耶鲁大学校长2026开学演讲：不确定性之巅
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| 时间 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 0:16 | to say to each and every one of | 对每个人说 |
| 0:25 | you, welcome to Yale. | 欢迎来到耶鲁大学 |
| 0:33 | Today is a beginning, and | 今天是一个开始, |
| 0:36 | beginnings are grounds for | 起始为理由 |
| 0:38 | celebration. | 庆祝 |
| 0:40 | But beginnings are also | 但开始也是 |
| 0:42 | encounters with uncertainty. | 遇到不确定性。 |
| 0:45 | Parents, I've gone through, | 父母,我已经通过, |
| 0:48 | with my own two children, | 和我的两个孩子, |
| 0:49 | this paradoxical ritual | 这种荒谬的仪式 |
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| 序号 | 英文 | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | to say to each and every one of | 对每个人说 |
| 2 | you, welcome to Yale. | 欢迎来到耶鲁大学 |
| 3 | Today is a beginning, and | 今天是一个开始, |
| 4 | beginnings are grounds for | 起始为理由 |
| 5 | celebration. | 庆祝 |
| 6 | But beginnings are also | 但开始也是 |
| 7 | encounters with uncertainty. | 遇到不确定性。 |
| 8 | Parents, I've gone through, | 父母,我已经通过, |
| 9 | with my own two children, | 和我的两个孩子, |
| 10 | this paradoxical ritual | 这种荒谬的仪式 |
| 11 | called moving in, | 叫搬进来 |
| 12 | because moving in | 因为搬进来 |
| 13 | also means | 也意味着 |
| 14 | they're moving out. | 他们要搬出去了 |
| 15 | And like you, I've | 和你一样,我 |
| 16 | climbed countless flights of stairs | 爬上无数的楼梯 |
| 17 | hauling too many boxes | 运太多箱子 |
| 18 | of, do you really | 你们真的 |
| 19 | need this? | 需要这个吗? |
| 20 | And like you, I've | 和你一样,我 |
| 21 | felt, all at once, | 感觉一下子 |
| 22 | pride in my children, | 对我的孩子感到骄傲 |
| 23 | bewilderment at | 困惑于 |
| 24 | how briskly time passes | 时间如何短暂流逝 |
| 25 | and hope for | 和对希望 |
| 26 | their future. | 他们的未来。 |
| 27 | Hope that they will live their lives | 希望他们能活下去 |
| 28 | as only they can | 只有他们能 |
| 29 | live them, in ways | 生活他们的方式 |
| 30 | all their own, beyond | 所有他们自己的,超越 |
| 31 | even my most imaginative | 连我最有想象力的 |
| 32 | predictions for them. | 他们的预言。 |
| 33 | This is the joyful | 这是快乐的 |
| 34 | indeterminacy | 决定性 |
| 35 | of parenthood. | 父母关系。 |
| 36 | Like parenthood, | 就像做父母一样 |
| 37 | the most important endeavors | 最重要的事业 |
| 38 | tend to be undefined, | 往往没有定义, |
| 39 | without a fixed process | 没有固定的程序 |
| 40 | or an assured | 或保证 |
| 41 | conclusion. | 结论。 |
| 42 | Students, you too | 学生,你们也一样 |
| 43 | are about to embark upon | 即将开始 |
| 44 | an undefined journey, | 一段未定义的旅程, |
| 45 | one without | 一个没有 |
| 46 | a predetermined ending. | a 预定结束。 |
| 47 | Because what will define your | 因为什么会定义你 |
| 48 | Yale education | 耶鲁教育 |
| 49 | is freedom. | 这是自由。 |
| 50 | The freedom of | 自由权 |
| 51 | intellectual exploration. | 思想探索. |
| 52 | We want all | 我们想要一切 |
| 53 | of you to commit | 你将犯罪 |
| 54 | yourselves to a kind | 你们是那种人 |
| 55 | of egalitarian curiosity, | 平等好奇心, |
| 56 | one that | 一个 |
| 57 | embraces every variety | 拥抱每一种类型 |
| 58 | of knowledge and debates | 知识与辩论 |
| 59 | even the most | 甚至最厉害 |
| 60 | agreeable assumptions. | 可接受的假设。 |
| 61 | But a lack of constraints | 但缺乏约束 |
| 62 | is also a lack of guarantees, | 也是缺乏保障, |
