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America Ferrera: My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle
艾美莉卡·弗利拉: 我的特征是超能力，而不是障碍。
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作为一个演员，导演和积极分子的艾美莉卡·乔治娜·弗利拉说，好莱坞不应该再拒绝这个世界真正的样子。在她的职业生涯中，她一直在呼吁更多真实多元的形象出现在媒体上——并且改变我们叙述故事的方式。“存在创造可能，”她说，“在这个世界上，我们所看到的闪闪发光的人教会了我们如何看待自己，如何思考自己的价值，以及如何梦想自己的未来。”
America Ferrera - Actor, director, producer, activist
America Ferrera believes stories have the power to make people better. She uses her voice to speak up for more humanity and justice in the world. Full bio
America Ferrera believes stories have the power to make people better. She uses her voice to speak up for more humanity and justice in the world. Full bio
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00:12
On the red tiles in my family's den
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在我家休息厅的红地砖上，
我曾伴着电视上播放的电影
《玫瑰舞后》又唱又跳，
《玫瑰舞后》又唱又跳，
00:16
I would dance and sing
to the made-for-TV movie "Gypsy,"
to the made-for-TV movie "Gypsy,"
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该电影是由贝特·米德勒主演的。
00:20
starring Bette Midler.
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（歌词）“我曾经有过梦想，
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(Singing) "I had a dream.
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一个美好的梦，爸爸。”
00:25
A wonderful dream, papa."
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我会带着一个九岁孩子怀有的
迫切心情和强烈欲望歌唱。
迫切心情和强烈欲望歌唱。
00:28
I would sing it with the urgency
and the burning desire of a nine-year-old
and the burning desire of a nine-year-old
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而事实上，我的确有一个梦想。
00:33
who did, in fact, have a dream.
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我的梦想是成为一名演员，
00:36
My dream was to be an actress.
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而实际上，我从没有见过
任何一个和我相像的人
任何一个和我相像的人
00:40
And it's true that I never saw
anyone who looked like me
anyone who looked like me
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出现在电视或电影节目中。
00:43
in television or in films,
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00:45
and sure, my family and friends
and teachers all constantly warned me
and teachers all constantly warned me
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当然，我的家人，朋友
和老师都经常提醒我，
和老师都经常提醒我，
00:50
that people like me
didn't make it in Hollywood.
didn't make it in Hollywood.
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像我这样的人不会有机会进好莱坞。
00:56
But I was an American.
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但我是个美国人。
我所经历过的教育告诉我，无论肤色，
00:58
I had been taught to believe
that anyone could achieve anything,
that anyone could achieve anything,
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每个人都有可能做成任何事。
01:03
regardless of the color of their skin,
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即便我的父母是洪都拉斯移民，
01:06
the fact that my parents
immigrated from Honduras,
immigrated from Honduras,
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尽管我没有钱。
01:09
the fact that I had no money.
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01:12
I didn't need my dream to be easy,
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我不需要使我的梦想变得简单，
我只希望它是可以被实现的。
01:15
I just needed it to be possible.
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01:19
And when I was 15,
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在我15岁那年，
01:23
I got my first professional audition.
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我得到了第一个正式试镜的机会。
这是一条关于电视节目订阅
或保释金的广告，
或保释金的广告，
01:26
It was a commercial
for cable subscriptions
for cable subscriptions
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我记得不是很具体了。
01:29
or bail bonds, I don't really remember.
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（笑声）
01:31
(Laughter)
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我能记得的是，选角色的导演问过我，
01:33
What I do remember
is that the casting director asked me,
is that the casting director asked me,
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01:38
"Could you do that again,
but just this time, sound more Latina."
but just this time, sound more Latina."
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“你能再来一遍吗？希望这次听起来
更加有拉丁裔的感觉。”
更加有拉丁裔的感觉。”
01:44
"Um, OK.
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“嗯···好的，
所以你希望我用西班牙语
重复一遍？” 我问。
重复一遍？” 我问。
01:47
So you want me
to do it in Spanish?" I asked.
to do it in Spanish?" I asked.
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“哦不，用英语，只是
听起来像拉丁美洲的英语。”
听起来像拉丁美洲的英语。”
01:49
"No, no, do it in English,
just sound Latina."
just sound Latina."
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01:56
"Well, I am a Latina,
so isn't this what a Latina sounds like?"
so isn't this what a Latina sounds like?"
