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Congratulations everyone, you made it
祝賀所有人 你們做到了
And I don't mean to the end of college, I mean to class day
我說的不是大學畢業 而是成功出席今天的畢業日活動
because if memory serves
如果我沒記錯
some of your classmates had too many scorpion bowls at the Kong last night
某些同學雖然昨晚在香港餐廳喝了太多蝎子碗調酒
and are with us today
但今天還是來了
Given the weather
由于天氣
the one thing Harvard hasn't figured out how to control
這種哈佛還沒有弄清如何控制的現象
some of your other classmates are at someplace warm with a hot cocoa
還有同學正在溫暖的地方喝熱可可飲料
so you have many reasons to feel proud of yourself as you sit here today
你們有很多為今天出席畢業日活動感到自豪的理由
Congratulations to your parents
祝賀你們的家長
You have spent a lot of money
你們花了很多錢
so your child can say she went to a "small school" near Boston
讓子女能夠說自己是從波士頓附近的這所"小學校"畢業的
And thank you to the class of 2014 for inviting me to be part of your celebration
還要感謝2014屆畢業生 邀請我來到這次盛典
It means a great deal to me
這對我價值巨大
and looking at the list of past speakers was a little daunting
看到過往演講者的名單讓人有些敬畏
I can't be as funny as Amy Poehler
我肯定沒有艾米·波勒那么搞笑
but I'm gonna be funnier than Mother Teresa
但我至少會比特蕾莎修女更幽默
25 years ago
25年前
a man named Dave I did not know at the time but who would one day become my husband
一個我當時還不認識 但以后會成為我丈夫的男人 戴夫
was sitting where you are sitting today
坐在你們現在坐的地方
23 years ago
23年前
I was sitting where you are sitting today
我坐在你們現在坐的地方
Dave and I are back this weekend
戴夫和我這周末
with our amazing son and daughter to celebrate his reunion
帶著可愛的子女回到母校
and we both share the same sentiment
我們都懷有相同的感觸
Harvard has a good basketball team
哈佛的籃球隊太棒了
Standing here in the yard brings memories flooding back for me
站在校園中 記憶仿佛泉涌
I arrived here from Miami in the fall of 1987
1987年秋我從邁阿密來到這里
with big hopes and even bigger hair
懷著偉大的夢想 還有更夸張的發型
I was assigned to live in one of Harvard's historic monuments to great architecture
我被分配到哈佛偉大建筑的一座歷史豐碑
Canaday
卡納迪樓
My go-to outfit, and I'm not making this up, was a jean skirt
我是說真的 當時我身著牛仔裙
white leg warmers and sneakers and a Florida sweater
白色暖腿襪套 運動鞋 還有一件佛羅里達羊毛衫
because my parents who were here with me then as they're here with me now
因為當時我的父母告訴我說
told me everyone would think it was awesome that I was from Florida
所有人都會認為來自佛羅里達的人很酷
At least we didn't have Instagram
至少我們當時沒有Instagram
For me, Harvard was a series of firsts
對我而言 哈佛給了我很多第一次
My first winter coat, we needn't need those in Miami
包括我的第一件冬裝 我們在邁阿密不需要這些
My first 10 page paper, they didn't assign those in my high school
我的第一份十頁論文 高中沒人會布置這么長的作業
My first C
我第一次得C
after which my proctor told me that she was on the Admissions Committee
這之后 我的學監告訴我說 她在招生委員會
and I got admitted to Harvard for my personality
招我進哈佛是因為我的品性
not my academic potential
而不是因為學術潛能
The first person I ever met from boarding school
我在寄宿學校看到的第一個人
I thought that was our really troubled kids
我就覺得這家伙肯定是個大麻煩
The first person I ever met who shares the name with a whole building
我還碰到了第一個名字同整座建筑一樣的人
or so I met when the first classmate I met was Sarah Wigglesworth
這個人的名字叫作莎拉·威格爾斯沃思
who bore no relation at all to the dorm
她同那棟宿舍樓沒有任何關系
which would have been nice to know with that very intimidating moment
當時我很震驚 知道沒關系后我才舒了一口氣
But then I went on to meet others
之后我還碰到了其他人
Francis Strauss, James Wells
弗朗西斯·斯特勞斯 詹姆斯·威爾斯
Jessica Science Center B
杰西卡科學中心B
My first love, my first heartbreak
我第一位愛人 第一位讓我心碎的人
the first time I realized that I love to learn
我第一次認識到自己熱愛學習
and the first and very last time I saw anyone read anything in Latin
第一次也是最后一次碰到有人在讀拉丁文
When I sat in your seat all those years ago
我畢業那年
I knew exactly where I was headed. I had it all planned out
我想好了自己以后有什么計劃
I was going to the World Bank to work on global poverty
我要進世界銀行 對抗全球貧困
Then I would go to law school
然后我要去法學院
And I would spend my life working in a nonprofit or in a government
然后我將在非營利機構或政府工作
At Harvard's commencement tomorrow as your dean described
你們院長也講了 在明天的哈佛畢業典禮上
each school is gonna stand up and graduate together
每個學院都要起立并一同畢業
the college, the law school, the med school and so on
本科部 法學院 醫學院 等等
At my graduation, my class cheered for the PhD students
我畢業時 我們班為博士生歡呼
and then booed the business school
然后噓了商學院
Business school seemed like such a sellout
商學院似乎很不受歡迎
18 months later, I applied to business school
18個月后 我就報了商學院
It wasn't that I was wrong about what I would do decades after graduating
我對自己畢業后的數十年規劃其實并沒錯
I had it wrong a year and a half later
計劃只錯在了一年半以后
And even if I could have predicted I would one day work in the private sector
就算我算到了自己會在私營企業工作
I never could have predicted Facebook
我肯定也算不到自己會在Facebook
because there was no internet
因為當時沒有互聯網
and Mark Zuckerberg was at elementary school
馬克·扎克伯格還在讀小學
already wearing his hoody
已經開始穿他的標志性帽衫了
Not locking into a path too early
沒有太早鎖死自己的道路
gave me an opportunity to go into a new and life changing field
讓我有機會進入改變生活的全新領域
And for those of you who think I owe everything to good luck
有些人可能認為我只是運氣好 我想說
after Canaday I got Quaded
卡納迪樓后 我又被安排到了方院
What's that? Barron
怎么樣 巴倫
