TED2011
Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ...
Hvis jeg skulle få en datter ...
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"Hvis jeg skulle få en datter, skulle hun, i stedet for mor, kalde mig punkt B ..." begynder spoken word-poeten Sarah Kay, i en tale der fremkaldte to stående ovationer til TED2011. Hun fortæller historien om hendes metamorfose - fra en storøjet teenager der sugede vers til sig i New Yorks Bowery Poetry Club, til en lærer der knytter børn sammen selvudtrykkelsen kraft igennem Projekt V.O.I.C.E. -- og giver to optrædener med "B" og "Hiroshima", der tager vejret fra en
Sarah Kay - Poet
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
A performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Full bio
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If I should have a daughter,
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Hvis jeg skulle få en datter,
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instead of "Mom,"
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i stedet for mor,
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she's gonna call me "Point B,"
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skulle hun kalde mig "Punkt B,"
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because that way she knows that no matter what happens,
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fordi på den måde ved hun at uanset hvad der sker,
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at least she can always find her way to me.
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kan hun i det mindste altid finde vej til mig.
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And I'm going to paint solar systems on the backs of her hands
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Og jeg vil male solsystemer på bagsiden af hendes hænder
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so she has to learn the entire universe
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så hun skal lære hele universet
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before she can say, "Oh, I know that like the back of my hand."
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før hun kan sige "Åh, det kender jeg som bagsiden af min hånd."
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And she's going to learn
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Og hun kommer til at lære
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that this life will hit you hard in the face,
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at dette liv vil ramme dig hårdt i ansigtet,
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wait for you to get back up just so it can kick you in the stomach.
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vente til du kommer op igen, bare for det kan sparke dig i maven.
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But getting the wind knocked out of you
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Men at få luften slået ud af dig
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is the only way to remind your lungs
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er den eneste måde at minde dine lunger om
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how much they like the taste of air.
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hvor meget de kan lide smagen af luft.
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There is hurt, here,
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Der er smerte, her,
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that cannot be fixed by Band-Aids or poetry.
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som ikke kan klares med plaster eller poesi.
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So the first time she realizes
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Så første gang hun indser
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that Wonder Woman isn't coming,
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at Wonder Woman ikke kommer
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I'll make sure she knows
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vil jeg gøre hende sikker på hun ved
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she doesn't have to wear the cape all by herself
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hun ikke behøver at bære kappen alene
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because no matter how wide you stretch your fingers,
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fordi uanset hvor meget du strækker dine fingre,
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your hands will always be too small
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vil dine hænder altid være for små
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to catch all the pain you want to heal.
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til at gribe al den smerte du vil hele.
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Believe me, I've tried.
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Tro mig, jeg har prøvet.
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"And, baby," I'll tell her,
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"Og, skat" vil jeg sige til hende,
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don't keep your nose up in the air like that.
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stik ikke din næse op i luften på den måde.
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I know that trick; I've done it a million times.
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Jeg kender det trick; jeg har gjort en million gange.
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You're just smelling for smoke
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Du lugter bare efter røg
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so you can follow the trail back to a burning house,
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så du kan følge sporet tilbage til et brændende hus,
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so you can find the boy who lost everything in the fire
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så du kan finde drengen der mistede alt i ilden
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to see if you can save him.
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for at se om du kan redde ham.
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Or else find the boy who lit the fire in the first place,
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Eller finde drengen der tændte ilden i første omgang,
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to see if you can change him."
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for at se om du kan ændre ham."
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But I know she will anyway,
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Men jeg ved hun vil gøre det alligevel
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so instead I'll always keep an extra supply
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så i stedet vil jeg altid have en ekstra forsyning
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of chocolate and rain boots nearby,
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af chokolade og gummistøvler i nærheden,
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because there is no heartbreak that chocolate can't fix.
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fordi der er ingen hjertesorg chokolade ikke kan ordne.
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Okay, there's a few heartbreaks that chocolate can't fix.
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Okay, der er et par hjertesorger chokolade ikke kan ordne.
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But that's what the rain boots are for,
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Men det er det gummistøvlerne er til,
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because rain will wash away everything, if you let it.
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fordi regn vil vaske alt bort, hvis du lader det.
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I want her to look at the world
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Jeg vil have hun skal se verden
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through the underside of a glass-bottom boat,
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gennem bunden af af en båd med glasbund,
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to look through a microscope
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at se gennem et mikroskop
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at the galaxies that exist
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på galakser som eksisterer
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on the pinpoint of a human mind,
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på nålespidsen af et mennesket sind,
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because that's the way my mom taught me.
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fordi det er den måde min mor lærte mig det på.
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That there'll be days like this.
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At der vil være dage som denne.
