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Naif Al-Mutawa: Superheroes inspired by Islam
纳伊夫·阿尔-木塔瓦与来自伊斯兰世界的超级英雄们
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在连环画“THE 99”中，纳伊夫·阿尔-木塔瓦的新一代漫画英雄们迎战的不仅是恶势力－－他们还背负着破除世俗偏见和与极端主义抗争的使命。书中主角的名字根据真主阿拉的99个尊名命名。他们向读者强调了伊斯兰教义和其他文化中的积极正义的内容，创造了对付邪恶的新的道德框架。他们甚至还和美国正义联盟（由著名漫画超级英雄超人，蝙蝠侠等组成）达成统一战线。
Naif Al-Mutawa - Creator, The 99
Naif Al-Mutawa has created a group of comic superheroes based on Islamic culture and religion. They derive their superpowers from the 99 attributes of Allah. Full bio
Naif Al-Mutawa has created a group of comic superheroes based on Islamic culture and religion. They derive their superpowers from the 99 attributes of Allah. Full bio
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In October 2010,
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2010年10月，
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the Justice League of America will be teaming up with The 99.
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美国正义联盟将与The 99结成统一战线。
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Icons like Batman,
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诸如蝙蝠侠，
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Superman, Wonder Woman and their colleagues
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超人，神奇女侠和被尊为偶像的其他联盟成员
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will be teaming up with icons Jabbar, Noora,
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将和贾巴尔（Jabbar），诺拉（Noora），
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Jami and their colleagues.
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加米（Jami）以及他们的战友（The 99中的主角）成为盟友。
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It's a story of intercultural intersections,
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这部连环画中的故事将不同文化融汇其中。
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and what better group
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相比在各自的时代和地域中
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to have this conversation
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诞生于反抗法西斯斗争的偶像，
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than those that grew out of fighting fascism
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这个组合能够更好地
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in their respective histories and geographies?
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传达积极的信息。
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As fascism took over Europe in the 1930s,
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二十世纪30年代，法西斯主义席卷了整个欧洲，
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an unlikely reaction came out of North America.
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而北美却出现了令人意想不到的情况。
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As Christian iconography got changed,
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基督教的圣像画法出现变革，
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and swastikas were created out of crucifixes,
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以十字架为原型的纳粹万十字章诞生，
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Batman and Superman were created by Jewish young men
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与此同时，一群身在美国和加拿大的年轻犹太人
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in the United States and Canada,
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同样受到圣经的启发，
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also going back to the Bible.
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创造了蝙蝠侠和超人。
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Consider this:
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大家想想：
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like the prophets, all the superheroes
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就像圣经中的先知一样，所有超级英雄
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are missing parents.
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都失去了双亲。
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Superman's parents die on Krypton
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超人的父母死在氪星，
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before the age of one.
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当时他还不一岁。
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Bruce Wayne, who becomes Batman,
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布鲁斯·韦恩，也就是后来的蝙蝠侠，
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loses his parents at the age of six in Gotham City.
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六岁时在高谭城失去了双亲。
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Spiderman is raised
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蜘蛛侠
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by his aunt and uncle.
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是被他叔叔婶婶抚养长大的。
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And all of them, just like the prophets who get their message
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那些先知们通过天使加百利
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from God through Gabriel,
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接收上帝的指令，
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get their message from above.
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这些超级英雄们的使命也是从天而降。
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Peter Parker is in a library in Manhattan
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彼得·帕克是在曼哈顿的一座图书馆里
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when the spider descends from above
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被一只从天而降的蜘蛛叮咬
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and gives him his message through a bite.
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从而得到他的力量。
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Bruce Wayne is in his bedroom
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布鲁斯·韦恩在自己的卧室里
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when a big bat flies over his head,
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看到一只硕大的蝙蝠飞过头顶之后
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and he sees it as an omen to become Batman.
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认定那是他成为蝙蝠侠的征兆。
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Superman is not only sent to Earth
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而超人不仅从天堂，或者说氪星，
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from the heavens, or Krypton,
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被送到了地球上，
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but he's sent in a pod, much like Moses was on the Nile.
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他还是坐着太空仓来的，听上去像被放在木盆里漂流在尼罗河上的摩西。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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And you hear the voice of his father, Jor-El,
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你们还能听到他的父亲Jor-El
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saying to Earth, "I have sent to you my only son."
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对地球说：“我把我的独子献给你们了。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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These are clearly biblical archetypes,
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这些显然都可以在圣经中找到原型，
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and the thinking behind that was to create
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其背后的目的是
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positive, globally-resonating storylines
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创作出充满正义感，让全世界人都为之动容的故事情节，
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that could be tied to the same things
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通过故事来展现事物的积极面，
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that other people were pulling mean messages out of
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而不是一味地任居心不良的人将其抹黑。
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because then the person that's using religion for the wrong purpose
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因为如果有人利用宗教来作坏事，
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just becomes a bad man with a bad message.
