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Ann Morgan: My year reading a book from every country in the world
安．摩根: 我用閱讀環遊世界的一年
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安．摩根認為自己擅於閱讀，直到她在自己的書架上發現到不得了的文化盲點；在眾多的英、美作家之列，極少作品出自英語世界以外的作家。所以她訂出一個豪情萬丈的目標－「在一年的歷程閱讀世界各國的一本書」；現在她鼓勵其他的崇尚英風者們去閱讀翻譯作品，如此一來出版商們就會費心把海外的文學瑰寶帶回國內，探索閱讀之旅的互動地圖請參考：go.ted.com/readtheworld
Ann Morgan - Writer, blogger, author
Ann Morgan challenged herself to read a book from every country in the world. Full bio
Ann Morgan challenged herself to read a book from every country in the world. Full bio
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It's often said that you can tell
a lot about a person
a lot about a person
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常言道「你可以看出一個人很多東西，
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by looking at what's on their bookshelves.
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就看看在他們的書架上有著什麼」，
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What do my bookshelves say about me?
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我的書架又透露出我什麼事呢？
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Well, when I asked myself
this question a few years ago,
this question a few years ago,
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當我幾年前問自己這個問題的時候，
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I made an alarming discovery.
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有了一個令人憂心的發現；
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I'd always thought of myself
as a fairly cultured,
as a fairly cultured,
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我一直自認算是個相當有文化修養、
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cosmopolitan sort of person.
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見多識廣的那種人，
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But my bookshelves told
a rather different story.
a rather different story.
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但是我的書架上卻訴說著
甚是不同的故事。
甚是不同的故事。
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Pretty much all the titles on them
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它們書身全部的名銜極大多數
是英國與北美的作家，
是英國與北美的作家，
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were by British or North American authors,
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and there was almost
nothing in translation.
nothing in translation.
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而幾乎沒有翻譯品，
00:46
Discovering this massive,
cultural blind spot in my reading
cultural blind spot in my reading
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發現我在閱讀上這個不得了的
文化盲點相當晴天霹靂。
文化盲點相當晴天霹靂。
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came as quite a shock.
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And when I thought about it,
it seemed like a real shame.
it seemed like a real shame.
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當我一想到這兒，
真是有點不好意思，
真是有點不好意思，
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I knew there had to be lots
of amazing stories out there
of amazing stories out there
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我知道此外有著許多作者
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by writers working in languages
other than English.
other than English.
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是用非英語的語言寫出
令人嘖嘖稱奇的故事，
令人嘖嘖稱奇的故事，
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And it seemed really sad to think
that my reading habits meant
that my reading habits meant
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想到我的閱讀習慣意味著
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I would probably never encounter them.
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我極可能永遠無法與他們交會，
真的很令人傷心。
真的很令人傷心。
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So, I decided to prescribe myself
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所以我打定主意要給自己排定
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an intensive course of global reading.
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一個閱讀全球的扎實歷程。
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2012 was set to be a very
international year for the UK;
international year for the UK;
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2012 年被英國訂定成
大國際化年－
大國際化年－
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it was the year of the London Olympics.
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「倫敦奧運年」。
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And so I decided to use it
as my time frame
as my time frame
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所以我決定把那年當作是我的期限表，
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to try to read a novel,
short story collection
short story collection
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嘗試閱讀來自世界各國的小說、
短篇故事集或是傳記，
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or memoir from every country in the world.
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And so I did.
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而且我就照這樣去做了。
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And it was very exciting
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這非常刺激！
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and I learned some remarkable things
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而且我學到了一些非同小可的事情，
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and made some wonderful connections
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以及產生一些我今天想要
與你分享的美好牽連。
與你分享的美好牽連。
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that I want to share with you today.
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01:42
But it started with some
practical problems.
practical problems.
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不過一起步就有著一些現實的問題，
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After I'd worked out which of the many
different lists of countries in the world
different lists of countries in the world
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在我已經計算好世界各國
眾多的不同清單裡哪一張
眾多的不同清單裡哪一張
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to use for my project,
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要用在我的計畫裡之後，
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I ended up going with the list
of UN-recognized nations,
of UN-recognized nations,
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我最終照著聯合國所認定的國家清單，
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to which I added Taiwan,
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其中我加進了「台灣」，
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which gave me a total of 196 countries.
