ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Megan Washington - Musician
Megan Washington has won two ARIA Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Grammys. A popular singer/songwriter, she has recently come clean with a secret—that she has a speech impediment.

Why you should listen

The lyrics of Megan Washington’s songs have a beautiful, confessional tone: she sings about heartbreak, insecurity, rage, you name it. But there is one thing that Washington avoided sharing publicly before stepping on the stage of TEDxSydney 2014: that she has a stutter.

One of Australia’s most promising singer/songwriters, Megan Washington won two ARIA Awards in 2010 for “Best Female Artist” and “Breakthrough Artist” following the release of her album, I Believe You Liar. The album went platinum, and she followed it up in 2012 with Insomnia. Her latest album, There There, was be released on September 12, 2014.

Prior to going solo, Washington played jazz piano with various acts and founded a band called Washington, borrowing her last name. After her breakthrough solo album, she served as a mentor on Australia’s version of The Voice and also spoke on music panels on the show Spicks and Specks, using a method called "smooth speech" to overcome her stuttering on-air. Washington's songs have also appeared in TV shows Girls and Boardwalk Empire.

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Megan Washington: Why I live in mortal dread of public speaking

Megan Washington: Kenapa saya takut berbicara di depan umum

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Megan Washington adalah salah seorang penyanyi/penulis lagu populer di Australia, dan ia seorang yang gagap sejak kecil. Di dalam ceramah yang intim dan penuh kesan ini, ia mengungkapkan bagaimana caranya mengatasi kegagapannya—dengan menghindari hurut-huruf kombinasi "st" sampai mengganti kata-katanya disaat-saat terakhir, dan menyanyikannya.
- Musician
Megan Washington has won two ARIA Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Grammys. A popular singer/songwriter, she has recently come clean with a secret—that she has a speech impediment. Full bio