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那么他是一个坏人,让人对那个宗教产生坏印象。
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And it's only by linking positive things
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只有时刻想着事物的积极面，
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that the negative can be delinked.
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才能消除消极的印象。
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This is the kind of thinking that went into
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正是本着这样的想法
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creating The 99.
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我们创作了The 99。
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The 99 references the 99 attributes of Allah in the Koran,
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The 99来源于古兰经里真主阿拉的99个尊名，
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things like generosity and mercy and foresight and wisdom
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代表了慷慨，慈悲，远见，智慧
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and dozens of others that no two people in the world would disagree about.
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和其他一些为世人所共同称道的美德。
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It doesn't matter what your religion is;
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这些与宗教信仰无关。
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even if you're an atheist, you don't raise your kid telling him, you know,
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也就是说，就算你是无神论者，你也不会教自己的孩子
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"Make sure you lie three times a day."
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每天说三次谎。
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Those are basic human values.
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那些都是基本的价值观。
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And so the backstory of The 99
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The 99的背景故事
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takes place in 1258,
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发生在1258年，
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which history tells us the Mongols invaded Baghdad and destroyed it.
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蒙古大军攻陷巴格达。
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All the books from Bait al-Hikma library,
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当时最著名的图书馆智慧宫里所有藏书
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the most famous library in its day, were thrown in the Tigris River,
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都被投入了底格里斯河。
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and the Tigris changes color with ink.
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河水因此全被墨汁染黑了。
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It's a story passed on generation after generation.
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这个故事世代流传。
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I rewrote that story,
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我改编了这个故事。
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and in my version, the librarians find out that this is going to happen --
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在我改编后的版本里，智慧宫的图书馆员们预见到了即将发生的事情－
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and here's a side note:
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我顺便说一句：
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if you want a comic book to do well, make the librarians the hero. It always works well.
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如果你想让一部漫画书受欢迎，那就让图书馆员成为英雄人物。百试不爽。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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(Applause)
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（掌声）
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So the librarians find out
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那些图书馆员
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and they get together a special solution, a chemical solution called King's Water,
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研制出一种特殊的药水，这种化学药水叫君王之水。
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that when mixed with 99 stones
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当99颗宝石浸泡在药水里，
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would be able to save all that culture and history in the books.
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药水就能保存书籍中所记载的所有文化和历史。
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But the Mongols get there first.
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不幸的是，蒙古人抢先一步，
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The books and the solution get thrown in the Tigris River.
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把书籍和药水一起扔进了底格里斯河。
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Some librarians escape, and over the course of days and weeks,
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一些图书馆员逃走了，
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they dip the stones into the Tigris and suck up that collective wisdom
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他们把宝石浸泡在底格里斯河里好几个星期，
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that we all think is lost to civilization.
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来吸取那些流失了的智慧财富。
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Those stones have been smuggled as three prayer beads
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那些宝石被做成三串念珠，每串有33颗宝石。
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of 33 stones each
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这些宝石
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through Arabia into Andalusia in Spain, where they're safe for 200 years.
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从阿拉伯被偷运到西班牙的安达路西亚，被保存在那里长达200年。
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But in 1492, two important things happen.
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而到了1492年，两个重大历史事件发生了。
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The first is the fall of Granada,
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首先是欧洲最后一个
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the last Muslim enclave in Europe.
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穆斯林飞地格拉纳达的沦陷。
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The second is Columbus finally gets funded to go to India, but he gets lost.
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第二是哥伦布终于筹足了去印度的盘缠，但最后去错了地方。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So 33 of the stones are smuggled
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于是其中的33颗宝石
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onto the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
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由尼尼亚号，平塔号和圣玛利亚号（哥伦布船队的其中三艘船）
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and are spread in the New World.
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传到了新大陆。
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Thirty-three go on the Silk Road to China, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
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另外33颗经丝绸之路分散到了中国，南亚和东南亚。
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And 33 are spread between Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
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最后33颗散落在欧洲，中东和非洲之间的地区。
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And now it's 2010, and there are 99 heroes
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到了2010年，99位
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from 99 different countries.
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来自99个国家的英雄出现了。
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Now it's very easy to assume
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我们很容易这样想
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that those books, because they were from a library called Bait al-Hikma, were Muslim books,
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那些出自al-Hikma（智慧宫图书馆）的书籍，看上去像是专门给穆斯林读的。
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but that's not the case because the caliph that built that library,
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其实不然。当时修建图书馆的国王
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his name was al-Ma'mun -- he was Harun al-Rashid's son.
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名叫阿尔马蒙－他是阿尔拉希德的儿子。
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He had told his advisers, "Get me all the scholars
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他对军师们说：“把所有的学者给我请来
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to translate any book they can get their hands onto into Arabic,
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让他们把所有能找到的书翻译成阿拉伯语，
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and I will pay them its weight in gold."
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我会给他们跟书一样重的黄金作为报酬。”
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After a while, his advisers complained.
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没过多久，军师们向他抱怨。
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They said, "Your Highness, the scholars are cheating.
