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Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language
سوزان تلحوق: Cine spune că vorbind araba ne face "uncool"?
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Suzanne Talhouk cheamă la renaşterea limbii arabe prin modernizarea şi utilizarea ei ca mijloc creativ de exprimare. Munca sa se concentrează pe revendicarea identităţii limbii arabe şi pe eliminarea complexului său de inferioritate.
Suzanne Talhouk - Poet and language advocate
Suzanne Talhouk is an advocate for the Arabic language as a tool of power, pride and unity. Full bio
Suzanne Talhouk is an advocate for the Arabic language as a tool of power, pride and unity. Full bio
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00:13
Good morning!
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Bună dimineaţa!
00:15
Are you awake?
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V-aţi trezit?
00:18
They took my name tag,
but I wanted to ask you,
but I wanted to ask you,
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Nu am ecusonul
dar vroiam să vă întreb
dar vroiam să vă întreb
00:21
did anyone here write their name
on the tag in Arabic?
on the tag in Arabic?
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şi-a scris cineva numele în Arabă?
00:23
Anyone! No one?
All right, no problem.
All right, no problem.
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E cineva? Nimeni?
Bine, nu-i nimic.
Bine, nu-i nimic.
00:29
Once upon a time, not long ago,
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Acum ceva timp
00:33
I was sitting in a restaurant with my friend,
ordering food.
ordering food.
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eram cu un prieten la restaurant.
00:38
So I looked at the waiter and said,
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I-am spus chelnerului
00:42
"Do you have a menu (Arabic)?"
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"Aveţi un meniu?" (în lb. arabă)
00:45
He looked at me strangely,
thinking that he misheard.
thinking that he misheard.
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S-a uitat ciudat la mine,
crezând că nu a auzit bine.
crezând că nu a auzit bine.
00:49
He said, "Sorry? (English)."
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A spus "Poftim?" (în lb. engleză)
00:52
I said,
"The menu (Arabic), please."
"The menu (Arabic), please."
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"Meniul, vă rog." (în lb. arabă)
00:56
He replied,
"Don't you know what they call it?"
"Don't you know what they call it?"
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"Nu ştii cum se spune?" a spus.
00:59
"I do."
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"Ba ştiu."
01:01
He said, "No! It's called "menu" (English),
or "menu" (French)."
or "menu" (French)."
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"Nu cred. Se spune "menu" (engleză) sau "menu" (franceză).
01:04
Is the French pronunciation correct?
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Am pronunţat corect?
01:06
"Come, come, take care of this one!"
said the waiter.
said the waiter.
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"Hai vino şi ocupă-te!" a spus colegului.
01:09
He was disgusted when talking to me,
as if he was saying to himself,
as if he was saying to himself,
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Îmi vorbea cu atâta dispreţ
încât parcă spunea:
încât parcă spunea:
01:13
"If this was the last girl on Earth,
I wouldn't look at her!"
I wouldn't look at her!"
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"Dacă asta ar fi ultima femeie din lume
nu m-aş uita la ea!"
nu m-aş uita la ea!"
01:17
What's the meaning
of saying "menu" in Arabic?
of saying "menu" in Arabic?
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Ce înseamnă "menu" în arabă?
01:19
Two words made a Lebanese young man
judge a girl as being backward
judge a girl as being backward
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Pentru două cuvinte m-a crezut înapoiată
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and ignorant.
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şi ignorantă.
01:30
How could she speak that way?
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Cum poate ea să vorbească aşa?
01:36
At that moment, I started thinking.
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Am început să mă gândesc.
01:39
It made me mad.
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M-am înfuriat.
01:40
It definitely hurts!
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Mă deranja!
01:41
I'm denied the right to speak
my own language in my own country?
my own language in my own country?
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Mi se interzice să vorbesc arabă în ţara mea?
01:44
Where could this happen?
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Unde se poate întâmpla asta?
01:46
How did we get here?
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Cum am ajuns aici?
01:49
Well, while we are here,
there are many people like me,
there are many people like me,
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Există mulţi oameni ca mine
01:53
who would reach a stage in their lives,
where they involuntarily give up
where they involuntarily give up
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care au ajuns să renunţe involuntar
01:57
everything
that has happened to them in the past,
that has happened to them in the past,
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la tot ce li s-a întâmplat în trecut
01:59
just so they can say that they're modern
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doar pentru a fi moderni
02:01
and civilized.
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şi civilizaţi.
