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Frank Warren: Half a million secrets
Frank Warren: En halv million hemmeligheder
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"Hemmeligheder kan antage mange former -- de kan være chokerende, eller skøre, eller sjælefulde." Frank Warren, grundlæggeren af PostSecret.com, deler nogle af den halve million hemmeligheder som fremmede mennesker har sendt ham på postkort.
Frank Warren - Secret keeper
Frank Warren is the creator of the PostSecret Project, a blog full of secrets anonymously shared via postcard. Full bio
Frank Warren is the creator of the PostSecret Project, a blog full of secrets anonymously shared via postcard. Full bio
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Hi, my name is Frank,
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Hej, mit navn er Frank,
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and I collect secrets.
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og jeg samler på hemmeligheder.
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It all started with a crazy idea
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Det hele startede med en vanvittig ide
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in November of 2004.
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i november 2004.
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I printed up 3,000 self-addressed postcards,
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Jeg printede 3.000 postkort adresseret til mig selv,
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just like this.
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ligesom dette.
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They were blank on one side,
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De var tomme på den ene side,
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and on the other side
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og på den anden side
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I listed some simple instructions.
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skrev jeg nogle simple instruktioner.
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I asked people to anonymously share an artful secret
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Jeg bad folk om anonymt at dele en snedig hemmelighed
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they'd never told anyone before.
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som de aldrig havde fortalt til nogen.
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And I handed out these postcards randomly
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Jeg delte disse postkort tilfældigt ud
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on the streets of Washington, D.C.,
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i gaderne i Washington, D.C.,
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not knowing what to expect.
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uden at vide hvad jeg skulle forvente.
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But soon the idea began spreading virally.
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Men snart begyndte ideen at sprede sig viralt.
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People began to buy their own postcards
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Folk begyndte at købe deres egne postkort
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and make their own postcards.
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og at lave deres egne postkort.
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I started receiving secrets in my home mailbox,
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Jeg begyndte at modtage hemmeligheder i min postkasse,
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not just with postmarks from Washington, D.C.,
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med poststempler der ikke kun var fra Washington, D.C.,
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but from Texas, California,
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men også fra Texas, California,
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Vancouver, New Zealand, Iraq.
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Vancouver, New Zealand, Irak.
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Soon my crazy idea didn't seem so crazy.
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Snart virkede min vanvittige idé ikke så vanvittig.
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PostSecret.com
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PostSecrect.com
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is the most visited advertisement-free blog in the world.
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er den mest besøgte, reklamefri blog i verden.
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And this is my postcard collection today.
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Og det her er min postkortsamling i dag.
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You can see my wife
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I kan se min kone
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struggling to stack a brick of postcards
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kæmpe med at stable en bunke postkort,
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on a pyramid of over a half-million secrets.
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på en pyramide af over en halv million hemmeligheder.
01:29
What I'd like to do now
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Hvad jeg gerne vil gøre nu
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is share with you a very special handful of secrets
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er at vise en håndfuld helt særlige hemmeligheder
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from that collection,
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fra den samling,
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starting with this one.
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og det starter med denne.
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"I found these stamps as a child,
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"Jeg fandt disse frimærker som barn,
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and I have been waiting all my life
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og jeg har ventet hele mit liv
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to have someone to send them to.
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på at have en at sende dem til.
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I never did have someone."
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Jeg fik aldrig nogen."
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Secrets can take many forms.
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Hemmeligheder kan antage mange former.
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They can be shocking
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De kan være chokerende,
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or silly or soulful.
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eller skøre eller sjælefulde.
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They can connect us to our deepest humanity
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De kan forbinde os med vores dybeste menneskelighed
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or with people we'll never meet.
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eller med mennesker vi aldrig kommer til at møde.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Maybe one of you sent this one in.
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Måske var det én af jer der sendte denne.
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I don't know.
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Jeg ved det ikke.
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This one does a great job of demonstrating
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Det her er et godt eksempel på
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the creativity that people have
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den kreativitet folk har
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when they make and mail me a postcard.
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når de laver og sender mig et postkort.
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This one obviously was made out of half a Starbucks cup
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Den her er åbenlyst lavet af en halv Starbucks kop
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with a stamp and my home address written on the other side.
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med et frimærke og min hjemmeadresse skrevet på den anden side.
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"Dear Birthmother, I have great parents.
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"Kære Biologiske mor, jeg har dejlige forældre.
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I've found love. I'm happy."
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Jeg har fundet kærlighed. Jeg er glad."
