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When I got to my graduation, siting where you sit today, after 4 years of trying to get excited about something else,
當年畢業典禮時，坐在你們今天坐的地方，我花了四年時間來尋找其他的東西來讓我開心，
I admitted to myself that I couldn't wait to go back and make more films.
我對自己坦白，我真是等不及回去拍更多的電影了。
I wanted to tell stories, to imagine the lives of others and help others do the same.
我想要講述故事，想想別人的生活，并幫助別人做到同樣的事。
I have found or perhaps reclaimed my reason.
我找到了，或者說重拾了我的理由。
You have a prize now or at least you will tomorrow. The prize is Harvard degree in your hand.
你們現在拿到了獎勵。那就是你們手中的哈佛畢業證。
But what is your reason behind it?
但你背后的理由是什么？
My Harvard degree represents, for me, the curiosity and invention that were encouraged here, the friendships I've sustained
哈佛學位對我來說，是我在這里被激發的好奇心和創造力，是我維系的友誼，
the way Professor Graham told me not to describe the way light hit a flower but rather the shadow the flower cast,
是格萊安姆教授告訴我不要去描述光線是怎樣照進花朵的，而要描述花朵投下的影子，
the way Professor Scarry talked about theater is a trans-formative religious force
是斯卡里教授談到戲劇是一種變革性的宗教力量，
how professor Coslin showed how much our visual cortex is activated just by imaging.
是凱瑟琳教授向我們展示視皮質只靠想象就可以被激活。
Now granted these things don't necessarily help me answer the most common question I'm asked:
雖然這些知識并不能幫我回答最常遇到的問題：
What designer are you wearing? What's your fitness regime? Any makeup tips?
你穿哪個設計師的作品？你的健身秘訣是什么？能說幾個化妝小貼士嗎？
But I have never since been embarrassed to myself as what might previously have thought was a stupid question.
但從那之后，我再沒有因此前我可能會覺得愚蠢的問題而為自己感到羞愧。
My Harvard degree and other awards are emblems of the experiences which led me to them.
我的哈佛學位以及其他獎項都是我的經歷的象征。
The wood paneled lecture halls, the colorful fall leaves,
木制地板的講堂、多彩的秋葉、
the hot vanilla Toscaninis, reading great novels in overstuffed library chairs,
熱香草托斯卡尼尼、在圖書館軟椅上閱讀精彩小說、
running through dining halls screaming, Ooh! Ah! City steps! City steps! City steps! City steps!
在食堂里邊跑邊喊：“哦！城市腳步！城市腳步！城市腳步！城市腳步！”
