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Commencement Address at Stanford University

斯坦福大学毕业典礼致辞

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I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.

我很荣幸今天能与你们一起参加世界上最好的大学之一的毕业典礼。

Truth be told, I never graduated from college, and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.

说实话，我从未大学毕业，这是我最接近大学毕业的一次。

Today, I want to tell you three stories from my life.

今天，我想给大家讲三个我生活中的故事。

That's it.

就是这样。

No big deal.

没什么大不了的。

Just three stories.

只有三个故事。

The first story is about connecting the dots.

第一个故事是关于连接点。

I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.

前 6 个月后，我从里德学院退学，但后来又留校留校了 18 个月左右，然后才真正退出。

So why did I drop out?

那我为什么退学呢？

It started before I was born.

这在我出生之前就开始了。

My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.

我的亲生母亲是一位年轻的未婚研究生，她决定将我送人收养。

She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife -- except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.

她强烈地认为我应该被大学毕业生收养，所以一切都准备好了，我一出生就被律师和他的妻子收养——只是当我突然出来时，他们在最后一刻决定他们真的想要一个女孩。

So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, "We've got an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?" They said, "Of course." My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.

因此，我的父母在候补名单上，半夜接到电话，询问：“我们有了一个意想不到的男婴；你想要他吗？”他们说：“当然。”我的亲生母亲后来发现，我的母亲从未大学毕业，我的父亲也从未高中毕业。

She refused to sign the final adoption papers.

她拒绝签署最终的收养文件。

She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.

几个月后，当我父母答应我要上大学时，她才态度软化。

This was the start in my life.

这是我人生的开始。

And 17 years later I did go to college.

17年后我上了大学。

But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.

但我天真地选择了一所几乎和斯坦福大学一样昂贵的大学，而我的工薪阶层父母的所有积蓄都花在了我的大学学费上。

After six months, I couldn't see the value in it.

六个月后，我看不到它的价值。

I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

我不知道自己想做什么，也不知道大学将如何帮助我找到答案。

And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life.

我在这里花掉了我父母一生积蓄的所有钱。

So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out okay.

所以我决定退学并相信一切都会好起来的。

It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.

当时这非常可怕，但现在回想起来，这是我做过的最好的决定之一。

The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting.

从我退学的那一刻起，我就可以停止参加我不感兴趣的必修课程，并开始旁听那些看起来更有趣的课程。

It wasn't all romantic.

这并不全是浪漫的。

I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms.

我没有宿舍，所以我睡在朋友房间的地板上。

I returned coke bottles for the five cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.

我退还可乐瓶，付了五美分的押金用来买食物，每个星期天晚上我都会步行七英里穿过城镇，每周去哈瑞克里希纳寺庙吃一顿美餐。

I loved it.

我喜欢它。

And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.

我跟随自己的好奇心和直觉而偶然发现的很多东西后来都被证明是无价的。

Let me give you one example:

让我举一个例子：

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.

当时的里德学院可能提供全国最好的书法教学。

Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.

整个校园的每张海报、每个抽屉上的每个标签都是精美的手绘书法。

Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.

因为我已经退学了，不需要参加正常的课程，所以我决定参加书法班来学习如何做到这一点。

I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.

我了解了衬线和无衬线字体，了解了不同字母组合之间的间距大小，了解了如何使出色的排版变得出色。

It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.

它美丽、历史悠久、艺术微妙，是科学无法捕捉到的，我发现它很迷人。

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.

这些都没有希望在我的生活中得到任何实际应用。

But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer , it all came back to me.

但十年后，当我们设计第一台麦金塔电脑时，我又想起了这一切。

And we designed it all into the Mac.

我们将这一切都设计到了 Mac 中。

It was the first computer with beautiful typography.

这是第一台具有漂亮字体的计算机。

If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the "Mac" would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.

如果我从未在大学里旁听过这一门课程，那么“Mac”就永远不会有多种字体或按比例间隔的字体。

And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.

由于 Windows 只是复制了 Mac，因此很可能没有个人电脑会拥有它们。

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.

如果我没有退学，我就不会旁听书法课，个人电脑可能不会有如此美妙的排版。

Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.

当然，当我上大学时，不可能将这些点点滴滴串联起来。

But it was very, very clear looking backwards 10 years later.

但十年后回顾过去，这一点非常非常清楚。

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.

再说一次，你无法向前看将这些点串联起来；你只能向后看才能将它们联系起来。

So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

所以你必须相信这些点会在你的未来以某种方式连接起来。

You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever -- because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.