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Secrets can remind us of the countless human dramas,
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Hemmeligheder kan minde os om uendelige menneskelige dramaer,
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of frailty and heroism,
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om skrøbelighed og heroisme,
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playing out silently
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der udspiller sig stille
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in the lives of people all around us
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i livet hos de mennesker der omgiver os
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even now.
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selv nu.
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"Everyone who knew me before 9/11
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"Alle der kendte mig før 9/11
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believes I'm dead."
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tror jeg er død."
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"I used to work with a bunch of uptight religious people,
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"Jeg arbejdede med en flok snerpede, religiøse mennesker,
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so sometimes I didn't wear panties,
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så nogle gange havde jeg ikke trusser på,
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and just had a big smile and chuckled to myself."
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og jeg havde et stort smil og lo for mig selv."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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This next one takes a little explanation before I share it with you.
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Den næste kræver lidt forklaring, før jeg deler den med jer.
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I love to speak on college campuses
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Jeg elsker at tale ved universiteter,
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and share secrets and the stories with students.
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og dele hemmeligheder og historierne med studerende.
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And sometimes afterwards I'll stick around
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Og nogen gange bliver jeg bagefter
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and sign books and take photos with students.
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og signerer bøger og tager billeder med studerende.
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And this next postcard was made
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og det næste postkort blev lavet
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out of one of those photos.
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ud af ét af disse billeder.
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And I should also mention that, just like today,
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Og jeg bør nævne at jeg, ligesom i dag,
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at that PostSecret event,
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til den PostSecret begivenhed,
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I was using a wireless microphone.
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brugte en trådløs mikrofon.
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"Your mic wasn't off during sound check.
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"Din mikrofon var ikke slukket under lydprøven.
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We all heard you pee."
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Vi hørte dig allesammen tisse."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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This was really embarrassing when it happened,
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Det var virkelig pinligt, da det skete,
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until I realized it could have been worse.
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indtil jeg tænkte på, at det kunne have været værre.
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Right. You know what I'm saying.
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Ikke sandt. I ved hvad jeg mener.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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"Inside this envelope
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"Inden i denne konvolut
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is the ripped up remains
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er de iturevne rester
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of a suicide note I didn't use.
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af et selvmordsbrev jeg ikke brugte.
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I feel like the happiest person on Earth (now.)"
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Jeg føler mig som den lykkeligste person i verden (nu.)"
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"One of these men is the father of my son.
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"Èn af disse mænd er faderen til min søn.
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He pays me a lot to keep it a secret."
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Han betaler mig meget for at holde det hemmeligt."
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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"That Saturday when you wondered where I was,
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"Den lørdag hvor du undrede dig over, hvor jeg var,
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well, I was getting your ring.
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jamen, der hentede jeg din ring.
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It's in my pocket right now."
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Den er i min lomme lige nu."
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I had this postcard posted on the PostSecret blog
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Jeg bragte dette postkort på PostSecret bloggen
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two years ago on Valentine's Day.
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for to år siden på Valentine’s Day.
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It was the very bottom, the last secret in the long column.
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Den stod helt nederst på siden, som den sidste hemmelighed i kolonnen.
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And it hadn't been up for more than a couple hours
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Og den havde ikke været der i mere end et par timer,
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before I received this exuberant email
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før jeg fik en sprudlende mail
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from the guy who mailed me this postcard.
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fra fyren der havde sendt mig det postkort.
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And he said, "Frank, I've got to share with you
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Og han sagde "Frank, jeg vil gerne dele
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this story that just played out in my life."
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denne historie med dig, som lige skete i mit liv."
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He said, "My knees are still shaking."
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Han sagde "Mine knæ ryster stadig."
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He said, "For three years, my girlfriend and I,
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Han sagde "I tre år har min kæreste og jeg
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we've made it this Sunday morning ritual
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haft et søndag morgen ritual
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to visit the PostSecret blog together
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om at besøge PostSecret bloggen sammen
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and read the secrets out loud.
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og læse hemmelighederne højt.
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I read some to her, she reads some to me."
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Jeg læser nogle for hende, hun læser nogle for mig."
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He says, "It's really brought us closer together
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Han siger, "Det har virkelig bragt os tættere sammen
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through the years.
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gennem årene.
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And so when I discovered
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Så da jeg opdagede
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that you had posted
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at du havde bragt
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my surprise proposal to my girlfriend at the very bottom,
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mit overraskelses-frieri til min kæreste helt i bunden,
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I was beside myself.
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blev jeg helt ude af mig selv.
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And I tried to act calm, not to give anything away.
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Og jeg prøvede at opføre mig roligt, ikke at afsløre noget.
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And just like every Sunday,
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Og ligesom hver søndag
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we started reading the secrets out loud to each other."
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startede vi med at læse hemmelighederne højt for hinanden."
