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Suzanne Talhouk: Don't kill your language
Suzanne Talhouk: 邊個話講阿拉伯話唔型㗎？
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Suzanne Talhouk 呼籲通過令阿拉伯語現代化，並將佢用喺創意表達，嚟到復興阿拉伯語。佢嘅工作集中喺重建阿拉伯語世界嘅身份認同，擺脫人對於阿拉伯語嘅自卑感。
Suzanne Talhouk - Poet and language advocate
Suzanne Talhouk is an advocate for the Arabic language as a tool of power, pride and unity. Full bio
Suzanne Talhouk is an advocate for the Arabic language as a tool of power, pride and unity. Full bio
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00:13
Good morning!
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早晨！
00:15
Are you awake?
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大家瞓醒未呀？
00:18
They took my name tag,
but I wanted to ask you,
but I wanted to ask you,
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佢哋收走咗我塊名牌
00:21
did anyone here write their name
on the tag in Arabic?
on the tag in Arabic?
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但我想問下大家
有冇人係用阿拉伯文寫塊名牌㗎？
有冇人係用阿拉伯文寫塊名牌㗎？
00:23
Anyone! No one?
All right, no problem.
All right, no problem.
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有冇呀？冇？
好啦，唔緊要
好啦，唔緊要
00:29
Once upon a time, not long ago,
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冇幾耐之前
00:33
I was sitting in a restaurant with my friend,
ordering food.
ordering food.
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我同個朋友去間餐廳食嘢
00:38
So I looked at the waiter and said,
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我用阿拉伯話問個侍應︰
00:42
"Do you have a menu (Arabic)?"
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「有冇餐牌可以睇睇？」
00:45
He looked at me strangely,
thinking that he misheard.
thinking that he misheard.
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佢好奇怪咁望實我，好似聽錯咗咁款
00:49
He said, "Sorry? (English)."
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佢用英文講︰「咩話？」
00:52
I said,
"The menu (Arabic), please."
"The menu (Arabic), please."
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我話︰「（阿拉伯話）餐牌，唔該。」
00:56
He replied,
"Don't you know what they call it?"
"Don't you know what they call it?"
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佢答返話︰
「乜你唔知呢份嘢叫咩名㗎咩？」
「乜你唔知呢份嘢叫咩名㗎咩？」
00:59
"I do."
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我話：「我知。」
01:01
He said, "No! It's called "menu" (English),
or "menu" (French)."
or "menu" (French)."
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佢話︰「你根本就唔知！
份嘢叫做（英文）『餐牌』，
份嘢叫做（英文）『餐牌』，
又或者（法文）『餐牌』！」
01:04
Is the French pronunciation correct?
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我啲法文準唔準呀？
01:06
"Come, come, take care of this one!"
said the waiter.
said the waiter.
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個侍應就同個同事講︰
「嚟嚟嚟，呢張枱你搞掂佢！」
「嚟嚟嚟，呢張枱你搞掂佢！」
01:09
He was disgusted when talking to me,
as if he was saying to himself,
as if he was saying to himself,
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同我講嘢嗰陣，佢一臉不屑
好似同緊自己講：
好似同緊自己講：
「就算地球剩返佢一個女人，
我都唔會睺佢！」
我都唔會睺佢！」
01:13
"If this was the last girl on Earth,
I wouldn't look at her!"
I wouldn't look at her!"
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01:17
What's the meaning
of saying "menu" in Arabic?
of saying "menu" in Arabic?
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咁用阿拉伯文講「餐牌」
有乜咁大件事呢？
有乜咁大件事呢？
01:19
Two words made a Lebanese young man
judge a girl as being backward
judge a girl as being backward
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呢兩粒字就足以
令一個黎巴嫩嘅後生仔覺得
令一個黎巴嫩嘅後生仔覺得
01:28
and ignorant.
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一個女人落後無知
01:30
How could she speak that way?
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「有乜理由用阿拉伯話㗎？」
01:36
At that moment, I started thinking.
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嗰一刻，我個腦係咁轉
愈諗愈嬲
01:39
It made me mad.
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01:40
It definitely hurts!
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我覺得好委屈！
01:41
I'm denied the right to speak
my own language in my own country?
my own language in my own country?
