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1.So I tried to do a small good thing for my wife. 我打算為我妻子做點(diǎn)小事 2.It makes me to stand here, the fame, the money I got out of it. 而那件事使我站在這里 那件事也使我取得了榮譽(yù)和財(cái)富 3.So what I did, I'd gone back to my early marriage days. 這個(gè)故事要從我剛結(jié)婚的時(shí)候說(shuō)起 4.What you did in the early marriage days, you tried to impress your wife. I did the same. 你剛結(jié)婚時(shí)候都干些什么？ 要想給妻子留個(gè)好印象,，對(duì)吧,，我也是一樣,。 5.On that occasion, I found my wife carrying something like this. 偶然,，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我妻子 這樣子拿著一樣?xùn)|西 6.I saw. "What is that?" I asked. 我問：“那是什么呀？” 7.My wife replied, "None of your business." 我妻子回答：“不關(guān)你的事?！?/div> 8.Then, being her husband, I ran behind her and saw she had a nasty rag cloth. 但是,，我是她丈夫呀，我悄悄跟著她 看見她好像有塊臟抹布 9.I don't even use that cloth to clean my two-wheeler. 臟得我甚至不想用它來(lái)擦屁股 10.Then I understood this -- adapting that unhygienic method to manage her period days. 我很快明白了她拿著這個(gè)不衛(wèi)生的東西的原因 她來(lái)月經(jīng)了 11.Then I immediately asked her, why are you [using] that unhygienic method? 我當(dāng)時(shí)就問她,，你怎么用這種不衛(wèi)生的東西,？ 12.She replied, I also know about [sanitary pads], but myself and my sisters, if they start using that, we have to cut our family milk budget. 她回答說(shuō)，我也知道有衛(wèi)生巾 但我和姐妹們?nèi)绻眯l(wèi)生巾的話 我們就沒有那么多錢買牛奶了 13.Then I was shocked. What is the connection between using a sanitary pad and a milk budget? 我被她的話震驚了 用衛(wèi)生巾和買牛奶有什么聯(lián)系,？ 14.And it's called affordability. 通常人們稱之為：經(jīng)濟(jì)負(fù)擔(dān)能力 15.I tried to impress my new wife by offering her a packet of sanitary pads. 于是我打算給我的新婚妻子買了一大盒衛(wèi)生巾來(lái)博取她對(duì)我的好印象 16.I went to a local shop, I tried to buy her a sanitary pad packet. 我走進(jìn)一家小店買了一盒衛(wèi)生巾 17.That fellow looks left and right, and spreads a newspaper, rolls it into the newspaper, gives it to me like a banned item, something like that. 賣東西的伙計(jì)左右看看 鋪開一張報(bào)紙,，裹著它 遞給我，像是在做賊一樣 18.I don't know why. I did not ask for a condom. 我想：他在干嘛呢,？我又不是要買避孕套 19.Then I took that pad. I want to see that. What is inside it? 然后我就打量著那個(gè)盒子,，我想看看里面有什么 20.The very first time, at the age of 29, that day I am touching the sanitary pad, first ever. 那時(shí)候我29歲 第一次接觸到衛(wèi)生巾 21.I must know: How many of the guys here have touched a sanitary pad? 我很想知道，在座有多少男士碰過衛(wèi)生巾,？ 22.They are not going to touch that, because it's not your matter. 這不管我們男士的事,？對(duì)嗎？ 23.Then I thought to myself, white substance, made of cotton -- oh my God, that guy is just using a penny value of raw material -- inside they are selling for pounds, dollars. 我琢磨開了,，白色的，不就是棉花嗎 天哪,，成本才幾分錢而已 他們竟然賣好幾美元 24.Why not make a local sanitary pad for my new wife? 我為什么不為我的新妻子做一點(diǎn)衛(wèi)生巾呢,？ 25.That's how all this started, but after making a sanitary pad, where can I check it? 這就是故事的起因?？墒亲龊弥?我到哪兒去檢驗(yàn)一下呢,？ 26.It's not like I can just check it in the lab. 