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I should tell you that when I was asked to be here, I thought to myself that well, it's TED.
我要告訴你們當我接到大會邀請的時候，我對自己說，這可是TED呀
And these TEDsters are -- you know, as innocent as that name sounds --
這些TEDsters雖然名字聽起來是那么單純而簡單
these are the philanthropists and artists and scientists who sort of shape our world.
可都很不簡單，他們是慈善家藝術家科學家，他們能夠影響整個世界
And what could I possibly have to say that would be distinguished enough to justify my participation in something like that?
那我又能說點什么才會讓我顯得與眾不同，才能證明我的參與是有意義的呢
And so I thought perhaps a really civilized-sounding British accent might help things a bit.
所以我就想到一口非常純正顯得很有教養的英國口音也許能幫上忙
And then I thought no, no. I should just get up there and be myself
但轉念一想，不，不行，我應該去到那里作回我自己
and just talk the way I really talk because, after all, this is the great unveiling.
我平時怎么說話，在這兒就怎么說話，因為畢竟今天是盛大的揭幕儀式
And so I thought I'd come up here and unveil my real voice to you.
所以我覺得我應該來到這里把我真實的聲音展現給你們
Although many of you already know that I do speak the Queen's English because I am from Queens, New York.
雖然在座的很多人都知道我確實說一口純正的“英國女王式”英語，因為我來自紐約的皇后區
But the theme of this session, of course, is invention.
但是這一節的主題是創造
And while I don't have any patents that I'm aware of, you will be meeting a few of my inventions today.
據我所知，我自己沒有任何專利，那么你們只能來認識一下我今天現場發揮的幾個發明了
I suppose it's fair to say that I am interested in the invention of self or selves.
我覺得老實說，我很喜歡發現另一個或者好多個新的自我
We're all born into certain circumstances with particular physical traits,
我們每個人都有與生俱來的身體特征
unique developmental experiences, geographical and historical contexts. But then what?
獨特的成長經歷和地理歷史環境的影響。但除此之外又能怎么樣呢
To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent?
我們在多大程度上嘗試過重塑自我和發現自我呢
How do we self-identify and how mutable is that identity?
我們該如何定義自我，我們的身份又是如何可變的呢
Like, what if one could be anyone at any time?
比如說，一個人在任何時候都能變成另外任何一個人，這又會怎樣呢
Well my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions.
那么在接下來的這段表演中，我要呈現給大家的各個角色，使得我能夠用一種輕松的方式來探討這些問題