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我喺自己國家
講自己母語嘅權利都被剝奪？
講自己母語嘅權利都被剝奪？
01:44
Where could this happen?
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咁嘅事都有？
01:46
How did we get here?
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點解會變成咁㗎？
01:49
Well, while we are here,
there are many people like me,
there are many people like me,
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喺呢度，有好多人同我一樣？
01:53
who would reach a stage in their lives,
where they involuntarily give up
where they involuntarily give up
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佢哋人生行到嚟某個階段
01:57
everything
that has happened to them in the past,
that has happened to them in the past,
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被迫放棄自己嘅根？
先能夠證明畀人哋睇
自己係有文化、有地位
自己係有文化、有地位
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just so they can say that they're modern
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02:01
and civilized.
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02:03
Should I forget all my culture, thoughts,
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我係咪要抹走晒我嘅生活方式
思想、知識同記憶呢？
思想、知識同記憶呢？
02:06
intellect and all my memories?
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02:11
Childhood stories might be the best memories
we have of the war!
we have of the war!
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戰亂嘅時候，童年回憶可能
就成為我哋最大嘅情感寄託！
就成為我哋最大嘅情感寄託！
02:15
Should I forget everything
I learned in Arabic, just to conform?
I learned in Arabic, just to conform?
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為咗合群，我就要抹走晒
我母語賜畀我嘅所有嘢？
我母語賜畀我嘅所有嘢？
02:20
To be one of them?
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然後隨波逐流？
02:23
Where's the logic in that?
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究竟道理何在？
02:26
Despite all that,
I tried to understand him.
I tried to understand him.
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撇除呢堆諗法
我都想去理解呢個侍應
我都想去理解呢個侍應
02:29
I didn't want to judge him
with the same cruelty that he judged me.
with the same cruelty that he judged me.
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雖然佢用歧視嘅目光睇我
但我唔想掉轉頭批判返佢
但我唔想掉轉頭批判返佢
阿拉伯話滿足唔到當今嘅需要
02:35
The Arabic language
doesn't satisfy today's needs.
doesn't satisfy today's needs.
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02:39
It's not a language for science,
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做科研唔會用到佢
02:41
research,
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02:43
a language we're used to in universities,
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大學課堂同職場上唔會用佢
02:45
a language we use in the workplace,
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02:47
a language we rely on if we were to perform
an advanced research project,
an advanced research project,
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做高級研究亦用唔著佢
02:53
and it definitely isn't a language
we use at the airport.
we use at the airport.
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喺機場就更加唔在講啦
咁做嘅話
啲人肯定會搜我哋身都似
啲人肯定會搜我哋身都似
02:56
If we did so,
they'd strip us of our clothes.
they'd strip us of our clothes.
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咁仲有邊度可以？
我哋好應該反思一下
我哋好應該反思一下
03:00
Where can I use it, then?
We could all ask this question!
We could all ask this question!
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03:04
So, you want us to use Arabic.
Where are we to do so?
Where are we to do so?
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你要我哋用阿拉伯話
但邊度先用得到呢？
但邊度先用得到呢？
03:08
This is one reality.
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事實擺在眼前
03:11
But we have another more important reality
that we ought to think about.
that we ought to think about.
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但有一樣嘢更需要我哋思考
03:16
Arabic is the mother tongue.
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阿拉伯話係我哋嘅母語
03:19
Research says that mastery
of other languages
of other languages
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研究話，想掌握其他語言
首先要掌握好母語
首先要掌握好母語
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demands mastery of the mother tongue.
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03:29
Mastery of the mother tongue is a prerequisite
for creative expression in other languages.
for creative expression in other languages.
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如果想用其他語言做創作
前提係要掌握好母語
03:36
How?
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點解？
03:38
Gibran Khalil Gibran,
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黎巴嫩詩人 Gibran Khalil Gibran
03:40
when he first started writing,
he used Arabic.
he used Arabic.
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第一次創作就係用阿拉伯文
03:44
All his ideas, imagination and philosophy
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佢嘅所有諗法、想像同感悟
03:51
were inspired by this little boy
in the village
in the village
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都嚟自佢細個喺村莊裡面
03:54
where he grew up,
smelling a specific smell,
smelling a specific smell,
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聞過、聽過、思考過嘅嘢
03:57
hearing a specific voice,
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03:58
and thinking a specific thought.