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♫ There'll be days like this, my momma said. ♫
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♫Der vil være dage som denne, sagde min mor.♫
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When you open your hands to catch
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Når du åbner dine hænder for at gribe
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and wind up with only blisters and bruises;
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og kun ender med vabler og knubs;
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when you step out of the phone booth and try to fly
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når du træder ud af telefonboksen og forsøger at flyve
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and the very people you want to save
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og de samme mennesker som du vil redde
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are the ones standing on your cape;
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er dem der står på din kappe;
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when your boots will fill with rain,
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når dine støvler bliver fyldt med regn,
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and you'll be up to your knees in disappointment.
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og du står til knæene i skuffelse.
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And those are the very days you have all the more reason to say thank you.
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Og det er de dage du har desto mere grund til at sig tak.
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Because there's nothing more beautiful
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Fordi der er ikke noget smukkere
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than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shoreline,
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end den måde havet nægter at stoppe med at kysse kysten,
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no matter how many times it's sent away.
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uanset hvor mange gange den bliver sendt væk.
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You will put the wind in winsome, lose some.
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Du vil sætte vind i vinder noget, taber noget
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You will put the star
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Du vil sætte stjernen
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in starting over, and over.
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i at starte på ny, og ny igen
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And no matter how many land mines erupt in a minute,
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Og uanset hvor mange landminer sprænger på et minut,
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be sure your mind lands
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vær sikker på at dit sind lander
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on the beauty of this funny place called life.
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på skønheden af dette sjove sted kaldet livet.
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And yes, on a scale from one to over-trusting,
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Og ja, på en skala fra en til over-tillidsfuld
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I am pretty damn naive.
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er jeg forbandet naiv.
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But I want her to know that this world is made out of sugar.
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Men jeg ved at denne verden er lavet af sukker.
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It can crumble so easily,
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Den kan smuldre så let,
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but don't be afraid to stick your tongue out and taste it.
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men vær ikke bange for at stikke tungen ud og smage den.
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"Baby," I'll tell her, "remember, your momma is a worrier,
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"Skat", vil jeg sige til hende, "husk at din mor er en sortseer,
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and your poppa is a warrior,
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og din far er en kriger,
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and you are the girl with small hands and big eyes
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og du er pigen med små hænder og store øjne
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who never stops asking for more."
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som aldrig stopper med at spørge efter mere."
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Remember that good things come in threes
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Husk at gode ting kommer i tre
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and so do bad things.
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og dårlige ting ligeså.
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And always apologize when you've done something wrong,
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Og undskyld altid når du har gjort noget forkert,
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but don't you ever apologize
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men undskyld aldrig
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for the way your eyes refuse to stop shining.
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for den måde dine øjne nægter at stoppe med at skinne.
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Your voice is small, but don't ever stop singing.
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Din stemme er lille, men stop aldrig med at synge.
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And when they finally hand you heartache,
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Og når de endelig rækker dig hjertesorg,
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when they slip war and hatred under your door
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og de skubber krig og had ind under din dør
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and offer you handouts on street-corners
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og de på gadehjørner tilbyder dig løbesedler
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of cynicism and defeat,
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med kynisme og nederlag,
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you tell them that they really ought to meet your mother.
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så fortæl dem at de burde møde din mor.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Tak. Tak.
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(Applause)
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(bifald)
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Thank you.
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Tak
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(Applause)
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(bifald)
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Thanks.
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Takker.
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(Applause)
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(bifald)
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Thank you.
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Tak
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(Applause)
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(bifald)
04:00
All right, so I want you to take a moment,
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Okay, jeg vil gerne at i bruger et øjeblik,
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and I want you to think of three things
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og jeg vil gerne have i tænker på tre ting
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that you know to be true.
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i ved er sande.
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They can be about whatever you want --
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Det kan være lige hvad i har lyst til --
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technology, entertainment, design,
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teknologi, underholdning, design,
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your family, what you had for breakfast.
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din famile, hvad du fik til morgenmad.
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The only rule is don't think too hard.
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Den eneste regel er ikke at tænke for meget.
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Okay, ready? Go.
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Okay, klar? Go.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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So here are three things I know to be true.
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Her er tre ting jeg ved er sandt.
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I know that Jean-Luc Godard was right
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Jeg ved at Jean Luc-Godard havde ret
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when he said that, "a good story
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da han sagde, "en god historie
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has a beginning, a middle and an end,
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har en begyndelse, en midte og en slutning,
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although not necessarily in that order."
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men ikke nødvendigvis i den rækkefølge."
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I know that I'm incredibly nervous and excited to be up here,
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Jeg ved at jeg er ufattelig nervøs og begejstret over at stå heroppe,
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which is greatly inhibiting my ability to keep it cool.
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hvilket virkeligt hæmmer min evne til at holde hovedet koldt.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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And I know
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Og jeg ved
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that I have been waiting all week to tell this joke.
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at jeg har vente hele ugen på at fortælle denne vits.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Why was the scarecrow invited to TED?
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Hvorfor blev fugleskræmslet inviteret til TED?
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Because he was out standing in his field.
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Fordi han skilte sig ud i sit felt.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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I'm sorry.
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Undskyld.
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Okay, so these are three things I know to be true.
