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Kristin Windbigler: Hi! Welcome.

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[20,000 translators,
70,000 translations, 107+ languages]

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What brought me to TED,
is the translation project.

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So when I meet with, you know,
those different translators,

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the challenges and the problems
which I face are the same

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as they face and experience.

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Hence, I think the collaborative ideas
which we have discussed --

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I think this is the most
valuable thing for me.

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In the small translators' workshop we had,

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we as translators shared
a lot of experience with each other,

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we learned from each others' experiences,
we learned the problems,

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we brainstormed solutions
for the challenges together.

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I really loved that experience.

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And after I was invited to TEDActive,
it basically changed everything,

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because it was the first time
I left my country, Brazil.

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So, I'm enjoying every talk,
I'm absorbing every idea,

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I'm loving meeting people,
networking, sharing ideas.

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I think I would need some different
words to describe this event.

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I'm living the dream, you know?
It's an amazing thing, and I was --

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I was looking for free time,
but, you know,

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I should sit now, I should think
about this, because this is so important.

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And it's always good to be
with the TED community,

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to share our experiences
and share our thoughts and discuss.

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There are ideas which you can't
even imagine existed, so --

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This atmosphere is incredible, I love it.

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Outside of the TED
community, I'm a doctor,

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and I work at Calicut Medical College
as a general physician.

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I really wanted to share
these awesome videos

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with the youth, and people living
in rural areas, who do not speak English.

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That part of the community is one
which needs a change in their life.

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So I'm hoping with these subtitled talks,

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I will be, or TED will be, and we will be
touching that part of the community,

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which needs a real change.

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And I think that would be
the real contribution,

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which I am hoping for.

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I really wanted people sitting back there
in Kerala, my province, my state,

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to be able to understand
the stuff in their own language,

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so that they can grasp the power,
they can grasp the ideas,

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and they can create a better world
by, you know, just sharing ideas,

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and executing them in their own locality.

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The impact; you come,
you meet all these fantastic people.

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They're all brilliant people,

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they come from all countries,
they speak all languages,

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and you know, the environment
which that has created,

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I think it's an enabling environment.

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It came at a moment when I really
needed something to believe in,

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I really needed something
that I wanted to do

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just because I wanted to do it.

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TED is not just about translating,
it's not just about the talks.

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It's about the people.
It's about the ideas we share.

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Romane Ferreira: There was ice skating,
which, I was not very sure I would go,

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but when I was there it was so fun,
and I'm really glad I decided to go.

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