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MuhammedIdris_2018S-_难民开始新生活所需要的是什么_
About two years ago, 大约两年前,
I got a phone call that changed my life. 我接到了一个改变我人生的电话。
'"Hey, this is your cousin Hassen." “嗨,我是你的表兄海森。”
I froze. 我呆住了。
You see, I have well over 30 first cousins, but I didn't know anybody named Hassen. 看吧,我有超过30个表兄弟, 但是我不记得有叫海森的人。
It turned out that Hassen was actually my mom's cousin and had just arrived in Montreal as a refugee . 结果海森其实是我母亲的表兄弟, 并且作为一个难民刚到达蒙特利尔。
Montreal:n.蒙特利尔(加拿大东南部港市); refugee:n.难民;避难者;逃亡者;v.避难;adj.避难的;
And over the next few months, 在接下来的几个月,
I would have three more relatives coming to Canada to apply for asylum with little more than the clothes on their back. 我会有另外3个亲戚 来加拿大申请避难, 他们随身携带的只有一身换洗衣服。
relatives:n.亲戚;亲属;同类事物;(relative的复数) apply:v.申请;涂,敷;应用;适用;请求; asylum:n.庇护;收容所,救济院;
And in the two years since that phone call, my life has completely changed. 在接下来两年,因为那通电话, 我的人生彻彻底底的改变了。
I left academia and now lead a diverse team of technologists , researchers and refugees that is developing customized self-help resources for newcomers . 我离开了学术界 现在带领着来自科技,研究 和难民等不同领域的团队 以为新移民打造自助资源。
academia:n.学术界;学术生涯; diverse:adj.不同的;多种多样的;变化多的; technologists:n.技术人员(technologist的复数);[劳经]技术专家; refugees:n.避难者;逃亡者;难民;(refugee的复数) customized:v.订制,订做,改制;(customize的过去分词和过去式) self-help:n.自助;自救;自立;adj.自助的; resources:n.[计][环境]资源; v.向…提供资金(resource的第三人称单数); newcomers:n.新来的人(newcomer的复数);
We want to help them overcome language, cultural and other barriers that make them feel like they've lost control over their own lives. 我们想让他们战胜语言, 文化和其他障碍, 这些障碍使他们觉得 无法控制他们的人生。
overcome:vt.克服;胜过;vi.克服;得胜; cultural:adj.与文化有关的;文化的;与艺术、文学、音乐等有关的; barriers:n.障碍;栅栏;篱笆墙(barrier的复数形式);
And we feel that AI can help restore the rights and the dignity that many people lose when seeking help. 我们觉得人工智能可以恢复那些 在向别人寻求帮助时 丢掉的权益和尊严。
restore:v.恢复;修复;恢复(某种情况或感受);使复原; dignity:n.尊严;高贵; seeking:v.寻找;寻求;谋求;争取;(向人)请求(seek的现在分词)
My family's refugee experience is not unique . 我家庭的难民经历并不少见。
unique:adj.独特的,稀罕的;[数]唯一的;n.独一无二的人或物;
According to the UNHCR, every minute, 20 people are newly displaced by climate change, economic crisis and social and political instability . 根据联合国难民署, 每一分钟,就有20个人因为 气候改变,经济危机 和社会及政治的不稳定而流离失所。
According to:根据,据说; displaced:v.取代;替代;置换;迫使(某人)离开家园;转移;(displace的过去式和过去分词) economic:adj.经济的,经济上的;经济学的; crisis:n.危机;危险期;决定性时刻;adj.危机的;用于处理危机的; instability:n.不稳定(性);基础薄弱;不安定;
And it was while volunteering at a local YMCA shelter that my cousin Hassen and other relatives were sent to that we saw and learned to appreciate how much effort and coordination resettlement requires. 正是在我表兄海森和其他亲戚被送到那的 的基督教青年庇护所里做义工时, 我们亲眼看到并且知道了 协调安置所需要的努力与付出。
volunteering:v.自愿做;义务做;无偿做;当志愿兵(volunteer的现在分词) appreciate:v.欣赏;感激;感谢;理解; coordination:n.协调,调和;对等,同等; resettlement:n.重新安置;
When you first arrive, you need to find a lawyer and fill out legal documents within two weeks. 当你刚到达时,你需要找到一个律师 并在两周内填写法律文件。
legal:adj.法律的;合法的;法定的;
You also need to schedule a medical exam with a pre-authorized physician , just so that you can apply for a work permit . 同时你也需要找有资格的医师 安排一次体检, 这样就可以申请工作证了。
schedule:工作计划,日程安排 physician:n.[医]医师;内科医师; work permit:n.(国外就业)工作许可证;
And you need to start looking for a place to live before you receive any sort of social assistance. 然后在你收到任何社会救助之前, 你需要找一个地方居住。
