Thank you Maxine for your words and most beautiful reading.
謝謝你,湯女士,感謝你的演講,以及優美的朗讀
Would someone like to begin a question and answer period?
有人愿意開始提問環節嗎
Not a long question and answer period but you can have a long question.
提問時間不會太長,不過你們可以問長的問題
I am so happy, I am thrilled to see so many people that were there last night
我很高興,很興奮能看到這么多昨晚也在的人
and it's so great to see you again and I will be most happy to answer your questions or listen to what you have to say.
很高興再次見到你們,能回答你們的問題,或聽聽你們要說的,是我最高興的事

Could you bring her the microphone please?
能給她一個麥克風嗎
Hello, okay, so I guess my question is...well first of all, thank you so much, it's such an honour to have you here in Boston.
你好,我想我的問題是,首先,謝謝你,能在波士頓到你的演講實在太榮幸了
My question is when did you realise that you have a passion for writing and what was the first piece that you've ever written?
我的問題時,你什么時候意識到自己有寫作的熱情,你寫的第一篇文章是什么
You just heard the first one that I ever spoke, that was the Som Goong ah, Say Goong ah.
你剛聽到我說的第一篇了,就是《三爺爺,四爺爺》那一篇
That was the very first and the poetry and stories have always come to me and sometimes when I try to think back on when it was...
這是我最早寫的東西,詩歌和故事總在我腦海里浮現,有時當我試圖回想它們是什么時
I think it was, I think about my last incarnation and the one before that, I actually can feel that.
我想它是,我想到自己最終的化身以及在此之前的,實際我能感受得到