到的不是褲子;
01:55
I saw opportunity機會.
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我看到的是機會。
01:57
The very next下一個 day,
I had to wear穿 them to school學校,
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隔天,我非得要穿這條褲子上學,
01:59
come what may可能.
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不管會發生什麼。
02:01
And once一旦 I pulled on those god-awful天吶糟透了 pants褲子
and belted子午線 them tight,
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當我穿上了那條
非常可怕的褲子並把它扣緊時,
02:05
almost幾乎 instantly即刻, I developed發達
what can only be called a swagger昂首闊步.
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我幾乎是立刻就大搖大擺起來。
02:10
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
02:11
All the way to school學校,
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到學校的一路上,
02:13
and then all the way back
because I was sent發送 home at once一旦 --
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以及回家的一路上,
因為我馬上就被趕回了家──
02:16
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
02:17
I transformed改造 into
a little brown棕色 rock star.
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我變身成為了一個
黝黑的小搖滾明星。
02:22
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
02:23
I finally最後 didn't care關心 anymore
that I could not conform符合.
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我終於不再在乎我無法跟大家一樣。
02:26
That day, I was suddenly突然 celebrating慶祝 it.
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那天,我突然在慶祝我的與眾不同。
02:30
That day, instead代替 of being存在 invisible無形,
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那天,我不再隱形,
02:33
I chose選擇 to be looked看著 at,
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我選擇被大家看到,
02:36
just by wearing穿著 something different不同.
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只因為我不同的穿著。
02:39
That day, I discovered發現
the power功率 of what we wear穿.
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那天,我發現了穿著的力量。
02:43
That day, I discovered發現
the power功率 of fashion時尚,
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那天,我發現了時尚的力量,
02:46
and I've been in love with it ever since以來.
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我從此就愛上了它。
02:50
Fashion時尚 can communicate通信 our differences分歧
to the world世界 for us.
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時尚使我們能夠
向世界表達我們的差異。
02:54
And with this simple簡單 act法案 of truth真相,
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透過這樣一個簡單的真誠之舉,
02:56
I realized實現 that these differences分歧 --
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我了解到,這些差異──
02:59
they stopped停止 being存在 our shame恥辱.
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我們不用再為它們感到羞恥。
03:02
They became成為 our expressions表達式,
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它們變成了我們的表達方式,
03:05
expressions表達式 of our very unique獨特 identities身份.
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他們表達了我們非常獨特的身份。
03:10
And we should express表現 ourselves我們自己,
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我們應該表達自己,
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wear穿 what we want.
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穿我們想穿的。
03:14
What's the worst最差 that could happen發生?
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最糟的狀況會如何呢?
03:16
The fashion時尚 police警察 are going to get you
for being存在 so last season季節?
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難道會有時尚警察因為你
穿得太「過季」而來抓你嗎?
03:21
(Laughter笑聲)
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(笑聲)
03:24
Yeah.
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是啊,
03:26
Well, unless除非 the fashion時尚 police警察
meant意味著 something entirely完全 different不同.
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當然除非時尚警察
有完全不同的意思。
03:34
Nobel諾貝爾 Prize laureate得主 Malala馬拉拉
survived倖存 Taliban塔利班 extremists極端分子
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諾貝爾獎得主馬拉拉
逃過了塔利班極端份子
在 2012 年 10 月下的毒手。
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in October十月 2012.
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03:40
However然而, in October十月 2017,
she faced面對 a different不同 enemy敵人,
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然而,在 2017 年 10 月,
她面臨了不同的敵人,
03:45
when online線上 trolls巨魔 viciously惡毒
attacked襲擊 the photograph照片
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網路酸民惡毒地攻擊一張照片,
03:49
that showed顯示 the 20-year-old-歲
wearing穿著 jeans牛仔褲 that day.
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照片中這位二十歲女子
在那天穿著牛仔褲。
03:53
The comments註釋,
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她收到的評論和仇恨,
03:55
the hatred she received收到,
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從「何時頭巾也要脫下來了?」
03:57
ranged不等 from "How long
before the scarf圍巾 comes off?"
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04:00
to, and I quote引用,
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到,這是直接引述,
04:03
"That's the reason原因 the bullet子彈
directly targeted針對 her head
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「這就是為什麼之前
子彈會直接瞄準她的頭。」
(註:她頭部中彈但活下來了)
04:06
a long time ago."