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給了我總共196 個國家。
02:01
And after I'd worked out
how to fit reading and blogging
how to fit reading and blogging
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而在我計算出如何恰足以
閱讀和寫部落格後－
閱讀和寫部落格後－
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about, roughly, four books a week
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大概一個禮拜四本書、五個工作天；
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around working five days a week,
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I then had to face up to the fact
that I might even not be able
that I might even not be able
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我接著得要面對－
也許我沒辦法從每個國家去取得
也許我沒辦法從每個國家去取得
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to get books in English
from every country.
from every country.
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用英文翻譯好了的書－這個事實，
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Only around 4.5 percent
of the literary works published
of the literary works published
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在英國每年所出版的著作
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each year in the UK are translations,
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只有 4.5 ％ 左右是翻譯品，
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and the figures are similar for much
of the English-speaking world.
of the English-speaking world.
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該數字相當於世界上
說英語之地方的多寡，
說英語之地方的多寡，
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Although, the proportion
of translated books published
of translated books published
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即便在許多其他國家
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in many other countries is a lot higher.
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翻譯書籍被出版的比例是高出許多，
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4.5 percent is tiny enough to start with,
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4.5 ％雖少但在起頭時是夠了的；
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but what that figure doesn't tell you
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但是那個數字所沒告訴你的是－
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is that many of those books
will come from countries
will come from countries
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許多那些書會是來自有著
茁壯之出版通路的國家，
茁壯之出版通路的國家，
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with strong publishing networks
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and lots of industry professionals
primed to go out and sell those titles
primed to go out and sell those titles
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而且眾多該業界之專業人才
準備好要向外走出
準備好要向外走出
以及販賣那些書目給英語出版商。
02:47
to English-language publishers.
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02:49
So, for example, although well over 100
books are translated from French
books are translated from French
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舉例來說雖然每一年有超過
100 本書是從法文翻譯過來
100 本書是從法文翻譯過來
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and published in the UK each year,
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以及在英國出版，
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most of them will come from countries
like France or Switzerland.
like France or Switzerland.
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其中大部份將會是來自法國和瑞士；
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French-speaking Africa, on the other hand,
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另一方面來說使用法文的非洲國家
將會很少有機會來出線。
將會很少有機會來出線。
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will rarely ever get a look-in.
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03:06
The upshot is that there are
actually quite a lot of nations
actually quite a lot of nations
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結果就是實際上相當多國家
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that may have little or even no
commercially available literature
commercially available literature
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也許只有少許甚或沒有商務上
買得到的英文著作，
買得到的英文著作，
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in English.
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Their books remain invisible to readers
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它們的書對世界上出版
最大宗之語種的讀者而言
最大宗之語種的讀者而言
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of the world's most published language.
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還是連個影子都沒有。
03:22
But when it came to reading the world,
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但是當講到了「閱讀世界」，
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the biggest challenge of all for me
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對我來說最大的難關
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was that fact that I didn't
know where to start.
know where to start.
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就是我不知道從哪裡做開端的事實；
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Having spent my life reading
almost exclusively British
almost exclusively British
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已經花了我一輩子的時間在閱讀幾乎
不外於英國和北美的書籍，
不外於英國和北美的書籍，
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and North American books,
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03:34
I had no idea how to go about
sourcing and finding stories
sourcing and finding stories
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我根本不清楚要如何去獲取、找到故事
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and choosing them from much
of the rest of the world.
of the rest of the world.
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和從世界更多其他各處去挑選，
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I couldn't tell you how to source
a story from Swaziland.
a story from Swaziland.
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我沒辦法跟你說要如何
從瑞士取得一本小說、
從瑞士取得一本小說、
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I wouldn't know a good novel from Namibia.
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我不會知道納米比亞的一本好小說，
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There was no hiding it --
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不諱言讓你知道
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I was a clueless literary xenophobe.
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我是個漫無頭緒的文學輕外者，
03:52
So how on earth was I
going to read the world?
going to read the world?
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我究竟憑什麼打定主意「閱讀世界」呢？
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I was going to have to ask for help.
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我打定主意得去請人幫忙，
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So in October 2011, I registered my blog,
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所以在 2011 年的十月
我註冊了自己的部落格－
我註冊了自己的部落格－
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ayearofreadingtheworld.com,
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ayearofreadingtheworld.com，
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and I posted a short appeal online.