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他们说：“陛下，那些学者作弊。
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They're writing in big handwriting to take more gold."
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他们故意把字写得很大，好换更多的金子。”
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To which he said, "Let them be, because what they're giving us
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而他回答说：“随他们吧，我们能从他们那里
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is worth a lot more than what we're paying them."
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得到比黄金还值钱的东西。”
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So the idea of an open architecture, an open knowledge,
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这样，开放式建筑，开放的知识
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is not new to my neck of the desert.
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在我的国家里都不是什么新鲜事了。
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The concept centers on something called the Noor stones.
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故事主题围绕着被成为Noor的宝石。
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Noor is Arabic for light.
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Noor是阿拉伯语“光明”的意思。
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So these 99 stones, a few kind of rules in the game:
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这99颗宝石本身附有一些规则：
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Number one, you don't choose the stone; the stone chooses you.
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第一，不是你选择宝石而是宝石选择你。
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There's a King Arthur element to the storyline, okay.
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这有点效仿了《亚瑟王》的故事情节。
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Number two, all of The 99,
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第二，当99位英雄
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when they first get their stone, or their power, abuse it;
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最初得到宝石所赐力量的时候，他们无一例外地
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they use it for self-interest.
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利用它来谋私利。
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And there's a very strong message in there that when you start abusing your stone,
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这传达了一个很重要的信息：一旦你开始滥用宝石，
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you get taken advantage of
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那些想要利用你力量的人
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by people who will exploit your powers, okay.
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就要设法操纵你了。
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Number three, the 99 stones all have within them
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第三,99颗宝石都具备
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a mechanism that self-updates.
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自我升级的能力。
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Now there are two groups that exist within the Muslim world.
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穆斯林世界有两大派别。
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Everybody believes the Koran is for all time and all place.
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所有人都相信古兰经适用于全时全地。
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Some believe that means that the original interpretation
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一部分人认为，这意味着几千年前人们对经文的解读
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from a couple thousand years ago is what's relevant today.
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时至今日依然适用。
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I don't belong there.
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我不属于这类人。
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Then there's a group that believes the Koran is a living, breathing document,
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另外一部人相信古兰经是充满生命力的经著。
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and I captured that idea within these stones that self-update.
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这就是宝石拥有自我更新能力这个想法的由来。
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Now the main bad guy, Rughal,
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故事中主要的反面人物，卢加尔（Rughal），
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does not want these stones to update,
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不想让宝石更新升级。
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so he's trying to get them to stop updating.
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于是便想方设法阻止其更新。
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He can't use the stones, but he can stop them.
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他虽然不能使用宝石，但却能阻止宝石发挥力量。
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And by stopping them, he has more of a fascist agenda,
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通过阻止宝石的力量，他就能进行更多的独裁行动，
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where he gets some of The 99 to work for him --
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他欺骗99位英雄中的一些人，让他们为他效力。
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they're all wearing cookie-cutter, same color uniforms
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他们都身着清一色的制服。
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They're not allowed to individually express who they are and what they are.
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他们不能私下透露自己的身份。
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And he controls them from the top down --
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他亲自指挥他们。
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whereas when they work for the other side, eventually,
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然而当他们最终投奔了正义，
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when they find out this is the wrong person, they've been manipulated,
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知道自己被操纵，给坏人做事之后，
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they actually, each one has a different, colorful
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他们都换上了不同颜色的
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kind of dress.
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服装。
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And the last point about the 99 Noor stones is this.
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关于99颗光明宝石的最后一条是
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So The 99 work in teams of three.
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99位英雄分组行动，每组三人。
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Why three? A couple of reasons.
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为什么三人一组？原因如下。
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Number one, we have a thing within Islam that you don't leave a boy and a girl alone together,
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第一，伊斯兰世界不允许孤男寡女单独相处，
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because the third person is temptation or the devil, right?
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因为诱惑或者魔鬼可能会从中作梗，对吧。
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I think that's there in all cultures, right?
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这在所有文化里面都是如此，不是吗。
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But this is not about religion, it's not about proselytizing.
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但这与宗教无关，也不是在灌输宗教。
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There's this very strong social message
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这其中蕴涵了很强烈的社会性质，
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that needs to get to kind of
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这种性质
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the deepest crevices of intolerance,
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需要人们以宽容的态度对待。
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and the only way to get there is to kind of play the game.
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要达到这个目的，我们就得行动起来。
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And so this is the way I dealt with it.
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于是，我就这样给他们分组。
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They work in teams of three: two boys and a girl, two girls and a boy,
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他们三人一组，要么两男一女，要么两女一男。
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three boys, three girls, no problem.
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要么三人都是男的，或都是女的，都行。
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And the Swiss psychoanalyst, Carl Jung, also spoke about
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瑞士精神分析学家卡尔.杨
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the importance of the number three in all cultures, so I figure I'm covered.
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也曾谈过数字3在所有文化中的重要性，
06:44
Well ...
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但是......