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He said, "But this time it seemed like it was taking her forever
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Han sagde, "Men denne gang virkede det som om det tog hende en evighed
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to get through each one."
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at komme igennem dem, én efter en."
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But she finally did.
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Men det gjorde hun endelig.
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She got to that bottom secret, his proposal to her.
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Hun kom til den hemmelighed i bunden, hans frieri til hende.
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And he said, "She read it once and then she read it again."
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Og han sagde, "Hun læste den én gang, og så læste hun den igen."
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And she turned to him and said,
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Og så vente hun sig mod ham og sagde,
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"Is that our cat?"
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"Er det vores kat?"
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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And when she saw him,
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Og da hun så ham,
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he was down on one knee, he had the ring out.
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var han nede på knæ, han havde ringen fremme.
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He popped the question, she said yes. It was a very happy ending.
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Han stillede spørgsmålet, hun sagde ja. Det var en happy ending.
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So I emailed him back
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Så jeg mailede tilbage til ham
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and I said, "Please share with me an image, something,
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og jeg skrev, "Del venligst et billede med mig, noget
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that I can share with the whole PostSecret community
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jeg kan dele med hele PostSecret's community
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and let everyone know your fairy tale ending."
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og fortælle alle om jeres eventyrlige slutning."
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And he emailed me this picture.
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Og han mailede dette billede til mig.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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"I found your camera at Lollapalooza this summer.
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"Jeg fandt dit kamera i Lollapalooza i sommers.
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I finally got the pictures developed
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Jeg har endelig fået billederne fremkaldt
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and I'd love to give them to you."
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og jeg vil rigtig gerne give dig dem."
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This picture never got returned back
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Dette billede blev aldrig givet tilbage
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to the people who lost it,
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til de mennesker der mistede det,
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but this secret has impacted many lives,
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men denne hemmelighed har påvirket mange liv,
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starting with a student up in Canada
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begyndende med en studerende i Canada
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named Matty.
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der hedder Matty.
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Matty was inspired by that secret
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Matty blev inspireret af den hemmelighed
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to start his own website,
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til at starte sin egen hjemmeside,
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a website called IFoundYourCamera.
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en side kaldet IFoundYourCamera.
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Matty invites people
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Matty opfordrer folk
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to mail him digital cameras that they've found,
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til at sende digitalkameraer de har fundet til ham,
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memory sticks that have been lost
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mistede usb nøgler
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with orphan photos.
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med savnede billeder.
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And Matty takes the pictures off these cameras
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Og Matty tager billederne fra disse kameraer
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and posts them on his website every week.
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og poster dem på sin hjemmeside hver uge.
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And people come to visit
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Og folk kommer og kigger
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to see if they can identify a picture they've lost
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for at se, om de kan finde et billede de har mistet
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or help somebody else get the photos back to them
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eller for at hjælpe nogle andre med at få deres billeder tilbage
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that they might be desperately searching for.
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som de måske desperat leder efter.
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This one's my favorite.
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Denne her er min favorit.
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(Laughter)
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(Latter)
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Matty has found this ingenious way
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Matty har fundet en genial måde
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to leverage the kindness of strangers.
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til at bruge fremmede menneskers venlighed.
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And it might seem like a simple idea, and it is,
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Og det kan virke som en simpel idé, og det er det,
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but the impact it can have on people's lives can be huge.
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men indvirkningen det kan have på folks liv kan være enorm.
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Matty shared with me
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Matty delte
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an emotional email he received
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en emotionel email han havde fået med mig,
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from the mother in that picture.
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fra moderen på dette billede.
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"That's me, my husband and son.
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"Det er mig, min mand og min søn.
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The other pictures are of my very ill grandmother.
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De andre billeder er af min meget syge bedstemor.
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Thank you for making your site.
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Tak fordi du lavede din hjemmeside.
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These pictures mean more to me than you know.
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Disse billeder betyder mere for mig end du aner.
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My son's birth is on this camera.
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Min søns fødsel er på dette kamera.
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He turns four tomorrow."
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Han bliver fire i morgen."
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Every picture that you see there
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Hvert et billede I ser her
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and thousands of others
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og tusindevis af andre,
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have been returned back to the person who lost it --
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er blevet returneret til de mennesker der har mistet dem --
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sometimes crossing oceans,
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nogen gange krydser de oceaner,
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sometimes going through language barriers.
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nogen gange krydser de sprogbarrierer.
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This is the last postcard I have to share with you today.
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Dette er det sidste postkort jeg vil dele med jer i dag.