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我在網路上張貼了簡短的訴請，
04:05
I explained who I was,
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我說明了我是什麼人、
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how narrow my reading had been,
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過去以來我的閱讀是如何的狹隘、
04:09
and I asked anyone who cared to
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以及我懇請任何有心人
04:11
to leave a message suggesting
what I might read
what I might read
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留下訊息來建議我可以讀些
來自世界各角落的什麼書。
來自世界各角落的什麼書。
04:13
from other parts of the planet.
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04:15
Now, I had no idea whether
anyone would be interested,
anyone would be interested,
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我不清楚到底有沒有人會有興趣嗎？
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but within a few hours
of me posting that appeal online,
of me posting that appeal online,
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不過在張貼訴請的幾個小時內
大家開始來聯絡了；
大家開始來聯絡了；
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people started to get in touch.
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04:25
At first, it was friends and colleagues.
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起先是朋友和同事們，
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Then it was friends of friends.
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接著是朋友的友人，
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And pretty soon, it was strangers.
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很快地便是陌生人了。
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Four days after I put that appeal online,
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在我把訴請放到網路上四天後，
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I got a message from a woman
called Rafidah in Kuala Lumpur.
called Rafidah in Kuala Lumpur.
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我從名喚「拉菲妲」的吉隆坡女性
那裡收到一則訊息，
那裡收到一則訊息，
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She said she loved
the sound of my project,
the sound of my project,
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她說她喜愛我的計畫給人的感覺，
04:42
could she go to her local
English-language bookshop
English-language bookshop
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她能否去當地的英語書店
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and choose my Malaysian book
and post it to me?
and post it to me?
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挑選我的馬來西亞書並且寄給我嗎？
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I accepted enthusiastically,
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我熱切地接受了，
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and a few weeks later,
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幾個禮拜後包裹抵達了，
04:53
a package arrived containing
not one, but two books --
not one, but two books --
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內附不是一本而是兩本書－
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Rafidah's choice from Malaysia,
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拉菲妲來自馬來西亞的選擇、
05:02
and a book from Singapore
that she had also picked out for me.
that she had also picked out for me.
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還有一本她也挑給我的新加坡書。
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Now, at the time, I was amazed
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當適時我很詫異一個遠在
6,000 哩外的陌生人
6,000 哩外的陌生人
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that a stranger more than 6,000 miles away
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05:14
would go to such lengths to help someone
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會竭盡心力地來幫忙她也許
永遠碰不上的某人！
永遠碰不上的某人！
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she would probably never meet.
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05:19
But Rafidah's kindness proved
to be the pattern for that year.
to be the pattern for that year.
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但是拉菲妲的好心腸
印證了那年的模式－
印證了那年的模式－
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Time and again, people went
out of their way to help me.
out of their way to help me.
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一遍又一遍地大家費盡心思來幫我；
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Some took on research on my behalf,
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有些人代替我接手研考、
05:29
and others made detours
on holidays and business trips
on holidays and business trips
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其他人在渡假或是商務旅行時
繞道去為我購書。
繞道去為我購書。
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to go to bookshops for me.
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05:35
It turns out, if you want
to read the world,
to read the world,
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結果發現假使你想要讀遍世界、
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if you want to encounter it
with an open mind,
with an open mind,
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你想要帶著敞開的心房去會見它－
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the world will help you.
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這世界將會幫助你。
當來到只有一些或是商務上無法取得
用英文翻好文學著作的國家時，
用英文翻好文學著作的國家時，
05:45
When it came to countries
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with little or no commercially
available literature in English,
available literature in English,
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people went further still.
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人家依然更賣力來幫忙。
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Books often came from surprising sources.
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書籍常常出於意外的取得，
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My Panamanian read, for example,
came through a conversation
came through a conversation
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舉例而言我的閱讀巴拿馬
來自我和推特上「巴拿馬運河」的對話。
05:59
I had with the Panama Canal on Twitter.
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06:03
Yes, the Panama Canal
has a Twitter account.
has a Twitter account.