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Okay, dette er så tre ting jeg ved er sande.
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But there are plenty of things I have trouble understanding.
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Men der er masser af ting jeg har besvær med at forstå.
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So I write poems to figure things out.
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Så jeg skriver poesi for at regne ting ud.
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Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something
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Nogle gange er den eneste måde jeg kan arbejde mig gennem noget
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is by writing a poem.
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ved at skrive et digt.
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And sometimes I get to the end of the poem
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Og nogle gange kommer jeg til enden af digtet
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and look back and go, "Oh, that's what this is all about,"
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og ser mig tilbage og siger, "Åh, så det er det her handler om",
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and sometimes I get to the end of the poem
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og nogle gange kommer jeg til enden af digtet
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and haven't solved anything,
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og har ikke regnet noget ud,
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but at least I have a new poem out of it.
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men i det mindste har jeg fået et nyt digt ud af det.
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Spoken word poetry is the art of performance poetry.
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Spoken word er performance-poesi kunsten.
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I tell people it involves creating poetry
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Jeg fortæller folk, det involverer at skabe poesi
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that doesn't just want to sit on paper,
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som ikke blot vil stå på papir,
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that something about it demands it be heard out loud
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at noget ved det kræver at blive hørt
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or witnessed in person.
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eller oplevet personligt
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When I was a freshman in high school,
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Da jeg var førsteårsstuderende i gymnasiet,
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I was a live wire of nervous hormones.
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var jeg et energibundt af nervøse hormoner.
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And I was underdeveloped
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Og jeg var underudviklet
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and over-excitable.
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og overpirrelig
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And despite my fear
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Og trods min frygt
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of ever being looked at for too long,
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for at blive set på for længe,
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I was fascinated by the idea of spoken word poetry.
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var jeg fascineret af ideen om spoken word-poesi.
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I felt that my two secret loves, poetry and theatre,
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Jeg følte at mine to hemmelige kærligheder, poesi og teater,
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had come together, had a baby,
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havde fundet sammen, havde fået et barn,
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a baby I needed to get to know.
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et barn jeg måtte lære at kende.
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So I decided to give it a try.
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Så jeg besluttede at prøve.
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My first spoken word poem,
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Mit første spoken word-digt
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packed with all the wisdom of a 14-year-old,
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fyldt med alt visdommen fra en 14-årig,
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was about the injustice
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handlede om uretfærdigheden
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of being seen as unfeminine.
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i at blive set som ufeminin.
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The poem was very indignant,
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Digtet var meget indigneret
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and mainly exaggerated,
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og hovedsageligt overdrevet,
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but the only spoken word poetry that I had seen up until that point
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men det eneste spoken word-poesi jeg havde set, indtil da
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was mainly indignant,
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var hovedsagligt indigneret,
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so I thought that that's what was expected of me.
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så jeg troede, at det var det, der var krævet af mig.
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The first time that I performed,
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Den første gang jeg optrådte,
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the audience of teenagers hooted and hollered their sympathy,
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hujede og råbte teenage-publikummet deres sympati,
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and when I came off the stage I was shaking.
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og da jeg kom ned af scenen rystede jeg.
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I felt this tap on my shoulder,
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Jeg følte det her prik på min skulder,
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and I turned around to see
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og jeg vendte mig for at se
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this giant girl in a hoodie sweatshirt emerge from the crowd.
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den her kæmpe pige i hættetrøje, rejse sig fra mægden.
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She was maybe eight feet tall
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Hun var måske 2.5m høj
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and looked like she could beat me up with one hand,
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og så ud som om hun kunne tæske mig med en hånd,
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but instead she just nodded at me
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men i stedet nikkede hun til mig
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and said, "Hey, I really felt that. Thanks."
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og sagde, "Hey, jeg følte det virkelig. Tak."
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And lightning struck.
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Og lynet slog ned
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I was hooked.
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Jeg var afhængig.
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I discovered this bar on Manhattan's Lower East Side
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Jeg opdagede den her bar på Manhattans Lower East Side
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that hosted a weekly poetry open mic,
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som var vært for en ugenlig poesi-open mic,
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and my bewildered, but supportive, parents took me
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og mine rådvilde, men støttende, forældre tog mig med
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to soak in every ounce of spoken word that I could.
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for at opsuge hvert eneste gram spoken word jeg kunne.
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I was the youngest by at least a decade,
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Jeg var den yngste med mindst ti år,
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but somehow the poets at the Bowery Poetry Club
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men på en eller anden måde blev poeterne i the Bowery Poetry Club
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didn't seem bothered by the 14-year-old wandering about --
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ikke generet af den 14-årige der vandrede rundt --
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if fact, they welcomed me.
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faktisk så bød de mig velkommen.
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And it was here, listening to these poets share their stories,
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Og det var her, lyttende til disse poeter dele deres historier,
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that I learned that spoken word poetry didn't have to be indignant,
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at jeg lærte at spoken word-poesi ikke behøver at være indigneret,
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it could be fun or painful
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det kunne være sjovt eller smertefuldt
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or serious or silly.
