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So either they were going to get the tenure or not. And he asked them, How happy are you going to be.
他們要么得到要么得不到 他問他們你會多快樂
If you get the tenure? And they said, Ecstatic!
如果你得到終身職位? 他們說喜出望外
This is something I've working on for many years and this will be it.
這是我多年努力的目標 這將會是
This will be a dream come true. And How happy are you going to stay for.
將是夢想成真 你會快樂多久?
And they said, For the rest of our lives. Because this is something we've been working for very long time.
他們說余生都會很快樂 因為這是我們努力很久的目標
It will make everything so much easier. I can get off the publish-or-perish race.
它會讓一切變得更簡單 我可以停止不成功便成仁的競爭
I can enjoy my work much more. This is going to transform my life.
我可以更加享受工作 這將改變我的人生
And he asked them, What happens if you don't get tenure? If you are rejected.
他問他們?nèi)绻貌坏浇K身職位會怎樣? 如果被拒絕呢?
And they said, We are going to be devastated. This is something we've been working for many, many years.
他們說我們會很難過 這是我們多年來努力的目標
And How long are you going to be devastated for? Probably until we get tenure somewhere else.
那你們會痛苦多久? 可能直到我們在別處獲得終身職位
But even then, that may not be enough. Because once you don't get tenure in one place.
即使到了那時 可能也不夠 如果在一所學(xué)校無法獲得終身職位
You don't go up in terms of the ranking of the school you very often would get tenure but elsewhere.
就沒有可能在更高學(xué)府取得 經(jīng)常是在別的院校獲得
School that is not considered as good as the one where you were rejected.
那些比拒絕你的學(xué)院 差一等的院校
So it will be devastating for a very long time. And Gilbert went to them at the moment.
所以那會讓人難過很久 Gilbert再去訪問他們
When they got the tenure decision. Some of them got them. Others did not.
這時他們已知道終身職位審核結(jié)果 有些得到 有些沒得到