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04:00
So, when he started writing in English,
he had enough baggage.
he had enough baggage.
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所以當佢開始用英文創作嘅時候
佢彈藥充足
佢彈藥充足
04:04
Even when he wrote in English,
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即使佢寫嘅係英文
04:07
when you read his writings in English,
you smell the same smell,
you smell the same smell,
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你睇嘅係英文
味道質感同樣依舊
04:11
sense the same feeling.
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04:13
You can imagine that that's him
writing in English,
writing in English,
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你會想像得到用英文寫作嘅佢
04:16
the same boy who came from the mountain.
From a village on Mount Lebanon.
From a village on Mount Lebanon.
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依然係嗰個喺黎巴嫩山長大嘅男仔
04:22
So, this is an example
no one can argue with.
no one can argue with.
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呢個例子毋庸置疑
04:29
Second, it's often said
that if you want to kill a nation,
that if you want to kill a nation,
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第二，啲人經常話
要一個國家滅亡
要一個國家滅亡
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the only way to kill a nation,
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唯一方法就係消滅佢嘅語言
04:37
is to kill its language.
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04:38
This is a reality
that developed societies are aware of.
that developed societies are aware of.
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發達國家亦意識到呢個現實
04:44
The Germans, French, Japanese and Chinese,
all these nations are aware of this.
all these nations are aware of this.
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德國、法國、日本、中國
呢啲國家都深明呢個道理
呢啲國家都深明呢個道理
04:50
That's why they legislate
to protect their language.
to protect their language.
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因此佢哋會立法保護佢哋嘅語言
04:54
They make it sacred.
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佢哋令自己嘅母語變得有地位
04:57
That's why they use it in production,
they pay a lot of money to develop it.
they pay a lot of money to develop it.
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所以當地人好多時都會用到母語
佢哋花好多錢發展佢哋嘅語言
05:03
Do we know better than them?
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我哋比佢哋更清楚語言嗎？
05:06
All right,
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好
05:07
we aren't from the developed world,
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我哋嘅國家唔發達
05:08
this advanced thinking
hasn't reached us yet,
hasn't reached us yet,
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民智未開
05:11
and we would like to catch up
with the civilized world.
with the civilized world.
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但我哋要追上世界文明嘅步伐
05:15
Countries that were once like us,
but decided to strive for development,
but decided to strive for development,
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有啲曾經同我哋同樣景況嘅國家
05:19
do research,
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努力發展同做科研
05:21
and catch up with those countries,
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去趕上發達國家
05:22
such as Turkey, Malaysia and others,
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譬如如土耳其、馬來西亞
05:25
they carried their language with them
as they were climbing the ladder,
as they were climbing the ladder,
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喺發展嘅同時，佢哋捍衞自己嘅語言
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protected it like a diamond.
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珍而重之咁去捍衞
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They kept it close to them.
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佢哋始終冇離棄過自己嘅語言
05:34
Because if you get any product
from Turkey or elsewhere
from Turkey or elsewhere
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所以如果你喺土耳其買嘢
05:39
and it's not labeled in Turkish,
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見到標籤冇土耳其文
05:41
then it isn't a local product.
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嗰樣嘢一定唔係當地物產
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You wouldn't believe it's a local product.
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你亦唔會相信係當地物產
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They'd go back to being consumers,
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以至商人會從消費者出發
05:49
clueless consumers, like we are
most of the time.
most of the time.
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代入返我哋呢班消費者嘅思維
05:55
So, in order for them to innovate and produce,
they had to protect their language.
they had to protect their language.
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所以為咗創新同生產
佢哋需要捍衞自己嘅語言
佢哋需要捍衞自己嘅語言
06:03
If I say, "Freedom, sovereignty,
independence (Arabic),"
independence (Arabic),"
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如果我講
「（英語）自由、尊嚴、獨立」
「（英語）自由、尊嚴、獨立」
你會諗到乜嘢？
06:08
what does this remind you of?
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冇共鳴，係咪？
06:12
It doesn't ring a bell, does it?
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06:14
Regardless of the who, how and why.
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無論從邊個、點樣同點解嘅方向諗
始終都係冇共鳴
始終都係冇共鳴
06:19
Language isn't just for conversing,
just words coming out of our mouths.
just words coming out of our mouths.