02:03
Should I forget all my culture, thoughts,
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Ar trebui să îmi uit cultura, gândurile,
02:06
intellect and all my memories?
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intelectul şi toate amintirile?
02:11
Childhood stories might be the best memories
we have of the war!
we have of the war!
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Amintirile copilăriei deşi era război!
02:15
Should I forget everything
I learned in Arabic, just to conform?
I learned in Arabic, just to conform?
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Să uit ce am învăţat în arabă, să fiu la modă?
02:20
To be one of them?
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Să fiu una dintre ei?
02:23
Where's the logic in that?
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Care este logica?
02:26
Despite all that,
I tried to understand him.
I tried to understand him.
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Dar am încercat să îl înţeleg.
02:29
I didn't want to judge him
with the same cruelty that he judged me.
with the same cruelty that he judged me.
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Nu am vrut să fiu la fel de crudă ca şi el.
02:35
The Arabic language
doesn't satisfy today's needs.
doesn't satisfy today's needs.
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Azi limba arabă nu ne mai mulţumeşte.
02:39
It's not a language for science,
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Nu este potrivită pentru ştiinţă
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research,
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cercetare,
02:43
a language we're used to in universities,
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în universităţi,
02:45
a language we use in the workplace,
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la muncă,
02:47
a language we rely on if we were to perform
an advanced research project,
an advanced research project,
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în cercetare
02:53
and it definitely isn't a language
we use at the airport.
we use at the airport.
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şi în nici un caz la aeroport.
02:56
If we did so,
they'd strip us of our clothes.
they'd strip us of our clothes.
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Pentru că ne controlează hainele.
03:00
Where can I use it, then?
We could all ask this question!
We could all ask this question!
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Atunci unde o putem vorbi? Ne întrebăm!
03:04
So, you want us to use Arabic.
Where are we to do so?
Where are we to do so?
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Vreau să folosim araba. Unde?
03:08
This is one reality.
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Există o realitate.
03:11
But we have another more important reality
that we ought to think about.
that we ought to think about.
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Dar trebuie să ţinem cont şi de alta.
03:16
Arabic is the mother tongue.
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Araba este limba maternă.
03:19
Research says that mastery
of other languages
of other languages
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Se spune că pentru a stăpâni altă limbă
03:25
demands mastery of the mother tongue.
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trebuie întâi să o stăpâneşti pe cea maternă.
03:29
Mastery of the mother tongue is a prerequisite
for creative expression in other languages.
for creative expression in other languages.
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Aşa te poţi exprima creativ în altă limbă.
03:36
How?
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Cum?
03:38
Gibran Khalil Gibran,
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Gibran Khalil Gibran,
03:40
when he first started writing,
he used Arabic.
he used Arabic.
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a folosit araba când a început să scrie.
03:44
All his ideas, imagination and philosophy
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Toate ideile, imaginaţia şi filozofia
03:51
were inspired by this little boy
in the village
in the village
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erau ale acestui băiat din satul
03:54
where he grew up,
smelling a specific smell,
smelling a specific smell,
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cu mirosul său specific
03:57
hearing a specific voice,
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cu modul de a vorbi
03:58
and thinking a specific thought.
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şi unde a gândit într-un anume fel.
04:00
So, when he started writing in English,
he had enough baggage.
he had enough baggage.
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Când a scris in engleză avea suficiente cunoştiinţe.
04:04
Even when he wrote in English,
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Chiar şi când a scris în engleză
04:07
when you read his writings in English,
you smell the same smell,
you smell the same smell,
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când citim simţim acelaşi parfum
04:11
sense the same feeling.
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şi avem aceleaşi sentimente.
04:13
You can imagine that that's him
writing in English,
writing in English,
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Este aceeaşi persoană
04:16
the same boy who came from the mountain.
From a village on Mount Lebanon.
From a village on Mount Lebanon.
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acelaşi băiat din munţi. Dintr-un sat din Liban.
04:22
So, this is an example
no one can argue with.
no one can argue with.
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E un exemplu de necontestat.
04:29
Second, it's often said
that if you want to kill a nation,
that if you want to kill a nation,
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Unii susţin că dacă vrei să ucizi un popor
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the only way to kill a nation,
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singura modalitate să faci asta
04:37
is to kill its language.
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este să îi ucizi limba.
04:38
This is a reality
that developed societies are aware of.
that developed societies are aware of.
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Societăţile dezvoltate cunosc asta.
04:44
The Germans, French, Japanese and Chinese,
all these nations are aware of this.
all these nations are aware of this.