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沒錯！推特帳號有「巴拿馬運河」，
06:07
And when I tweeted at it about my project,
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在我推文了我的計畫
06:10
it suggested that I might like to try
and get hold of the work
and get hold of the work
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它建議說我或許會想要試試和持有
巴拿馬作家「寰大衛．摩根」的作品。
巴拿馬作家「寰大衛．摩根」的作品。
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of the Panamanian author
Juan David Morgan.
Juan David Morgan.
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06:16
I found Morgan's website
and I sent him a message,
and I sent him a message,
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我找到了摩根的網站寄給他一則訊息，
06:19
asking if any of his
Spanish-language novels
Spanish-language novels
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問道是否有任何一本他的西班牙文小說
已經被翻譯成英語的；
已經被翻譯成英語的；
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had been translated into English.
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06:24
And he said that nothing
had been published,
had been published,
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而他說沒有英文版作品曾被出版過，
06:26
but he did have an unpublished translation
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不過他確實有他的小說「黃金馬」
未出版的翻譯本，
未出版的翻譯本，
06:29
of his novel "The Golden Horse."
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06:31
He emailed this to me,
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他電郵給了這個給我，
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allowing me to become
one of the first people ever
one of the first people ever
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同意我成為至今為止
最先用英文讀過這本書的人。
最先用英文讀過這本書的人。
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to read that book in English.
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06:38
Morgan was by no means the only wordsmith
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摩根絕非是唯一的文學巨擘
用這種方式跟我分享他的作品，
用這種方式跟我分享他的作品，
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to share his work with me in this way.
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06:44
From Sweden to Palau,
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從瑞典以至於帛琉
06:45
writers and translators
sent me self-published books
sent me self-published books
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作家和譯者們送給我自印的書
以及未出版的手稿－
以及未出版的手稿－
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and unpublished manuscripts of books
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that hadn't been picked
up by Anglophone publishers
up by Anglophone publishers
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那些沒被輕外的出版商所挑中，
或是再也買不到的書，
或是再也買不到的書，
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or that were no longer available,
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giving me privileged glimpses
of some remarkable imaginary worlds.
of some remarkable imaginary worlds.
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給了我令人眼紅的暫瞥
引人入勝的意想世界。
引人入勝的意想世界。
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I read, for example,
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我讀了好比南非國王「袞袞哈納」
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about the Southern African king
Ngungunhane, who led the resistance
Ngungunhane, who led the resistance
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在十九世紀帶頭反抗葡萄牙人、
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against the Portuguese
in the 19th century;
in the 19th century;
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and about marriage rituals
in a remote village
in a remote village
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在土庫曼遙遠裏海邊岸
村莊的結婚禮俗、
村莊的結婚禮俗、
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on the shores of the Caspian sea
in Turkmenistan.
in Turkmenistan.
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I met Kuwait's answer to Bridget Jones.
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我遇見了給布莉姬．瓊斯的科威特答案、
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(Laughter)
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(笑聲)
07:25
And I read about an orgy
in a tree in Angola.
in a tree in Angola.
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還有我讀到了在安哥拉
一棵樹上縱情狂歡。
一棵樹上縱情狂歡。
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But perhaps the most amazing example
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不過也許大家打定主意竭盡心力
來幫助我閱讀世界
來幫助我閱讀世界
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of the lengths that people
were prepared to go to
were prepared to go to
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to help me read the world,
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最不可思議的例子出現在我探索的結尾，
07:39
came towards the end of my quest,
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when I tried to get hold of a book
from the tiny, Portuguese-speaking
from the tiny, Portuguese-speaking
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當我試著從講葡萄牙語的非洲小島國
07:45
African island nation
of São Tomé and Príncipe.
of São Tomé and Príncipe.
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「聖多美普林西比」
得到一本書的時候；
得到一本書的時候；
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Now, having spent several months
trying everything I could think of to find
trying everything I could think of to find
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在持續花了幾個月
試過所有我能夠想到東西
試過所有我能夠想到東西
來找到一本該國已經被翻成英語的書，
07:53
a book that had been translated
into English from the nation,
into English from the nation,
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it seemed as though
the only option left to me
the only option left to me
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看起來好像剩下的唯一選項
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was to see if I could get something
translated for me from scratch.
translated for me from scratch.