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“呃，我就是拉丁裔，我说的不像吗？“
02:03
There was a long and awkward silence,
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过了一段长时间尴尬的沉默后，
她终于说，
02:05
and then finally,
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“好的，亲爱的，不用在意，
谢谢你能来试镜，再见！”
谢谢你能来试镜，再见！”
02:07
"OK, sweetie, never mind,
thank you for coming in, bye!"
thank you for coming in, bye!"
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直到我坐车回到家以后，
我才明白“听起来更拉丁美洲”
我才明白“听起来更拉丁美洲”
02:11
It took me most of the car ride home
to realize that by "sound more Latina"
to realize that by "sound more Latina"
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代表她希望让我讲蹩脚的英语。
02:15
she was asking me
to speak in broken English.
to speak in broken English.
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我不能明白为什么
02:19
And I couldn't figure out why the fact
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她并不在意我是一个真正的
02:21
that I was an actual,
real-life, authentic Latina
real-life, authentic Latina
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拉丁裔的事实。
02:26
didn't really seem to matter.
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长话短说，我并没有得到这份工作。
02:28
Anyway, I didn't get the job.
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我错失了很多机会，
那些人更希望看到我饰演：
那些人更希望看到我饰演：
02:30
I didn't get a lot of the jobs
people were willing to see me for:
people were willing to see me for:
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混混的女朋友，
02:34
the gang-banger's girlfriend,
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时髦霸气的扒手，
02:36
the sassy shoplifter,
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第二位拉美孕妇。
02:39
pregnant chola number two.
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（笑声）
02:41
(Laughter)
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就好像生来就有角色给像我这样的人。
02:43
These were the kinds of roles
that existed for someone like me.
that existed for someone like me.
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像我这样，看起来皮肤太黑，太胖，
02:47
Someone they looked at
and saw as too brown, too fat,
and saw as too brown, too fat,
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太穷，太肤浅，不够老练。
02:51
too poor, too unsophisticated.
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这些角色是人们的刻板印象，
02:55
These roles were stereotypes
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离真实的我，或者是离我梦想的角色
02:57
and couldn't have been further
from my own reality
from my own reality
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相隔甚远。
03:01
or from the roles I dreamt of playing.
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我希望我饰演的角色性格丰富，
03:03
I wanted to play people
who were complex and multidimensional,
who were complex and multidimensional,
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是自己人生的主角，
03:07
people who existed in the center
of their own lives.
of their own lives.
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不是什么人肉背景或路人甲。
03:11
Not cardboard cutouts that stood
in the background of someone else's.
in the background of someone else's.
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但当我大胆向我的经纪人 ，
03:16
But when I dared to say that
to my manager --
to my manager --
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我雇佣来帮我寻找演出机会的人反映时，
03:19
that's the person I pay
to help me find opportunity --
to help me find opportunity --
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他对此的反应是，
03:23
his response was,
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“必须要有个人来告诉这个女孩，
她的期待太不切实际了。”
她的期待太不切实际了。”
03:26
"Someone has to tell that girl
she has unrealistic expectations."
she has unrealistic expectations."
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03:33
And he wasn't wrong.
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他并没有错。
虽然我解雇了他，但他并没有错。
03:35
I mean, I fired him, but he wasn't wrong.
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03:38
(Laughter)
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（笑声）
（掌声）
03:40
(Applause)
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每当我尝试去得到一个
并非刻板，可怜的角色时，
并非刻板，可怜的角色时，
03:44
Because whenever I did try to get a role
that wasn't a poorly written stereotype,
that wasn't a poorly written stereotype,
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我通常会听到：
03:50
I would hear,
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“我们不准备改变这个角色的特点，“
03:51
"We're not looking
to cast this role diversely."
to cast this role diversely."
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或是“我们喜爱这个角色，
但是她的种族太特殊了。”
但是她的种族太特殊了。”
03:54
Or, "We love her,
but she's too specifically ethnic."
but she's too specifically ethnic."
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或者是“非常不幸，我们的电影里
已经有拉丁美裔演员了。”
已经有拉丁美裔演员了。”
03:59
Or, "Unfortunately, we already have
one Latino in this movie."
one Latino in this movie."
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04:05
I kept receiving the same message
again and again and again.
again and again and again.
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我一遍又一遍的收到这样的信息。
04:11
That my identity was an obstacle
I had to overcome.
I had to overcome.