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04:08
Now, when most of us decide決定
to wear穿 a pair of jeans牛仔褲
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當我們大部分人決定要穿牛仔褲時,
04:11
someplace某個地方 like New York紐約,
London倫敦, Milan米蘭, Paris巴黎,
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在像紐約、倫敦、
米蘭、巴黎這類地方,
04:16
we possibly或者 don't stop
to think that it's a privilege特權;
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我們可能不會認為這是一項特權;
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something that somewhere某處 else其他
can have consequences後果,
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無法想像在其他地方這是會有後果的,
04:25
something that can one day
be taken採取 away from us.
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是一項有一天可能會被剝奪的權利。
04:30
My grandmother祖母 was a woman女人
who took extraordinary非凡 pleasure樂趣
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我的祖母,是個非常
會享受打扮的女人。
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in dressing敷料 up.
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Her fashion時尚 was colorful華美.
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她的時尚色彩鮮艷。
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And the color顏色 she loved喜愛 to wear穿 so much
was possibly或者 the only thing
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而她非常喜歡穿在身上的顏色,
可能是唯一她能為自己做的事,
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that was truly about her,
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the one thing she had agency機構 over,
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她唯一能掌控的事,
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because like most other women婦女
of her generation in India印度,
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因為在印度,她與她那個世代的
大部分女性一樣,
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she'd never been allowed允許 to exist存在
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從來不被允許存在於
04:50
beyond what was dictated決定
by custom習慣 and tradition傳統.
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規定的習俗和傳統以外。
04:54
She'd been married已婚 at 17,
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她在十七歲時結婚,
04:57
and after 65 years年份 of marriage婚姻,
when my grandfather祖父 died死亡 suddenly突然 one day,
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婚姻持續了六十五年,
直到我祖父有一天突然過世,
05:03
her loss失利 was unbearable不堪忍受.
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她的損失是無法承受的。
05:07
But that day, she was going to lose失去
something else其他 as well,
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但那天,她同時還失去了
05:11
the one joy喜悅 she had:
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她唯一的喜悅:
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to wear穿 color顏色.
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把顏色穿在身上。
05:16
In India印度, according根據 to custom習慣,
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在印度,根據習俗,
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when a Hindu印度教 woman女人 becomes a widow寡婦,
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當印度教女子成為寡婦時,
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all she's allowed允許 to wear穿 is white白色
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她只能穿白色,
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from the day of the death死亡 of her husband丈夫.
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從她的丈夫過世那天起都是如此。
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No one made製作 my grandmother祖母 wear穿 white白色.
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沒有人要求我祖母穿白色。
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However然而, every一切 woman女人 she'd known已知
who had outlived活得比 her husband丈夫,
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然而,她認識的
每一個失去了丈夫的女人,
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including包含 her mother母親,
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包括她母親,
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had doneDONE it.
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都會穿白色。
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This oppression壓迫 was so internalized內在,
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這種壓迫感如此深入人心、
05:39
so deep-rooted刻骨,
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如此根深蒂固,
05:41
that she herself她自己 refused拒絕 a choice選擇.
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讓她自己拒絕了選擇。
05:46
She passed通過 away this year,
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她今年過世了,
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and until直到 the day she died死亡,
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到她辭世之前,
05:50
she continued繼續 to wear穿 only white白色.
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她都一直只穿白色。
05:56
I have a photograph照片 with her
from earlier, happier幸福 times.
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我有張和她的合照,
是早期她較快樂的時候拍的。
06:00
In it, you can't really see
what she's wearing穿著 --
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你看不太出來照片中她穿什麼顏色──
06:03
the photo照片 is in black黑色 and white白色.
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這是張黑白照片。
06:05
However然而, from the way she's smiling微笑 in it,
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然而,從她在照片中的笑容,
06:08
you just know she's wearing穿著 color顏色.
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你就能知道她的衣服是彩色的。
06:12
This is also what fashion時尚 can do.