實(shí)驗(yàn)室好像不干這個(gè) 27.I need a woman volunteer. Where can I get one in India? 我需要一個(gè)女性志愿者，可是在印度 28.Even in Bangalore you won't get [one], in India. 甚至在班加羅爾（印度南部城市）,，沒有 29.So only problem: the only available victim is my wife. 所以唯一的受害者就只能是我妻子了 30.Then I made a sanitary pad and handed it to Shanti -- my wife's name is Shanti. 我拿著做好的衛(wèi)生巾對(duì) Shanti 說(shuō),，對(duì)了，她的名字 31."Close your eyes. Whatever I give, it will be not a diamond pendant not a diamond ring, even a chocolate, I will give you a surprise with a lot of tinsel paper rolled up with it. “閉上眼,，猜猜是什么 很可惜不是個(gè)鉆石項(xiàng)鏈 也不是鉆石戒指,，甚至不是巧克力 這個(gè)東西是用紙做的 32.Close your eyes." 請(qǐng)閉上眼睛吧“ 33.Because I tried to make it intimate. 我想要把事情搞得親密一些 34.Because it's an arranged marriage, not a love marriage. 因?yàn)檫@是父母安排的婚姻,，不是戀愛婚姻 35.(Laughter) So one day she said, openly, I'm not going to support this research. （笑） 終于有一天,，她坦白的告訴我，她不再支持我的研究了 36.Then other victims, they got into my sisters. 后來(lái)也就來(lái)了別的犧牲者,，我的姐妹 37.But even sisters, wives, they're not ready to support in the research. 即使是姐妹和妻子，她們也不支持我 38.That's why I am always jealous with the saints in India. 這就是我為什么妒忌印度的圣人 39.They are having a lot of women volunteers around them. 他們總是有那么多女性志愿者圍著他們 40.Why I am not getting [any]? 為什么我就沒有,？ 41.You know, without them even calling, they'll get a lot of women volunteers. 你知道,，那些圣人不用開口,，就有許多女性志愿者過來(lái)了 42.Then I used, tried to use the medical college girls. 我去找那些醫(yī)學(xué)院的女孩 43.They also refused. Finally, I decide, use sanitary pad myself. 她們也拒絕了我。最終,，我決定 我自己用 44.Now I am having a title like the first man to set foot on the moon. 我感覺我真像那個(gè) 第一次在月球上留下腳印的 Armstrong 45.Armstrong. Then Tenzing [and] Hillary, in Everest, like that Muruganantham is the first man wore a sanitary pad across the globe. 或者是登上珠穆朗瑪峰的 Tenzing 和 Hillary 我，Muruganantham 是全世界第一個(gè) 穿著衛(wèi)生巾的男人 46.I wore a sanitary pad. I filled animal blood in a football bottle, I tied it up here, there is a tube going into my panties, while I'm walking, while I'm cycling, I made a press, 我穿著衛(wèi)生巾,，還弄些動(dòng)物血在瓶子里 我把瓶子綁在這兒,，再插一根管子通到我的內(nèi)褲里 當(dāng)我走路騎車的時(shí)候，我按一下那個(gè)瓶子 47.doses of blood will go there. 血就會(huì)流到“那兒” 48.That makes me bow down to any woman in front of me to give full respect. That five days I'll never forget -- the messy days, the lousy days, that wetness. 這件事讓我對(duì)女人非常敬佩 那五天的實(shí)驗(yàn)我一輩子也忘不掉 五個(gè)混亂,，骯臟,，潮濕的日子 49.My God, it's unbelievable. 天哪，真是難以置信 50.But here the problem is, one company is making napkin out of cotton. It is working well. 問題是,，工廠可以用棉花 做出很好的餐巾紙 51.But I am also trying to make sanitary pad with the good cotton. It's not working. 我同樣用好棉花,，就做不出好用的衛(wèi)生巾 52.That makes me to want to refuse to continue this research and research and research. 這讓我很沮喪，甚至不再想繼續(xù)試驗(yàn) 53.You need first funds. 而且實(shí)驗(yàn)也是需要資金的 54.Not only financial crises, but because of the sanitary pad research, I come through all sorts of problems, including a divorce notice from my wife. 