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1、朱棣文在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲（中英对照） 演讲：朱棣文 演说日期：2009 年 6 月 4 日 【演讲人介绍】 朱棣文（Steven Chu，1948 年 2 月 28 日），美国物理学家，生于美国圣路 易斯；华人血统，祖籍中国江苏太仓，曾获得诺贝尔物理学奖（1997 年）。现 任美国能源部部长。 1970 年，获罗彻斯特大学数学学士和物理学学士。 1976 年，获加州大学伯克利分校物理学博士。 1987 年，任斯坦福大学物理学教授，是该校第一位华裔教授。 1993 年，当选美国国家科学院院士。 1997 年，获诺贝尔物理学奖。 2004 年，任劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室主任，是首位掌管这个美
2、国能源部下属 国家实验室的亚裔人士。 2009 年，出任奥巴马政府能源部长。【正文】Madam President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Boa rd of Overseers, faculty, family, friends, and, most importantly, tod ays graduates, 尊敬的 Faust 校长，哈佛集团的各位成员，监管理事会的各位理事，各位老师 ，各位家长，各位朋友，以及最重要的各位毕业生同学，Thank you for letting me share this won
3、derful day with you.感谢你们，让我有机会同你们一起分享这个美妙的日子。I am not sure I can live up to the high standards of Harvard Commence ment speakers. Last year, J.K. Rowling, the billionaire novelist, who started as a classics student, graced this podium. The year before, B ill Gates, the mega-billionaire philanthropis
4、t and computer nerd stoo d here. Today, sadly, you have me. I am not wealthy, but at least I a m a nerd.我不太肯定，自己够得上哈佛大学毕业典礼演讲人这样的殊荣。去年登上这个 讲台的是，英国亿万身家的小说家 J.K. Rowling 女士，她最早是一个古典文学 的学生。前年站在这里的是比尔盖茨先生，他是一个超级富翁、一个慈善家 和电脑天才。今年很遗憾，你们的演讲人 是我，虽然我不是很有钱，但是至少 我是一个书呆子。I am grateful to receive an honorary deg
5、ree from Harvard, an honor th at means more to me than you might care to imagine. You see, I was th e academic black sheep of my family. My older brother has an M.D./Ph. D. from MIT and Harvard while my younger brother has a law degree from Harvard. When I was awarded a Nobel Prize, I thought my mot
6、her woul d be pleased. Not so. When I called her on the morning of the announc ement, she replied, “Thats nice, but when are you going to visit m e next.” Now, as the last brother with a degree from Harvard, maybe, at last, she will be satisfied.我很感激哈佛大学给我荣誉学位，这对我很重要，也许比你们会想到的还要重 要。要知道，在学术上，我是我们家的异类
7、。我的哥哥在麻省理工学院得到医 学 博士，在哈佛大学得到哲学博士；我的弟弟在哈佛大学得到一个法律学位。 我本人得到诺贝尔奖的时候，我想我的妈妈会高兴。但是，我错了。消息公布 的那天早 上，我给她打电话，她听了只说：“这是好消息，不过我想知道，你 下次什么时候来看我？”如今在我们兄弟当中，我最终也拿到了哈佛学位，我 想这一次，她会感 到满意。Another difficulty with giving a Harvard commencement address is that some of you may disapprove of the fact that I have borrowed
8、 material from previous speeches. I ask that you forgive me for two reasons.在哈佛大学毕业典礼上发表演说，还有一个难处，那就是你们中有些人可能有 意见，不喜欢我重复前人演讲中说过的话。我要求你们谅解我，因为两个理由 。First, in order to have impact, it is important to deliver the same m essage more than once. In science, it is important to be the first pe rson to make
9、a discovery, but it is even more important to be the las t person to make that discovery.首先，为了产生影响力，很重要的方法就是重复传递同样的信息。在科学中， 第一个发现者是重要的，但是在得到公认前，最后一个做出这个发现的人也许 更重要。Second, authors who borrow from others are following in the footsteps of the best. Ralph Waldo Emerson, who graduated from Harvard at the
10、 a ge of 18, noted “All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients.” Picasso declared “Good artists borrow. Great artists steal.” Why sh ould commencement speakers be held to a higher standard?其次，一个借鉴他人的作者，正走在一条前人开辟的最佳道路上。哈佛大学毕 业生、诗人爱默生曾经写下：“我最好的一些思想，都是从古人那里偷来的。 ”画家毕加索宣称“优秀的艺术家借鉴，伟大的艺术家偷窃。”那么为什么毕
11、业典礼的演说者，就不适用同样的标准呢？I also want to point out the irony of speaking to graduates of an ins titution that would have rejected me, had I the chutzpah to apply. I am married to “Dean Jean,” the former dean of admissions at Stanford. She assures me that she would have rejected me, if given the chanc e. Wh
12、en I showed her a draft of this speech, she objected strongly to my use of the word “rejected.” She never rejected applicants; her l etters stated that “we are unable to offer you admission.” I have d ifficulty understanding the difference. After all, deans of admission s of highly selective schools
13、 are in reality, “deans of rejection.” Clearly, I have a lot to learn about marketing.我还要指出一点，向哈佛毕业生发表演说，对我来说是有讽刺意味的，因为如 果当年我斗胆向哈佛大学递交入学申请，一定会被拒绝。我的妻子 Jean 当过 斯坦福大学的招生主任，她向我保证，如果当年我申请斯坦福大学，她会拒绝 我。我把这篇演讲的草稿给她过目，她强烈反对我使用“拒绝”这个词，她从 来不拒绝 任何申请者。在拒绝信中，她总是写：“我们无法提供你入学机会。 ”我分不清两者到底有何差别。不过，那些大热门学校的招生主任总是很现实
14、的，堪称“拒绝他 人的主任”。很显然，我需要好好学学怎么来推销自己。My address will follow the classical sonata form of commencement addr esses. The first movement, just presented, were light-hearted remarks. This next movement consists of unsolicited advice, which is rarely va lued, seldom remembered, never followed. As Oscar Wilde
15、 said, “The o nly thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.” So, here comes the advice. First, every time you ce lebrate an achievement, be thankful to those who made it possible. Th ank your parents and friends who supported you, thank your professors who wer
16、e inspirational, and especially thank the other professors who se less-than-brilliant lectures forced you to teach yourself. Going f orward, the ability to teach yourself is the hallmark of a great libe ral arts education and will be the key to your success. To your fello w students who have added immeasurably to your education during those late night discussions, hug them. Also, of course, thank Harvard. Sho uld you forget, theres an alumni association to remind you. Se