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eller seriøst eller fjollet.
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The Bowery Poetry Club became my classroom and my home,
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The Bowery Poetry Club blev mit klasseværelse og mit hjem,
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and the poets who performed
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og digterne der optrådte
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encouraged me to share my stories as well.
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opfordrede mig til også at dele mine historier
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Never mind the fact that I was 14 --
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Glem det faktum at jeg var 14 --
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they told me, "Write about being 14."
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sagde de til mig, "Skriv om at være 14."
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So I did and stood amazed every week
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Så det gjorde jeg, og stod forbløffet hver uge
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when these brilliant, grown-up poets
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når disse fremragende, voksne
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laughed with me and groaned their sympathy
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lo med mig og jamrede deres sympati
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and clapped and told me, "Hey, I really felt that too."
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og klappede og sagde til mig, "Hey, jeg følte det også."
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Now I can divide my spoken word journey
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Nu kan jeg dele min spoken word-rejse
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into three steps.
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ind i tre trin.
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Step one was the moment I said,
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Første trin var det øjeblik hvor jeg sagde,
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"I can. I can do this."
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"Jeg kan. Jeg kan gøre det her."
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And that was thanks to a girl in a hoodie.
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Og det var takket være en pige i en hættetrøje.
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Step two was the moment I said,
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Trin to var det øjeblik jeg sagde,
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"I will. I will continue.
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"Jeg vil. Jeg vil forsætte."
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I love spoken word. I will keep coming back week after week."
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Jeg elsker spoken word. Jeg kommer tibage uge efter uge."
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And step three began
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Og trin tre begyndte
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when I realized that I didn't have to write poems that were indignant,
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da jeg indså, jeg ikke behøvede at skrive indignerede digte,
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if that's not what I was.
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hvis jeg ikke var det.
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There were things that were specific to me,
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Der var ting der var specifikke for mig
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and the more that I focused on those things,
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og jo mere jeg fokuserede på de ting,
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the weirder my poetry got,
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desto mere mærkelig blev min poesi,
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but the more that it felt like mine.
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men den føltes også mere som min.
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It's not just the adage "write what you know."
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Det er ikke kun som ordsproget "Skriv om hvad du ved."
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It's about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience
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Det handler om at samle den viden og erfaring
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you've collected up to now
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du har indsamlet indtil nu,
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to help you dive into the things you don't know.
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til at hjælpe dig med at dykke ned i ting du ikke ved.
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I use poetry to help me work through what I don't understand,
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Jeg bruger poesi til hjælpe mig med at arbejde gennem ting jeg ikke forstår,
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but I show up to each new poem
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men jeg møder op til hvert nyt digt
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with a backpack full
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med en rygsæk fyldt
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of everywhere else that I've been.
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af alle de steder jeg har været.
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When I got to university, I met a fellow poet
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Da jeg kom til universitetet, mødte jeg en med-poet
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who shared my belief in the magic of spoken word poetry.
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som delt min tro på det magiske i spoken word poesi.
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And actually, Phil Kaye and I
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Og faktisk, Phil Kaye og jeg,
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coincidentally also share the same last name.
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delte tilfældigvis det samme efternavn.
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When I was in high school I had created Project V.O.I.C.E.
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Da jeg var i gymnasiet havde jeg skabt Project V.O.I.C.E.
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as a way to encourage my friends to do spoken word with me.
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som en måde at opmuntre mine venner til at lave spoken word sammen med mig.
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But Phil and I decided to reinvent Project V.O.I.C.E. --
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Men Phil og jeg besluttede at genopfinde Project V.O.I.C.E.--
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this time changing the mission
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denne gang med den ændret mission
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to using spoken word poetry as a way to entertain,
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at bruge spoken word-poesi som en måde at underholde på,
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educate and inspire.
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uddanne og inspirere.
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We stayed full-time students, but in between we traveled,
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Vi blev ved med at være fuldtidsstuderende, men i mellemtiden rejste vi,
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performing and teaching
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optrådte og underviste
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nine-year-olds to MFA candidates,
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ni-årige til kunst-kanditatstuderende,
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from California to Indiana to India
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fra Californien til Indiana til Indien,
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to a public high school just up the street from campus.
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til et offentlig gymnasium oppe af vejen fra campus.
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And we saw over and over
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Og igen og igen så vi,
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the way that spoken word poetry
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den måde hvorpå spoken word-poesi
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cracks open locks.
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bryder låse op.
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But it turns out sometimes,
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Men det viser sig at nogle gange,
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poetry can be really scary.
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kan poesi være virkeligt skræmmende.
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Turns out sometimes,
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Det viser sig nogle gange,
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you have to trick teenagers into writing poetry.
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at man kan blive nød til at narre teenagere til at skrive poesi.
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So I came up with lists. Everyone can write lists.
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Så jeg fandt på lister. Alle kan lave lister.