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語言唔係剩係用嚟傾偈
唔係齋係由我哋口裡面講出嚟嘅字
06:25
Language represents specific stages
in our lives,
in our lives,
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語言標誌住我哋人生嘅不同階段
06:30
and terminology
that is linked to our emotions.
that is linked to our emotions.
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盛載住一啲牽動我哋情感嘅詞語
06:35
So when we say,
"Freedom, sovereignty, independence,"
"Freedom, sovereignty, independence,"
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所以當我哋講「自由、尊嚴、獨立」
你哋個個腦海中都會畫咗一幅畫
06:38
each one of you draws a specific image
in their own mind,
in their own mind,
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06:41
there are specific feelings
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你會聯想起某個歷史時刻
勾起某種情感
勾起某種情感
06:44
of a specific day
in a specific historical period.
in a specific historical period.
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06:47
Language isn't one, two
or three words or letters put together.
or three words or letters put together.
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語言並唔係幾個單字拼湊埋一齊
06:50
It's an idea inside
that relates to how we think,
that relates to how we think,
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語言係關乎我哋點樣思考
06:53
and how we see each other
and how others see us.
and how others see us.
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我哋點睇其他人
其他人又點睇我哋
其他人又點睇我哋
06:59
What is our intellect?
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咁樣，智力係指乜嘢？
07:00
How do you say
whether this guy understands or not?
whether this guy understands or not?
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你會點樣判斷人
明唔明白一樣嘢、聰唔聰明？
明唔明白一樣嘢、聰唔聰明？
07:03
So, if I say, "Freedom, sovereignty,
independence (English),"
independence (English),"
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如果我講「（英語）自由、尊嚴、獨立」
07:12
or if your son came up to you and said,
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然後你個仔同你講
07:14
"Dad, have you lived through the period of
the freedom (English) slogan?"
the freedom (English) slogan?"
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「爸爸，你經歷過
（英語）自由標語嘅時代嗎？」
（英語）自由標語嘅時代嗎？」
07:18
How would you feel?
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你會有咩感覺？
07:21
If you don't see a problem,
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如果你唔覺得有問題
07:25
then I'd better leave,
and stop talking in vain.
and stop talking in vain.
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咁我都唔應該再講落去，費事嘥氣
07:29
The idea is that these expressions
remind us of a specific thing.
remind us of a specific thing.
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啱啱嘅對話令我諗起一件事
07:35
I have a francophone friend
who's married to a French man.
who's married to a French man.
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我有個識得講法文嘅朋友
嫁畀咗一個法國人
嫁畀咗一個法國人
07:40
I asked her once how things were going.
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有一次我問佢近況如何
07:44
She said,
"Everything is fine,
"Everything is fine,
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佢話︰「一切都好好，但就有一次，
07:45
but once, I spent a whole night
asking and trying to translate
asking and trying to translate
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我花咗成晚去向我老公解釋
阿拉伯文裡面『toqborni』嘅意思。」
阿拉伯文裡面『toqborni』嘅意思。」
07:50
the meaning of the word
'toqborni' for him."
'toqborni' for him."
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（笑聲）
07:52
(Laughter)
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（掌聲）
07:54
(Applause)
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08:02
The poor woman had mistakenly told him
"toqborni,"
"toqborni,"
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呢個可憐嘅女人唔小心
同佢講咗「toqborni」
同佢講咗「toqborni」
08:05
and then spent the whole night
trying to explain it to him.
trying to explain it to him.
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之後花咗成晚解釋個字
佢丈夫好困惑：
08:08
He was puzzled by the thought:
"How could anyone be this cruel?
"How could anyone be this cruel?
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「（英語）點解會有人咁長氣
講個字嘅解釋呢？
講個字嘅解釋呢？
08:12
Does she want to commit suicide?
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佢想殺死我嗎？」
呢個只係其中一例咋
08:14
'Bury me?' (English)"
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08:17
This is one of the few examples.
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我個朋友冇可能會解釋得到
08:19
It made us feel that she's unable to tell
that word to her husband,
that word to her husband,
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因為佢老公實唔會明
08:22
since he won't understand,
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唔明亦好合理
08:25
and he's right not to;
his way of thinking is different.
his way of thinking is different.
