“我負責改變世界,你負責享受人生”:扎克伯格 給二女兒的信

扎克伯格 Facebook 雞湯 教育 MBA中國網 2017-09-02

【訊】就在幾天前,小扎迎來了他的第二個女兒。對於爸爸而言,最大的快樂莫過於看到自己女兒的誕生,而且還連著兩個!都說女兒是爸爸的“貼心小棉襖”,穿著兩件“小棉襖”小扎這輩子可要暖死了。

“我負責改變世界,你負責享受人生”:扎克伯格 給二女兒的信

Facebook目前是全球市值排名全球第五(比阿里巴巴還多出一個身位),這家超級公司的CEO小扎只是一個80後(84年生),又有兩位“小公主”陪伴,真是不折不扣的人生贏家。

開心壞了的小扎,連忙在自家的平臺--Facebook上,發表了一封父愛濃濃的信,大致對剛出生的女兒表達了“我負責改變世界,你負責享受人生”的意思,不禁讓人覺得這小姑娘上輩子肯定拯救了世界,這胎投得也太好了吧。。。

下面是信的全文,以及筆者我的原創翻譯:

Dear August,

*因為出生在8月,所以取名為 August...這很“小扎”。我覺得翻成“小八月”會顯得很萌(趙薇女兒是不是叫“小四月”?),如果翻成“奧古斯特”,這畫風就有點詭異了。

歡迎來到這個世界!我和你媽媽都非常期待看到你在這個世界所扮演的角色。

*welcome to…:歡迎來到…

*be excited to do sth.:興奮地做某事

*who you will become:你將會成為的角色(名詞性從句)

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up in — a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality. We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology, your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen. Even though headlines often focus on what's wrong, we still believe these positive trends will win out. We're optimists about your generation and the future.

*grow up:成長

*with all the advances in science and technology:隨著科技的發展

*live dramatically better lives:過更好的生活(live a …life:過一個怎樣的生活)

*have a responsibility to:有…的責任

*do one’s part:做好自己的本職工作

*make…happen:讓…發生

*headlines:新聞頭條

*win out:勝出、最後獲得成功

*be optimistic about:對…樂觀

但與其告訴你如何成長,我和你媽媽更願意聊聊你的童年。當你長大了,你一定會面對一個無比嚴肅、正經的世界,這就是為什麼要趁著童年好好玩的原因。

*rather than:與其…

*it’s important to do sth.:做某事很重要

*make time:抽出時間

You will be busy when you're older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now. I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp. I hope you ride the carousel with Max until you've tamed every color horse. I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yard as you want. And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you're a great sleeper. And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

*take time to:盡情做某事(慢慢去做)

*Dr. Seuss:蘇斯博士,20世紀最卓越的兒童文學家,全球銷量2.5億冊。

*invent:發明(創造)

*Vipper of Vipp:來自蘇斯博士的《Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!》一書

*carousel:旋轉木馬

*tame:征服(在文中就是“騎遍”)

*take lots of naps:多多打盹

Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the future. You've got us for that, and we'll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.

一個人的童年是很奇妙的,你只有一次當小孩的機會,所以,不要太擔心你的未來,有我們呢!我們會為了你和其他的孩子,竭盡所能,改變這個世界。

*magical:神奇的、奇妙的

*spend…doing…:把…耗在…上

*worry too much about:對…太擔心

*do everything one possibly can to …:竭盡全力做某事

August, we love you so much and we're so excited to go on this adventure with you. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

“小八月”,我們很愛你!我們也很興奮,因為我們將一同在這個世界冒險。希望你的一生都充滿快樂和愛,正如你帶給我們的一樣。

*go on sth.:進行某事

*a life of joy:充滿快樂的一生

Love,

Mom and Dad

愛你的,

媽媽、爸爸

“我負責改變世界,你負責享受人生”:扎克伯格 給二女兒的信

小扎的老婆 普莉希拉·陳 上輩子肯定也拯救了地球

人間至味是清歡,這封信的語言讀起來雖然感覺簡單、質樸、平實,但充滿了濃濃的愛意,這正是人間最好的味道。

小扎是筆者我非常喜歡的硅谷領袖,是在互聯網世界馳騁的王者,回到家又是一位溫柔體貼的丈夫和父親,心有猛虎,細嗅薔薇。不禁要為他點個贊!

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