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I got accused in a few blogs that I was actually sent by the Pope
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有些人在博客上指责我说我是天主教皇派来
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to preach the Trinity and Catholicism in the Middle East,
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到中东宣传三位一体和天主教的，
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so you -- (Laughter)
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所以你们－（笑声）
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you believe who you want. I gave you my version of the story.
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信不信由你们－反正我已经把我的理由告诉你们了。
06:58
So here's some of the characters that we have.
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下面介绍故事的几位主角。
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Mujiba, from Malaysia: her main power is she's able to answer any question.
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穆吉巴（Mujiba），来自马来西亚，她的力量是她能解答任何问题
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She's the Trivial Pursuit queen, if you want,
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你可以叫她“江湖百晓生”。
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but when she first gets her power,
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但她最初获得了力量之后，
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she starts going on game shows and making money.
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却利用它来赌博赚钱。
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We have Jabbar from Saudi who starts breaking things when he has the power.
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这位是来自沙特的贾巴尔（Jabbar），他拥有超强的破坏力。
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Now, Mumita was a fun one to name. Mumita is the destroyer.
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这位是穆米塔（Mumita），名字很有意思。穆米塔是破坏者。
07:15
So the 99 attributes of Allah have the yin and the yang;
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真主阿拉的99个尊名中，有些富有阳刚之气，有些具备阴柔之美。
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there's the powerful, the hegemonous, the strong,
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有些体现了力量和霸气，
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and there's also the kind, the generous.
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有些则体现了善良和慷慨。
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I'm like, are all the girls going to be kind and merciful and the guys all strong?
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我说，所有的女孩子都应该是善良慈悲的，而男孩子就应该是阳刚的。
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I'm like, you know what, I've met a few girls who were destroyers in my lifetime, so ...
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告诉你们，其实我一生中曾经遇到几个女孩子把我折磨得痛不欲生，所以......
07:27
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
07:29
We have Jami from Hungary, who first starts making weapons:
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这位是来自匈牙利的加米（Jami），善于制造武器。
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He's the technology wiz.
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他是个技术专家。
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Musawwira from Ghana,
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还有来自加纳的穆萨维拉（Musawwira），
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Hadya from Pakistan, Jaleel from Iran who uses fire.
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来自巴基斯坦的海蒂亚，来自伊朗会使用火的加里奥（Jaleel ）。
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And this is one of my favorites, Al-Batina from Yemen.
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这是我最喜欢的其中一位英雄，来自也门的艾尔.巴缇娜（Al Batin）。
07:40
Al-Batina is the hidden.
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艾尔.巴缇娜是隐藏者。
07:42
So Al-Batina is hidden, but she's a superhero.
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尽管她的脸藏在面纱背后，但她是位超级英雄。
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I came home to my wife and I said, "I created a character after you."
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我有次回家告诉我妻子：“我按照你的形象创造了一个主角。”
07:46
My wife is a Saudi from Yemeni roots.
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我妻子是沙特人，跟也门有一些渊源。
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And she said, "Show me." So I showed this.
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她说：“那让我看看吧。”我就给她看了这个。
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She said, "That's not me."
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她说：“这不是我呀。”
07:52
I said, "Look at the eyes. They're your eyes."
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我说：“看她的眼睛。那就是你的眼睛。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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So I promised my investors this would not be another made-in-fifth-world-country production.
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我向投资人承诺这部漫画决不是粗制滥造的产品。
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This was going to be Superman, or it wasn't worth my time or their money.
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它会像超人一样一鸣惊人，否则我决不会在这上面浪费时间和他们的金钱。
08:03
So from day one, the people involved in the project,
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这些是全程参与制作的工作人员，
08:05
bottom left is Fabian Nicieza,
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左下角的是Fabian Nicieza,
08:07
writer for X-Men and Power Rangers.
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X战警和金刚战士的作者。
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Next to him is Dan Panosian,
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他旁边的是Dan Panosian，
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one of the character creators for the modern-day X-Men.
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他是现代版X战警的创作者之一。
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Top right is Stuart Moore, a writer for Iron Man.
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畅销书作家Stuart Moore，是钢铁侠的作者。
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Next to him is John McCrea, who was an inker for Spiderman.
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他旁边的是John McCrea， 蜘蛛侠的作者。
08:18
And we entered Western consciousness
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2005年我们以一条标语打入西方人的视线：
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with a tagline: "Next Ramadan, the world will have new heroes,"
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“到了2005年的下个斋月，新的英雄
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back in 2005.
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将横空出世。”
08:26
Now I went to Dubai, to an Arab Thought Foundation Conference,
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我去到迪拜参加阿拉伯思想基金会的会议，
08:29
and I was waiting by the coffee for the right journalist.
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当时我边喝咖啡边物色合适的报社记者。
08:31
Didn't have a product, but had energy.
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手头上没有任何现成的作品，但是却有满腔的热情。
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And I found somebody from The New York Times,
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我相中了纽约时报的一个记者。
08:36
and I cornered him, and I pitched him.