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因為兩個思維唔一樣
08:28
She said to me,
"He listens to Fairuz with me,
"He listens to Fairuz with me,
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我朋友同我講：
08:32
and one night,
I tried to translate for him
I tried to translate for him
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「佢會陪我一齊聽
黎巴嫩歌手 Fairuz 啲歌。
黎巴嫩歌手 Fairuz 啲歌。
有一晚，我嘗試譯畀佢聽，
08:36
so he can feel what I feel when
I listen to Fairuz."
I listen to Fairuz."
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等佢體會下
我聽 Fairuz 嗰陣嘅感覺。」
我聽 Fairuz 嗰陣嘅感覺。」
08:40
The poor woman tried to translate
this for him:
this for him:
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呢個可憐嘅女人嘗試咁樣譯：
08:42
"From them I extended my hands
and stole you --"
and stole you --"
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「由佢哋，我伸隻手出嚟，
偷你嘅 ——」
偷你嘅 ——」
（笑聲）
08:46
(Laughter)
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08:48
And here's the pickle:
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呢句仲棘手：
08:49
"And because you belong to them,
I returned my hands and left you."
I returned my hands and left you."
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「因為你屬於佢哋，
我收返隻手，離開你」
我收返隻手，離開你」
08:53
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
唔該你哋譯咗佢嘞！
08:54
Translate that for me.
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08:56
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
09:03
So, what have we done to protect
the Arabic language?
the Arabic language?
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為咗阿拉伯話，我哋做過啲咩？
09:08
We turned this into a concern
of the civil society,
of the civil society,
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我哋令社會關注語言保護
09:11
and we launched a campaign to preserve
the Arabic language.
the Arabic language.
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我哋發起咗一場運動保護阿拉伯話
09:14
Even though many people told me,
"Why do you bother?
"Why do you bother?
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雖然好多人同我講
「你點解要攞苦嚟辛呢？
「你點解要攞苦嚟辛呢？
09:17
Forget about this headache
and go have fun."
and go have fun."
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咪掂呢啲麻煩嘢啦，
輕鬆過下咪算囉。」
輕鬆過下咪算囉。」
09:20
No problem!
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冇所謂！
09:22
The campaign to preserve Arabic
launched a slogan that says,
launched a slogan that says,
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呢個運動有個口號：
09:25
"I talk to you from the East,
but you reply from the West."
but you reply from the West."
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「我從東方向你說話，
你從西方回答我。」
你從西方回答我。」
09:28
We didn't say,
"No! We do not accept this or that."
"No! We do not accept this or that."
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我哋冇話：
「唔得！我哋唔認同呢樣嗰樣。」
「唔得！我哋唔認同呢樣嗰樣。」
09:36
We didn't adopt this style because
that way, we wouldn't be understood.
that way, we wouldn't be understood.
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我哋冇咁樣講
咁樣盞更加冇人明白我哋
咁樣盞更加冇人明白我哋
09:41
And when someone talks to me that way,
I hate the Arabic language.
I hate the Arabic language.
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如果有人咁同我講嘢
我會憎咗呢個語言
我會憎咗呢個語言
09:44
We say--
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我哋…
09:46
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
09:49
We want to change our reality,
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我哋想改變現狀
09:51
and be convinced in a way that reflects
our dreams, aspirations and day-to-day life.
our dreams, aspirations and day-to-day life.
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想堅守我哋嘅夢想、抱負同生活方式
09:56
In a way that dresses like us
and thinks like we do.
and thinks like we do.
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就只係咁樣
10:01
So, "I talk to you from the East,
but you reply from the West"
but you reply from the West"
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所以我哋話「我從東方向你說話，
你從西方回答我」
你從西方回答我」
10:04
has hit the spot.
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10:06
Something very easy,
yet creative and persuasive.
yet creative and persuasive.
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呢句話講中曬
10:10
After that,
we launched another campaign
we launched another campaign
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呢句口號好簡單
但就好有創意同說服力
但就好有創意同說服力
嗰次之後，我哋又發起另一個運動
我哋喺地下堆砌一啲字母出嚟
我哋喺地下堆砌一啲字母出嚟
10:14
with scenes of letters on the ground.