你必须相信某些东西——你的直觉、命运、生活、业力，等等——因为相信这些点会在未来的道路上连接起来会给你信心去追随你的内心，即使它引导你偏离老路，这会让一切变得不同。

I was lucky -- I found what I loved to do early in life.

我很幸运——我很早就找到了自己喜欢做的​​事情。

Woz � and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20.

20 岁时，沃兹和我在父母的车库里创办了苹果公司。

We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a two billion dollar company with over 4000 employees.

我们努力工作，十年间，苹果公司从我们两个人在车库里发展成为一家拥有 4000 多名员工、价值 20 亿美元的公司。

We'd just released our finest creation -- the Macintosh -- a year earlier, and I had just turned 30.

一年前，我们刚刚发布了我们最优秀的作品——Macintosh，而我刚刚满 30 岁。

And then I got fired.

然后我被解雇了。

How can you get fired from a company you started?

你怎么会被自己创办的公司解雇呢？

Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well.

嗯，随着苹果公司的发展，我们聘请了一个我认为非常有才华的人来和我一起管理公司，在第一年左右的时间里一切进展顺利。

But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out.

但后来我们对未来的愿景开始出现分歧，最终我们闹翻了。

When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him.

当我们这样做时，我们的董事会站在了他一边。

And so at 30, I was out.

所以在30岁的时候，我就出局了。

And very publicly out.

而且非常公开。

What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

我整个成年生活的焦点消失了，这是毁灭性的。

I really didn't know what to do for a few months.

这几个月我真的不知道该做什么。

I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down -- that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me.

我觉得我让上一代企业家失望了——当接力棒传给我时，我已经把它丢掉了。

I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.

我会见了大卫·帕卡德和鲍勃·诺伊斯，并试图为自己搞砸的事情道歉。

I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley .

我是一个非常公开的失败者，我什至想过逃离山谷。

But something slowly began to dawn on me: I still loved what I did.

但我慢慢地开始明白一些事情：我仍然热爱我所做的事情。

The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit.

苹果公司的事态发展并没有改变这一点。

I had been rejected, but I was still in love.

我被拒绝了，但我仍然爱着。

And so I decided to start over.

所以我决定重新开始。

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.

当时我没有意识到这一点，但事实证明，被苹果公司解雇是我这辈子发生过的最好的事情。

The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.

成功的沉重感被再次成为初学者的轻松感所取代，对一切都不再那么确定。

It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

它让我自由地进入了我一生中最具创造力的时期之一。

During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT , another company named Pixar , and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife.

在接下来的五年里，我创办了一家名为 NeXT 的公司，另一家名为 Pixar 的公司，并爱上了一位了不起的女人，她后来成为了我的妻子。

Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, Toy Story , and is now the most successful animation studio in the world.

皮克斯继续创作了世界上第一部电脑动画故事片《玩具总动员》，现在是世界上最成功的动画工作室。

In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, and I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance.

事情发生了一个引人注目的转变，苹果公司收购了 NeXT，我又回到了苹果公司，而我们在 NeXT 开发的技术是苹果公司当前复兴的核心。

And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

劳伦和我有一个美好的家庭。

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.

我很确定如果我没有被苹果公司解雇，这一切都不会发生。

It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.

这药味道很糟糕，但我想病人需要它。

Sometime life -- Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick.

有时候，生活——有时候生活会用一块砖头敲你的头。

Don't lose faith.

不要失去信心。

I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

我坚信，唯一让我坚持下去的就是我热爱我所做的事情。

You've got to find what you love.

你必须找到你所爱的。

And that is as true for work as it is for your lovers.

对于工作和恋人来说都是如此。

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.

你的工作将占据你生活的很大一部分，而真正满足的唯一方法就是做你认为伟大的工作。

And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

做好工作的唯一方法就是热爱你所做的事情。

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking -- and don't settle.

如果您还没有找到，请继续寻找，但不要安定下来。

As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

就像所有与内心有关的事情一样，当你找到它时你就会知道。

And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.

就像任何伟大的关系一样，随着岁月的流逝，它只会变得越来越好。

So keep looking -- don't settle.

所以继续寻找——不要安定下来。

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

当我 17 岁的时候，我读过一句话，大概是这样的：“如果你把每一天都当作最后一天来生活，那么有一天你肯定是对的。”这给我留下了深刻的印象，从那时起，在过去的33年里，我每天早上都会看着镜子问自己：“如果今天是我生命的最后一天，我会想做今天要做的事情吗？”每当答案连续很多天都是“不”时，我就知道我需要改变一些事情。

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

记住我很快就会死去，这是我遇到过的最重要的工具，可以帮助我做出人生中的重大选择。

Because almost everything -- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure -- these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

因为几乎所有的东西——所有的外在期望、所有的骄傲、所有对尴尬或失败的恐惧——这些东西在死亡面前都会消失，只留下真正重要的东西。

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

据我所知，记住你即将死去是避免陷入“失去某些东西”的陷阱的最好方法。

You are already naked.