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我把他堵到一个角落里，抓住他不放。
08:38
And I think I scared him -- (Laughter)
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我可能把他给吓到了 - （笑声）
08:41
because he basically promised me --
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因为他答应我 --
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we had no product -- but he said, "We'll give you a paragraph in the arts section
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由于我们还没有成品 -- 但他说：“我们可以给你写一段介绍，放在艺术版上，
08:45
if you'll just go away."
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只要你放了我。”
08:47
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
08:49
So I said, "Great." So I called him up a few weeks afterward.
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然后我说，“成交。” 过了几个星期，我给他打电话。
08:51
I said, "Hi, Hesa." And he said, "Hi." I said, "Happy New Year."
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我说：“你好啊， Hesa。” 他回答：“你好。” 我说：“新年快乐。”
08:54
He said, "Thank you. We had a baby." I said, "Congratulations."
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他说：“谢谢。我们的孩子刚出生。” 我说：“恭喜啊。”
08:56
Like I care, right?
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假装我很在意似的。
08:59
"So when's the article coming out?"
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“请问给我们写的文章什么时候见报啊？”
09:01
He said, "Naif, Islam and cartoon?
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他说：“纳伊夫，伊斯兰卡通？
09:04
That's not timely.
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不太符合潮流。
09:07
You know, maybe next week, next month, next year, but, you know, it'll come out."
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可能下个星期，下个月，或者明年吧，总会有那么一天的。”
09:10
So a few days after that, what happens?
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接下来的几天，知道发生了什么吗？
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What happens is the world erupts in the Danish cartoon controversy.
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丹麦卡通丑闻被公诸于世。
09:16
I became timely.
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终于轮到我符合潮流了。
09:18
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
09:20
So flurry of phone calls and emails from The New York Times.
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于是纽约时报不停给我打电话发邮件。
09:22
Next thing you knew, there's a full page covering us positively,
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接下来，他们用一整版的篇幅来给我们作宣传。
09:25
January 22nd, 2006,
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2006年1月22日
09:27
which changed our lives forever,
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成为了我们一生的转折点。
09:29
because anybody Googling Islam and cartoon or Islam and comic,
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任何人在谷歌上搜索伊斯兰卡通或伊斯兰漫画，
09:32
guess what they got; they got me.
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你猜他们搜到什么？他们搜到的都是我。
09:35
And The 99 were like superheroes
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The 99里的主角就像超级英雄一样
09:37
kind of flying out of what was happening around the world.
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在纷繁的世事中横空出世。
09:39
And that led to all kinds of things,
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那天之后，很多事情发生了。
09:41
from being in curricula in universities and schools to --
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一些大学和学校把The 99列入教程－
09:43
one of my favorite pictures I have from South Asia,
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有一张我最喜欢的照片，是我在南亚拍的，
09:46
it was a couple of men with long beards
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照片上有一群留着大胡子的男子
09:48
and a lot of girls wearing the hijab -- it looked like a school.
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和一群戴着面纱的女孩子－好像是在学校里。
09:51
The good news is they're all holding copies of The 99, smiling,
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好消息是他们都微笑地举着很多本The 99，
09:53
and they found me to sign the picture.
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找我给他们签名。
09:55
The bad news is they were all photocopies, so we didn't make a dime in revenue.
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坏消息是，他们的书都是复印的，所以我们一分钱都没进帐。
09:58
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
10:02
We've been able to license The 99 comic books
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目前，我们获准把The 99漫画书
10:04
into eight languages so far --
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翻译成八种语言，
10:06
Chinese, Indonesian, Hindi, Urdu, Turkish.
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包括中文，印尼语，印度语，乌尔都语，土耳其语。
10:09
Opened a theme park through a license in Kuwait a year and a half ago
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一年半前，我们获准在科威特创建一个主题公园，
10:12
called The 99 Village Theme Park --
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名叫The 99 Village主题公园，
10:14
300,000 square feet, 20 rides, all with our characters:
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占地三十万平方英尺，20个游乐项目，所有主角都在里面。
10:17
a couple back-to-school licenses in Spain and Turkey.
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我们在西班牙和土耳其也得到了许可向学生出售The 99漫画。
10:20
But the biggest thing we've done to date, which is just amazing,
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到现在为止，我们做过最大规模的事，真的很了不起，
10:23
is that we've done a 26-episode animated series,
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就是我们完成了26集的动画系列，
10:25
which is done for global audiences:
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让全世界的观众观赏，
10:27
in fact, we're already going to be in the U.S. and Turkey, we know.
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实际上，我们的动画将很快在美国和土耳其上映。
10:30
It's 3D CGI, which is going to be very high-quality,
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动画是三维立体的，画质非常清晰，
10:33
written in Hollywood by the writers behind Ben 10
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由好莱坞《少年骇客》
10:35
and Spiderman and Star Wars: Clone Wars.
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《蜘蛛侠》和《星球大战：克隆人的进攻》影片的作者制作。
10:37
In this clip I'm about to show you, which has never been seen in the public before,
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我下面将播放的这段剪辑从未与公众见面。
10:40
there is a struggle.
