《2016年JK罗琳哈佛毕业典礼演讲(中英文对照) 》.pdf
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2008 年JK 罗琳哈佛毕业典礼演讲(中英文对照)
“2008 年 6 月5 日是哈佛大学的毕业典礼,请来的演讲嘉宾是《哈利波特》的
作者J.K.罗琳女士。她的演讲题目是《失败的好处和想象的重要性》(The Fringe
Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imaginatin)。我读了一遍讲稿,觉
得很好,很感染人。
她几乎没有谈到哈里波特,而是说了年轻时的一些经历。虽然J·K·罗琳现在很
有钱,是英国仅次于女皇的最富有的女人,但是她曾经有一段非常艰辛的日子,30
岁了,还差点流落街头。她主要谈的是,自己从这段经历中学到的东西。”
以下是英文文稿和中文翻译:
Text as delivered follows.
Copyright of JK Rowling, June 2008
President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of
Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all,
graduates.
The first thing I would like to say is ‘thank you.’ Not only has Harvard
given me an extraordinary honour, but the weeks of fear and nausea I have
endured at the thought of giving this commencement address have made
me lose weight. A win-win situation! Now all I have to do is take deep
breaths, squint at the red banners and convince myself that I am at the
world’s largest Gryffindor reunion.
Delivering a commencement address is a great responsibility; or so I
thought until I cast my mind back to my own graduation. The
commencement speaker that day was the distinguished British
philosopher Baroness Mary Warnock. Reflecting on her speech has helped
me enormously in writing this one, because it turns out that I can’t
remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to
proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to
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abandon promising careers in business, the law or politics for the giddy
delights of becoming a gay wizard.
You see? If all you remember in years to come is the ‘gay wizard’ joke,
I’ve come out ahead of Baroness Mary Warnock. Achievable goals: the first
step to self improvement.
Actually, I have wracked my mind and heart for what I ought to say to
you today. I have asked my
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