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And the first list that I assign
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Og den første jeg giver for,
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is "10 Things I Know to be True."
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er "10 ting jeg ved er sande".
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And here's what happens, and here's what you would discover too
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Og her hvad der sker. Og her er hvad I også ville opdage
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if we all started sharing our lists out loud.
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hvis vi alle begyndte at dele ud af vores lister.
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At a certain point, you would realize
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På et tidspunkt vil du indse
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that someone has the exact same thing,
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at nogen har den nøjagtig samme ting,
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or one thing very similar,
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eller noget der meget ligner en ting,
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to something on your list.
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på din liste.
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And then someone else
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Og at en helt anden
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has something the complete opposite of yours.
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har noget helt modsat af dine ting.
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Third, someone has something you've never even heard of before.
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Og det tredje, nogen har noget du aldrig har hørt om før.
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And fourth, someone has something you thought you knew everything about,
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Og fjerde, nogen har noget du troede du vidste noget om,
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but they're introducing a new angle of looking at it.
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men de introducerer et helt ny måde at se på det.
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And I tell people that this is where great stories start from --
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Og jeg fortæller folk at det er her store historier kommer fra --
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these four intersections
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disse fire krydspunkter
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of what you're passionate about
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af hvad du er føler lidenskabeligt for,
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and what others might be invested in.
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og hvad andre er involverede i.
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And most people respond really well to this exercise.
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Og de fleste reagerer virkelig godt på denne øvelse.
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But one of my students, a freshman named Charlotte,
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Men en af mine studerende, en førsteårselev kaldet Charlotte,
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was not convinced.
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var ikke overbevist.
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Charlotte was very good at writing lists, but she refused to write any poems.
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Charlotte var rigtig dygtig til at skrive lister, men nægtede at skrive digte.
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"Miss," she'd say, "I'm just not interesting.
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"Frøken," ville hun sige, "jeg er bare ikke interessant.
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I don't have anything interesting to say."
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Jeg har ikke noget at sige".
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So I assigned her list after list,
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Så jeg gave hende liste efter liste for,
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and one day I assigned the list
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og en dag havde listen opgaven
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"10 Things I Should Have Learned by Now."
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"10 ting jeg burde have lært nu."
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Number three on Charlotte's list was,
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Nummer tre på Charlottes liste var,
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"I should have learned not to crush on guys
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"Jeg burde have lært ikke ikke at blive lun på fyre
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three times my age."
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tre gange så gamle som mig selv."
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I asked her what that meant,
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Jeg spurgte hvad hun mente,
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and she said, "Miss, it's kind of a long story."
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og hun sagde, "Frøken, det er en lang historie."
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And I said, "Charlotte, it sounds pretty interesting to me."
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Og jeg sagde, "Charlotte, det lyder ret interessant for mig."
10:57
And so she wrote her first poem,
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Og så skrev hun sit første dig,
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a love poem unlike any I had ever heard before.
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et kærlighedsdigt ulig noget jeg havde hørt før.
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And the poem began,
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Og digte begyndte,
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"Anderson Cooper is a gorgeous man."
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"Anderson Cooper er en utrolig smuk mand."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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"Did you see him on 60 Minutes,
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"Så du ham i 60 Minutes,
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racing Michael Phelps in a pool --
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svømmende om kap med Michael Phelps i en pool --
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nothing but swim trunks on --
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ikke andet på end badebukser --
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diving in the water, determined to beat this swimming champion?
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dykkende i vandet, besluttet på at slå denne svømmemester?
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After the race, he tossed his wet, cloud-white hair
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Efter løbet. kastede han sit våde, skyhvide hår
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and said, 'You're a god.'
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og sagde, "Du er en gud."
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No, Anderson, you're the god."
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Nej, Anderson, du er guden."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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(Applause)
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(Bifald)
11:30
Now I know that the number one rule to being cool
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Nu ved jeg at den første regel til at være cool
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is to seem unfazed,
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er at virke uanfægtet,
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to never admit that anything scares you
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aldrig at indrømme at noget skræmmer dig
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or impresses you or excites you.
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eller imponerer dig eller begejstrer dig.
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Somebody once told me
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Nogen fortalte mig engang
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it's like walking through life like this.
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at det er ligesom at gå gennem livet på denne måde.
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You protect yourself
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Du beskytter dig selv
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from all the unexpected miseries or hurt that might show up.
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mod al den uventede ulykke og krænkelse der måske dukker op.
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But I try to walk through life like this.
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Men jeg prøver at gå gennem livet sådan her.
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And yes, that means catching all of those miseries and hurt,
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Og ja, det betyder at fange al den ulykke og krænkelse,
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but it also means that when beautiful, amazing things
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men det betyder også at når smukke, fantastiske ting
11:57
just fall out of the sky,
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bare falder ud af himlen,
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I'm ready to catch them.
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så er jeg parat til at gribe dem.