| 63 | and that can be | 这可能是 |
| 64 | very concerning. | 非常关心 |
| 65 | I came to Yale in 1989 | 我1989年来耶鲁 |
| 66 | also without any | 也没有任何 |
| 67 | certainty about what | 确定什么 |
| 68 | my future and how | 我的未来和如何 |
| 69 | it would unfold. | 它会展开。 |
| 70 | But knowing that I wanted to | 但知道我想这样 |
| 71 | study art history among some of the | 研究一些艺术史 |
| 72 | world's most original thinkers | 世界最有创意的思想家 |
| 73 | and amid the nation's best | 和全国最好的 |
| 74 | university art museums, | 大学艺术博物馆, |
| 75 | 37 years later | 过了37年 |
| 76 | those museums remain | 这些博物馆仍然保留 |
| 77 | my favorite places on campus. | 我在校园里最喜欢的地方 |
| 78 | And I hope soon | 我希望能很快回来 |
| 79 | they'll be among your favorites | 这将是你最喜欢的 |
| 80 | too. | 也一样。 |
| 81 | Especially since | 特别是自从 |
| 82 | on the third floor of the | 在三楼 |
| 83 | Yale University Art Gallery | 耶鲁大学美术馆 |
| 84 | there's a painting that might | 有一幅画可能 |
| 85 | help you welcome | 帮助你欢迎 |
| 86 | uncertainty. | 不确定性。 |
| 87 | And you can | 你会的 |
| 88 | see it projected on the screen | 看到它投在屏幕上 |
| 89 | and you can visit it later today | 今天晚点再看 |
| 90 | because the gallery will be open | 因为画廊将会打开 |
| 91 | from one to five. | 从一至五. |
| 92 | It's by | 这是由 |
| 93 | an artist named Ed Ruscha. | 一个艺术家叫艾德·鲁夏 |
| 94 | The canvas is dominated | 画布占了上风 |
| 95 | {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}被轻而易举地夹击 | |
| 96 | mountain painted with almost | 几乎画的山 |
| 97 | hyper-realistic precision | 超现实精确度 |
| 98 | in a palette of stony | 在调色板上 |
| 99 | grays, glacial blues, | 灰色,冰川蓝, |
| 100 | and frigid whites | 和风化的白人 |
| 101 | framed by a completely | 一个完全由 |
| 102 | flat blue sky. | 平坦的蓝天 |
| 103 | But seemingly floating | 但看起来漂浮 |
| 104 | above it all | 最重要的是,这 |
| 105 | is just | 刚刚 |
| 106 | concordantly a word, | 一言为定 |
| 107 | a most unexpected | 一个最出乎意料的 |
| 108 | word, level. | 单词,水平。 |
| 109 | It runs across the middle of the mountain | 它横跨山中 |
| 110 | 和字体 Ruscha | |
| 111 | created and named | 创建和命名 |
| 112 | Boy Scout Utility | 童子军工具 |
| 113 | Modern. | 现代报. |
| 114 | The word then also | 那这个词也是 |
| 115 | becomes the painting's title. | 成为绘画的标题。 |
| 116 | So we have a word that not only | 所以,我们有一个词 不仅 |
| 117 | denotes flatness but is also | 表示平坦,但也表示平坦 |
| 118 | literally flat, | 绝对平坦, |
| 119 | superimposed over an | 叠加于一个 |
| 120 | image of chiseled | 纹理图像 |
| 121 | and precipitous verticality. | 和明显的垂直。 |
| 122 | To most of us this makes | 对我们大多数人来说, |
| 123 | no sense at all. | 一点意义都没有 |
| 124 | And a natural human impulse | 和自然的人类冲动 |
| 125 | is to try to make sense of the unknown. | 试着去理解未知的事物 |
| 126 | But Ruscha | 但罗沙 |
| 127 | himself recommends a different approach. | 他建议采取不同的做法。 |
| 128 | He said | 他说 |
| 129 | art has to be | 艺术必须是 |
| 130 | something that makes | 做点什么 |
| 131 | you scratch your head. | 你挠你的头。 |
| 132 | So what if instead of lunging | 所以,如果它不是肺脏 |
| 133 | for an answer, we let | 为了一个答案,我们让 |
| 134 | ourselves scratch our heads? | 我们自己抓着头? |
| 135 | What if we gave ourselves the | 如果我们给了自己 |
| 136 | freedom to explore the | 自由探索 |