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Germanii, francezii, japonezii şi chinezii sunt conştienţi de asta.
04:50
That's why they legislate
to protect their language.
to protect their language.
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De aceea îşi protejează limba prin legi.
04:54
They make it sacred.
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O fac sacră.
04:57
That's why they use it in production,
they pay a lot of money to develop it.
they pay a lot of money to develop it.
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O folosesc în industrie şi investesc bani să o dezvolte.
05:03
Do we know better than them?
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Ştim mai bine ca ei?
05:06
All right,
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Foarte bine,
05:07
we aren't from the developed world,
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nu suntem printre ţările dezvoltate
05:08
this advanced thinking
hasn't reached us yet,
hasn't reached us yet,
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această gândire avansată nu a ajuns la noi
05:11
and we would like to catch up
with the civilized world.
with the civilized world.
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dar am putea să recuperăm.
05:15
Countries that were once like us,
but decided to strive for development,
but decided to strive for development,
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Au existat ţări ca noi care au decis să se dezvolte
05:19
do research,
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şi să facă cercetări
05:21
and catch up with those countries,
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şi să ajungă din urmă alte ţări
05:22
such as Turkey, Malaysia and others,
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cum ar fi Turcia, Malaezia şi altele.
05:25
they carried their language with them
as they were climbing the ladder,
as they were climbing the ladder,
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Şi-au conservat limba pe măsura ce s-au dezvoltat
05:29
protected it like a diamond.
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au protejat-o ca pe un diamant.
05:33
They kept it close to them.
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Nu s-au înstrăinat de ea.
05:34
Because if you get any product
from Turkey or elsewhere
from Turkey or elsewhere
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Dacă iei un produs din Turcia de exemplu
05:39
and it's not labeled in Turkish,
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şi nu are eticheta în turcă
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then it isn't a local product.
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atunci nu este un produs local.
05:44
You wouldn't believe it's a local product.
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Nu veţi credeţi că este un produs local.
05:47
They'd go back to being consumers,
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Ei consumă
05:49
clueless consumers, like we are
most of the time.
most of the time.
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dar altfel decât noi.
05:55
So, in order for them to innovate and produce,
they had to protect their language.
they had to protect their language.
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Pentru a inova şi a produce,
ei trebuie să îşi protejeze limba,
ei trebuie să îşi protejeze limba,
06:03
If I say, "Freedom, sovereignty,
independence (Arabic),"
independence (Arabic),"
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Dacă spun "Libertate, suveranitate, independenţă
(în arabă)"
(în arabă)"
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what does this remind you of?
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la ce vă gândiţi?
06:12
It doesn't ring a bell, does it?
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Nu vi se pare cunoscut.
06:14
Regardless of the who, how and why.
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Adică cine, cum şi de ce.
06:19
Language isn't just for conversing,
just words coming out of our mouths.
just words coming out of our mouths.
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Folosim limbajul nu doar pentru a spune nişte cuvinte.
06:25
Language represents specific stages
in our lives,
in our lives,
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El repezintă anumite stadii din viaţa noastră
06:30
and terminology
that is linked to our emotions.
that is linked to our emotions.
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şi o terminologie legată de emoţiile noastre.
06:35
So when we say,
"Freedom, sovereignty, independence,"
"Freedom, sovereignty, independence,"
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Şi când spun "Libertate, suveranitate şi independenţă"
06:38
each one of you draws a specific image
in their own mind,
in their own mind,
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fiecare are în minte o anumită imagine
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there are specific feelings
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anumite sentimente
06:44
of a specific day
in a specific historical period.
in a specific historical period.
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specifice unei anumite zile din istorie.
06:47
Language isn't one, two
or three words or letters put together.
or three words or letters put together.
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Limbajul nu înseamnă nişte cuvinte puse la un loc.
06:50
It's an idea inside
that relates to how we think,
that relates to how we think,
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El conţine idei la care să ne gândim
06:53
and how we see each other
and how others see us.
and how others see us.
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cum ne vedem noi şi cum ne văd alţii.
06:59
What is our intellect?
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Ce este intelectul nostru?
07:00
How do you say
whether this guy understands or not?
whether this guy understands or not?
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Cum ne exprimăm indiferent ce înţelege cineva?
07:03
So, if I say, "Freedom, sovereignty,
independence (English),"
independence (English),"
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Dacă spun :"Libertate, suveranitate, independenţă
(în engleză)"
(în engleză)"
07:12
or if your son came up to you and said,
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sau dacă fiul vine şi vă spune
07:14
"Dad, have you lived through the period of
the freedom (English) slogan?"
the freedom (English) slogan?"