還并不只是資金 這些研究還給我?guī)?lái)了一系列的麻煩, 比如： 一封來(lái)自妻子的離婚申請(qǐng)書 55.Why is this? I used medical college girls. 為什么,？就因?yàn)槟切┽t(yī)學(xué)院的女孩 56.She suspects I am using as a trump card to run behind medical college girls. 她懷疑我做實(shí)驗(yàn)只是個(gè)借口 從而可以去追那些女孩 57.Finally, I came to know it is a special cellulose derived from a pinewood, but even after that, you need a multimillion-dollar plant like this 最終，我終于了解到了一種特別的纖維素 從松樹中獲得,，但即使這樣 照樣也需要價(jià)值上百萬(wàn)的機(jī)器 58.to process that material. Again, a stop-up. 來(lái)處理這些原料,。所以，工作又停頓下來(lái) 59.Then I spend another four years to create my own machine tools, a simple machine tool like this. 接著,，我又用了四年時(shí)間開發(fā)我自己的機(jī)器 一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的機(jī)器,，看起來(lái)像這樣 60.In this machine, any rural woman can apply the same raw materials that they are processing in the multinational plant, anyone can make a world-class napkin at your dining hall. 這個(gè)機(jī)器使得任何鄉(xiāng)下的婦女都能處理原材料 和那些跨國(guó)公司處理的過程一樣 衛(wèi)生巾人人都可以在餐廳里就做出來(lái)，還是世界級(jí)的 61.That is my invention. 這就是我的發(fā)明 62.So after that, what I did, usually if anyone got a patent or an invention, immediately you want to make, convert into this. 發(fā)明這臺(tái)機(jī)器之后,，我干了什么呢 通常如果有人得到了個(gè)專利或者發(fā)明了一樣?xùn)|西 他想做的第一件事就是把它變成這個(gè)（錢） 63.I never did this. I dropped it just like this, because you do this, if anyone runs after money, their life will not [have] any beauty. It is boredom. 我沒有這么做,，我就這樣放下了（錢） 因?yàn)槲蚁耄魏沃蛔分鸾疱X的人 生命并不會(huì)快樂,，只會(huì)空虛,。 64.A lot of people making a lot of money, billion, billions of dollars accumulating. 很多賺大錢的人 積累了幾十億 65.Why are they coming for, finally, for philanthropy? 最后都干什么去了呢？做慈善了 66.Why the need for accumulating money, then doing philanthropy? 那為什么要有錢了再去做慈善呢,？ 67.What if one decided to start philanthropy from the day one? 從現(xiàn)在就開始唄 68.That's why I am giving this machine only in rural India, for rural women, because in India, [you'll be] surprised, only two percent of women 所以我把這臺(tái)機(jī)器送給 所有印度鄉(xiāng)下的女性,，因?yàn)樵谟《?只有百分之二的女性買得起衛(wèi)生巾 69.are using sanitary pads. The rest, they're using a rag cloth, a leaf, husk, [saw] dust, everything except sanitary pads. 其余的，都用臟布 甚至是樹葉,，泥土,，就是沒有衛(wèi)生巾 70.It is the same in the 21st century. That's why I am going to decide to give this machine only for poor women across India. 同樣是21世紀(jì)（怎么差別那么大咧）。我決定 無(wú)償把機(jī)器貢獻(xiàn)給貧窮的印度農(nóng)村 71.So far, 630 installations happened in 23 states in six other countries. 至今,，已經(jīng)有630套這樣的設(shè)備安置在 不同國(guó)家的不同地方 （他不是說(shuō)只給印度嗎……） 72.Now I'm on my seventh year sustaining against multinational, transnational giants -- makes all MBA students a question mark. 現(xiàn)在,，已經(jīng)是我和那些商業(yè)巨頭們較量 的第七個(gè)年頭——這讓所有的MBA學(xué)生納悶 73.A school dropout from Coimbatore, how he is able to sustaining? 一個(gè)從 Coimbatore 輟學(xué)的家伙,，怎么能干這么久？ 74.That makes me a visiting professor and guest lecturer in all IIMs. 因此他們邀請(qǐng)我去所有的印度管理學(xué)院做演講 75.(Applause) Play video one. （掌聲） 播一段視頻 76.