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I didn't know when I agreedsepakat to do this
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Ketika saya setuju tampil di sini,
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whetherapakah I was expecteddiharapkan to talk or to singbernyanyi.
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saya tidak tahu apakah saya
diminta untuk berbicara atau menyanyi.
Tapi ketika saya diberitahu
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But when I was told that the topictema was languagebahasa,
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topiknya adalah tentang bahasa,
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I feltmerasa that I had to speakberbicara about something for a momentsaat.
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saya merasa saya harus berbicara
untuk beberapa saat.
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I have a problemmasalah.
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Saya punya masalah.
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It's not the worstterburuk thing in the worlddunia.
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Ini bukan masalah terburuk di dunia.
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I'm fine.
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Saya baik-baik saja.
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I'm not on fireapi.
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Saya tidak sedang diujung tanduk.
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I know that other people in the worlddunia
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Saya tahu bahwa banyak orang lain di dunia
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have farjauh worselebih buruk things to dealberurusan with,
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punya masalah-masalah yang lebih berat,
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but for me, languagebahasa and musicmusik are
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tapi bagi saya, bahasa dan musik
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inextricablytidak dapat dipisahkan linkedterkait throughmelalui this one thing.
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berhubungan erat dengan masalah ini.
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And the thing is that I have a stuttergagap.
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Masalahnya, saya seorang yang gagap.
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It mightmungkin seemterlihat curiousingin tahu givendiberikan that I spendmenghabiskan
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Mungkin ini terdengar aneh karena
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a lot of my life on the stagetahap.
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saya sering berada di atas panggung.
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One would assumemenganggap that I'm comfortablenyaman
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Orang lain akan mengira bahwa saya nyaman
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in the publicpublik spherebola and comfortablenyaman here,
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berada dalam sorotan publik dan
merasa nyaman berbicara
kepada Anda semua di sini.
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speakingberbicara to you guys.
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01:19
But the truthkebenaran is that I've spentmenghabiskan
my life up untilsampai this pointtitik
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Kenyataannya, sepanjang hidup saya
sampai sekarang, termasuk saat ini,
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and includingtermasuk this pointtitik, livinghidup in mortalmakhluk hidup dreadketakutan
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saya selalu merasa takut
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of publicpublik speakingberbicara.
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setiap kali saya berbicara di depan umum.
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PublicUmum singingnyanyian, wholeseluruh differentberbeda thing. (LaughterTawa)
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Tapi lain halnya dengan
menyanyi di depan umum. (Tawa)
01:36
But we'llbaik get to that in a momentsaat.
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Nanti saya akan berbicara tentang itu.
01:40
I've never really talkedberbicara about it before so explicitlysecara eksplisit.
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Saya tidak pernah membicarakannya
secara terbuka sebelumnya.
Saya rasa ini karena saya selalu berharap
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I think that that's because I've always livedhidup in hopeberharap
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that when I was a grown-updewasa,
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bahwa ketika saya besar nanti,
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I wouldn'ttidak akan have one.
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masalah ini akan hilang.
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I sortmenyortir of livedhidup with this ideaide that when I'm growndewasa,
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Saya tumbuh dengan pemikiran semacam ini.
Kalau saya besar nanti,
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I'll have learnedterpelajar to speakberbicara FrenchPrancis,
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saya akan belajar bahasa Perancis,
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and when I'm growndewasa, I'll learnbelajar
how to managemengelola my moneyuang,
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dan saya akan belajar
mengatur keuangan saya,
02:07
and when I'm growndewasa, I won'tbiasa have a stuttergagap,
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saya tidak akan gagap lagi
02:09
and then I'll be ablesanggup to publicpublik speakberbicara
and maybe be the primeutama ministermenteri
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dan saya dapat berbicara di depan umum,
dan mungkin menjadi perdana menteri
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and anything'sapa pun yang possiblemungkin and, you know.
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dan segalanya mungkin.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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So I can talk about it now
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Saya bisa membicarakannya sekarang
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because I've reachedtercapai this pointtitik, where —
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karena saya telah mencapai
titik dimana —
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I mean, I'm 28.
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yah, saya sudah berusia 28 tahun.
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I'm prettycantik sure that I'm growndewasa now.
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Saya yakin saya sudah cukup dewasa.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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And I'm an adultdewasa womanwanita
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Dan saya seorang wanita dewasa
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who spendsmenghabiskan her life as a performerpemain,
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yang menghabiskan hidupnya
di atas panggung,
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with a speechpidato impedimentTelor.
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dengan kegagapan.
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So, I mightmungkin as well come cleanbersih about it.
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Jadi, sekalian saja saya bicara
terus terang.
02:46
There are some interestingmenarik
anglessudut to havingmemiliki a stuttergagap.