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這也是時尚的功能之一。
06:15
It has the power功率 to fill us with joy喜悅,
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它有種力量,能讓我們充滿喜悅,
06:17
the joy喜悅 of freedom自由 to choose選擇 for ourselves我們自己
how we want to look,
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這種喜悅是來自於有
能選擇自己想要的外觀、
06:23
how we want to live生活 --
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自己想要的生活的自由──
06:25
a freedom自由 worth價值 fighting戰鬥 for.
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這是值得我們去爭取的自由。
06:28
And fighting戰鬥 for freedom自由, protest抗議,
comes in many許多 forms形式.
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而爭取自由、抗議,
有許多不同的形式。
06:33
Widows寡婦 in India印度 like my grandmother祖母,
thousands數千 of them,
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印度有數以千計的寡婦,
我祖母是其一,
06:36
live生活 in a city called Vrindavan溫達文.
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住在叫做沃林達文的城市。
06:39
And so, it's been a sea
of white白色 for centuries百年.
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數世紀來,那裡就像一片白色海洋。
06:44
However然而, only as recently最近 as 2013,
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然而,直到 2013 年,
06:47
the widows寡婦 of Vrindavan溫達文
have started開始 to celebrate慶祝 Holi霍利,
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沃林達文的寡婦才開始慶祝灑紅節,
06:51
the Indian印度人 festival of color顏色,
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它是印度的顏色節慶,
06:54
which哪一個 they are prohibited被禁止
from participating參與 in.
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過去寡婦被禁止參加這個節慶。
06:58
On this one day in March遊行,
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在三月的某一天,
07:00
these women婦女 take the traditional傳統
colored有色 powder粉末 of the festival
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這些女性拿著這節慶傳統
所使用的彩色粉末,
07:04
and color顏色 each other.
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為彼此上色。
07:07
With every一切 handful少數 of the powder粉末
they throw into the air空氣,
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她們每向空中灑出一把粉末,
07:11
their white白色 saris紗 麗 slowly慢慢地 start開始
to suffuse充溢 with color顏色.
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她們的白色紗麗(傳統服飾)
便慢慢地沾上了顏色。
07:16
And they don't stop until直到
they're completely全然 covered覆蓋
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一直到完全沾滿了
彩虹的每一道色彩──
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in every一切 hue色調 of the rainbow彩虹
that's forbidden被禁止 to them.
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那些她們平時無法碰觸的色彩,
她們才肯停止。
07:24
The color顏色 washes off the next下一個 day,
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隔天那些顏色就洗掉了,
07:27
however然而, for that moment時刻 in time,
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然而,那個時刻
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it's their beautiful美麗 disruption瓦解.
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是屬於她們的美麗的顛覆性時刻。
07:34
This disruption瓦解,
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這種顛覆,
07:37
any kind of dissonance不和諧,
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任何一種不和諧,
07:39
can be the first gauntlet長手套 we throw down
in a battle戰鬥 against反對 oppression壓迫.
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都可以是我們的第一波攻勢,
引領我們對抗壓迫的抗戰。
07:44
And fashion時尚 --
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而時尚──
07:45
it can create創建 visual視覺 disruption瓦解 for us --
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它能為我們呈現視覺顛覆──
07:48
on us, literally按照字面.
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就在我們身上呈現。
07:51
Lessons教訓 of defiance蔑視
have always been taught
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反抗的教訓
向來是由時尚的偉大革命家教導的:
07:54
by fashion's時尚的 great revolutionaries革命者:
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its designers設計師.
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時尚設計師。
07:59
Jean吉恩 Paul保羅 Gaultier高緹耶 taught us
that women婦女 can be kings國王.
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尚·保羅·高緹耶教導我們,
女人也可以當國王。
08:04
Thom托姆 Browne布朗 --
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托姆·布朗恩──
08:06
he taught us that men男人 can wear穿 heels腳跟.
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他教導我們,男人也可以穿高跟鞋。
08:10
And Alexander亞歷山大 McQueen麥昆,
in his spring彈簧 1999 show顯示,
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亞歷山大·麥昆,在他
1999 年春天的時裝秀中,
08:14
had two giant巨人 robotic機器人 arms武器
in the middle中間 of his runway跑道.
