公众人物毕业演讲第188期:桑德伯格2012哈佛商学院(13)

 　　We need more women not just to sit at the table

　　我们需要更多的女性不仅仅坐在会议桌旁

　　but as President Obama said

　　而且要像奥巴马总统

　　a few weeks ago at Barnard

　　几周前在Barnard学校说的那样

　　to take their rightful seats at the head of the table

　　去光明正大地坐到主座上去

　　One of the reasons I was so excited to be here today

　　我今天来这里十分激动的另一个原因是

　　is that Dean¹ Nohria told me that

　　院长Nohria告诉我

　　this year is the 50th anniversary² of letting women into this class

　　今年是HBS开始招收女生50周年

　　Your Dean is so passionate³

　　你们的院长

　　about getting more women into leadership positions

　　对让更多的女性进入领导岗位很执着

　　And he told me that he wanted me

　　他告诉我这就是

　　to speak this year for that reason

　　他请我来做今年的演讲者的原因

　　I met a woman from that first class once

　　有一次我遇到了那届的一位女生

　　She told me that when they first came in, the first class of women

　　她告诉我当第一届女生入学时

　　They took a men's room and converted⁴ it to a woman's room

　　学校把一个男生洗手间改成了女生洗手间

　　made sense

　　没错吧

　　But they left the urinals in

　　但是他们留下了小便池

　　She thought the message was super clear

　　她认为这里的信息很明确

　　we are not sure this whole girl thing is going to work out

　　我们不确定 让女生来上学的事是不是靠谱

　　and if the case doesn't

　　万一后来黄了

　　we don't want to have to reinstall the urinals

　　我们也不必重新安装小便池

　　The urinals are long gone

　　现在这些小便池当然早就不在了

　　Let's make sure that no one ever misses them

　　让我们确保没人会想念它们

　　As you and your classmates spread out across the globe

　　当你和你的同学们即将走向世界各地

　　and walk across this stage tomorrow

　　当你们明天走出校园

　　I wish for you four things:

　　我对你们有四个期望

　　First, keep in touch via Facebook

　　第一 通过Facebook保持联系

　　This is critical to your future success!

　　这对于你们未来的成功而言很关键

　　And we're public now

　　另外 我们现在是上市公司了

　　so can you click on an ad or two

　　所以当你上Facebook的时候

　　while you are there

　　请点击一两个广告吧

　　Two, that you make the effort to speak as well as seek the truth

　　第二 努力说真话 求真知

　　Three, that you remain true to and open about your authentic self

　　第三 保持你的真我 用你的真我待人

　　And four, most deeply

　　第四 最由衷的一点

　　that your generation accomplishes what mine has failed to do

　　让你们这代来实现我们这代没有做到的

　　Give us a world where half our homes

　　让我们创造一个

　　are run by men and half our institutions are run by women

　　男女在家庭和工作都各撑半边天的世界

　　I'm pretty sure that would be a better world

　　我敢保证这会是个更美好的世界

　　I join everyone here in offering my most sincere congratulations

　　让我们一起向2012年的毕业生们

　　to the the Class of 2012

　　献上最真挚的祝贺

　　With your authentic self

　　和你们的真我一起

　　give yourselves a huge round of applause

　　给你们自己一轮热烈的掌声吧

1 Dean   

n.(大学)院长，系主任，教务长

参考例句：

• The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
• Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁？

2 anniversary   

n.周年(纪念日)

参考例句：

• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
• Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。

3 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

4 converted   

adj.更换信仰的，修改的v.（使）转变( convert的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）转化；皈依；改变（信仰）

参考例句：

• The hotel is going to be converted into a nursing home. 那家旅馆将被改建成私人疗养院。
• He's living in a converted loft in lower Manhattan. 他住在下曼哈顿的一间改建的阁楼里。 来自《简明英汉词典》