(Video) Arunachalam Muruganantham: The thing I saw in my wife's hand, "Why are you using that nasty cloth?" （視頻）Arunachalam Muruganantham：我問我妻子：“你怎么能用那么臟的布頭,？” 77.She replied immediately, "I know about napkins, but if I start using napkins, then we have to cut our family milk budget." 她立刻回答：“如果我用衛(wèi)生巾 我們就不得不少喝牛奶” 78.Why not make myself a low-cost napkin? 為什么不為自己做一種低成本的衛(wèi)生巾呢,？ 79.So I decided I'm going to sell this new machine only for Women Self Help Groups. 因此我決定把這種機(jī)器賣給（您不是說(shuō)好了要送的嗎？） 自助小組（貧困地區(qū)的人們組成的,，互相幫助的小團(tuán)體） 80.That is my idea. 這是我的主意 81.AM: And previously, you need a multimillion investment for machine and all. Now, any rural woman can. 以前,，你需要幾百萬(wàn)投資 去買設(shè)備。現(xiàn)在,，任何鄉(xiāng)下的婦女都可以 82.They are performing puja. 這個(gè)視頻是她們?cè)诙Y拜（印度教） 83.(Video): (Singing) You just think, competing giants, even from Harvard, Oxford, is difficult. （視頻）（演唱） 你想一下,，要和商業(yè)巨頭對(duì)抗 就算你是哈佛，牛津來(lái)的也很困難 84.I make a rural woman to compete with multinationals. 但我讓一個(gè)鄉(xiāng)下女人能夠?qū)箍鐕?guó)公司 85.I'm sustaining on seventh year. 而且堅(jiān)持了七年 86.Already 600 installations. What is my mission? 已經(jīng)600套了,。我接下來(lái)的任務(wù)是什么,？ 87.I'm going to make India [into] a 100-percent-sanitary-napkin-using country in my lifetime. 我要讓印度的女性，在我的有生之年 全部用上衛(wèi)生巾 88.In this way I'm going to provide not less than a million rural employment that I'm going to create. 還有,，我要在印度農(nóng)村提供 不少于100萬(wàn)個(gè)就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì),，靠這臺(tái)機(jī)器 89.That's why I'm not running after this bloody money. 這就是為什么我不急于追求血錢 90.I'm doing something serious. 我要做些大事 91.If you chase a girl, the girl won't like you. 如果你只是去追女孩，女孩不一定喜歡你 92.Do your job simply, the girl will chase you. 如果你埋頭干你的事,，女孩會(huì)主動(dòng)來(lái)追你 93.Like that, I never chased Mahalakshmi. 真的,，我從來(lái)沒追過 Mahalakshmi. 94.Mahalakshmi is chasing me, I am keeping in the back pocket. 是 Mahalakshmi （第二個(gè)老婆？）追的我 95.Not in front pocket. I'm a back pocket man. 我沒上心,，我無(wú)所謂 96.That's all. A school dropout saw your problem in the society of not using sanitary pad. 就這樣,，我從一個(gè)不用衛(wèi)生巾的社會(huì)里 看到了問題 97.I am becoming a solution provider. I'm very happy. 我提供了解決方案，我非?？鞓?/div> 98.I don't want to make this as a corporate entity. 我不想去辦什么大企業(yè) 99.I want to make this as a local sanitary pad movement across the globe. That's why I put all the details on public domain like an open software. 我就想讓那些當(dāng)?shù)赜貌黄鹦l(wèi)生巾的女性們用上衛(wèi)生巾 全球也一樣,。這就是為什么我公開全部資料 就像一個(gè)公共開放的軟件 100.Now 110 countries are accessing it. Okay? 現(xiàn)在有110個(gè)國(guó)家開始引進(jìn)它了，很好,？ 101.So I classify the people into three: uneducated, little educated, surplus educated. 我把人們分成三種情況 沒受過教育,，受過少許教育和受過很好教育 102.Little educated, done this. Surplus educated, what are you going to do for the society? 受過少許教育的人，做了這個(gè) 而受高等教育的人,，你們都為社會(huì)做了些什么呢,？ 103.Thank you very much. Bye! 非常感謝，再見,！ |
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