It is now time to hear from our honoree
是时候有请本次获奖者来发表她的感言了
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, Lucy Liu
女士们 先生们 让我们有请刘玉玲女士上台
Thank you so much
非常感谢
Thanks for being here today everyone. What a thrill!
感谢大家今天能来到这里 我现在真的超级激动！
Ria Jimmy thank you for your generous kind words
利亚·吉米 感谢你慷慨的赞美之词
I cherished our friendship
我非常珍惜我们之间的友谊
My dear Angels
我亲爱的天使
It's a 20-year reunion
这是我们相隔二十年后再次见面
20 years ago we were an elite crime-fighting team
二十年前 我们是一支打击犯罪的精英队伍
and now look at us
再来看看我们现在的样子
My dear friends, there's so many to name and I'll thank you in person later
我有太多朋友 无法一一提及他们的名字 稍后我会当面感谢你们
but I'm very grateful that you made the trip out here
但我真的很感谢你们今天能到场
Everyone came from all different places in the United States to be here
每个人都从美国各地赶到这里
I have to say that I am completely overwhelmed by the love and the support of my friends, family, my fans
我觉得自己今天完全要被朋友家人和粉丝们的爱和支持淹没了
I want to thank the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Walk of Fame Committee
我要感谢好莱坞商会和星光大道委员会
for bestowing this everlasting honor on me
将这份永恒的荣耀赐予我
And even though this star has my name on it
尽管这颗星星上只写了我的名字
it is actually the result of the hard work of many brilliant writers directors actors and crew
但这实际上是许多优秀作家 导演 演员和工作人员共同努力的结果
who elevated me and helped me shine
是他们让我不断上升 让我变得更加耀眼
For the last seven years, CBS has welcomed me into their family
在过去的七年里 CBS一直欢迎我加入他们的大家庭
I can't express my gratitude enough
凯利·卡尔 大卫·斯塔夫和彼得·戈尔登是我的同僚
to Kelly Carl, David Staff, Peter Golden for being my champions
我无法用言语表达出我对他们的感激之情
So when I moved to Los Angeles, I actually lived on Vine Street
当我要在洛杉矶大道上留星时 我的留星位置是在藤街上
So it's thrilling to have Anna May Wong as who is the first asian-american actress as my neighbor
我很激动能和黄柳霜的星位毗邻 她是第一位亚裔美国女演员
So a hundred years ago
在一百年前
She was a pioneer while enduring racism marginalization and exclusion
她是一个先行者 忍受着当时种族主义带来的边缘化和排斥
We could actually start our own little Chinatown right here
我们可以在这里建一条我们自己的唐人街
What do you think?
你觉得这个主意怎么样？
So sometimes people talk about my mainstream successes as groundbreaking for an Asian
有时候人们会说 我在主流社会获得的成功对亚洲人来说是开创性的
but Asians have been making movies for a long time
但其实亚洲人拍电影已经有很长一段时间了
They just weren't making them here
只是他们不在这里拍电影
because we weren't yet invited to the table
因为我们还不具备资格参与进来
I was lucky that trailblazers like Anna May Wong and Bruce Lee came before me
我很幸运 在我之前有像黄柳霜和李小龙这样的先行者
If my body of work somehow helped bridge the gap
如果我的作品在某种程度上帮助弥合了
between stereotypical roles first given to Anna May and mainstream success today
最初赋予黄柳霜的刻板角色与如今主流成功之间的鸿沟
I am thrilled to have been part of that process
我很高兴能成为这个进程中的一部分
At the time I started on Ally McBeal, it was rare to get a glimpse of any diversity on screen
在我拍摄《甜心俏佳人》时 当时很难在屏幕上看到多样性的存在
David Kelley who is here today
《甜心俏佳人》的制片人大卫·凯利今天也在现场
took a risk by creating Ling Woo and helped break the glass ceiling
他冒险创造了Ling这个角色 帮助打破了压制多样性的天花板
David thank you for taking a chance on me
大卫 谢谢你给了我这个机会
I would not be here today if my parents hadn't emigrated from China
如果我的父母没有从中国移民过来 我今天就不会站在这里
in pursuit of better opportunities
他们为了追求更好的机会来到美国
We grew up without much at all
我成长的过程中 我们家在物质方面十分匮乏
and even though my parents dealt with so many roadblocks
尽管我的父母遇到了很多障碍
They never gave up
他们也从未放弃
I am grateful to them for overcoming tremendous obstacles
我非常感谢他们能够克服这些巨大的障碍
as they created a life for us here in the United States