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"When people I love
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"Når mennesker jeg elsker
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leave voicemails on my phone
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lægger voicemails på min telefon
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I always save them in case they die tomorrow
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gemmer jeg dem altid, i tilfælde af at de skulle dø i morgen
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and I have no other way
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og jeg ikke har andre muligheder
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of hearing their voice ever again."
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for at høre deres stemme igen.
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When I posted this secret,
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Da jeg postede denne hemmelighed
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dozens of people
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sendte snesevis af mennesker
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sent voicemail messages from their phones,
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voicemail-beskeder fra deres telefoner,
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sometimes ones they'd been keeping for years,
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nogle gange beskeder de havde gemt i årevis,
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messages from family or friends
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beskeder fra familie eller venner
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who had died.
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der var døde.
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They said that by preserving those voices
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De sagde at ved at gemme deres stemmer
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and sharing them,
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og dele dem,
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it helped them keep the spirit of their loved ones alive.
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hjalp det dem med at holde ånden fra deres kære i live.
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One young girl
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En ung pige
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posted the last message
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postede den sidste besked
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she ever heard from her grandmother.
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hun hørte fra sin bedstemor.
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Secrets can take many forms.
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Hemmeligheder kan antage mange former.
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They can be shocking or silly
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De kan være chokerende eller skøre,
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or soulful.
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eller sjælefulde.
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They can connect us with our deepest humanity
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De kan forbinde os med vores dybeste menneskelighed
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or with people we'll never meet again.
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eller med mennesker vi aldrig ser igen.
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Voicemail recording: First saved voice message.
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Voicemail optagelse: Første gemte besked.
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Grandma: ♫ It's somebody's birthday today ♫
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Bedstemor: ♫ Det er nogens fødselsdag i dag ♫
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♫ Somebody's birthday today ♫
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♫ Nogens fødselsdag i dag ♫
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♫ The candles are lighted ♫
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♫ Lysene er tændt ♫
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♫ on somebody's cake ♫
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♫ på nogens kage ♫
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♫ And we're all invited ♫
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♫ Og vi er alle inviteret ♫
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♫ for somebody's sake ♫
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♫ for nogens skyld ♫
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You're 21 years old today.
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Du er 21 år gammel i dag.
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Have a real happy birthday, and I love you.
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Hav en rigtig god fødselsdag og jeg elsker dig.
10:06
I'll say bye for now.
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Jeg siger farvel for nu.
10:08
FW: Thank you.
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FW: Tak.
10:10
(Applause)
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10:16
Thank you.
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Tak.
10:18
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10:29
June Cohen: Frank, that was beautiful,
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June Cohen: Frank, det var smukt,
10:31
so touching.
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så rørende.
10:33
Have you ever sent yourself a postcard?
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Har du nogensinde sendt et postkort til dig selv?
10:35
Have you ever sent in a secret to PostSecret?
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Har du nogensinde sendt en hemmelighed til PostSecret?
10:37
FW: I have one of my own secrets in every book.
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FW: Jeg har nogle af mine egne hemmeligheder i hver bog.
10:40
I think in some ways, the reason I started the project,
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Jeg tror, på en måde, at grunden til at jeg startede projektet,
10:43
even though I didn't know it at the time,
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selv om jeg ikke vidste det dengang,
10:45
was because I was struggling with my own secrets.
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var fordi jeg kæmpede med mine egne hemmeligheder.
10:48
And it was through crowd-sourcing,
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Og det var gennem crowd-sourcing,
10:50
it was through the kindness that strangers were showing me,
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det var gennem den venlighed fremmede viste mig,
10:53
that I could uncover
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at jeg kunne afsløre
10:55
parts of my past that were haunting me.
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dele af min fortid der jagede mig.
10:58
JC: And has anyone ever discovered
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JC: Og har nogen nogenside fundet ud af
11:00
which secret was yours in the book?
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hvilken hemmelighed der var din i bogen?
11:02
Has anyone in your life been able to tell?
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Har nogen i dit liv kunnet se det?
11:04
FW: Sometimes I share that information, yeah.
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FW: Nogen gange deler jeg den information, ja.
11:06
(Laughter)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Frank Warren - Secret keeperFrank Warren is the creator of the PostSecret Project, a blog full of secrets anonymously shared via postcard.
Why you should listen
Frank Warren is the creator of The PostSecret Project, a collection of highly personal and artfully decorated postcards mailed anonymously from around the world, displaying the soulful secrets we never voice. Since November 2004, Warren has received more than 500,000 postcards, with secrets that run from sexual taboos and criminal activity to confessions of secret beliefs, hidden acts of kindness, shocking habits and fears. PostSecret is a safe and anonymous "place" where people can hear unheard voices and share untold stories.
Frank Warren | Speaker | TED.com