| 137 | contradiction? | 矛盾吗? |
| 138 | We could | 我们可以 |
| 139 | begin by considering our own personal | 首先考虑我们个人 |
| 140 | associations. | 协会。 |
| 141 | Humans have long turned mountains | 人类早已变山 |
| 142 | and metaphors for our challenges | 以及挑战的隐喻 |
| 143 | and our accomplishments. | 和我们的成就。 |
| 144 | And for many of you the peak on this | 对于你们中的许多人来说,这个顶峰 |
| 145 | canvas might remind you | 画布可能会提醒你 |
| 146 | of your journey here. | 你在这里的旅程。 |
| 147 | It might call to mind | 可能会让人想起 |
| 148 | all the mountainous cliches | 所有山区的陈词滥调 |
| 149 | that you have traversed. | 你们确已旅行了。 |
| 150 | You may have endured an uphill climb. | 你可能已经忍受了爬山。 |
| 151 | You may feel that you've now reached | 你可能觉得你已经到了 |
| 152 | the summit. | 高峰会 |
| 153 | You may be enjoying | 你可能会很享受 |
| 154 | the view from the top. | 从顶部看 |
| 155 | Or you may be | ┪砛琌 |
| 156 | worried that what goes up | 担心什么会上升 |
| 157 | must come down. | 必须下来。 |
| 158 | And yet the blocky two-dimensional | 然而,块状的二维 |
| 159 | script splashed across | 脚本溅过 |
| 160 | the summit speaks to | 峰顶说话 |
| 161 | other questions. | 其他问题。 |
| 162 | Have I | 我有吗? |
| 163 | leveled off or flattened out | 平稳或平稳 |
| 164 | or have I plateaued? | 或我退缩了吗? |
| 165 | A head-scratcher, indeed. | 一个头痛者,的确。 |
| 166 | Questions like these | 这样的问题 |
| 167 | can't be answered | 无法回答 |
| 168 | except by living through them. | 除非通过他们的生活。 |
| 169 | And you'll encounter more | 你会遇到更多 |
| 170 | than a few during your time here. | 而不是你在这期间的几个 |
| 171 | I hope | 我希望这样 |
| 172 | when you meet such paradoxes | 当你遇到这种悖论时 |
| 173 | you'll remember | 你会记得 |
| 174 | that Yale | 那个耶鲁 |
| 175 | admitted you for a reason. | 承认你是有原因的 |
| 176 | But I also | 我也一样 |
| 177 | hope that you'll revel | 希望你们能欣欣向荣 |
| 178 | in your uncertainty | 在你的不确定性中 |
| 179 | because it | 因为 |
| 180 | is a quintessential | 是一个五重奏 |
| 181 | human emotion | 人类的情感 |
| 182 | and a definitive part | 和确定部分 |
| 183 | of the human condition. | 人类状况 |
| 184 | Machines don't | 机器不会 |
| 185 | feel uncertain | 感觉不确定 |
| 186 | but humans do. | 但人类却如此 |
| 187 | And though humans can now ask | 虽然人类现在可以问 |
| 188 | machines for answers | 用于解答的机器 |
| 189 | no machine will | 没有机器 |
| 190 | ever replace human | 永远取代人类 |
| 191 | questioning. | 质询。 |
| 192 | I hope | 我希望这样 |
| 193 | too that you'll find | 你也会发现 |
| 194 | in your uncertainty | 在你的不确定性中 |
| 195 | inspiration | 灵感 |
| 196 | and wonder | 和惊讶 |
| 197 | and perhaps sometimes | 也许有时 |
| 198 | even a little fear. | 甚至有点恐惧 |
| 199 | Those are the contradictory | 这些是矛盾的 |
| 200 | emotions | 情绪 |
| 201 | that sit at the heart | 坐在心脏 |
| 202 | of awe. | 敬畏之心。 |
| 203 | Awe can be inspired by gazing | AWE可以通过观察得到灵感 |
| 204 | up at a mountain | 在山顶上 |
| 205 | tens of thousands of feet | 数万英尺 |
| 206 | taller than you and tens | 比你还高 比你还高 比你还高 |
| 207 | of millions of years older than | 数以百万计的老年人 |
| 208 | you. | 你们 |
| 209 | But awe | 但敬畏 |
| 210 | can also be inspired | 也可以被启发 |
| 211 | by not knowing. | 因为不知道。 |
| 212 | Running into something | 碰到点什么 |
| 213 | that's beyond you, something that exceeds | 超越你,超越你 |