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Ada yang menarik dari kegagapan saya.
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For me, the worstterburuk thing that can happenterjadi
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Bagi saya,
hal terburuk yang mungkin terjadi
02:54
is meetingpertemuan anotherlain stuttererStutterer.
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adalah bertemu dengan orang gagap lainnya.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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This happenedterjadi to me in HamburgHamburg, when
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Ini terjadi kepada saya di Hamburg,
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this guy, we metbertemu and he said,
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ketika itu saya bertemu seorang pria
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"HelloHalo, m-m-m-mym-m-m-saya namenama is JoeJoe,"
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dan dia berkata,
"Halo, n-n-n-nama saya Joe,"
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and I said, "Oh, helloHalo, m-m-m-mym-m-m-saya namenama is MegMeg."
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dan saya berkata, "Oh, halo,
n-n-n-nama saya Meg."
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ImagineBayangkan my horrorkengerian when I realizedmenyadari
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Bayangkan betapa saya kaget
ketika menyadari
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he thought I was makingmembuat funmenyenangkan of him.
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dia pikir saya mengolok-oloknya.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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People think I'm drunkmabuk all the time.
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Orang-orang berpikir saya selalu mabuk.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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People think that I've forgottenterlupakan theirmereka namenama
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Orang-orang berpikir saya lupa nama mereka
03:36
when I hesitateragu before sayingpepatah it.
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karena saya terbata-bata.
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And it is a very weirdaneh thing, because
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Dan memang aneh,
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propertepat nounskata bahasa are the worstterburuk.
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karena kata benda adalah yang
paling sulit.
Kalau saya akan menggunakan kata
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If I'm going to use the wordkata
"WednesdayRabu" in a sentencekalimat,
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"Rabu" dalam sebuah kalimat,
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and I'm comingkedatangan up to the wordkata,
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dan hendak mengucapkan kata tersebut,
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and I can feel that I'm going to stuttergagap or something,
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dan saya merasa saya akan terbata-bata,
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I can changeperubahan the wordkata to "tomorrowbesok,"
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saya bisa menggantinya dengan "besok,"
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or "the day after TuesdaySelasa,"
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atau "sehari setelah hari Selasa,"
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or something elselain.
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atau semacamnya.
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It's clunkykikuk, but you can get away with it,
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Kedengarannya kikuk,
tapi saya bisa menghindarinya
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because over time I've developeddikembangkan this
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karena dari waktu ke waktu saya
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loopholecelah methodmetode of usingmenggunakan speechpidato
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menyelamatkan diri dengan
berbicara seperti ini
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where right at the last minutemenit you
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dimana di saat-saat terakhir, saya
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changeperubahan the thing and you trickmenipu your brainotak.
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mengganti satu dua kata
dan mengelabui otak sendiri.
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But with people'sorang-orang namesnama, you can't changeperubahan them.
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Tapi saya tak bisa mengganti nama orang.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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When I was singingnyanyian a lot of jazzjazz,
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Ketika saya harus menyanyikan
banyak lagu jazz,
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I workedbekerja a lot with a pianistpianis whoseyang namenama was SteveSteve.
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saya sering berkolaborasi
dengan seorang pianis bernama Steve.
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As you can probablymungkin gathermengumpulkan,
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Anda mungkin sudah bisa menebak.
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S'sS and T'sT, togetherbersama or independentlyindependen,
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Huruf S dan T, baik berjejeran
ataupun berdiri sendiri
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are my kryptonitekryptonite.
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merupakan kelemahan saya.
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But I would have to introducememperkenalkan the bandpita
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Tapi saya harus memperkenalkan
anggota band saat jeda,
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over this rollingbergulir vampmenggoda,
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dan ketika giliran Steve,
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and when I got around to SteveSteve,
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I'd oftensering find myselfdiri stuckterjebak on the "StSt."
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saya sering kesulitan menyebut "St."
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And it was a bitsedikit awkwardcanggung and uncomfortabletidak nyaman
and it totallysama sekali killsmembunuh the vibegetaran.
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Suasananya menjadi agak cangung
dan tidak nyaman,
dan merusak mood yang ada.
Jadi setelah beberapa kali,
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So after a fewbeberapa instancescontoh of this,
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SteveSteve happilybahagia becamemenjadi "SeveSeve,"
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saya menyebut Steve "Seve,"
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and we got throughmelalui it that way. (LaughterTawa)
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dan begitulah kami mengatasinya. (Tawa)
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I've had a lot of therapyterapi,
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Saya sudah melalui banyak sesi terapi,
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and a commonumum formbentuk of treatmentpengobatan is to use
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dan pengobatan yang biasa digunakan
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this techniqueteknik that's calledbernama smoothhalus speechpidato,