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I use spoken word to help my students
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Jeg bruger spoken word til at hjælpe mine studerende
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rediscover wonder,
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til at genopdage forundring,
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to fight their instincts to be cool and unfazed
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til at bekæmpe deres instinkter om at være cool og uanfægtet
12:08
and, instead, actively pursue being engaged with what goes on around them,
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og, i stedet, aktivt forfølge at være engageret i hvad der sker omkring dem,
12:11
so that they can reinterpret and create something from it.
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så de kan genfortolke og skabe noget ud fra det.
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It's not that I think that spoken word poetry
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Det er ikke fordi jeg tror at spoken word-poesi
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is the ideal art form.
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er en ideel kunstform.
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I'm always trying to find the best way to tell each story.
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Jeg forsøger altid at finde den bedste måde at fortælle en historie på.
12:21
I write musicals; I make short films alongside my poems.
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Jeg skriver musicals; jeg laver kortfilm ved siden af mine digte.
12:24
But I teach spoken word poetry
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Men jeg underviser i spoken word-poesi
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because it's accessible.
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fordi det er tilgængeligt.
12:28
Not everyone can read music
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Ikke alle kan læse musik
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or owns a camera,
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eller ejer et kamera,
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but everyone can communicate in some way,
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men alle kan kommunikere på en eller anden måde,
12:34
and everyone has stories
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og alle har historier
12:36
that the rest of us can learn from.
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som resten af os kan lære fra,
12:38
Plus, spoken word poetry allows for immediate connections.
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Plus at spoken word-poesi tillader umiddelbare forbindelser.
12:41
It's not uncommon for people to feel like they're alone
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Det er ikke ualmindeligt, for mennesker, at føle sig alene
12:43
or that nobody understands them,
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eller at ingen forstår dem,
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but spoken word teaches
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men spoken word lærer
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that if you have the ability to express yourself
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at hvis du har evnen til at udtrykke dig selv
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and the courage to present those stories and opinions,
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og modet til at præsentere de historier og meninger,
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you could be rewarded
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så kan du blive belønnet,
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with a room full of your peers,
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med et rum fyldt med dine ligemænd,
12:56
or your community, who will listen.
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eller dit fællesskab, der vil lytte.
12:58
And maybe even a giant girl in a hoodie
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Og måske endda en kæmpe pige i hættetrøje
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will connect with what you've shared.
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der vil føle en forbindelse med det du har delt.
13:02
And that is an amazing realization to have,
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Og det er en fantastisk erkendelse at få,
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especially when you're 14.
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specielt når du er 14.
13:07
Plus, now with YouTube,
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Plus nu med YouTube,
13:09
that connection's not even limited to the room we're in.
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at forbindelserne ikke er begrænsede til rummet vi sidder i.
13:11
I'm so lucky that there's this archive of performances
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Jeg er så heldig at der er dette arkiv af optrædender
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that I can share with my students.
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som jeg kan dele med mine studerende.
13:16
It allows for even more opportunities
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Det tillader endnu flere muligheder
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for them to find a poet or a poem
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for dem, til at finde en digter eller et digt
13:21
that they connect to.
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som de kan føle sig forbundet til.
13:23
It is tempting -- once you've figured this out --
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Det er fristende -- når du har regnet det ud --
13:25
it is tempting to keep writing the same poem,
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det er fristende at blive ved med at skrive det samme digt,
13:27
or keep telling the same story, over and over,
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eller fortælle den samme historie, igen og igen,
13:30
once you've figured out that it will gain you applause.
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når du har fundet ud af den vil give dig bifald.
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It's not enough to just teach that you can express yourself.
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Det er ikke nok at lære at du kan udtrykke dig selv.
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You have to grow and explore
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Du kan blive nød til at vokse og udforske
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and take risks and challenge yourself.
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og tage risici og udfordre dig selv.
13:39
And that is step three:
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Og det er trin tre:
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infusing the work you're doing
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at tilføre dit værk
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with the specific things that make you you,
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med de specifikke ting der gør dig til dig,
13:46
even while those things are always changing.
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selv når disse til evigt ændrer sig.
13:48
Because step three never ends.
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Fordi trin tre stopper aldrig.
13:51
But you don't get to start on step three,
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Men du kan ikke starte på trin tre,
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until you take step one first: I can.
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før du tager trin et først: Jeg kan.
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I travel a lot while I'm teaching,
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Jeg rejser meget når jeg underviser,
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and I don't always get to watch all of my students reach their step three,
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og jeg får ikke altid set mine studerende nå deres trin tre,
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but I was very lucky with Charlotte,
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men jeg var meget heldig med Charlotte,
14:03
that I got to watch her journey unfold the way it did.
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at jeg så hendes rejse udfolde sig, som den gjorde.
14:06
I watched her realize
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Jeg så hende indse
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that, by putting the things that she knows to be true into the work she's doing,
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at, ved at indsætte de ting hun ved er sande, ind i hendes værk, hun skriver
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she can create poems that only Charlotte can write --
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kan hun skrive digte som kun Charlotte kan skrive --
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about eyeballs and elevators and Dora the Explorer.