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里面有一段争斗。
10:42
Two of the characters, Jabbar, the one with the muscles,
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两个主角，贾巴尔（Jabbar），大力士，
10:44
and Noora, the one that can use light,
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和诺拉（Noora），能发光的那个，
10:46
are actually wearing the cookie-cutter fascist gray uniform
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身穿象征独裁的统一灰色制服，
10:48
because they're being manipulated.
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因为他们被操纵了。
10:50
They don't know, OK,
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他们还被蒙在鼓里。
10:52
and they're trying to get another member of The 99 to join them.
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他们想劝说99位英雄中的另外一位加入他们。
10:54
So there's a struggle within the team.
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于是，这个小组便产生了矛盾。
10:56
So if we can get the lights ...
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我们把灯关掉......
11:00
["The 99"]
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［The 99］
11:06
Jabbar: Dana, I can't see where to grab hold.
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贾巴尔：丹娜，我看不见把手。
11:08
I need more light.
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我需要更多光亮。
11:12
What's happening?
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你怎么啦？
11:14
Dana: There's too much darkness.
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丹娜：这里太黑了。
11:16
Rughal: There must be something we can do.
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卢加尔：我们肯定可以想出办法的。
11:18
Man: I won't send any more commandos in
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某人：我不会增派兵力
11:20
until I know it's safe.
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除非我能确保安全。
11:23
Dr. Razem: It's time to go, Miklos.
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拉萨姆博士：该走了，米克罗斯。
11:25
Miklos: Must download file contents.
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米克罗斯：我要先把文件内容储存好。
11:27
I can't forget auntie.
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我不能忘了姨妈。
11:30
Jabbar: Dana, I can't do this without you.
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贾巴尔：我一个人干不了。
11:32
Dana: But I can't help.
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丹娜：但是我帮不上忙。
11:35
Jabbar: You can,
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贾巴尔：你可以，
11:37
even if you don't believe in yourself right now.
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就算你现在不相信自己。
11:39
I believe in you.
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我相信你。
11:41
You are Noora the Light.
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你是光明使者诺拉。
11:43
Dana: No.
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丹娜：不。
11:45
I don't deserve it. I don't deserve anything.
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我不配。我什么都配不上。
11:49
Jabbar: Then what about the rest of us?
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贾巴尔：那我们其他人怎么办？
11:51
Don't we deserve to be saved? Don't I?
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难道我们不配被救吗？我不配吗？
12:10
Now, tell me which way to go.
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现在告诉我往哪儿走。
12:15
Dana: That way.
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丹娜：那边。
12:27
Alarm: Threat imminent.
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警笛：威胁将近。
12:29
Jabbar: Aaaahhh!
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贾巴尔：哎呀呀！
12:34
Miklos: Stay away from me.
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米克罗斯：不要过来。
12:43
Jabbar: We're here to help you.
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贾巴尔：我们是来救你的。
12:45
Dr. Razem: Don't listen to them.
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拉萨姆博士：别听他们的。
12:47
Dana: Miklos, that man is not your friend.
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丹娜：米克罗斯，那个人是敌人。
12:49
Miklos: No. He gave me access,
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米克罗斯：不，他帮助了我。
12:52
and you want to reboot the [unclear]. No more [unclear].
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你们想要重启（不清晰）。不许重启它！
12:55
["The 99"]
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［The 99］
12:58
Thank you.
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谢谢。
13:00
(Applause)
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（掌声）
13:06
So "The 99" is technology; it's entertainment;
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The 99体现了科技，娱乐，
13:08
it's design.
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和精湛的设计。
13:10
But that's only half the story.
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但是它还远远不止如此。
13:13
As the father of five sons,
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作为五个儿子父亲，
13:15
I worry about who they're going to be using as role models.
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我很担心他们将来会把什么样的人当作偶像。
13:17
I worry because all around me, even within my extended family,
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我担心，是因为，即使在我的大家庭里，
13:20
I see religion being manipulated.
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我依然看到宗教为人所利用。
13:23
As a psychologist, I worry
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作为一个心理学家，
13:26
for the world in general,
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我为这个世界担心，
13:28
but worry about the perception of how people see themselves
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担心在我所属地区中的人们
13:30
in my part of the world.
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如何看待他们自己。
13:32
Now, I'm a clinical psychologist. I'm licensed in New York State.
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我是个临床心理学家，在纽约州获得执照。
13:34
I trained at Bellevue Hospital Survivors of Political Torture Program,
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我曾在表维医院对政治虐待的幸存者进行培训。
13:38
and I heard one too many stories of people growing up
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我听到太多关于人们如何在成长过程中
13:40
to idolize their leadership,
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崇拜他们的领袖，
13:42
only to end up being tortured by their heroes.
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最终却被他们心目中的英雄所带入歧途。
13:44
And torture's a terrible enough thing as it is, but when it's done by your hero,
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误入歧途本身就够糟的，但是如果是被你的英雄误导所致，
13:46
that just breaks you in so many ways.