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这告诉我我的身份特征
是我必须跨越过的障碍 。
是我必须跨越过的障碍 。
04:18
And so I thought,
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所以我想：
“让苦难来得更猛烈些吧。
04:20
"Come at me, obstacle.
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我是美国人，我的名字是
艾美莉卡（America）。
艾美莉卡（America）。
04:22
I'm an American. My name is America.
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我的一生都在为此做准备，
我会循规蹈矩，
我会循规蹈矩，
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I trained my whole life for this,
I'll just follow the playbook,
I'll just follow the playbook,
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我会更加努力。”
04:31
I'll work harder."
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我这么做了，我尽了最大的努力
04:32
And so I did, I worked my hardest
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to overcome all the things
that people said were wrong with me.
that people said were wrong with me.
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来克服人们反对的声音。
我几乎不站在阳光下，
只为了让我的皮肤不会太黑，
只为了让我的皮肤不会太黑，
04:39
I stayed out of the sun
so that my skin wouldn't get too brown,
so that my skin wouldn't get too brown,
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04:42
I straightened my curls into submission.
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我拉直了我原本的卷发。
我一直在减肥，
04:46
I constantly tried to lose weight,
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我买那些更花哨并且更昂贵的衣服。
04:48
I bought fancier
and more expensive clothes.
and more expensive clothes.
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这都是为了当人们再看到我时，
04:51
All so that when people looked at me,
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他们见到的不会是一个太胖，
太黑，太穷的拉丁美洲人。
太黑，太穷的拉丁美洲人。
04:53
they wouldn't see a too fat,
too brown, too poor Latina.
too brown, too poor Latina.
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04:59
They would see what I was capable of.
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他们会见到一个我能
展现出来的符合他们要求的人，
展现出来的符合他们要求的人，
这样也许他们会给我一个机会。
05:02
And maybe they would give me a chance.
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05:07
And in an ironic twist of fate,
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讽刺的是，在命运的转折点，
我终于得到了一个让我能圆梦的角色，
05:11
when I finally did get a role
that would make all my dreams come true,
that would make all my dreams come true,
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05:18
it was a role that required me
to be exactly who I was.
to be exactly who I was.
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这是一个要求我本色出演的角色。
05:23
Ana in "Real Women Have Curves"
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《真女有型》中的安娜，
一个黑皮肤，贫穷，丰腴的拉丁美洲女人。
05:26
was a brown, poor, fat Latina.
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05:32
I had never seen anyone
like her, anyone like me,
like her, anyone like me,
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我从未看见过任何活在
自己书写的生命故事中的人，
自己书写的生命故事中的人，
像她一样，像我一样。
05:36
existing in the center
of her own life story.
of her own life story.
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我曾和这部电影在美国和其他国家
05:40
I traveled throughout the US
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05:42
and to multiple countries with this film
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四处宣传，
人们在安娜身上都能看到他们自己，
05:45
where people, regardless of their age,
ethnicity, body type,
ethnicity, body type,
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无论年龄，无论肤色，无论体型。
05:50
saw themselves in Ana.
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一个胖乎乎的17岁墨西哥裔美国女孩，
05:53
A 17-year-old chubby Mexican American girl
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为了实现她看似遥远的梦，
和世俗对抗着。
和世俗对抗着。
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struggling against cultural norms
to fulfill her unlikely dream.
to fulfill her unlikely dream.
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06:02
In spite of what
I had been told my whole life,
I had been told my whole life,
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尽管我常被他人评头论足，
我知道人们还是会想要看
和我一样的人的生活。
和我一样的人的生活。
06:06
I saw firsthand that people actually did
want to see stories about people like me.
want to see stories about people like me.
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我那些不切实际的，
06:12
And that my unrealistic expectations
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想要在世俗文化中看到
真实的自我，
真实的自我，
06:15
to see myself authentically
represented in the culture
represented in the culture
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也是其他人的期望。
06:19
were other people’s expectations, too.
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06:23
"Real Women Have Curves"
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《真女有型》
是一个带有批判性的，
有文化底蕴的，经济上的成功。
有文化底蕴的，经济上的成功。
06:24
was a critical, cultural
and financial success.
and financial success.
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“太好了，”我想，“我们做到了！
06:29
"Great," I thought, "We did it!
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06:33
We proved our stories have value.
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我们证明了我们的故事有某些价值。
事情将会一点点变好。”
06:36
Things are going to change now."
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06:42
But I watched as very little happened.