With thousands fleeing the United States to seek asylum in Canada over the past few years, we quickly saw what it looks like when there are more people who need help than there are resources to help them. 近几年,成千上万的难民离开美国 来加拿大寻求庇护, 我们很快遭遇了 需要帮助的人比可用资源多的情况,
fleeing:v.迅速离开;逃避,逃跑;(flee的现在分词) United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式)
Social services doesn't scale quickly, and even if communities do their best to help more people with limited resources, newcomers end up spending more time waiting in limbo , not knowing where to turn. 社会服务无法快速扩大规模, 即便社区尽了他们最大的努力 用有限资源帮助更多的人, 很多新移民还得花上很多时间等待, 不知道下一步该怎么走。
Social services:n.社会福利制度(由当地政府组织,向困难者提供帮助的制度); scale:n.规模;比例;鳞;刻度;天平;数值范围;v.衡量;攀登;剥落;生水垢; communities:n.社区;社会;团体;共有(community的复数) limited:adj.有限的; n.高级快车; v.限制; (limit的过去分词和过去式) limbo:n.监狱;地狱的边境;放置丢弃物的场所;处于中间的或不定的状态;
In Montreal, for example, despite millions of dollars being spent to support resettlement efforts, nearly 50 percent of newcomers still don't know that there are free resources that exist 举个例子,在蒙特利尔, 尽管在安置工作上已经 花费了百万美元, 但是将近50%的新移民仍不知道 有免费资源存在,
despite:prep.尽管,不管;n.轻视;憎恨;侮辱;
to help them with everything from filling out paperwork to finding a job. 可以帮助他们做从 填写文件到寻找工作 的任何事情。
paperwork:n.文书工作;
The challenge is not that this information doesn't exist. 最具有挑战的不是 这些信息不存在。
On the contrary , those in need are often bombarded with so much information that it's difficult to make sense of it all. 反之,这些需要帮助的人 在无数信息的轰炸面前 根本很难理解这一切。
On the contrary:正相反; bombarded:v.轰炸(bombard的过去分词); adj.被轰击的; make sense of:搞清…的意思;
'"Don't give me more information, just tell me what to do," “别再给我信息了, 告诉我我该做什么,”
was a sentiment we heard over and over again . 是我们听到的一次又一次的抱怨。
sentiment:n.感情,情绪;情操;观点;多愁善感; over and over again:adv.一再地;反复不断地;
And it reflects how insanely difficult it could be to get your bearings when you first arrive in a new country. 这反映出当你来到一个新国家时, 要搞清楚方向是多么难。
reflects:v.反映;映出(影像);反射;表明,表达;(reflect的第三人称单数) insanely:adv.疯狂地;狂暴地;精神错乱地; bearings:n.关系;影响;姿态;举止;方位;(bearing的复数)
Hell, I struggled with the same issues when I got to Montreal, and I have a PhD. 真的,我刚来蒙特利尔时 也面临一样的困难, 我还是博士呢。
struggled:v.奋斗;努力;争取;艰难地行进;抗争;(struggle的过去式和过去分词) issues:n.重要议题;争论的问题;v.宣布;公布;发出;(issue的第三人称单数和复数)
(Laughter) （笑）
As another member of our team, himself also a refugee, put it: "In Canada, a SIM card is more important than food, because we will not die from hunger." 我们团队的另一位成员, 他自己就是难民,他说: “在加拿大,一张SIM卡 远比食物重要, 因为我们不会因饥饿而死。”
SIM card:n.用户识别模块;
But getting access to the right resources and information can be the difference between life and death. 但是获得正确的资源和信息 可以是生存和死亡的区别。
Let me say that again: getting access to the right resources and information can be the difference between life and death. 让我再重复一遍: 获得正确的资源和信息 可以是生存和地死亡的区别。
In order to address these issues, we built Atar, the first-ever AI-powered virtual advocate that guides you step-by-step through your first week of arriving in a new city. 为了解决这些问题, 我们创造了Atar, 第一个基于人工智能的虚拟引导者 可以带你一步一步度过 在新城市的第一周。
first-ever:adj.第一例;前所未有; virtual:adj.[计]虚拟的;实质上的,事实上的(但未在名义上或正式获承认); advocate:v.拥护;支持;提倡;n.支持者;提倡者;辩护律师;出庭辩护人; step-by-step:adj.按部就班的;
Just tell Atar what you need help with. 只要告诉Atar你需要帮助的地方。
Atar will then ask you some basic questions to understand your unique circumstances and determine your eligibility for resources. Atar将会问你一些基础的问题 去理解你的个人情况 来确定你的可用资源。