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就是看看我是否能夠無中生有
取得翻譯好要給我的東西。
取得翻譯好要給我的東西。
08:02
Now, I was really dubious
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我真的很沒把握
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whether anyone was going
to want to help with this,
to want to help with this,
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到底有誰想要幫忙我這事，
08:06
and give up their time
for something like that.
for something like that.
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為了像這款事捨棄自己的時間。
08:09
But, within a week of me putting
a call out on Twitter and Facebook
a call out on Twitter and Facebook
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但是當我對通曉葡萄牙語的人
在推特和臉書上徵求不到一個禮拜內，
08:13
for Portuguese speakers,
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I had more people than I could
involve in the project,
involve in the project,
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我有了更多我能在計畫裡納進來的人；
08:19
including Margaret Jull Costa,
a leader in her field,
a leader in her field,
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包括了瑪格莉特．茱寇斯塔 －
在其行業裡的一位領袖人物，
在其行業裡的一位領袖人物，
08:23
who has translated the work
of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago.
of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago.
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她翻譯過諾貝爾得主
「若澤．薩拉馬戈」的作品。
「若澤．薩拉馬戈」的作品。
08:30
With my nine volunteers in place,
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有了我的九位志工蓄勢以待，
08:32
I managed to find a book
by a São Toméan author
by a São Toméan author
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我順利找到我可以在網路上買到
足夠多份聖多美作家的一本書；
足夠多份聖多美作家的一本書；
08:35
that I could buy enough copies of online.
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Here's one of them.
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這裡是其中一本，
08:39
And I sent a copy out
to each of my volunteers.
to each of my volunteers.
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而我送給了我每一位義工一本。
08:42
They all took on a couple
of short stories from this collection,
of short stories from this collection,
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他們都從本合集裡承攬了幾個短故事，
08:46
stuck to their word, sent
their translations back to me,
their translations back to me,
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說到做到的把譯本送回來給我，
08:49
and within six weeks,
I had the entire book to read.
I had the entire book to read.
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六個禮拜內我有了整本書好讀。
08:54
In that case, as I found so often
during my year of reading the world,
during my year of reading the world,
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因為這樣在我一年裡讀遍世界的期間，
08:58
my not knowing and being open
about my limitations
about my limitations
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經常發現到我的無知以及
做到不遮掩我的侷限
做到不遮掩我的侷限
09:03
had become a big opportunity.
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已經變成一個大大的良機，
09:05
When it came to São Tomé and Príncipe,
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當著手閱讀聖多美普林西比時，
09:08
it was a chance not only
to learn something new
to learn something new
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那是一個機會－不但學到新東西、
09:11
and discover a new collection of stories,
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發現新的故事集，
09:14
but also to bring together
a group of people
a group of people
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而且把一群人湊在一塊
09:17
and facilitate a joint creative endeavor.
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促成一個集結催生的奮鬥，
09:20
My weakness had become
the project's strength.
the project's strength.
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我的不足變成了該計畫的強項。
09:25
The books I read that year
opened my eyes to many things.
opened my eyes to many things.
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我在那一年所讀的書大開我的眼界，
09:29
As those who enjoy reading will know,
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如同喜愛閱讀的人所知道－
09:31
books have an extraordinary power
to take you out of yourself
to take you out of yourself
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書本有股超凡的力量帶你脫離自己
進到某人的思維裡，
進到某人的思維裡，
09:35
and into someone else's mindset,
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so that, for a while at least,
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所以起碼有一陣子的時間
09:39
you look at the world
through different eyes.
through different eyes.
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你透過了不同的眼光看待這世界。
09:42
That can be an uncomfortable experience,
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那可以是一個不好受的體驗
09:44
particularly if you're reading a book
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特別是假使你閱讀一本書－
09:46
from a culture that may have quite
different values to your own.
different values to your own.
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可能來自價值觀與你自己
有相當大差異的文化；
有相當大差異的文化；
09:50
But it can also be really enlightening.
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但是它也可以是確實啟發人的，
09:53
Wrestling with unfamiliar ideas
can help clarify your own thinking.
can help clarify your own thinking.
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與陌生的想法角力可以幫助
釐清自己的思考，
釐清自己的思考，
09:57
And it can also show up blind spots
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而且它也可以彰顯出盲點－
09:59
in the way you might have
been looking at the world.
been looking at the world.
