年罗琳在哈佛大学毕业典礼上的演讲中英双语.pdf

The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination Harvard University Commencement Address J.K. Rowling Tercentenary Theatre, June 5, 2008 失败的好处和想象力的重要性 哈佛大学毕业典礼 J.K. 罗琳 2008 年 6 月 5 日 President Faust, members of the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers, members of the faculty, proud parents, and, above all, graduates, 福斯特主席，哈佛公司和监察委员会的各位成员， 各位老师、家长、全体毕业生们： 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 ’veendured 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 Gryffindors reunion. 首先请允许我说一声谢谢。 哈佛不仅给了我无上的荣誉， 连日来为这个演讲经受的恐惧和紧 张，更令我减肥成功。这真是一个双赢的局面。现在我要做的就是深呼吸几下，眯着眼睛看 看前面的大红横幅，安慰自己正在世界上最大的魔法学院聚会上。 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 cant remember a single word she said. This liberating discovery enables me to proceed without any fear that I might inadvertently influence you to abandon promising careers in business, law or politics for the giddy delights of becoming a gay wizard. 发表毕业演说是一个巨大的责任， 至少在我回忆自己当年的毕业典礼前是这么认为的。 那天 做演讲的是英国著名的哲学家 Baroness Mary Warnock ，对她演讲的回忆，对我写今天的演 讲稿， 产生了极大的帮助，因为我不记得她说过的任何一句话了。 这个发现让我释然， 让我 不再担心我可能会无意中影响你放弃在商业， 法律或政治上的大好前途， 转而醉心于成为一 个快乐的魔法师。 You see? If all you remember in years to come is the gay wizard joke, Ive still