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在他的伸展台兩側裝了
兩隻巨大的機械手臂。
08:19
And as the model模型, Shalom沙洛姆 Harlow哈洛
began開始 to spin in between之間 them,
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模特兒莎琳·夏露開始
在兩隻手臂之間轉圈,
08:24
these two giant巨人 arms武器 --
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這兩隻巨大的手臂──
08:26
furtively偷偷摸摸 at first and then furiously瘋狂,
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一開始是偷偷地,接著是猛烈地
08:28
began開始 to spray噴霧 color顏色 onto her.
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開始對她噴灑顏色。
08:31
McQueen麥昆, thus從而,
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因此,麥昆,
08:33
before he took his own擁有 life,
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在他自殺之前,
08:35
taught us that this body身體
of ours我們的 is a canvas帆布,
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教導我們,我們自己的
身體就是畫布,
08:40
a canvas帆布 we get to paint塗料 however然而 we want.
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我們可以依自己的喜好在上面揮灑。
08:45
Somebody who loved喜愛 this world世界 of fashion時尚
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有個人很喜愛這個時尚世界,
08:47
was KararKarar NushiNushi.
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他就是卡拉·努希。
08:49
He was a student學生 and actor演員 from Iraq伊拉克.
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他是來自伊拉克的學生兼演員。
08:52
He loved喜愛 his vibrant充滿活力, eclectic不拘一格 clothes衣服.
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他很愛他那些明亮、不拘一格的衣服。
08:55
However然而, he soon不久 started開始 receiving接收
death死亡 threats威脅 for how he looked看著.
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然而,他很快就開始因為
他的外觀而收到死亡威脅。
09:00
He remained保持 unfazed未受影響.
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但是他不為所動,
09:02
He remained保持 fabulous極好,
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他仍然保持光鮮亮麗。
09:04
until直到 July七月 2017,
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直到 2017 年 7 月,
09:06
when KararKarar was discovered發現 dead
on a busy street in Baghdad巴格達.
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卡拉被發現陳屍在
巴格達的熱鬧街頭。
09:13
He'd他會 been kidnapped綁架.
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他被綁架了。
09:16
He'd他會 been tortured折磨.
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他遭受了虐待。
09:18
And eyewitnesses目擊者 say that his body身體
showed顯示 multiple wounds傷口.
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目擊證人說,他的身體有多個傷口,
09:24
Stab wounds傷口.
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刺傷的傷口。
09:27
Two thousand miles英里 away in Peshawar白沙瓦,
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在兩千英哩外的白沙瓦,
09:30
Pakistani巴基斯坦 transgender變性 activist活動家 Alisha艾麗莎
was shot射擊 multiple times in May可能 2016.
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巴基斯坦變性激進份子阿莉莎
在 2016 年 5 月身中數槍。
09:37
She was taken採取 to the hospital醫院,
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她被送到醫院,
09:39
but because she dressed連衣裙的
in women's女士的 clothing服裝,
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但因為她穿著女性服裝,
09:41
she was refused拒絕 access訪問
to either the men's男裝 or the women's女士的 wards病房.
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醫院拒絕給她使用男病房或女病房。
09:48
What we choose選擇 to wear穿 can sometimes有時
be literally按照字面 life and death死亡.
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我們選擇的穿著有時真的攸關生死。
09:53
And even in death死亡,
we sometimes有時 don't get to choose選擇.
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有時甚至即使是死了,
我們也無法選擇穿著。
09:57
Alisha艾麗莎 died死亡 that day
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阿莉莎那天過世了,
09:59
and then was buried隱藏 as a man.
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她被當作男人埋葬。
10:02
What kind of world世界 is this?
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這是個什麼樣的世界?
10:05
Well, it's one in which哪一個
it's natural自然 to be afraid害怕,
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在這個世界裡,害怕是很自然的,
10:09
to be frightened受驚 of this surveillance監控,
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懼怕這種監視,
10:12
this violence暴力 against反對 our bodies身體
and what we wear穿 on them.
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這種衝著我們的身體、
我們的穿著而來的暴力。
10:16
However然而, the greater更大 fear恐懼
is that once一旦 we surrender投降,
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然而,更大的恐懼卻是,
一旦我們投降了,
10:21
blend混合 in
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融入了,
10:22
and begin開始 to disappear消失
one after the other,
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開始一個接著一個消失了,
10:25
the more normal正常 this false
conformity一致性 will look,
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這虛假的順從看起來越正常,
10:29
the less shocking觸目驚心
this oppression壓迫 will feel.
