创业成功人士访谈录 第68期:吉米韦尔我们将为世界带来积极的改变(3)

 　　I was opposed to the change, and only reluctantly agreed to it after Matt Cutts of Google recommended it.

　　我是反对这种改变的。最后，只是因为谷歌的工程师马特.卡茨不断劝说，才勉强同意。

　　I am still not sure it is the right answer.

　　直到今天，我都不确定这种做法是正确的

　　After all, Wikipedia prides itself on public service, and our external links are generally quite carefully vetted¹.

　　毕竟维基百科的使命是服务公众，而且我们的外部链接都是经过精心审查的。

　　On the other hand, it is also true that when we were not using no follow we had a bigger problem with skeevy “SEO” experts doing everything they could to get Wikipedia links.

　　但是，另一方面，以前我们不用“不准跟踪链接”的时候，总是有一些所谓的“SEO”专家，想尽办法来得到维基百科链接。

　　Even today, of course, a link in Wikipedia can drive a significant amount of traffic so we have to deal with inappropriate self-promotion.

　　即使是现在，当然，维基百科中的链接会带来很大的流量，因此我们就要解决那些不合适的自我宣传。

　　But my vague sense is that the troubles have declined.

　　我大致可以感觉到，这为我们减少了一些麻烦。

　　Apparently² you sat at a long dinner table with Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis at Wikimania in 2006，and during this dinner, Calacanis “begged you” (his words) to sell ads on Wikipedia.

　　2006年，你与Mahalo (—款人力搜索引擎）的总裁贾森卡拉卡尼斯一起共进晚餐，其间卡拉卡尼斯“乞求”（原话）您给他们一个在维基百科上做广告的机会。

　　He claimed that if you put a leaderboard up, Wikipedia would generate over $100 million a year.

　　他承诺如果你允许安放广告，维基百科每年将有超过10亿元进账。

　　He later offered a more modest revenue proposal, one that involved putting a search box on the Wikipedia.

　　之后他还给出了更高的价格，希望可以在维基百科中添加捜索条。

　　He estimated this would make $6 million a year, which is ironic³ considering $6 million is what you raised last year via charitable donations.

　　他估计这大概每年会有600万美元收入，而讽剌的是，去年你们通过慈善捐赠募集600万美元的经费很辛苦。

　　Can you ever envision a scenario⁴ in which the Wikipedia community would agree to put ads on the site, especially in light of the fact that it met its $6 million donation goal last year?

　　有没有想 过在维基百科上放置广告，尤其是从去年的情况来看，很可能会给你们带来600万美元的收益？

　　Actually, I sat next to Jason, but I didn’t know who he was. Afterwards, when he published his post about the dinner, I didn’t really remember him.

　　事实上，我坐在贾森旁边却不知道他是谁。之后他发表了关于那顿晚餐的一篇帖子，我还是没有想起来他是谁。

　　I regret saying so publicly, because this seems to have hurt Jason’s feelings.

　　我很抱歉这样公开的说这件事儿了，因为这有点伤害贾森的感受。

　　I was exhausted⁵ that evening, and the fault was entirely⁶ mine.

　　那天晚上我很累，是我做的不对。

1 vetted   

v.审查（某人过去的记录、资格等）( vet的过去式和过去分词 )；调查；检查；诊疗

参考例句：

• The recruits were thoroughly vetted before they were allowed into the secret service. 情报机关招募的新成员要经过严格的审查。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All staff are vetted for links with extremist groups before being employed. 所有职员录用前均须审查是否与极端分子团体有关。 来自辞典例句

2 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

3 ironic   

adj.讽刺的，有讽刺意味的，出乎意料的

参考例句：

• That is a summary and ironic end.那是一个具有概括性和讽刺意味的结局。
• People used to call me Mr Popularity at high school,but they were being ironic.人们中学时常把我称作“万人迷先生”，但他们是在挖苦我。

4 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

5 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

6 entirely   

ad.全部地，完整地；完全地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The fire was entirely caused by their neglect of duty. 那场火灾完全是由于他们失职而引起的。
• His life was entirely given up to the educational work. 他的一生统统献给了教育工作。