| 214 | its explanation like | 它的解释就像 |
| 215 | this painting or its | 这幅画或它的 |
| 216 | seeds prediction | 种子预测 |
| 217 | like the four years | 像四年一样 |
| 218 | ahead of you. | 领先于你 |
| 219 | I hope | 我希望这样 |
| 220 | you'll allow whatever uncertainty | 你会允许任何不确定因素 |
| 221 | you're feeling right now | 你现在的感觉 |
| 222 | to become | 改为: |
| 223 | this kind of | 这种 |
| 224 | awe. | 赞 |
| 225 | And I hope you'll | 我希望你会 |
| 226 | feel it again when you're puzzling | 迷惑的时候再感受一次 |
| 227 | {\fn黑体\fs22\bord1\shad0\3aHBE\4aH00\fscx67\fscy66\2cHFFFFFF\3cH808080}看样子 | |
| 228 | unsolvable problem set | 无法解决的问题集 |
| 229 | or when you realize | 或者当你意识到 |
| 230 | that two opposing ideas | 那两个对立的想法 |
| 231 | are both | 两者都是 |
| 232 | somehow valid | 不知何故有效 |
| 233 | or when you aren't | 或者当你不是 |
| 234 | sure what internship to pursue | 确定要进行什么实习 |
| 235 | or what grad school to apply to. | 或什么研究生学校申请。 |
| 236 | But of course | 当然 |
| 237 | you can't dwell in the awe of uncertainty | 你不能沉浸在不确定的恐惧中 |
| 238 | forever. | 永远 |
| 239 | The deadline | 最后期限 |
| 240 | for the problem set drops upon you | 因为问题设置会掉到你身上 |
| 241 | or graduation somehow | 或不知何故毕业 |
| 242 | already looms. | 已经接近了 |
| 243 | And you have to choose. | 你必须选择 |
| 244 | So when it comes time | 所以,当它来的时候 |
| 245 | for you to make both the | 为了你们两个 |
| 246 | minor and the major | 未成年人和未成年人 |
| 247 | decisions in the thick of doubt, | 以怀疑的态度判决, |
| 248 | there's another mountain | 还有一座山 |
| 249 | I want you to remember. | 我要你记住 |
| 250 | It's the world's second tallest mountain, | 这是世界第二高的山峰 |
| 251 | K2. | K2型车. |
| 252 | In 1938, a group of American | 1938年,一群美国人 |
| 253 | climbers traveled to Kashmir | 登山者前往克什米尔 |
| 254 | to become the first people to summit | 成为第一个登顶的人 |
| 255 | what's been called the | 所谓的 |
| 256 | Savage Mountain and what's | 野兽山什么的 |
| 257 | considered an even more | 更被认为是 |
| 258 | arduous climb than Mount Everest. | 比珠穆朗玛峰还艰难 |
| 259 | The expedition included | 探险包括 |
| 260 | a 25-year-old Yale alumnus | 一个25岁的耶鲁校友 |
| 261 | named Bill House. | 比尔豪斯 |
| 262 | He had been the president | 他是总统 |
| 263 | of the Yale Mountaineering Club | 耶鲁登山俱乐部 |
| 264 | and his preferred collegiate pastime | 和他喜欢的合唱娱乐 |
| 265 | had been climbing on | 一直攀登着 |
| 266 | the buildings around campus, presumably | 校园周围的建筑物,大概 |
| 267 | иgar | |
| 268 | handholds. | 手执. |
| 269 | I'm obliged to clarify though | 我不得不澄清 |
| 270 | that such climbing is | 这种攀登是 |
| 271 | against the rules. | 违反规则 |
| 272 | Three years after his graduation, | 他毕业三年后 |
| 273 | he and his fellow mountaineers | 他和他的同乡登山, |
| 274 | were beholding | 被持有 |
| 275 | K2, all | K2, 全部 |
| 276 | 28,251 | 28 251 (中文(简体) ). |
| 277 | feet of it. | 它的脚。 |
| 278 | That's as tall as Harkness | 和哈克内斯一样高 |
| 279 | Tower stacked on top of itself | 塔顶上堆叠着 |
| 280 | 130 times. | 诵一百三十遍. |
| 281 | And he felt | 他觉得 |
| 282 | what he described | 他所说的 |
| 283 | an indefinable dread. | 难以定义的恐惧。 |
| 284 | I imagine the whole | 我想整个 |
| 285 | expedition was wondering, would they make | 远征队在想,他们会做 |
| 286 | it to the top? | 它的顶端? |