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om øjenæbler og elevatorer og Dora the Explorer.
14:17
And I'm trying to tell stories only I can tell --
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Og jeg forsøger at fortælle historier kun jeg kan fortælle --
14:19
like this story.
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ligesom denne historie.
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I spent a lot of time thinking about the best way to tell this story,
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Jeg har brugt meget tid på at tænke over den bedste måde at fortælle denne historie,
14:24
and I wondered if the best way
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og jeg tænkte om den bedste måde
14:26
was going to be a PowerPoint or a short film --
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skulle være et PowerPoint eller en kortfilm --
14:28
and where exactly was the beginning or the middle or the end?
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og hvor var nøjagtig lige begyndelsen eller midten eller slutningen.
14:30
And I wondered whether I'd get to the end of this talk
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Og jeg jeg tænkte på om når jeg kom til enden af denne snak
14:33
and finally have figured it all out, or not.
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endelig ville have regnet det hele ud, eller ej.
14:36
And I always thought that my beginning was at the Bowery Poetry Club,
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Og jeg har altid troet at begyndelse var på Bowery Poetry Club,
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but it's possible that it was much earlier.
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men det er muligt det var meget tidligere.
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In preparing for TED,
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I forberedelsen til TED,
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I discovered this diary page in an old journal.
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opdagede jeg denne her side dagbogsside i en gammel journal.
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I think December 54th was probably supposed to be 24th.
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Jeg tror den 54. december sikkert skulle være den 24.
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It's clear that when I was a child,
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Det er klart at da jeg var et barn
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I definitely walked through life like this.
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helt sikkert gik gennem livet sådan her.
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I think that we all did.
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Det tror jeg vi alle gjorde.
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I would like to help others rediscover that wonder --
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Jeg vil gerne hjælpe andre med at genopdage den undren --
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to want to engage with it, to want to learn,
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at ville engagere sig med den, at ville lære,
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to want to share what they've learned,
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at dele hvad de har lært,
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what they've figured out to be true
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hvad de har regnet ud er sandt
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and what they're still figuring out.
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og hvad de stadig regner ud.
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So I'd like to close with this poem.
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Så jeg vil gerne afslutte med dette digt.
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When they bombed Hiroshima,
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Da de bombede Hiroshima
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the explosion formed a mini-supernova
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skabte eksplosionen en mini-supernova
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so every living animal, human or plant
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så ethvert levende dyr, menneske eller plante
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that received direct contact
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der havde direkte kontakt
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with the rays from that sun
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med strålerne fra den sol
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was instantly turned to ash.
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øjeblikkeligt blev forvandlet til aske.
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And what was left of the city soon followed.
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Og det der var tilbage af byen fulgte snart efter.
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The long-lasting damage of nuclear radiation
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Den langtidsvarende skade fra radioaktiv stråling
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caused an entire city and its population
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fik en helt by og dens befolkning
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to turn into powder.
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til at forvandle sig til pulver.
15:34
When I was born, my mom says I looked around the whole hospital room
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Da jeg blev født, sagde min mor at jeg så rundt i hele hospitalsværelset
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with a stare that said, "This? I've done this before."
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med et blik der sagde, "Det her? Jeg har gjort det her før."
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She says I have old eyes.
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Hun siger jeg har gamle øjne
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When my Grandpa Genji died, I was only five years old,
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Da min bedstefor Genji døde, var jeg kun fem år gammel,
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but I took my mom by the hand and told her,
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men jeg tog min mors hånd og sagde,
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"Don't worry, he'll come back as a baby."
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"Vær ikke bekymret, han kommer tilbage som en baby."
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And yet, for someone who's apparently done this already,
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Og stadig, for en der åbenbart ikke allerede har gjort dette,
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I still haven't figured anything out yet.
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har jeg stadig ikke regnet noget ud.
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My knees still buckle every time I get on a stage.
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Mine knæ giver stadig efter hver gang jeg går på scenen.
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My self-confidence can be measured out
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Min selvsikkerhed kan måles i
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in teaspoons mixed into my poetry,
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teskefulde blandet i min poesi,
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and it still always tastes funny in my mouth.
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og det smager stadig underligt i min mund.
16:07
But in Hiroshima, some people were wiped clean away,
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Men i Hiroshima, forsvandt nogle mennesker fuldstændigt
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leaving only a wristwatch or a diary page.
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efterlod kun et armbåndsur eller en dagbogsside.
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So no matter that I have inhibitions to fill all my pockets,
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Så uanset at jeg har hæmninger nok til at fylde alle mine lommer,
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I keep trying,
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bliver jeg ved med at prøve
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hoping that one day I'll write a poem
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i det håb at jeg en dag skriver et digt
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I can be proud to let sit in a museum exhibit
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jeg vil være stolt af at sætte på museumsudstilling
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as the only proof I existed.
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som det eneste bevis for at jeg har eksisteret.