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adalah sebuah cara yang dinamakan
berpidato mulus,
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whichyang is where you almosthampir
singbernyanyi everything that you say.
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dimana Anda hampir selalu
menyanyikan setiap ucapan Anda.
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You kindjenis of joinikut everything togetherbersama in this
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Anda menggabungkan semua yang ada dalam
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very singsongsingsong, kindergartenTaman kanak-kanak teacherguru way,
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metode menyanyi ini,
seperti halnya guru TK mengajar,
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and it makesmembuat you soundsuara very serenetenang,
like you've had lots of ValiumValium,
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dan ini sangat menenangkan,
seperti habis minum banyak Valium,
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and everything is calmtenang. (LaughterTawa)
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dan semuanya begitu tenang. (Tawa)
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That's not actuallysebenarnya me.
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Sebenarnya saya tidak seperti itu.
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And I do use that. I do.
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Namun saya melakukannya,
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I use it when I have to be on panelpanel showsmenunjukkan,
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ketika berada di acara temu bicara,
atau wawancara di radio,
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or when I have to do radioradio interviewswawancara,
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ketika saya harus tampil di depan publik
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when the economyekonomi of airtimeairtime is paramountterpenting.
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demi uang.
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(LaughterTawa)
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(Tawa)
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I get throughmelalui it that way for my jobpekerjaan.
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Ini siasat saya dalam bekerja.
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But as an artistartis who feelsterasa that theirmereka work
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Tapi sebagai artis
yang merasa pekerjaannya
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is basedberbasis solelysemata-mata on a platformperon of honestykejujuran
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berdasarkan semata-mata atas kejujuran
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and beingmakhluk realnyata,
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dari diri kita yang sebenarnya,
06:32
that feelsterasa oftensering like cheatingkecurangan.
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saya merasa seperti telah berbuat curang.
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WhichYang is why before I singbernyanyi, I wanted to tell you
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Karenanya, sebelum saya bernyanyi,
saya ingin memberitahu
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what singingnyanyian meanscara to me.
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apa arti menyanyi bagi saya.
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It's more than makingmembuat nicebagus soundsterdengar,
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Menyanyi lebih dari sekadar
menciptakan melodi yang indah,
dan lebih dari sekedar
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and it's more than makingmembuat nicebagus songslagu.
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membuat lagu yang bagus.
Lebih dari sekadar dikenal dan dimengerti.
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It's more than feelingperasaan knowndikenal, or understooddipahami.
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It's more than makingmembuat you feel the things that I feel.
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Menyanyi berarti membuat Anda
merasakan apa yang saya rasa.
Ini bukanlah mengenai mitologi,
07:04
It's not about mythologymitologi,
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or mythologizingmythologizing myselfdiri to you.
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atau memitologikan diri saya kepada Anda.
07:12
SomehowEntah bagaimana, throughmelalui some miraculousajaib
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Seakan-akan,
melalui keajaiban fungsi otak,
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synapticsinaptik functionfungsi of the humanmanusia brainotak,
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it's impossiblemustahil to stuttergagap when you singbernyanyi.
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kegagapan yang ada hilang.
07:27
And when I was youngerlebih muda,
that was a methodmetode of treatmentpengobatan
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Ketika saya kecil, metode ini berhasil,
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that workedbekerja very well for me,
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singingnyanyian, so I did it a lot.
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Bernyanyi. Jadi saya sering bernyanyi.
07:39
And that's why I'm here todayhari ini.
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Dan itulah mengapa saya di sini hari ini.
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(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)
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Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
07:54
SingingBernyanyi for me is sweetmanis reliefbantuan.
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Menyanyi semacam suatu pelampiasan
bagi saya,
karena itulah satu-satunya masa
07:58
It is the only time when I feel fluentfasih.
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dimana saya merasa sangat fasih,
08:07
It is the only time when what comesdatang out of my mouthmulut
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satu-satunya saat dimana
apa yang keluar dari mulut saya
08:10
is comprehensivelykomprehensif exactlypersis what I intendeddimaksudkan.
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adalah sesuatu
yang benar-benar saya maksud.
(Tawa)
08:13
(LaughterTawa)
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08:15
So I know that this is a TEDTED Talk,
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Saya tahu ini acara ceramah,
08:18
but now i'm going to TEDTED singbernyanyi.
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tapi sekarang saya mau bernyanyi.
Lagu ini saya gubah tahun lalu.
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This is a songlagu that I wrotemenulis last yeartahun.
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08:23
Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Terima kasih banyak. Terima kasih.
08:26
(ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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(Tepuk tangan)
08:39
(PianoPiano)
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(Piano)
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♪ I would be a beautykeindahan
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♪ I would be a beauty ♪
(Aku ingin menjadi cantik)
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♪ but my nosehidung
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♪ but my nose ♪
(tapi hidungku)
09:02
♪ is slightlysedikit too bigbesar
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♪ is slightly too big ♪
(terlalu besar)
09:05
♪ for my facemenghadapi
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♪ for my face ♪
(di wajahku)
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♪ And I would be a dreamerpemimpi