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那会令你更加痛不欲生。
13:49
I left Bellevue, went to business school and started this.
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我离开表维医院，转到商学院，并开始构思这部漫画。
13:54
Now, one of the things that I refer to
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我的灵感来源之一是
13:56
when I -- about the importance of this message --
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当我－漫画中心思想的重要性
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is that I gave a lecture at the medical school at Kuwait University,
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我在科威特大学的医学院做了一次演讲－
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where I lecture on the biological basis of behavior,
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我讲了关于行为的生理基础－
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and I gave the students two articles, one from The New York Times
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还给学生们两篇文章，一篇来自纽约时报，
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and one from New York magazine.
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另一篇来自纽约杂志。
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And I took away the name of the writer, the name of the [unclear] -- everything was gone except the facts.
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我把作者的名字撕掉－只留下事实陈述。
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And the first one was about a group called The Party of God,
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第一篇文章是关于一个叫做The Party of God的组织，
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who wanted to ban Valentine's Day. Red was made illegal.
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他们想要废除情人节，认为红色是非法的。
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Any boys and girls caught flirting
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如果发现一个男孩和一个女孩在打情骂俏，
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would get married off immediately, okay.
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就要他们立刻结婚。
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The second one was about a woman complaining
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第二篇文章关于一位妇女的抱怨。
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because three minivans with six bearded men pulled up
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六个留着胡子的男人从三辆小面包车上下来
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and started interrogating her on the spot
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开始质问这个妇女
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for talking to a man who wasn't related to her.
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为什么她和一个与她没有亲缘关系的男人说话。
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And I asked the students in Kuwait where they thought these incidents took place.
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我让科威特的这些学生猜猜这些事件发生的地点。
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The first one, they said Saudi Arabia. There was no debate.
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他们说第一个故事发生在沙特阿拉伯。没有人提出异议。
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The second one, they were actually split
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关于第二个故事，他们一半人说是沙特
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between Saudi and Afghanistan.
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一半人说是阿富汗。
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What blew their mind was the first one took place in India,
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出乎他们意料的是，第一个故事实际上发生在印度，
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it was the party of a Hindu God.
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那是一个信印度某位神灵的组织。
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The second one took place in upstate New York.
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第二个故事发生在纽约的北部地区。
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It was an Orthodox Jewish community.
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那里有个东正犹太教社区。
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But what breaks my heart and what's alarming
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令我心痛并担忧的是
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is that in those two interviews,
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在这两则报道中，
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the people around, who were interviewed as well,
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被采访的旁观者
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refer to that behavior as Talibanization.
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说这些行为像是塔立班组织才做得出的。
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In other words, good Hindus and good Jews don't act this way.
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换句话说，善良的印度人和犹太人不会做出这种事。
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This is Islam's influence on Hinduism and Judaism.
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这是伊斯兰教影响了印度教和犹太教。
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But what do the students in Kuwait say? They said it's us --
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而科威特的学生是怎么说的？他们说这是我们干的。
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and this is dangerous.
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这种想法是危险的。
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It's dangerous when a group self-identifies itself
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当一群人都认为自己是极端分子，
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as extreme.
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这是相当危险的。
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This is one of my sons, Rayan,
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这是我的一个儿子Rayan，
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who's a Scooby Doo addict.
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他是个史酷比迷。
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You can tell by the glasses there.
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你看他戴的眼镜就知道了。
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He actually called me a meddling kid the other day.
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他有一天还管我叫淘气小子。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
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But I borrow a lesson that I learned from him.
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但是我从他身上学到了一个道理。
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Last summer when we were in our home in New York,
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去年夏天我们在纽约的家里
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he was out in the yard playing in his playhouse. And I was in my office working,
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他在院子里玩他的玩具房子。而我正在书房里工作。
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and he came in, "Baba, I want you to come with me. I want my toy."
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他走进来，“爸爸，你跟我过来一下。我想要我的玩具。”
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"Yes, Rayan, just go away." He left his Scooby Doo in his house.
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“好，Rehan，你先走。”他把他的史酷比落在他的房子里了。
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I said, "Go away. I'm working. I'm busy."
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我说，“你走吧。我在工作。我很忙。”
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And what Rayan did then
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结果Rayan
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is he sat there, he tapped his foot on the floor, at three and a half,
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他就坐在那里，用脚使劲瞪地，
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and he looked at me and he said, "Baba,
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他看着我说，“爸爸，
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I want you to come with me to my office in my house.
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我要你到我家的书房去。
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I have work to do."
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我有工作要做。”
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
15:51
(Applause)
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（掌声）
15:53
Rayan reframed the situation
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Rayan改变了局面
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and brought himself down to my level.
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并把自己的身份降低到我的程度。
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(Laughter)
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（笑声）
16:00
And with The 99, that is what we aim to do.
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这就是The 99的使命。
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You know, I think that there's a big parallel
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我认为把十字架扭曲
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between bending the crucifix out of shape
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和创造出十字章
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and creating swastikas.