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"Tată, ai trăit în perioada când se spunea aşa (engleză)?"
07:18
How would you feel?
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Cum vă simţiţi?
07:21
If you don't see a problem,
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Dacă nu credeţi că e o problemă
07:25
then I'd better leave,
and stop talking in vain.
and stop talking in vain.
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plec şi nu mai spun nimic.
07:29
The idea is that these expressions
remind us of a specific thing.
remind us of a specific thing.
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Aceste expresii ne amintesc de ceva.
07:35
I have a francophone friend
who's married to a French man.
who's married to a French man.
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Am un prietenă căsătorită cu un francez.
07:40
I asked her once how things were going.
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Am întrebat-o cum le merge.
07:44
She said,
"Everything is fine,
"Everything is fine,
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Ea mi-a spus "Este în regulă
07:45
but once, I spent a whole night
asking and trying to translate
asking and trying to translate
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dar odată mi-a trebuit o noapte să îi traduc
07:50
the meaning of the word
'toqborni' for him."
'toqborni' for him."
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ce înseamnă "toqborni'."
07:52
(Laughter)
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(Râsete)
07:54
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
08:02
The poor woman had mistakenly told him
"toqborni,"
"toqborni,"
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Ea i-a spus din greşeală "toqborni"
08:05
and then spent the whole night
trying to explain it to him.
trying to explain it to him.
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şi i-a luat o noapte să-i explice ce înseamnă.
08:08
He was puzzled by the thought:
"How could anyone be this cruel?
"How could anyone be this cruel?
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El era surprins "Cum poate fi cineva atat de crud?
08:12
Does she want to commit suicide?
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Vrea oare să se sinucidă?
08:14
'Bury me?' (English)"
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"Îngroapă-mă (în engleză)"
08:17
This is one of the few examples.
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Şi este doar un exemplu.
08:19
It made us feel that she's unable to tell
that word to her husband,
that word to her husband,
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Am înţeles că nu poate spune acel cuvânt soţului
08:22
since he won't understand,
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pentru că el nu ar înţelege.
08:25
and he's right not to;
his way of thinking is different.
his way of thinking is different.
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Şi are dreptate. Gândeşte diferit.
08:28
She said to me,
"He listens to Fairuz with me,
"He listens to Fairuz with me,
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Ea mi-a spus "M-a auzit pe Faruz şi pe mine
08:32
and one night,
I tried to translate for him
I tried to translate for him
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şi într-o seară am încercat să îi traduc
08:36
so he can feel what I feel when
I listen to Fairuz."
I listen to Fairuz."
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să înţeleagă ce simt când vorbesc cu Fairuz."
08:40
The poor woman tried to translate
this for him:
this for him:
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Ea încerca să îi traducă următoarele:
08:42
"From them I extended my hands
and stole you --"
and stole you --"
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"Am întins mâinile şi te-am furat..."
08:46
(Laughter)
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(Răsete)
08:48
And here's the pickle:
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Şi de fapt era:
08:49
"And because you belong to them,
I returned my hands and left you."
I returned my hands and left you."
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"Şi pentru că aparţii lor am renunţat şi am plecat."
08:53
(Laughter)
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(Râsete)
08:54
Translate that for me.
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Traduceţi asta.
08:56
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
09:03
So, what have we done to protect
the Arabic language?
the Arabic language?
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Ce am făcut deci să protejăm limba arabă?
09:08
We turned this into a concern
of the civil society,
of the civil society,
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Ne-a preocupat şi am implicat societatea civilă
09:11
and we launched a campaign to preserve
the Arabic language.
the Arabic language.
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şi am lansat campanii pentru a conserva limba.
09:14
Even though many people told me,
"Why do you bother?
"Why do you bother?
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Chiar şi aşa unii m-au întrebat "Ce îţi pasă?
09:17
Forget about this headache
and go have fun."
and go have fun."
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Uită de asta. Distrează-te."
09:20
No problem!
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Nici o problemă!
09:22
The campaign to preserve Arabic
launched a slogan that says,
launched a slogan that says,
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Campania de conservare a limbii a avut un slogan
09:25
"I talk to you from the East,
but you reply from the West."
but you reply from the West."
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"Eu îţi vorbesc din Est şi tu îmi răspunzi din Vest."
09:28
We didn't say,
"No! We do not accept this or that."
"No! We do not accept this or that."