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♪ And I would be a dreamer ♪
(dan aku ingin bermimpi)
09:13
♪ but my dreammimpi
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♪ but my dream ♪
(tapi mimpiku)
09:16
♪ is slightlysedikit too bigbesar
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♪ is slightly too big ♪
(terlampau besar)
09:20
♪ for this spaceruang
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♪ for this space ♪
(untuk tempat ini)
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♪ And I would be an angelMalaikat
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♪ And I would be an angel ♪
(dan aku ingin menjadi malaikat)
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♪ but my haloHalo
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♪ but my halo ♪
(tapi lingkaran cahayaku)
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♪ it palesartinya jika in the glowcahaya
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♪ it pales in the glow ♪
(terlihat pucat di hadapan)
09:34
♪ of your gracekasih karunia
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♪ of your grace ♪
(sinar anugerahmu)
09:38
♪ And I would be a jokerJoker
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♪ And I would be a joker ♪
(Dan aku ingin menjadi Joker)
09:42
♪ but that cardkartu looksterlihat sillybodoh when you playbermain
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♪ but that card looks silly ♪
(tapi kartu itu terlihat konyol)
♪ when you play ♪
(ketika kamu memainkan)
♪ your ace ♪
(kartu As-mu)
09:50
♪ your aceAce
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10:07
♪ I'd like to know ♪
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♪ I'd like to know ♪
(Aku ingin tahu)
10:11
♪ Are there starsbintang in hellneraka? ♪
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♪ Are there stars in hell ♪
(Apakah ada bintang di neraka)
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♪ And I'd like to know ♪
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♪ And I'd like to know ♪
(Dan aku ingin tahu)
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♪ know if you can tell ♪
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♪ know if you can tell ♪
(apakah kamu tahu)
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♪ that you make me losekalah everything I know ♪
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♪ that you make me lose ♪
(bahwa kamu membuatku)
♪ everything I know ♪
(kehilangan semuanya)
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♪ That I cannottidak bisa choosememilih to or not let go ♪
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♪ That I cannot choose ♪
(dan aku tidak bisa memutuskan)
♪ to or not let go ♪
(untuk melepaskan atau tidak)
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♪ And I'd staytinggal foreverselama-lamanya
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♪ And I'd stay forever ♪
(Dan aku ingin tinggal selamanya)
10:54
♪ but my home ♪
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♪ but my home ♪
(tapi rumahku)
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♪ is slightlysedikit too farjauh
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♪ is slightly too far ♪
(terlalu jauh)
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♪ from this placetempat
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♪ from this place ♪
(dari sini)
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♪ And I swearbersumpah I triedmencoba to ♪
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♪ And I swear I tried to ♪
(Dan sungguh, aku mencoba untuk)
11:08
slowlambat it down ♪
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♪ slow it down ♪
(berjalan lebih pelan)
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♪ when I am walkingberjalan at your pacekecepatan
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♪ when I am walking at your pace ♪
(mengikuti langkahmu)
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♪ But all I could think ♪
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♪ But all I could think ♪
(Tapi yang kupikirkan)
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idlingpemalasan throughmelalui the citieskota
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♪ idling through the cities ♪
(selagi melewati kota)
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♪ do I look prettycantik in the rainhujan? ♪
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♪ do I look pretty
(apakah aku terlihat cantik)
♪ in the rain ♪
(di tengah hujan)
♪ And I don't know how someone ♪
(Dan entah bagaimana seseorang)
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♪ And I don't know how someonesome one
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quitecukup so lovelymenyenangkan
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♪ quite so lovely ♪
(yang cukup menarik)
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makesmembuat me feel uglyjelek
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♪ makes me feel ugly ♪
(membuatku merasa jelek)
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♪ So much shamemalu
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♪ So much shame ♪
(Aku sangat malu)
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♪ And I'd like to know ♪
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♪ And I'd like to know ♪
(Dan aku ingin tahu)
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♪ Are there starsbintang in hellneraka? ♪
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♪ Are there stars in hell ♪
(Apakah ada bintang di neraka)
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♪ And I'd like to know ♪
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♪ And I'd like to know ♪
(Dan aku ingin tahu)
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♪ know if you can tell ♪
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♪ know if you can tell ♪
(apakah kamu tahu)
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♪ that you make me losekalah everything I know ♪
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♪ that you make me lose ♪
(bahwa kamu membuatku)
♪ everything I know ♪
( kehilangan segalanya)
12:17
♪ that I cannottidak bisa choosememilih to or not let go ♪
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♪ that I cannot choose ♪
(dan aku tidak bisa memutuskan)
♪ to or not let go ♪
(untuk melepaskan atau tidak)
Terima kasih banyak. (Tepuk tangan)
12:52
Thank you very much. (ApplauseTepuk tangan)
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Translated by Dewi Barnas
Reviewed by Laksmi Wijayanti

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Megan Washington - Musician
Megan Washington has won two ARIA Awards, the Australian equivalent of the Grammys. A popular singer/songwriter, she has recently come clean with a secret—that she has a speech impediment.

Why you should listen

The lyrics of Megan Washington’s songs have a beautiful, confessional tone: she sings about heartbreak, insecurity, rage, you name it. But there is one thing that Washington avoided sharing publicly before stepping on the stage of TEDxSydney 2014: that she has a stutter.

One of Australia’s most promising singer/songwriters, Megan Washington won two ARIA Awards in 2010 for “Best Female Artist” and “Breakthrough Artist” following the release of her album, I Believe You Liar. The album went platinum, and she followed it up in 2012 with Insomnia. Her latest album, There There, was be released on September 12, 2014.

Prior to going solo, Washington played jazz piano with various acts and founded a band called Washington, borrowing her last name. After her breakthrough solo album, she served as a mentor on Australia’s version of The Voice and also spoke on music panels on the show Spicks and Specks, using a method called "smooth speech" to overcome her stuttering on-air. Washington's songs have also appeared in TV shows Girls and Boardwalk Empire.

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Megan Washington | Speaker | TED.com