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其实是一回事。
16:10
And when I see pictures like this, of parents or uncles
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我看到这样一些照片：
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who think it's cute to have a little child
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父母或叔舅让孩子拿着古兰经
16:15
holding a Koran and having a suicide bomber belt around them
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还绑着几个自杀炸弹进行示威，
16:18
to protest something,
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他们觉得孩子这样很可爱，
16:20
the hope is by linking enough positive things
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而我们希望让人们对古兰经有更多
16:23
to the Koran,
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积极的认识，
16:25
that one day we can move this child
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这样有一天我们能把这个孩子
16:28
from being proud in the way they're proud there,
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从为那身行头而得意
16:31
to that.
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变成为这个造型而骄傲。
16:34
And I think --
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我认为－
16:36
I think The 99
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我相信The 99
16:38
can and will achieve its mission.
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能够完成它的使命。
16:42
As an undergrad at Tufts University, we were giving away free falafel one day
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在塔夫斯大学的读本科的时候，我们有一天在免费分发鹰嘴豆饼，
16:45
and, you know, it was Middle East Day or something.
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因为当天是中东日。
16:47
And people came up and picked up
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人们走过来
16:49
the culturally resonant image of the falafel,
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一看便明白是鹰嘴豆饼，
16:52
ate it and, you know, talked and left.
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咬一口，寒暄几句，然后离开。
16:54
And no two people could disagree about what the word free was
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没有谁会误解“免费”和“鹰嘴豆饼”
16:56
and what the word falafel was, behind us, "free falafel." You know.
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这两个词的意思。“免费鹰嘴豆饼”（英文里听起来像“释放法拉菲尔”）。
16:58
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
17:00
Or so we thought,
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我们也没多想，
17:02
until a woman came rushing across the campus
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直到一位女士匆匆走过
17:04
and dropped her bag on the floor, pointed up to the sign and said,
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她把手袋往地上一扔，指着我们的牌子说：
17:06
"Who's falafel?"
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“谁是法拉菲尔？”
17:08
(Laughter)
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（众人大笑）
17:11
True story.
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千真万确。
17:13
(Laughter)
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（众人大笑）
17:15
She was actually coming out of an Amnesty International meeting.
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她其实刚参加完大赦国际的会议。
17:18
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
17:20
Just today, D.C. Comics announced
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今天，D.C.Comic公布了
17:22
the cover of our upcoming crossover.
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我们新的封面。
17:24
On that cover you see Batman, Superman
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在封面上你们可以看到蝙蝠侠，超人
17:26
and a fully-clothed Wonder Woman
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和穿着得体的神奇女侠
17:28
with our Saudi member of The 99,
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在加上99位英雄中来自沙特，
17:30
our Emirati member and our Libyan member.
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阿联酋，和利比亚的三位英雄。
17:33
On April 26, 2010,
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2010年4月26日，
17:35
President Barack Obama said that
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奥巴马总统说
17:37
of all the initiatives since his now famous Cairo speech --
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自他著名的开罗演讲之后
17:39
in which he reached out to the Muslim world --
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所采取的一切向穆斯林世界表示友好的行动中－
17:41
the most innovative was that The 99 reach back out
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最有创意的就是让The 99
17:44
to the Justice League of America.
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加入美国正义联盟。
17:47
We live in a world in which the most culturally innocuous symbols,
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我们生活在一个像鹰嘴豆饼这样
17:49
like the falafel, can be misunderstood because of baggage,
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最无辜的文化符号都会被误解的世界里，
17:53
and where religion can be twisted
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在这里，宗教被丑化
17:55
and purposefully made where it's not supposed to be by others.
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被恶意地曲解。
17:57
In a world like that,
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在这样的世界里，
17:59
they'll always be a job for Superman and The 99.
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超人和99位英雄们将斗争到底。
18:02
Thank you very much.
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非常感谢大家。
18:04
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naif Al-Mutawa - Creator, The 99Naif Al-Mutawa has created a group of comic superheroes based on Islamic culture and religion. They derive their superpowers from the 99 attributes of Allah.
Why you should listen
Widad the Loving, Bari the Healer, Mumita the Destroyer and friends, all working together to fight evil -- the virtues of Islam are embodied in the characters of the thrilling new comic The 99. Naif Al-Mutawa, a clinical psychologist by training, created the characters with a team of artists and writers to showcase traditional, tolerant and enlightened Muslim values in the guise of good old-fashioned superheroes, ordinary mortals who acquire special powers and crisscross the globe on missions.
Soon, the 99 heroes will be saving the world alongside all-American heroes Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman in a crossover comic with the Justice League. The 99 comic is the corner stone of an expanding family (moving toward videogames and theme parks) that will bring these characters into the mainstream; an animated cartoon series has been announced for fall 2010 on US cable channel The Hub. And US President Barack Obama recently commended The 99 for capturing the imagination of young people through their message of tolerance.
Naif Al-Mutawa | Speaker | TED.com