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你一直用來看世界的方法可能會有的。
10:03
When I looked back at much
of the English-language literature
of the English-language literature
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當我回顧好比說眾多
伴隨我成長的英文著作時，
伴隨我成長的英文著作時，
10:05
I'd grown up with, for example,
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I began to see how narrow a lot of it was,
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我開始看見那有多麼地窄淺，
10:10
compared to the richness
that the world has to offer.
that the world has to offer.
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相較於這世界所提供之豐盈。
10:14
And as the pages turned,
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而且當頁數跳轉也開始發生一些事情了，
10:17
something else started to happen, too.
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10:20
Little by little,
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一點一滴的
10:21
that long list of countries that
I'd started the year with, changed
I'd started the year with, changed
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那一長串我起步那一年持有的國家列表，
從一個比較枯燥、學理上登錄的地名
10:25
from a rather dry, academic
register of place names
register of place names
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10:30
into living, breathing entities.
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轉變成有生命般的實體。
10:33
Now, I don't want to suggest
that it's at all possible
that it's at all possible
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此時我不是要建議單單透過讀本書
10:36
to get a rounded picture of a country
simply by reading one book.
simply by reading one book.
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就有絲毫可能獲取一國周密的圖像；
10:41
But cumulatively, the stories
I read that year
I read that year
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但是累積下來我在那年讀過的故事
10:44
made me more alive than ever before
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使得我比以前對我們
引人入勝之地球的豐盈、
引人入勝之地球的豐盈、
10:47
to the richness, diversity and complexity
of our remarkable planet.
of our remarkable planet.
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多元性、複雜度要更清醒，
10:54
It was as though the world's stories
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這就好像世界的故事
10:56
and the people who'd gone
to such lengths to help me read them
to such lengths to help me read them
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和已經竭盡心力幫助我閱讀它們的大夥
11:00
had made it real to me.
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把它變得實在。
11:04
These days, when I look at my bookshelves
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這些日子以來當我看著我自己的書架，
11:06
or consider the works on my e-reader,
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或是深思我電子閱讀器上的作品時，
11:09
they tell a rather different story.
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它們訴說出了更不一樣的故事；
11:12
It's the story of the power
books have to connect us
books have to connect us
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是書本擁有力量的故事－
連結我們橫跨政治、地理、文化、
社會、信仰的劃分，
社會、信仰的劃分，
11:16
across political, geographical,
cultural, social, religious divides.
cultural, social, religious divides.
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11:21
It's the tale of the potential
human beings have to work together.
human beings have to work together.
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那是人類有著共事潛力的故事。
11:26
And, it's testament
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這對我們所依存別開生面的
時代是個考驗，
時代是個考驗，
11:27
to the extraordinary times we live
in, where, thanks to the Internet,
in, where, thanks to the Internet,
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感謝網際網路－
11:32
it's easier than ever before
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讓陌生人來分享故事、世界觀、一本書
11:34
for a stranger to share a story,
a worldview, a book
a worldview, a book
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給她也許從未見過地球上
在其他地方的某人
在其他地方的某人
11:38
with someone she may never meet,
on the other side of the planet.
on the other side of the planet.
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比以前還要更容易。
11:43
I hope it's a story I'm reading
for many years to come.
for many years to come.
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我希望這是個我將長年閱讀的故事，
11:47
And I hope many more people will join me.
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而且我希望更多人會來加入我，
11:49
If we all read more widely,
there'd be more incentive
there'd be more incentive
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要是我們所有人閱讀得更廣博，
對出版商就會有更多誘因
來翻譯更多的書，
來翻譯更多的書，
11:52
for publishers to translate more books,
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and we would all be richer for that.
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而我們全都會為此更為淵博。
11:57
Thank you.
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謝謝大家！
11:58
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Ann Morgan - Writer, blogger, authorAnn Morgan challenged herself to read a book from every country in the world.
Why you should listen
One day British writer Ann Morgan realized that most books in her bookshelves were by British or American authors. She undertook to read, over the course of a year, at least one book from each of the world's 196 countries -- texts often suggested by bibliophiles from all over the world.
Her experience inspired her book Reading the World (US title: The World Between Two Covers). She blogs about international literature, and her first novel, a psychological literary thriller called Beside Myself, will be published in January 2016.
Ann Morgan | Speaker | TED.com