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這種壓迫的震撼感就會越低。
10:34
For the children孩子 we are raising提高,
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對於我們正在養育的孩子們,
10:36
the injustice不公正 of today今天 could become成為
the ordinary普通 of tomorrow明天.
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現今的不公正可能會變成明天的常態。
10:42
They'll他們會 get used to this,
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他們會習慣這樣,
10:45
and they, too, might威力 begin開始 to see
anything different不同 as dirty,
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他們也會開始把與他們
不同的差異視為是骯髒的,
10:50
something to be hated,
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應該要被仇視的,
10:52
something to be extinguished熄滅,
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應該要趕盡殺絕的,
10:55
like lights燈火 to be put out,
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就像是要被滅掉的光,
10:57
one by one,
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一盞接著一盞,
10:58
until直到 darkness黑暗 becomes a way of life.
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直到完全被黑暗包圍。
11:02
However然而, if I today今天,
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然而,如果今天是由我開始,
11:04
then you tomorrow明天,
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明天是你們接續下去,
11:06
maybe even more of us someday日後,
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有一天可能會有更多的人,
11:08
if we embrace擁抱 our right
to look like ourselves我們自己,
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如果我們能擁抱我們
在外觀上忠於自我的權利,
11:11
then in the world世界 that's been
violently猛烈 whitewashed粉刷,
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那麼在這個被無情粉飾的世界上,
11:14
we will become成為 the pinpricks零星
of color顏色 pushing推動 through通過,
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我們就會變成讓顏色奪勢而出的針孔,
11:17
much like those widows寡婦 of Vrindavan溫達文.
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就像那些沃林達文的寡婦一樣。
11:21
How then, with so many許多 of us,
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等我們的人數越來越多的時候,
11:24
will the crosshairs十字線 of a gun
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槍的十字瞄準線
11:26
be able能夠 to pick out KararKarar,
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怎麼能分辨出誰是卡拉、
11:29
Malala馬拉拉,
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馬拉拉、
11:31
Alisha艾麗莎?
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阿莉莎?
11:34
Can they kill us all?
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他們能把我們殺光嗎?
11:38
The time is now to stand up,
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現在該是我們站起來、
站出來的時候了。
11:41
to stand out.
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11:43
Where sameness千篇一律 is safeness安全性,
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在一個「相同」
等於「安全」的世界裡,
11:45
with something as simple簡單 as what we wear穿,
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我們用很簡單的東西,
比如我們的穿著,
11:48
we can draw every一切 eye to ourselves我們自己
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就能夠把目光吸引到我們身上,
11:51
to say that there are differences分歧
in this world世界, and there always will be.
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讓大家知道,世界上有差異存在,
且永遠都會有。
11:56
Get used to it.
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習慣它吧!
11:58
And this we can say without a single word.
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這是我們可以不用開口
就能說出來的訊息。
12:01
Fashion時尚 can give us
a language語言 for dissent異議.
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時尚能給我們一種表示異議的語言。
12:05
It can give us courage勇氣.
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它能給我們勇氣,
12:07
Fashion時尚 can let us literally按照字面 wear穿
our courage勇氣 on our sleeves袖子.
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時尚能讓我們自由地
把我們的勇氣穿在身上。
12:13
So wear穿 it.
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那就穿上去吧,
12:16
Wear穿 it like armor盔甲.
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像盔甲一樣穿上去。
12:18
Wear穿 it because it matters事項.
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把它穿上去,因為它很重要,
12:21
And wear穿 it because you matter.
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把它穿上去,因為你很重要。
12:23
Thank you.
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謝謝。
12:24
(Applause掌聲)
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(掌聲)
Translated by Lilian Chiu
Reviewed by Peipei Xiang

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kaustav Dey - Fashion revolutionary
Kaustav Dey leads marketing for Tommy Hilfiger in India.

Why you should listen

Kaustav Dey has always been fascinated by the role of fashion as a vehicle for protest, both in his own life and in the fashion industry. He believes that fashion has played a key role in counterculture history -- and that now more than ever, we need to fight censorship and repression with fashion.

Dey earned a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Madras University in Chennai, and he holds an MBA in marketing and communications from MICA in Ahmedabad, India. He loves fashion, food and his six dogs.

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