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但是我没有看到任何改变，
并没有什么转折点。
06:45
There was no watershed.
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在这个行业的人，没有一个
急着要去讲更多的故事，
急着要去讲更多的故事，
06:47
No one in the industry
was rushing to tell more stories
was rushing to tell more stories
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讲那些观众们渴望听，
也愿意付钱去看的故事。
也愿意付钱去看的故事。
06:50
about the audience that was hungry
and willing to pay to see them.
and willing to pay to see them.
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06:58
Four years later,
when I got to play Ugly Betty,
when I got to play Ugly Betty,
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四年后，当我可以扮演
《丑女贝蒂》里的人物，
《丑女贝蒂》里的人物，
07:03
I saw the same phenomenon play out.
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同样的现象依然存在。
《丑女贝蒂》在上映的第一年
仅在美国就有一千六百万次观看，
仅在美国就有一千六百万次观看，
07:06
"Ugly Betty" premiered in the US
to 16 million viewers
to 16 million viewers
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07:11
and was nominated
for 11 Emmys in its first year.
for 11 Emmys in its first year.
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还在艾美奖获得了11项提名。
07:16
(Applause)
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（掌声）
尽管如此，
07:21
But in spite of "Ugly Betty's" success,
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在之后的8年里，再没有另一部
由一位拉丁美裔演员
由一位拉丁美裔演员
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there would not be another television show
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07:29
led by a Latina actress
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主演的电视节目
出现在美国电视节目里。
07:31
on American television for eight years.
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07:36
It's been 12 years
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现在离我成为第一也仅此一位的
07:38
since I became the first and only Latina
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拉丁美裔艾美奖获得者
已经过去12年了。
07:42
to ever win an Emmy in a lead category.
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07:46
That is not a point of pride.
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这不是一个应该值得骄傲的事情。
这使我感到深深的失望。
07:48
That is a point of deep frustration.
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不是因为奖项才能够证明我们的价值，
07:51
Not because awards prove our worth,
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而是因为那些闪闪发光的人物
07:54
but because who we see
thriving in the world
thriving in the world
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能教会我们如何看待自己，
07:57
teaches us how to see ourselves,
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教会我们思考自己的价值，
08:00
how to think about our own value,
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08:03
how to dream about our futures.
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教会我们如何去梦想未来。
08:05
And anytime I begin to doubt that,
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每当我开始质疑这句话，
我都会想起那个住在
巴基斯坦斯瓦特谷的小女孩，
巴基斯坦斯瓦特谷的小女孩，
08:07
I remember that there was a little girl,
living in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.
living in the Swat Valley of Pakistan.
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每当她将手放在一堆
08:13
And somehow, she got
her hands on some DVDs
her hands on some DVDs
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美国电视节目的DVD光盘上，
08:15
of an American television show
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都会看到她的梦想成真。
08:17
in which she saw her own dream
of becoming a writer reflected.
of becoming a writer reflected.
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08:23
In her autobiography, Malala wrote,
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马拉拉在她的自传里写道，
“在看见了我的话语
能做出怎样的改变，
能做出怎样的改变，
08:26
"I had become interested in journalism
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08:28
after seeing how my own words
could make a difference
could make a difference
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并且看了关于在美国杂志社工作的剧集
《丑女贝蒂》的光盘后，
08:32
and also from watching
the "Ugly Betty" DVDs
the "Ugly Betty" DVDs
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我对新闻业产生了兴趣。”
08:36
about life at an American magazine."
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（掌声）
08:39
(Applause)
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我在职场的这17年，
08:46
For 17 years of my career,
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我见证了我们的声音是如何在
08:49
I have witnessed the power our voices have
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这个文化中迸发出力量的。
08:55
when they can access
presence in the culture.
presence in the culture.
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08:59
I've seen it.
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我见过。
我生活中有过，我们都见过。
09:00
I've lived it, we've all seen it.
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在娱乐圈，在政界，
09:03
In entertainment, in politics,
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在商业中，在社会变革里。
09:06
in business, in social change.
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我们不能否认——存在就能创造可能。
09:10
We cannot deny it --
presence creates possibility.
presence creates possibility.
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09:16
But for the last 17 years,
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但是在过去的17年里，
我还是听到过相同的理由，
09:18
I've also heard the same excuses
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关于为什么有些人
能够在这个文化中露面，
能够在这个文化中露面，
09:21
for why some of us can access
presence in the culture
presence in the culture
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有些人却不能。
09:25
and some of us can't.