| 287 | Would they | 他们会 |
| 288 | survive at all? | 幸存下来吗? |
| 289 | Their preparations though had been comprehensive. | 他们的筹备工作是全面的。 |
| 290 | They needed, for example, to | 例如,他们需要: |
| 291 | ensure a reliable food supply. | 确保可靠的粮食供应。 |
| 292 | So they tested dozens of brands | 他们测试了几十个品牌 |
| 293 | of biscuits. | 饼干 |
| 294 | They dropped biscuits from high | 他们从高处扔饼干 |
| 295 | windows to gauge their durability. | 用于测量其耐久性的窗口。 |
| 296 | They left | 他们走了 |
| 297 | biscuits outside all night | 整晚在外面吃饼干 |
| 298 | in a rainstorm to see how they held | 在暴风雨中,看看他们是如何维持的, |
| 299 | up to moisture. | 达到水分 |
| 300 | And when they found | 当他们发现 |
| 301 | the perfect biscuit, they bought | 完美的饼干,他们买了 |
| 302 | 百斤 it. | |
| 303 | Once they were | 他们曾经是 |
| 304 | on that mountain, they followed | 他们在山上, |
| 305 | as far as they could the route | 尽他们所能的路线 |
| 306 | of a previous expedition. | 前一次探险 |
| 307 | They relied on the past. | 他们依靠过去 |
| 308 | But eventually, they | 但最终,他们 |
| 309 | reached a height where precedent | 达到先例的高度 |
| 310 | could no longer offer guidance. | 不再能提供指导。 |
| 311 | And they disagreed on | 他们不同意 |
| 312 | the best approach. | 最好的办法。 |
| 313 | Debating | 备注 |
| 314 | in freezing weather, | 在寒冷的天气中, |
| 315 | oxygen deprived, exhausted | 缺氧、耗尽 |
| 316 | after trekking back to camp through a | 回到营地后 |
| 317 | snowstorm, they had | 暴风雪,他们有 |
| 318 | plenty of excuses to | 有很多借口可以证明 |
| 319 | foreclose discussion. | 禁止讨论 |
| 320 | But they nonetheless | 不过他们还是 |
| 321 | listened to each other | 互相倾听 |
| 322 | for hours. | 几个小时。 |
| 323 | Because they recognized | 因为他们承认 |
| 324 | that the questions you care about | 你关心的问题 |
| 325 | the most are precisely | 最准确的就是 |
| 326 | the ones on which you should | 那些你应该做的 |
| 327 | invite the most | 最受邀请 |
| 328 | disagreement. | 意见不一致。 |
| 329 | And nor did they ever stop | 他们从未停止过 |
| 330 | assuming they were friends. | 假设他们是朋友。 |
| 331 | They played chess on a | 他们下棋了 |
| 332 | foldable board. | 可折叠板. |
| 333 | They read to each | 他们每个都读 |
| 334 | other from the Pickwick papers | 皮克威克报上的其他文件 |
| 335 | of Charles Dickens. | 查尔斯·狄更斯 |
| 336 | They sang | 他们唱歌 |
| 337 | old folk ballads about the Klondike | 有关克朗代克的古老民谣 |
| 338 | Gold Rush. | 黄金拉什. |
| 339 | They recognized that community | 他们承认社区 |
| 340 | doesn't depend | 这不取决于 |
| 341 | on agreement, | 关于协议, |
| 342 | but on commitment. | 但承诺。 |
| 343 | Commitment to extend | 承诺延长 |
| 344 | goodwill and to assume | 善意和承担 |
| 345 | good faith on the way | 路上有诚意 |
| 346 | to a shared goal. | 共同的目标。 |
| 347 | And though they differed on how they | 虽然他们对于自己的行为是分歧的, |
| 348 | should attack the mountain, | 应该进攻山上, |
| 349 | once a plan was agreed | 一旦计划达成协议 |
| 350 | upon, each one of them | 他们中的每个人, |
| 351 | did their part. | 做了他们该做的 |
| 352 | Bill House's | 比尔豪斯 |
| 353 | part included free | 包括免费 |
| 354 | climbing a 100 | 爬100号 |
| 355 | foot crevice. | 脚裂。 |
| 356 | This is considered one of the most | 这被认为是最 |
| 357 | challenging sections of the mountain | 充满挑战的山段 |
| 358 | and it's now called House's | 现在叫做豪斯的 |
