乔布斯斯坦福演讲 5

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs 好学若饥 谦卑若愚

翻译

Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.

现在,你们是新的。但是不久之后你们也会逐渐变成旧的,然后被淘汰。抱歉我说的这么过头,但这千真万确。

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

你的时间有限,不要按照别人但意愿来活,那是浪费时间。

Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice.

不要被教理所束缚,那是为别人但设想而活。不要让他人的聒噪声淹没自己的心声。

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

最重要的是,鼓起勇气,跟着自己的新和直觉前行。它们知道你想成为什么样的人,其他的都是次要的。

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.

我年轻的时候有一本很好的期刊,叫做《全球概览》,它是我们那个时代的宝书之一。

It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.

作者是斯图尔特·布兰德,住在离这不远的门罗帕克市。他用他诗一般的语言将期刊描述的栩栩如生。

This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.

那时是20世纪60年代,还没有个人电脑和台式机,全靠打字机,剪辑和偏光相机拍出来的。 It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions. 他就像纸质版的谷歌,比谷歌早问世了35年。这期刊太完美了,查阅手段齐全,构思不凡。

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.

斯图尔特和他的团队出版了好几期的《世界概览》,到最后办不下去到时候,它们出了最后一期。

It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.

那是20世纪70年代中期,那时我跟你们一样大,在他们最后一期后封面上是一张清晨乡间小路的照片,像一个冒险者在等待搭便车的那种小路。

Beneath it were the words:"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

照片下面有一行字:“好学若饥,谦卑若愚。”这是他们停期前的告别词。好学若饥,谦卑若愚。

And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to being anew, I wish that for you.

这也是我一直对自己的要求。现在,你们要毕业开始新的生活,希望你们也能这样要求自己。

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

好学若饥,谦卑若愚。

Thank you all very much.

谢谢大家。

生词统计

单词音标翻译
dramaticdrə'mætɪkadj. 戏剧性、急剧的、引人注目的
drowndraʊnv. 淹没、把...淹死
fellow'fɛlon. 家伙、朋友、同事; adj. 同伴的、同事的 vt. 使...与另一个对等、使...与另一个匹敌
scissor'sɪzɚn. 剪刀; v. 用剪刀剪、删去
polaroid'pəulərɔidn. 人造偏光板
idealisticai,diə'listik,-kəladj. 理想主义的、唯心论的
neatnitadj. 灵巧的、整洁的、优雅的、齐整的
notionˈnoʊʃənn. 概念、见解、打算
hitchhiking-n. 搭乘、搭顺风车旅行
farewellfɛr'wɛln. 告别、辞别、再见、再会

原文阅读

Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice.

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.

It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.

This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.

It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.

It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.

Beneath it were the words:"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.