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[K. Sargsyan][br]I started to translate TEDTalks

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after seeing William Kamkwamba's talk[br]about how to fulfill your dreams.

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And I told [about] this talk to my son.

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He wouldn't believe me.[br]He said, "But he dropped out of school."

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"He wouldn't know English.[br]How would he do this?"

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So I said, "I will translate this."

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"I want him to read every single word."

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[W. Davis] Language is not just[br]a body of vocabulary

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or set of grammatical rules.

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A language is a flash[br]of the human spirit.

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It's a vehicle through which[br]the soul of each particular culture

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comes into the material world.

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Everything that we do at TED[br]is driven by the same mission,

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which is to spread ideas.

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And if your goal is to spread ideas,[br]at a certain point,

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you're confronted with the fact[br]that you're only speaking in English.

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The very root of what we do[br]is about connectedness.

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There's huge numbers of people

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who can be part of[br]shaping a better future for everyone.

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It'd be crazy to leave them out.

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[K. Aparta] I wrote them,[br]saying that these talks

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should have subtitles for the Deaf,

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and also translations[br]for people from other countries.

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There has to be that one person

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who's so passionate about a particular talk,

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who wants the subtitles to exist[br]in their language.

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Initially, I started translating[br]for my sister.

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She lives with my parents

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in a very small town,[br]where I'm from in Kazakhstan.

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And she doesn't get a lot of opportunities[br]in exploring the world.

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But then, later on, I realized[br]it's not just my family.

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Everyone who speaks Uzbek[br]could benefit from it.

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[M. Pagel] Just as wings opened up[br]the sphere of air for birds to exploit,

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language opened up the sphere[br]of cooperation for humans to exploit.

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All of our speakers[br]are on the edge of their fields,

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and therefore on the edge of language,

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so many of the terms they use[br]you can't find in a dictionary.

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It actually takes a lot of research[br]to accurately translate a TEDTalk.

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Depending on how technical it is,[br]and how many words you have to look up,

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it could take up to 10 hours.

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I go and read about the speaker,[br]and his books,

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so I get the whole context.

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Because of this community of translators,

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we suddenly have the ability[br]to find the greatest ideas

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coming from speakers in any language

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and bring them into[br]the English-speaking world

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and beyond.

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I translate because I want more people[br]to have access to these ideas.

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It's an act of generosity[br]from many people,

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just sharing knowledge.

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To inspire people,[br]to give hope to some people.

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This changes a lot of things in the world.