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09:29
Our stories don't have an audience,
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我们的故事没有观众，
我们的经历和主流无法共鸣，
09:30
our experiences won't resonate
in the mainstream,
in the mainstream,
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我们的声音会为电影带来财务问题。
09:34
our voices are too big a financial risk.
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09:39
Just a few years ago, my agent called
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就在几年前，我的代理人打电话来
解释为什么我没有
获得一个电影中的角色。
获得一个电影中的角色。
09:42
to explain to me why
I wasn't getting a role in a movie.
I wasn't getting a role in a movie.
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他说：“他们很喜欢你，
09:45
He said, "They loved you
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他们也真的希望演员
来自各个国家各个文化，
来自各个国家各个文化，
09:47
and they really, really do want
to cast diversely,
to cast diversely,
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但是不将白人演员先招全，
这部电影就无法获得足够的钱。”
这部电影就无法获得足够的钱。”
09:50
but the movie isn't financeable
until they cast the white role first."
until they cast the white role first."
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09:58
He delivered the message
with a broken heart
with a broken heart
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他心碎地将这个消息传达给我，
用一种“我理解这简直是糟透了”的语气。
10:01
and with a tone that communicated,
"I understand how messed up this is."
"I understand how messed up this is."
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10:06
But nonetheless, just like
hundreds of times before,
hundreds of times before,
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尽管如此，就像之前
数不清的情况一样，
数不清的情况一样，
我感受到了眼泪慢慢流过我的脸颊。
10:12
I felt the tears roll down my face.
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10:15
And the pang of rejection rise up in me
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被拒绝的痛苦在我心中升起，
羞愧的声音谴责我：
10:19
and then the voice of shame scolding me,
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“你是个成年女性了，
别为了一个工作而流泪。”
别为了一个工作而流泪。”
10:22
"You are a grown woman,
stop crying over a job."
stop crying over a job."
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10:27
I went through this process for years
of accepting the failure as my own
of accepting the failure as my own
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几年过去了，我一直在努力
接受我自己的失败，
接受我自己的失败，
同时为我不能克服
这些困难而感到羞愧难当。
这些困难而感到羞愧难当。
10:31
and then feeling deep shame
that I couldn't overcome the obstacles.
that I couldn't overcome the obstacles.
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10:36
But this time, I heard a new voice.
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不同的是，这一次我听到了新的声音。
10:39
A voice that said, "I'm tired.
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这个声音说：“我累了，
10:43
I've had enough."
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我受够了。”
10:45
A voice that understood
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这个声音能够理解
我的眼泪和痛苦
不是因为我失去了一份工作，
不是因为我失去了一份工作，
10:47
my tears and my pain
were not about losing a job.
were not about losing a job.
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10:52
They were about what
was actually being said about me.
was actually being said about me.
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而是别人对我说的话。
那些关于我整个人生，
10:56
What had been said about me my whole life
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从行政高层到制片人，
11:00
by executives and producers
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从导演到剧作家，到代理人和经纪人，
11:03
and directors and writers
and agents and managers
and agents and managers
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再到老师，朋友，和家人说的话，
11:06
and teachers and friends and family.
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“我是个没什么价值的人。”
11:09
That I was a person of less value.
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11:12
I thought sunscreen
and straightening irons
and straightening irons
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我以为防晒霜和直发棒可以
给这个深深定型的价值系统带来些改变。
11:16
would bring about change
in this deeply entrenched value system.
in this deeply entrenched value system.
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11:22
But what I realized in that moment
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但是那一刻我醒悟了，
其实我从来没有要这个系统做出改变。
11:25
was that I was never actually asking
the system to change.
the system to change.
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我一直在恳请他们让我
进入这个系统，这是不同的。
进入这个系统，这是不同的。
11:31
I was asking it to let me in,
and those aren't the same thing.
and those aren't the same thing.
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11:38
I couldn't change
what a system believed about me,
what a system believed about me,
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如果我相信这个系统对我的看法，
那我就没能力做出改变。
11:41
while I believed what
the system believed about me.
the system believed about me.
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11:45
And I did.
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是这样的。
我，就像所有在我身边的人一样，
11:46
I, like everyone around me,
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11:48
believed that it wasn't possible
for me to exist in my dream as I was.
for me to exist in my dream as I was.
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相信我不可能变成梦想中的我。
11:55
And I went about
trying to make myself invisible.
trying to make myself invisible.