circumstances:n.情况;环境;情形;(circumstance的复数) determine:v.决定;确定;测定;查明;形成;影响;裁决;安排; eligibility:n.适任,合格;被选举资格;
For example: Do you have a place to stay tonight? 举个例子: 你今晚有没有地方过夜？
If not, would you prefer an all-women's shelter? 如果没有, 你会青睐全女性的避难所吗？
prefer:v.更喜欢;宁愿;提出;提升;
Do you have children? 你有孩子吗？
Atar will then generate a custom, step-by-step to-do list that tells you everything that you need to know, from where to go, how to get there, what to bring with you and what to expect. Atar将会生成自定义的 循序渐进的清单 告诉你所有你需要知道的事情, 从去哪里,到怎么去, 要带上什么东西, 然后那里会有什么。
generate:v.产生;引起; to-do:n.要办的事;骚乱;大惊小怪;
You can ask a question at any time, and if Atar doesn't have an answer, you'll be connected with a real person who does. 你可以在任何时间提出问题, 如果Atar不知道你想要的答案, 你会与一位知道答案的 真人取得联系。
But what's most exciting is that we help humanitarian and service organizations collect the data and the analytics that's necessary to understand the changing needs of newcomers in real time . 但最令人激动的是 我们帮助人道主义和服务组织 收集和分析数据,实时理解新移民 不断变化的需求 非常有必要。
humanitarian:adj.人道主义的;博爱的;基督凡人论的;n.人道主义者;基督凡人论者; organizations:n.组织,构造,有机体(organization的复数);组织机构; analytics:n.[化学][数]分析学;解析学; real time:adj.实时的;接到指示立即执行的;
That's a game changer . 这将改变一切。
changer:n.转换开关装置;改变者(change的名词形式);
We've already partnered with the UNHCR to provide this technology in Canada, and in our work have conducted campaigns in Arabic, English, 我们已经与联合国难民署合作 为加拿大提供这项服务, 我们工作活动用阿拉伯语,英语,
technology:n.技术;工艺;术语; conducted:v.组织;安排;实施;执行;指挥;带领;引导;(conduct的过去分词和过去式)
French, Creole and Spanish. 法语,克里奥尔语和西班牙语进行。
Creole:n.克里奥尔人; adj.克里奥尔语的;
When we talk about the issue of refugees, we often focus on the official statistic of 65.8 million forcibly displaced worldwide . 当我们谈论难民事件时, 我们通常专注于官方统计, 有6580万的人被迫流离失所。
official:adj.官方的;正式的;公务的;n.官员;公务员;高级职员; statistic:n.统计学;统计数字;统计资料;(一项)统计数据;adj.统计(上)的; forcibly:adv.用力地;强制地;有说服力地; worldwide:adj.全世界的;adv.在世界各地;
But the reality is much greater than that. 但事实比那还多。
By 2050, there will be an additional 140 million people who are at risk of being displaced due to environmental degradation . 到2050年,会有额外1.4亿人 因为环境恶化而处于流离失所的风险。
additional:adj.附加的,额外的; degradation:n.退化;降格,降级;堕落;
And today -- that is today -- there are nearly one billion people who already live in illegal settlements and slums . 今天,是的今天, 有将近十亿的人 已生活在非法定居点和贫民窟。
illegal:adj.不合法的;非法的;n.非法移民;非法劳工; settlements:n.协议:处理:结算:定居点;(settlement的复数) slums:n.贫民,[经]贫民区(slum的复数); v.到贫民窟去;
Resettlement and integration is one of the greatest challenges of our time. 安置和融合 是我们这时的最大挑战,
integration:n.集成;综合;
and our hope is that Atar can provide every single newcomer an advocate. 我们的愿望是 Atar可以给每一个新移民支持,
Our hope is that Atar can amplify existing efforts and alleviate pressure on a social safety net that's already stretched beyond imagination . 我们希望Atar可以放大 已经付出的努力, 并在社会安全网上 减轻已经超出想象的压力。
amplify:vt.放大,扩大;增强;详述;vi.详述; alleviate:v.减轻,缓和; safety net:n.安全保障;为防止人摔落而设置的安全网; stretched:v.拉长;撑大;有弹性(或弹力);拉紧;(stretch的过去式和过去分词) imagination:n.想象;想象力;创造力;想象的事物;
But what's most important to us is that our work helps restore the rights and the dignity that refugees lose throughout resettlement and integration by giving them the resources that they need in order to help themselves. 但对我们来说,最重要的是 我们的工作可以帮助恢复 那些难民们因安置新居 而丢掉的权利和尊严, 方法是提供给他们 可以自助的资源。
throughout:adv.自始至终,到处;全部;prep.贯穿,遍及;
Thank you. 谢谢。
(Applause) （鼓掌）