你已经赤身裸体了。

There is no reason not to follow your heart.

没有理由不追随自己的内心。

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.

大约一年前，我被诊断出患有癌症。

I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.

早上7点30分我做了扫描，清楚地显示我的胰腺上有一个肿瘤。

I didn't even know what a pancreas was.

我什至不知道胰腺是什么。

The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.

医生告诉我，这几乎肯定是一种无法治愈的癌症，我的预计寿命不会超过三到六个月。

My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for "prepare to die." It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months.

我的医生建议我回家，把事情处理好，这是医生“做好死亡准备”的准则。这意味着尝试告诉你的孩子你认为在接下来的十年里你会在短短几个月内告诉他们的一切。

It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.

这意味着确保一切都搞定，以便您的家人能够尽可能轻松地度过。

It means to say your goodbyes.

意思是说再见。

I lived with that diagnosis all day.

我一整天都带着这样的诊断生活。

Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.

那天晚上晚些时候，我进行了活检，他们将内窥镜插入我的喉咙，穿过我的胃进入我的肠道，将一根针插入我的胰腺，从肿瘤中取出一些细胞。

I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery.

我服用了镇静剂，但当时在场的妻子告诉我，当他们在显微镜下观察细胞时，医生们开始哭泣，因为事实证明这是一种非常罕见的胰腺癌，可以通过手术治愈。

I had the surgery and, thankfully, I'm fine now.

我接受了手术，谢天谢地，我现在很好。

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades.

这是我最接近死亡的一次，我希望这也是我未来几十年最接近死亡的一次。

Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept: No one wants to die.

经历过这一切之后，我现在可以比当死亡是一个有用但纯粹的智力概念时更加确定地告诉你：没有人想死。

Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.

即使是想去天堂的人也不想死才能到达那里。

And yet death is the destination we all share.

然而死亡是我们共同的目的地。

No one has ever escaped it.

没有人能够逃脱它。

And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.

这本来就是应该的，因为死亡很可能是生命最好的发明。

It's Life's change agent.

它是生活的变革推动者。

It clears out the old to make way for the new.

它清除旧的，为新的让路。

Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.

现在的你是新的，但不久之后的某一天，你就会逐渐变旧，被清除。

Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.

抱歉说得这么戏剧化，但这是千真万确的。

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.

你的时间有限，所以不要把时间浪费在过别人的生活上。

Don't be trapped by dogma -- which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

不要被教条所困——这就是活在别人思考的结果中。

Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.

不要让别人意见的喧嚣淹没了你内心的声音。

And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.

最重要的是，要有勇气追随自己的内心和直觉。

They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

他们不知何故已经知道你真正想成为什么。

Everything else is secondary.

其他一切都是次要的。

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog , which was one of the "bibles" of my generation.

当我年轻的时候，有一本令人惊叹的出版物，叫做《全球概览》，它是我们这一代人的“圣经”之一。

It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.

它是由离门洛帕克不远的斯图尔特·布兰德（Stewart Brand）创作的，他用诗意的笔触将它变成了现实。

This was in the late 60s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras.

那是在 60 年代末，个人电脑和桌面出版还没有出现，所以一切都是用打字机、剪刀和宝丽来相机制作的。

It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along.

它有点像平装本形式的 Google，比 Google 早了 35 年。

It was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

它是理想主义的，充满了简洁的工具和伟大的想法。

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.

斯图尔特和他的团队出版了几期《全球概览》，当它完成后，他们出版了最后一期。

It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age.

那是 20 世纪 70 年代中期，我和你同龄。

On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.

他们最后一期的封底是一张清晨乡村道路的照片，如果你敢于冒险，你可能会发现自己搭便车走在这条路上。

Beneath it were the words: "Stay Hungry.

下面写着：“保持饥饿。

Stay Foolish." It was their farewell message as they signed off.

保持愚蠢。”这是他们离开时的告别语。

Stay Hungry.

保持饥饿。

Stay Foolish.

保持愚蠢。

And I've always wished that for myself.

我自己也一直希望如此。

And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you: Stay Hungry.

现在，当你们毕业重新开始时，我希望你们：保持饥饿。

Stay Foolish.

保持愚蠢。

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American Rhetoric.

美国修辞学。

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Eidenmuller.

艾登米勒。