在美国为我们创造了这样的生活
Their survival instincts, perseverance and determination
他们的生存本能 坚持不懈的精神和决心
were passed on to me and my siblings Jenny and John who are both here today
都传递给了我和我的兄弟姐妹 珍妮和约翰 他们今天也都在场
I want to acknowledge my brother John and his unwavering support
我要感谢我的兄弟约翰 一直以来他都坚定地支持着我
He never questioned my career choice
他从来没有质疑过我的职业选择
even when the prospects of earning a living as an actress seemed insurmountable
即使是在当演员谋生的前景似乎有着不可逾越的障碍的时候
He let me stay in his tiny matchbox studio apartment in the village
他让我住在他乡下小小的火柴盒公寓里
where he already had a roommate, no kitchen and maybe one chair
这么小个房子里已经住了一位室友 没有厨房 好像还只有一把椅子
John worked full-time slept on the floor while I slept in his bunk bed
约翰当时做着全职工作 晚上睡在地板上 而我睡在他的双层床上
and helped me pay off my college debt
他帮我还清了大学贷款
while I worked three jobs and went out on whatever auditions I could scrounge up
那个时候我打着三份工 然后去参加任何我能找到的试镜
My dream was just to find work as an actress
我的梦想就是当一名演员
I just wanted to act
我只是想要演戏
I didn't see any difference between myself and the mainstream world I lived in
我看不出自己和我所生活的主流世界有什么不同
So I didn't think America would see one either
所以我认为在美国也不会存在着不同
Well that was a bit of a miscalculation
当然 我发现自己有点失算了
I heard so many more noes then I heard yeses
我听到过很多次拒绝 但后来也终于被认同
I'm lucky enough to have someone in my corner who does not take no for an answer
我很幸运在我的身边有一个不接受否定回答的人
My manager of almost three decades Mary Anne Mulcahy
她是玛丽莲·马尔卡希 她已经做了我将近三十年的经纪人
has been my dear friend and staunch defender
一直以来 她都是我最亲爱的朋友 也是我坚定的守护者
She's been there every step of the way to steer my life and career
她一直引导着我生活和职业生涯的每一步
Mary Ellen I love you
玛丽·埃伦 我爱你
and I had to take this moment to express how much you mean to me
我必须在现在这个时刻告诉 对我来说你有多么重要
I share today with my son Rockwell
我和我的儿子洛克威尔共同分享今天的这一时刻
being three-and-a-half he constant he's constantly curious
他是一个三岁半的小孩 对一切都充满好奇
One day he asked me
有一天他问我
What does a soul look like?
灵魂长什么样？
I was so touched by the simplicity of his question
我被这个很质朴的问题深深打动了
I told him
我告诉他
You can't see it, but you can imagine it to be anything you want it to be
你看不到灵魂 但只要你敢于想象 它就可以是任何东西
Everyone wants to see someone that they relate to
每个人都希望能见到 可以和他们产生共鸣的人
Today there is so much more representation on screen
如今 我们的银幕已经越来越多样化了
Now he can see himself in this world
现在 我的儿子也可以在世界上看到他自己
and he won't know there's a limit
而且他将知道 再也不会有任何的限制
I never set out to be groundbreaking
我从来没有想过要做开创性的人物
I didn't have the goal of being a first
也从来没有过要成为第一人的目标
I just knew I wanted to do what I loved
我只是单纯的在做自己热爱的事物
I'm still excited about this business every single day
现在我仍然为这份事业感到兴奋
Over the course of my career
回顾我的职业生涯
I have learned that the specific things that made me feel like an outsider
我发现 恰好是那些让我感觉自己是个局外人的事物
were actually the biggest contributors to my success
成为了我成功道路上最大的贡献者
This industry has afforded me the opportunity to grow as a human being
演艺这个行业教会我做人和成长
and discover more and more of what I am capable of
让我发现越来越多我能做的事情
I truly feel humbled and privileged to be recognized
我真的感到十分谦卑和荣幸 能被大家所认可
for doing what I love with people I admire
和我敬佩的人一起从事我所爱的事业
and for the best fans on earth
还拥有着世界上最棒的粉丝
This dream fulfilling honor I am receiving today
今天我所实现的这个充满了荣誉的梦想
affirms that anyone who feels like an outsider can take her place among the stars
告诉了那些觉得自己是局外人的人 她能在群星之中占有一席之地
Thank you very much
谢谢大家
I am so thrilled
我现在真的非常非常激动
