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[APPLAUSE]

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[LAUGHTER]

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Yeah, sorry.

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That's OK.

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Thank you very much.

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It's such a great honor to
be here and such a great joy.

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Thank you very much, Kelsi, for
this wonderful introduction.

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So I already crossed
out that poem.

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I will not read it.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Thank you.

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This is so unusual
what I'm seeing here.

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And oops.

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No, no, all is good.

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And yes, as you already
know, I write in Belarusian.

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And since 2019, I
also write in German.

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And that's why today, you will
have to listen to my German

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and my Belarusian.

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So I will read two poems
in these languages,

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but the rest will be in English.

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And I want to thank
again, my dear translator,

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Annie Rutherford for
us to be able today

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to enjoy this evening.

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Because without her work,
that wouldn't be possible.

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Good.

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Then we start.