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10:17
You've seen an example of it outside,
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你喺出面都睇到其中一個作品
10:20
a scene of a letter surrounded
by black and yellow tape
by black and yellow tape
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一個字母被黑色同黃色膠紙圍封住
10:24
with "Don't kill your language!"
written on it.
written on it.
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上面寫著「唔好殺死你嘅語言！」
10:27
Why?
Seriously, don't kill your language.
Seriously, don't kill your language.
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點解？
真係唔好毀滅你嘅語言
真係唔好毀滅你嘅語言
10:31
We really shouldn't kill our language.
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我哋真係唔應該殺死我哋嘅母語
10:34
If we were to kill the language,
we'd have to find an identity.
we'd have to find an identity.
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如果我哋失去咗我哋嘅母語
我哋就要搵返我哋嘅身份
10:39
We'd have to find an existence.
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我哋就要搵返我哋存在嘅意義
10:41
We'd go back to the beginning.
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以至到我哋要從頭開始
10:43
This is beyond just missing our chance
of being modern and civilized.
of being modern and civilized.
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我哋仲會失去造就現代文明社會嘅機會
10:51
After that we released photos
of guys and girls wearing the Arabic letter.
of guys and girls wearing the Arabic letter.
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之後，我哋發佈咗小朋友
身穿阿拉伯字母嘅相
身穿阿拉伯字母嘅相
10:57
Photos of "cool" guys and girls.
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相裏面我哋用到 cool（酷）呢個英文字
11:00
We are very cool!
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但如果有人話
「哈！你用咗英文嘅字！」
「哈！你用咗英文嘅字！」
11:02
And to whoever might say,
"Ha! You used an English word!"
"Ha! You used an English word!"
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11:07
I say,
"No! I adopt the word 'cool.'"
"No! I adopt the word 'cool.'"
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我會答返
「唔係！我只係將 cool 呢個字
融會落去阿拉伯文。」
融會落去阿拉伯文。」
11:11
Let them object however they want,
but give me a word that's nicer
but give me a word that's nicer
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但如果佢哋堅持要反對就又得佢哋啦
我剩係知道我需要
更好、更切合現實嘅詞語
更好、更切合現實嘅詞語
11:14
and matches the reality better.
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所以我會繼續話「互聯網」
11:17
I will keep on saying "Internet"
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而唔會話「我要去上世界萬維網」
11:19
I wouldn't say:
"I'm going to the world wide web"
"I'm going to the world wide web"
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11:22
(Laughs)
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（笑聲）
11:24
Because it doesn't fit!
We shouldn't kid ourselves.
We shouldn't kid ourselves.
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因為嗰個字同現實脫節！
我哋唔應該喺度自欺欺人
11:27
But to reach this point,
we all have to be convinced
we all have to be convinced
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但係講到呢度，我哋都應該認同
11:31
that we shouldn't allow anyone
who is bigger
who is bigger
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唔能夠畀任何有勢力過我哋
或者喺語言方面比我哋話得事嘅人
11:34
or thinks they have any authority over us
when it comes to language,
when it comes to language,
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控制我哋，逼我哋行佢哋嗰套
11:37
to control us or make us think and feel
what they want.
what they want.
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11:43
Creativity is the idea.
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創意係關鍵
11:47
So, if we can't reach space
or build a rocket and so on,
or build a rocket and so on,
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即便我哋上唔到太空
唔能夠造到支火箭等等
唔能夠造到支火箭等等
11:50
we can be creative.
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我哋仍然可以有創意
11:52
At this moment, every one of you
is a creative project.
is a creative project.
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到呢一刻，你哋每個人
都係一個創意嘅項目
都係一個創意嘅項目
你母語裏面蘊含嘅創造力
就係我哋要遵循嘅道路
就係我哋要遵循嘅道路
11:55
Creativity in your mother tongue
is the path.
is the path.
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11:58
Let's start from this moment.
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等我哋由宜家開始
12:02
Let's write a novel
or produce a short film.
or produce a short film.
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寫一部小說，拍一齣微電影
12:04
A single novel could make us global again.
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一本小說就可能令我哋重新喺世界出名
12:07
It could bring the Arabic language
back to being number one.
back to being number one.
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佢可能令阿拉伯語重返世界第一語言
邊個話冇出路！我哋有辦法！
12:12
So, it's not true that there's no solution;
there is a solution!
there is a solution!