| 359 | Chimney. | 烟囱. |
| 360 | But not even | 但连 |
| 361 | bravery, skill, or | 勇气、技能,或 |
| 362 | teamwork guarantees | 团队协作保障 |
| 363 | accomplishment. | 成绩。 |
| 364 | When the expedition was less than half | 远征不到一半的时候 |
| 365 | a mile below the peak, | 离山顶一英里 |
| 366 | they had to turn back. | 他们不得不回头。 |
| 367 | But they had still gone higher than | 但他们还是比 |
| 368 | anyone before them, and they | 在他们之前的人, |
| 369 | were able to do so because they | 他们能够这样做,因为他们 |
| 370 | relied on one another | 互相依赖 |
| 371 | and prioritized the | 并按优先顺序排列 |
| 372 | success of the entire | 整个组织的成功 |
| 373 | expedition over | 远征 |
| 374 | individual achievement. | 个人成就。 |
| 375 | Sixteen years later, the course | 16年后,课程 |
| 376 | they mapped was used | 它们被使用 |
| 377 | by the expedition that would become | 远征将变成 |
| 378 | the very first to summit | 第一次登顶 |
| 379 | K2. | K2型车. |
| 380 | And it remains | 依然如此 |
| 381 | the standard path today. | 今天的标准路径。 |
| 382 | Failing to | 未达到 |
| 383 | fulfill an ambition | 实现梦想 |
| 384 | isn't necessarily | 没必要 |
| 385 | the same thing as | 也一样 |
| 386 | failing. | 失败。 |
| 387 | Students, | 学生们, |
| 388 | though your climbing | 虽然你的攀登 |
| 389 | may be metaphorical, | 也许是比喻, |
| 390 | the lessons here | 这里的教训 |
| 391 | apply just as well. | 也一样。 |
| 392 | Strenuous preparation, | 艰难的准备, |
| 393 | mindfulness of the past, | 记得过去, |
| 394 | the generosity of | 慷慨解囊 |
| 395 | disagreement, the necessity | 异议、必要性 |
| 396 | of friendship and | 联合国 |
| 397 | community, faith | 社区、信仰 |
| 398 | in the incomplete. | 在不完全处。 |
| 399 | These are the routes that I hope | 我希望这些路线 |
| 400 | you will take up | 你会接受的 |
| 401 | the mountain of uncertainty. | 充满不确定性的山 |
| 402 | And there's one further hope | 还有一个希望 |
| 403 | I have for you, which is that you'll | 我有给你,这就是你会 |
| 404 | remember you're not | 记住你不是 |
| 405 | alone in not knowing. | 一个人在不知不觉中 |
| 406 | Yaleese have been | 耶鲁语已经 |
| 407 | learning through uncertainty | 通过不确定性学习 |
| 408 | for 325 | 325美元) |
| 409 | years. | 岁月 |
| 410 | In 1701, | 1701年时 |
| 411 | at the first ever | 第一次的时候 |
| 412 | Yale's Board of Trustees, | 耶鲁的董事会, |
| 413 | our founding Congregationalist | 我们的创始会 |
| 414 | ministers asserted | 部长说 |
| 415 | there shall be and hereby | 将有,并在此 |
| 416 | erected and formed | 建立和形成 |
| 417 | a collegiate school wherein | 联合学校,其中: |
| 418 | shall be taught the liberal | 将教授自由主义者 |
| 419 | arts and languages. | 艺术和语言。 |
| 420 | This formative declaration | 本形成宣言 |
| 421 | recalls the original derivation | 回顾最初的推论 |
| 422 | of the phrase liberal arts. | 自由艺术 |
| 423 | Liberal, in this context, | 自由,在这方面, |
| 424 | comes from the Latin | 来自拉丁语 |
| 425 | for free. | 免费的。 |
| 426 | And though | 虽然 |
| 427 | our university was originally envisioned | 我们的大学原来设想 |
| 428 | as a sanctuary of Calvinist | 作为加尔文主义的避难所 |
| 429 | orthodoxy, freedom | 正统,自由 |
| 430 | of thought has always prevailed | 思想总是占上风 |
| 431 | at Yale. | 在耶鲁大学 |
| 432 | In those first | 在那些第一个 |
| 433 | decades, our library housed | 几十年,我们的图书馆 |
| 434 | more than a few Puritan | 不止几个清教徒 |