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Nu spunem "Nu! Noi nu acceptăm asta sau aia."
09:36
We didn't adopt this style because
that way, we wouldn't be understood.
that way, we wouldn't be understood.
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Pentru că nu am mai fi înţeleşi.
09:41
And when someone talks to me that way,
I hate the Arabic language.
I hate the Arabic language.
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Iar cand cineva îmi vorbeşte aşa,
urăsc limba arabă.
urăsc limba arabă.
09:44
We say--
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Noi spunem
09:46
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
09:49
We want to change our reality,
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că vrem să schimbăm realitatea
09:51
and be convinced in a way that reflects
our dreams, aspirations and day-to-day life.
our dreams, aspirations and day-to-day life.
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iar asta ne reflectă visurile, aspiraţiile şi viaţa.
09:56
In a way that dresses like us
and thinks like we do.
and thinks like we do.
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Suntem noi şi gândim ca noi.
10:01
So, "I talk to you from the East,
but you reply from the West"
but you reply from the West"
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Deci sloganul
10:04
has hit the spot.
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şi-a atins ţinta.
10:06
Something very easy,
yet creative and persuasive.
yet creative and persuasive.
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Ceva uşor şi totuși creativ şi convingător.
10:10
After that,
we launched another campaign
we launched another campaign
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Apoi am lansat altă campanie
10:14
with scenes of letters on the ground.
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cu litere desenate pe jos.
10:17
You've seen an example of it outside,
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Aţi văzut afară un exemplu.
10:20
a scene of a letter surrounded
by black and yellow tape
by black and yellow tape
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O zonă cu litere înconjurate cu bandă galbenă
10:24
with "Don't kill your language!"
written on it.
written on it.
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pe care scrie "Nu ne ucideţi limba!"
10:27
Why?
Seriously, don't kill your language.
Seriously, don't kill your language.
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De ce? Vorbesc serios.
10:31
We really shouldn't kill our language.
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Chiar nu ar trebui să o ucidem.
10:34
If we were to kill the language,
we'd have to find an identity.
we'd have to find an identity.
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Alfel trebuie să ne găsim altă identitate.
10:39
We'd have to find an existence.
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Să găsim alt mod de a fi.
10:41
We'd go back to the beginning.
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Şi ne întoarcem de unde am început.
10:43
This is beyond just missing our chance
of being modern and civilized.
of being modern and civilized.
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Nu pierdem doar şansa de a fi moderni şi civilizaţi.
10:51
After that we released photos
of guys and girls wearing the Arabic letter.
of guys and girls wearing the Arabic letter.
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Apoi am făcut fotografii cu băieţi şi fete purtând literele arabe.
10:57
Photos of "cool" guys and girls.
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Fotografii de tineri drăguţi.
11:00
We are very cool!
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Suntem foarte tari!
11:02
And to whoever might say,
"Ha! You used an English word!"
"Ha! You used an English word!"
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Unii ar putea spune "Ai folosit un cuvânt englezesc!"
11:07
I say,
"No! I adopt the word 'cool.'"
"No! I adopt the word 'cool.'"
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Eu spun "Nu! Am adoptat acest cuvânt."
11:11
Let them object however they want,
but give me a word that's nicer
but give me a word that's nicer
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Pot să obiecteze cât vor. Daţi-mi un cuvânt drăguţ
11:14
and matches the reality better.
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care exprimă mai bine realitatea.
11:17
I will keep on saying "Internet"
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Voi spune în continuare "Internet"
11:19
I wouldn't say:
"I'm going to the world wide web"
"I'm going to the world wide web"
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În loc de: "Accesez reţeaua globală"
11:22
(Laughs)
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(Râsete)
11:24
Because it doesn't fit!
We shouldn't kid ourselves.
We shouldn't kid ourselves.
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Pentru că nu merge! Nu ne păcălim singuri.
11:27
But to reach this point,
we all have to be convinced
we all have to be convinced
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Dar până acolo trebuie să ne convingem
11:31
that we shouldn't allow anyone
who is bigger
who is bigger
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că nu trebuie să îngăduim unora mai puternici
11:34
or thinks they have any authority over us
when it comes to language,
when it comes to language,
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sau care cred că au autoritate faţă de limba noastră
11:37
to control us or make us think and feel
what they want.
what they want.
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să ne controleze sau să ne facă să simţim sau să gândim ce vor ei.
11:43
Creativity is the idea.
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Creativitatea este o idee.