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我一直在隐藏自己的想法。
12:02
What this revealed to me
was that it is possible
was that it is possible
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这个想法向我揭示了一点，
在我的言行举止不变的同时，
12:06
to be the person
who genuinely wants to see change
who genuinely wants to see change
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我也可以是那个我一直想成为的人。
12:11
while also being the person whose actions
keep things the way they are.
keep things the way they are.
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12:20
And what it's led me to believe
is that change isn't going to come
is that change isn't going to come
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这个想法也让我相信，
判断好人坏人不能带来任何改变。
12:24
by identifying the good guys
and the bad guys.
and the bad guys.
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这次谈话使我们都得以脱身，
12:27
That conversation
lets us all off the hook.
lets us all off the hook.
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因为大多数人都不是其中的一个。
12:29
Because most of us
are neither one of those.
are neither one of those.
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12:33
Change will come
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在我们有足够的勇气
质疑我们根本的
12:35
when each of us has the courage
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价值观和信念的时候，改变就会到来。
12:37
to question our own fundamental
values and beliefs.
values and beliefs.
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然后我们就可以看到
我们通过行动实现了目标。
我们通过行动实现了目标。
12:41
And then see to it that our actions
lead to our best intentions.
lead to our best intentions.
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12:48
I am just one of millions of people
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很多人都被告知
12:51
who have been told
that in order to fulfill my dreams,
that in order to fulfill my dreams,
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如果要实现梦想，
为世界贡献自己的力量，
12:55
in order to contribute
my talents to the world
my talents to the world
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12:57
I have to resist the truth of who I am.
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就必须掩盖真实的自我，
而我正是其中的一员。
而我正是其中的一员。
13:02
I for one, am ready to stop resisting
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我已经准备好接纳自己，
展现完全真实的自己。
13:05
and to start existing
as my full and authentic self.
as my full and authentic self.
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如果我可以回过头去，
13:12
If I could go back and say anything
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对那个在红砖上跳舞，
做梦的九岁小女孩说些什么，
做梦的九岁小女孩说些什么，
13:15
to that nine-year-old,
dancing in the den, dreaming her dreams,
dancing in the den, dreaming her dreams,
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我会告诉她，
13:19
I would say,
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你的身份特征不是你的绊脚石，
13:21
my identity is not my obstacle.
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13:24
My identity is my superpower.
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你的身份特征是你的超能力。
因为事情的真相是，
13:27
Because the truth is,
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13:29
I am what the world looks like.
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我就是世界的样子。
13:32
You are what the world looks like.
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你就是世界的样子。
13:35
Collectively, we are
what the world actually looks like.
what the world actually looks like.
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所有人在一起就是世界真正的样子。
13:40
And in order for our systems
to reflect that,
to reflect that,
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为了使我们的制度可以反映出这一点，
13:43
they don't have to create a new reality.
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他们不需要创造一个新的现实，
13:47
They just have to stop
resisting the one we already live in.
resisting the one we already live in.
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他们只需要面对现实。
谢谢。
13:52
Thank you.
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（掌声）
13:53
(Applause)
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Translated by Zining Pearl Yuan
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
America Ferrera - Actor, director, producer, activistAmerica Ferrera believes stories have the power to make people better. She uses her voice to speak up for more humanity and justice in the world.
Why you should listen
America Ferrera is an award-winning actress and producer known for her breakthrough role as Betty Suarez on ABC's hit comedy Ugly Betty. For her performance, Ferrera was recognized with a Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as ALMA and Imagen Awards. She currently produces and stars in the NBC workplace comedy Superstore, which is in its fourth season.
Ferrera recently released her first book, American Like Me, landing on the New York Times best-seller list. The book is a vibrant and varied collection of first-person accounts from prominent figures about the experience of growing up between cultures in America. A longtime activist, Ferrera co-founded HARNESS with her husband, Ryan Piers Williams, and Wilmer Valderrama in 2016. HARNESS is a community of artists, influencers and grassroots leaders that provides education and engagement opportunities to amplify the work of organizations and individuals working on behalf of social justice. In July 2016, Ferrera spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on behalf of women's rights and immigration in support of Hillary Clinton. She was a chair for the Artists' Committee for the Women's March on Washington and spoke at the historic Women's March the day after the 2017 Presidential Inauguration. In 2006, Ferrera founded her own television and film production company, Take Fountain.
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