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So I had seen Barbara Walters on the Today Show that morning so I answered "I would like to be a journalist. I would like to tell other people's stories in a way that makes a difference in their lives and the world."
因?yàn)槟翘煸缟衔艺迷凇敖袢招恪敝锌吹搅税虐爬烟嘏浚晕艺f：“我想成為一名新聞工作者，我想為人民帶來一些在某種程度上能改變他們生活和世界的故事。”
And as those words were coming out of my mouth I went whoa! This is pretty good!
當(dāng)我說出這些話時(shí)，我覺得：“哇！還挺不錯(cuò)的！”
I would like to be a journalist. I want to make a difference.
我想做個(gè)記者，我要做出一番事業(yè)。
Well I was on television by the time I was 19 years old.
后來，19歲時(shí)我上了電視。
And in 1986 I launched my own television show with a relentless determination to succeed at first.
在1986年，我推出了我自己的電視節(jié)目，并一開始就下定決心要成功。
I was nervous about the competition and then I became my own competition raising the bar every year, pushing, pushing, pushing myself as hard as I knew. Sound familiar to anybody here?
以前我面對競爭很緊張，后來我和自己競爭，每年設(shè)立一個(gè)更高的目標(biāo)，一步一步地推到極限。這對在座的誰來說聽著挺耳熟嗎？
Eventually we did make it to the top and we stayed there for 25 years.
最終，我們成功達(dá)到巔峰，并在那里待了25年。
The Oprah Winfrey Show was number one in our time slot for 21 years and I have to tell you I became pretty comfortable with that level of success.
“奧普拉秀”在同一時(shí)間段的電視節(jié)目中連續(xù)21年排名第一，我必須說我對于這個(gè)成功非常的滿足。
But a few years ago I decided as you will at some point, that it was time to recalculate, find new territory, break new ground.
但是幾年前，我覺得，在人生的某一時(shí)刻，你必須重新來過，找到新的領(lǐng)域，實(shí)現(xiàn)新的突破。
So I ended the show and launched OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network. The initials just worked out for me.
所以我離開了“奧普拉秀”，以我的名字命名推出了我自己的電視網(wǎng)絡(luò)“奧普拉·溫福瑞電視網(wǎng)”，縮寫正好是“OWN（自己的）”。我就是這樣擅長運(yùn)用縮寫。
So one year later after launching OWN nearly every media outlet had proclaimed that my new venture was a flop. Not just a flop but a big bold flop they call it.
在奧普拉·溫福瑞電視網(wǎng)推出一年后，幾乎所有的媒體都認(rèn)為我的新項(xiàng)目是失敗的。不僅僅是失敗，他們稱之為一個(gè)大寫的失敗。
I can still remember the day I opened up USA Today and read the headline "Oprah, not quite standing on her OWN." I mean really, USA Today? Now that's the nice newspaper!
我還記得有一天我打開《今日美國報(bào)》時(shí)看到頭條新聞?wù)f“ 奧普拉搞不定自己的電視網(wǎng)”。不是吧，今日美國報(bào)啊？真是份好報(bào)紙！
It really was this time last year the worst period in my professional life.
這正是去年我職業(yè)生涯最低谷的時(shí)刻。
I was stressed and I was frustrated and quite frankly I was actually I was embarrassed.
我壓力超大，近乎崩潰，老實(shí)說，我感到羞愧。
It was right around that time that President Faust called and asked me to speak here and I thought you want me to speak to Harvard graduates?
就在那個(gè)時(shí)候，F(xiàn)aust校長打電話邀請我到哈佛做畢業(yè)演講。我心想：“你讓我給哈佛的畢業(yè)生演講？
What could I possibly say to Harvard graduates, some of the most successful graduates in the world in the very moment when I had stopped succeeding?
當(dāng)我已經(jīng)不再成功的時(shí)候，我能跟這些世界上最成功的畢業(yè)生說什么？”
So I got off the phone with President Faust and I went to the shower. It was either that or a bag of Oreos.
我掛了Faust校長的電話后去洗了個(gè)澡。要么去吃奧利奧要么去洗澡。
So I chose the shower. And I was in the shower a long time and as I was in the shower the words of an old hymn came to me.
我選擇了洗澡。那個(gè)澡我洗了很長時(shí)間，在洗澡的時(shí)候我突然想到某首古老贊美詩中的一句話。
You may not know it. It's "By and by, when the morning comes."
你可能沒聽過，“終于，清晨來臨了。”
And I started thinking about when the morning might come because at the time I thought I was stuck in a hole.
之后我就想，我的黎明也許要來了。因?yàn)槟菚r(shí)我覺得我被困在一個(gè)洞里了。
And the words came to me "Trouble don't last always" from that hymn, "this too shall pass."
我又想到那首古老贊美詩中的一句話：“困難只是暫時(shí)的，都會(huì)過去。”
And I thought as I got out of the shower I am going to turn this thing around and I will be better for it.
當(dāng)我走出浴室時(shí)，我想：我遇到的麻煩同樣會(huì)有結(jié)束的一天，我會(huì)將這一頁翻過去，我會(huì)好起來的。
And when I do, I'm going to go to Harvard and I'm going to speak the truth of it!
等我做到了，我就去哈佛，把這個(gè)真實(shí)的故事告訴大家！
So I'm here today to tell you I have turned that network around!
今天我來了并且想告訴你們，我已經(jīng)把“奧普拉·溫福瑞電視網(wǎng)”帶上正軌了。