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My parents named me Sarah,
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Mine forældre gav mig navnet Sarah,
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which is a biblical name.
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som er et bibelsk navn.
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In the original story, God told Sarah she could do something impossible
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I den originale historie, fortalte Gud Sarah, at hun kunne gøre noget umuligt
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and she laughed,
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og hun lo,
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because the first Sarah,
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fordi den første Sarah,
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she didn't know what to do with impossible.
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hun vidste ikke hvad hun skulle stille op med umuligt.
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And me? Well, neither do I,
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Og mig? Jeg ved det heller ikke
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but I see the impossible every day.
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men jeg ser umuligt hver dag.
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Impossible is trying to connect in this world,
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Umuligt er at prøve at skabe forbindelse i denne verden,
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trying to hold onto others while things are blowing up around you,
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prøve at holde fast i andre mens ting sprænger i luften omkring dig,
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knowing that while you're speaking,
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at vide, mens du taler,
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they aren't just waiting for their turn to talk -- they hear you.
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venter de ikke bare på deres tur til at tale -- de hører dig.
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They feel exactly what you feel
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De føler præcis som du føler
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at the same time that you feel it.
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på samme tid du føler det.
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It's what I strive for every time I open my mouth --
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Det er hvad jeg stiler efter, hver gang jeg åbner min mund --
16:59
that impossible connection.
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den umulig forbindelse.
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There's this piece of wall in Hiroshima
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Der er et stykke mur i Hiroshima
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that was completely burnt black by the radiation.
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der blev fuldstændigt brændt sort af strålingen.
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But on the front step, a person who was sitting there
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Men på det første trin, en person sad der
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blocked the rays from hitting the stone.
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blokerede strålerne fra at ramme stenen.
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The only thing left now
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Den eneste ting der er tilbage nu
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is a permanent shadow of positive light.
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er en permanent skygge af positivt lys.
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After the A-bomb,
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Efter a-bomben,
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specialists said it would take 75 years
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sagde specialister det ville tage 75 år
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for the radiation-damaged soil of Hiroshima City
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for den strålingsbeskadigede jord i Hiroshima City
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to ever grow anything again.
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at kunne gro noget som helst igen.
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But that spring, there were new buds popping up from the earth.
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Men det forår var der nye knopper der skød frem af jorden.
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When I meet you, in that moment,
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Når jeg møder dig, i det øjeblik.
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I'm no longer a part of your future.
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er jeg ikke længere en del af din fremtid
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I start quickly becoming part of your past.
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Jeg begynder hurtigt at blive en del af din fortid.
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But in that instant, I get to share your present.
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Men i det øjeblik, får jeg lov at dele din nutid.
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And you, you get to share mine.
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Og du, du deler min.
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And that is the greatest present of all.
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Og det er den største gave af alle.
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So if you tell me I can do the impossible,
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Så hvis du fortæller mig jeg kan gøre det umulige,
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I'll probably laugh at you.
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vil jeg sikkert le af dig.
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I don't know if I can change the world yet,
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Jeg ved ikke hvordan jeg kan ændre verden endnu
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because I don't know that much about it --
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fordi jeg ikke ved så meget om den --
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and I don't know that much about reincarnation either,
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og jeg ved ikke så meget om reinkarnation heller,
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but if you make me laugh hard enough,
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men hvis du får mig til at grine nok,
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sometimes I forget what century I'm in.
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glemmer jeg nogen gange hvilket århundrede jeg er i.
17:55
This isn't my first time here. This isn't my last time here.
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Det her er ikke min første gang her. Det her er ikke min sidste gang her.
17:58
These aren't the last words I'll share.
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Disse er ikke de sidste ord jeg vil dele.
18:00
But just in case, I'm trying my hardest
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Men for en sikkerhed skyld, prøver jeg så godt jeg kan
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to get it right this time around.
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at gøre det rigtigt denne gang.
18:06
Thank you.
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Tak
18:08
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
18:12
Thank you.
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Tak.
18:14
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
18:16
Thank you.
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Tak.
18:18
(Applause)
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(Bifald)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sarah Kay - PoetA performing poet since she was 14 years old, Sarah Kay is the founder of Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool.
Why you should listen
Plenty of 14-year-old girls write poetry. But few hide under the bar of the famous Bowery Poetry Club in Manhattan’s East Village absorbing the talents of New York’s most exciting poets. Not only did Sarah Kay do that -- she also had the guts to take its stage and hold her own against performers at least a decade her senior. Her talent for weaving words into poignant, funny, and powerful performances paid off.
Sarah holds a Masters degree in the art of teaching from Brown University and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Grinnell College. Her first book, B, was ranked the number one poetry book on Amazon.com. Her second book, No Matter the Wreckage, is available from Write Bloody Publishing.
Sarah also founded Project VOICE, an organization that uses spoken word poetry as a literacy and empowerment tool. Project VOICE runs performances and workshops to encourage people to engage in creative self-expression in schools and communities around the world.
Sarah Kay | Speaker | TED.com