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12:16
But we have to know that, and be convinced
that a solution exists,
that a solution exists,
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但係我哋必須知道而且相信我哋有辦法
12:20
that we have a duty
to be part of that solution.
to be part of that solution.
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同埋我哋有責任去執行呢啲辦法
12:23
In conclusion, what can you do today?
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總結嚟講，你今日可以做啲咩？
12:26
Now, tweets, who's tweeting?
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宜家，推特
邊個宜家喺度發緊推特貼文？
邊個宜家喺度發緊推特貼文？
12:32
Please, I beg of you,
even though my time has finished,
even though my time has finished,
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拜託，我求你
雖然我演講嘅時間好快完
雖然我演講嘅時間好快完
12:37
either Arabic, English, French
or Chinese.
or Chinese.
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唔理你用阿拉伯文、英文
法文，定係中文
法文，定係中文
12:42
But don't write Arabic
with Latin characters mixed with numbers!
with Latin characters mixed with numbers!
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請唔好喺發阿拉伯文時
夾雜拉丁字母同數字！
夾雜拉丁字母同數字！
12:48
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
如果你咁做嘅話，係非常大鑊嘅！
12:52
It's a disaster!
That's not a language.
That's not a language.
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因為你唔係用緊語言
12:55
You'd be entering a virtual world
with a virtual language.
with a virtual language.
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你只係喺虛擬世界用緊虛擬語言
12:59
It's not easy to come back
from such a place and rise.
from such a place and rise.
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而且要由虛擬語言返返嚟係難嘅
13:02
That's the first thing we can do.
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呢個係我哋可以做嘅第一件事
13:04
Second, there are many other things
that we can do.
that we can do.
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第二，仲有好多事可以做
13:07
We're not here today to convince
each other.
each other.
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我哋今天嚟到呢度唔係爲咗說服彼此
13:09
We're here to bring attention
to the necessity of preserving this language.
to the necessity of preserving this language.
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而係爲咗令大家注意到
保護阿拉伯語有幾重要
保護阿拉伯語有幾重要
13:13
Now I will tell you a secret.
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宜家我要話畀你哋知一個秘密
13:17
A baby first identifies its father
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嬰兒係通過語言第一次認出父親
13:22
through language.
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當我個囡出生時，我會同佢講：
「（阿拉伯語）呢個係你爸爸，囡囡。」
「（阿拉伯語）呢個係你爸爸，囡囡。」
13:24
When my daughter is born, I'll tell her,
"This is your father, honey (Arabic)."
"This is your father, honey (Arabic)."
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13:29
I wouldn't say,
"This is your dad, honey (English)."
"This is your dad, honey (English)."
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我唔會話：
「（英語）呢個係你爸爸，囡囡。」
「（英語）呢個係你爸爸，囡囡。」
13:34
And in the supermarket,
I promise my daughter Noor,
I promise my daughter Noor,
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喺超級市場，我同我個女 Noor 保證
如果佢用阿拉伯文同我講「多謝」
13:37
that if she says to me,
"Thanks (Arabic),"
"Thanks (Arabic),"
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我唔會用法文同佢講
「你應該講『多謝你，媽咪』」
「你應該講『多謝你，媽咪』」
13:40
I won't say, "Dis, 'Merci, Maman,'"
and hope no one has heard her.
and hope no one has heard her.
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然後希望冇人剛才聽到佢講阿拉伯語
13:44
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
我哋一齊嚟擺脫文化上嘅卑躬屈膝！
唔好再為我哋嘅文化而自卑！
唔好再為我哋嘅文化而自卑！
13:55
Let's get rid of this cultural cringe.
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14:01
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
Translated by Chak Lam Wan
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Suzanne Talhouk - Poet and language advocateSuzanne Talhouk is an advocate for the Arabic language as a tool of power, pride and unity.
Why you should listen
Raised in war-torn Lebanon, Suzanne Talhouk has a masters in physics and a passion for poetry; she has released two collections of poems. Dismayed by what she saw as a lack of power during the recent war in the Middle East, Talhouk saw the Arabic language as medium to unite and empower the Arab world. She launched Feil Amer, an organization that aims to preserve the Arabic language, and to reinstate the pride in young Arabs towards their language.
Suzanne Talhouk | Speaker | TED.com