11:47
So, if we can't reach space
or build a rocket and so on,
or build a rocket and so on,
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Chiar dacă nu construim rachete să mergem în spaţiu
11:50
we can be creative.
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putem fi creativi.
11:52
At this moment, every one of you
is a creative project.
is a creative project.
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Acum toţi suntem un proiect creativ.
11:55
Creativity in your mother tongue
is the path.
is the path.
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Calea este creativitatea în limba maternă.
11:58
Let's start from this moment.
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Să începem de acum.
12:02
Let's write a novel
or produce a short film.
or produce a short film.
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Să scriem o carte sau să producem un film.
12:04
A single novel could make us global again.
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Un singur roman ne-ar face cunoscuţi.
12:07
It could bring the Arabic language
back to being number one.
back to being number one.
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Ar putea face cunoscută limba arabă.
12:12
So, it's not true that there's no solution;
there is a solution!
there is a solution!
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Este fals că nu există soluţii, ele există!
12:16
But we have to know that, and be convinced
that a solution exists,
that a solution exists,
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Ar trebui să ştim şi să fim convinşi de asta
12:20
that we have a duty
to be part of that solution.
to be part of that solution.
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şi că avem datoria de a fi parte a soluţiei.
12:23
In conclusion, what can you do today?
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Şi ce putem face azi?
12:26
Now, tweets, who's tweeting?
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Cine foloseşte Tweeter?
12:32
Please, I beg of you,
even though my time has finished,
even though my time has finished,
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Chiar dacă timpul a expirat
12:37
either Arabic, English, French
or Chinese.
or Chinese.
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fie el arab, englez, francez sau chinez.
12:42
But don't write Arabic
with Latin characters mixed with numbers!
with Latin characters mixed with numbers!
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nu scrieţi în arabă cu litere latine şi numere!
12:48
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
12:52
It's a disaster!
That's not a language.
That's not a language.
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Este un dezastru! Asta nu mai este o limbă.
12:55
You'd be entering a virtual world
with a virtual language.
with a virtual language.
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Intraţi într-o lume virtuală cu un limbaj virtual.
12:59
It's not easy to come back
from such a place and rise.
from such a place and rise.
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Nu este uşor să faci asta.
13:02
That's the first thing we can do.
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Dar este primul lucru pe care îl putem face.
13:04
Second, there are many other things
that we can do.
that we can do.
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Apoi mai sunt multe alte lucruri.
13:07
We're not here today to convince
each other.
each other.
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Nu suntem aici să ne convingem unii pe alţii.
13:09
We're here to bring attention
to the necessity of preserving this language.
to the necessity of preserving this language.
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Ci să conştientizăm necesitatea conservării limbii materne.
13:13
Now I will tell you a secret.
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Acum vă spun un secret.
13:17
A baby first identifies its father
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Un copil îşi recunoaşte tatăl întâi
13:22
through language.
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prin limbaj.
13:24
When my daughter is born, I'll tell her,
"This is your father, honey (Arabic)."
"This is your father, honey (Arabic)."
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Fiicei mele îi spun "Iată-l pe tatăl tău.
(în arabă)"
(în arabă)"
13:29
I wouldn't say,
"This is your dad, honey (English)."
"This is your dad, honey (English)."
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Şi nu "Iată-l pe tatăl tău, dragă (în engleză)"
13:34
And in the supermarket,
I promise my daughter Noor,
I promise my daughter Noor,
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Iar în magazin i-am promis fiicei mele Noor
13:37
that if she says to me,
"Thanks (Arabic),"
"Thanks (Arabic),"
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că dacă îmi spune "Mulţumesc (în arabă)"
13:40
I won't say, "Dis, 'Merci, Maman,'"
and hope no one has heard her.
and hope no one has heard her.
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nu spun "Merci, Mama" şi sper că nimeni să nu o audă.
13:44
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
13:55
Let's get rid of this cultural cringe.
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Să scăpam de această capcană culturală.
14:01
(Applause)
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(Aplauze)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Suzanne Talhouk - Poet and language advocateSuzanne Talhouk is an advocate for the Arabic language as a tool of power, pride and unity.
Why you should listen
Raised in war-torn Lebanon, Suzanne Talhouk has a masters in physics and a passion for poetry; she has released two collections of poems. Dismayed by what she saw as a lack of power during the recent war in the Middle East, Talhouk saw the Arabic language as medium to unite and empower the Arab world. She launched Feil Amer, an organization that aims to preserve the Arabic language, and to reinstate the pride in young Arabs towards their language.
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