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And if you don't find the highest expression of your talent, if you settle for "interesting,"
而且如果你找不到你才能的最高表達，如果你在“有意思”這里止步不前，
what the hell ever that means, do you know what will happen at the end of your long life?
不管這他媽的是什么意思，你知道在你漫長的一生即將結束的時候會發生什么嗎？
Your friends and family will be gathered in the cemetery, and there beside your gravesite will be a tombstone,
你的親友們聚集在墓地里，在這，你的墳邊上有個墓碑，
and inscribed on that tombstone it will say, "Here lies a distinguished engineer, who invented Velcro."
這個墓碑上刻著字，寫道，“此地長眠著一位發明了Velcro的杰出工程師。”
But what that tombstone should have said, in an alternative lifetime,
但是這個墓碑上也應該刻著，在一個平行時空里，
what it should have said if it was your highest expression of talent, was,
如果這是你才能的最高表達它就應該刻著，
"Here lies the last Nobel Laureate in Physics, who formulated the Grand Unified Field Theory and demonstrated the practicality of warp drive."
“此地長眠著一位諾貝爾物理學獎得主，他規范了大統一場論，并且示范了曲速引擎的實用性。”
Velcro, indeed! One was a great career. One was a missed opportunity.
Velcro，確實！一個是偉業。一個是失掉的機會。
But then, there are some of you who, in spite of all these excuses, you will find, you will find your passion. And you'll still fail.
但是，你們當中有些人，拋開這些借口，你們會找到，你們會找到自己的熱忱，然后你們還是失敗了。
You're going to fail, because -- because you're not going to do it, because you will have invented a new excuse,
你會失敗，因為，因為你不會著手去做，因為你會想出新的借口，
any excuse to fail to take action, and this excuse, I've heard so many times:
任何讓你只說不做的借口，而且這個借口我已經聽過很多次了。
"Yes, I would pursue a great career, but, I value human relationships -- more than accomplishment.
“是的，我會追求一番偉業，但是相比成就，我更看重人與人之間的關系。
I want to be a great friend. I want to be a great spouse.
我想做一個好朋友。我想做一個好伴侶。
I want to be a great parent, and I will not sacrifice them on the altar of great accomplishment."
我想做一個好父母，而且我不會為了偉大的成就而犧牲這些。”