| 435 | texts, but it also | 文本,但同时也 |
| 436 | included books on Galileo | 包括关于伽利略的书籍 |
| 437 | and Newton | 和牛顿 |
| 438 | and Descartes, stoicism | 和笛卡尔,斯图主义 |
| 439 | and idealism | 和理想主义 |
| 440 | and empiricism, | 和模范, |
| 441 | anatomy, medicine, | 解剖学 医学 |
| 442 | world history, and | 世界历史,以及 |
| 443 | all manner of doctrinal | 各种理论 |
| 444 | controversies. | 争议。 |
| 445 | Theologian | 神学家 |
| 446 | John Calvin was | 约翰·加尔文 |
| 447 | studied alongside philosopher | 与哲学家一起学习 |
| 448 | John Locke. | 约翰·洛克 |
| 449 | Both | 两者 |
| 450 | students and professors were often | 学生和教授往往 |
| 451 | discomforted | 烦恼 |
| 452 | by this collision of ideas | 与思想的碰撞 |
| 453 | as apparently contradictory | 很明显是矛盾的 |
| 454 | as a painting | 作为画 |
| 455 | of a mountain | 山顶 |
| 456 | interrupted by the word, | 被这个词打断, |
| 457 | but even amid | 但即使是在中间 |
| 458 | perennial demands for censorship, | 常年要求审查, |
| 459 | all those bewildering | 那些令人困惑的人 |
| 460 | books remained in the library. | 书籍留在图书馆。 |
| 461 | Yale is | 耶鲁 |
| 462 | a place where you | 一个你的地方 |
| 463 | are free to | 自由地 |
| 464 | be uncertain. | 很难确定 |
| 465 | Where you are free to be uncertain | 在你自由无畏的地方 |
| 466 | along so many other | 带着这么多其他的 |
| 467 | courageous thinkers | 勇敢的思想家们 |
| 468 | who want to step beyond | 谁想超越 |
| 469 | what they already | 他们已经做的 |
| 470 | know. | 知道吗? |
| 471 | Uncertainty | 不确定性 |
| 472 | isn't something to fear. | 没有什么好害怕的 |
| 473 | Uncertainty is | 不确定性是 |
| 474 | something to welcome. | 东西欢迎。 |
| 475 | Uncertainty propels | 不确定螺旋桨 |
| 476 | the search for knowledge | 寻找知识 |
| 477 | because there would be no learning | 因为没有学习 |
| 478 | without uncertainty. | 没有不确定性。 |
| 479 | Uncertainty ties you | 不确定的联系 |
| 480 | to generations of exceptional | 世代相传 |
| 481 | students who preceded you here, | 之前在这里的学生, |
| 482 | who scratched their | 谁抓他们 |
| 483 | heads over the same questions, | 同样的问题, |
| 484 | though they may have offered different | 他们或许曾提出不同的建议, |
| 485 | answers. | 答问. |
| 486 | And uncertainty | 和不确定性 |
| 487 | ties you to the students | 把你和学生联系起来 |
| 488 | who will come after you, | 他将追随你, |
| 489 | who will inherit your answers | 谁将继承你的答案 |
| 490 | and ask their own questions. | 问他们自己的问题。 |
| 491 | The abiding lineage | 永恒的世系 |
| 492 | of knowing | 认识 |
| 493 | and not knowing | 却不知道 |
| 494 | should provoke awe. | 应该激起敬畏。 |
| 495 | The awe of joining a community | 加入社团的敬畏 |
| 496 | that spans centuries. | 跨越几个世纪 |
| 497 | Class of 2030, | 2030级, |
| 498 | may the next four | 可能接下来的4个 |
| 499 | years teach you | 数年教你 |
| 500 | that uncertainty is | 不确定性是 |
| 501 | not a boundary, | 不是边界, |
| 502 | but a bond. | 但却是束缚 |
| 503 | Not a cause for anxiety, | 不是焦虑的原因, |
| 504 | but a summons to partake | 但传票 参加 |
| 505 | in a collaboration | 协作 |
| 506 | that transcends you. | 这超越了你。 |
| 507 | May you learn here | 愿你在这里学习 |
| 508 | how | 怎么样 |
| 509 | to be uncertain | 不确定 |
| 510 | together. | 一起来 |
| 511 | Thank you, and welcome Tiao. | 谢谢,欢迎小弟 |
| 512 | Applause | 鼓掌 |
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