我覺得，你們之所以擔憂，是因為你們不想僅僅是獲得傳統意義上的成功，而且要活得有價值。可是你們不清楚“魚”與“熊掌”怎樣才能“兼得”。你們不清楚是否，一家擁有著名品牌的企業提供的數目可觀的並且預期著你未來財富的起薪，可以讓你們的靈魂得到滿足。
why are you worried? partly it is our fault. we have told you from the moment you arrived here that you will be the leaders responsible for the future, that you are the best and the brightest on whom we will all depend, that you will change the world. we have burdened you with no small expectations. and you have already done remarkable things to fulfill them: your dedication to service demonstrated in your extracurricular engagements, your concern about the future of the planet expressed in your vigorous championing of sustainability, your reinvigoration of american politics through engagement in this year's presidential contests.
然而，你們為什麼擔憂呢？這部分地是我們的責任。當你們一踏進這個學校，我們就告訴你們：你們將成為領導未來的中堅人物，你們將成為美國人民依賴的最頂尖、最傑出的精英，你們將改變整個世界。我們“望子成龍”的期望使你們背上了負擔。而你們為了實現這些期望也已經做得很好：在對課外活動的從事中，你們展示出對於服務性工作的奉獻精神；從對可持續發展的熱情擁護，你們表達出對這個星球的關懷；通過對今年總統競選的參與，你們做出了希望使美國政治重新恢復活力的實際行動。
but many of you are now wondering how these commitments fit with a career choice. is it necessary to decide between remunerative work and meaningful work? if it were to be either/or, which would you choose? is there a way to have both?
但你們中的很多人現在會問，“怎樣才能把做這些有價值的事情和一個職業選擇結合起來呢？”“是否必須在一份有報酬卻沒價值的工作和一份有價值卻沒報酬的工作間做出抉擇呢？”“如果是一個單選題，您會選哪一個？”“有沒有折中的辦法？”
you are asking me and yourselves fundamental questions about values, about trying to reconcile potentially competing goods, about recognizing that it may not be possible to have it all. you are at a moment of transition that requires making choices. and selecting one option — a job, a career, a graduate program — means not selecting others. every decision means loss as well as gain — possibilities foregone as well as possibilities embraced. your question to me is partly about that — about loss of roads not taken.
你們在問我，也是問你們自己問題，即關於價值觀的根本性的問題。你們在試圖調解兩個商品潛在的相互競爭，承認也許不可能兼得兩者。你們在經歷一次人生的轉折，而這個轉折需要你們自己做出一些決定。選擇一條道路——一份工作、一項事業或一個研究生課題——不單單是在選擇東西。每個決定都意味著“得”與“失”——過去與未來的種種可能。你們問我的問題其實有幾分是關於“失”，即你放棄的那條道路讓你失去了什麼。
finance, wall street, “recruiting” have become the symbol of this dilemma, representing a set of issues that is much broader and deeper than just one career path. these are issues that in one way or another will at some point face you all — as you graduate from medical school and choose a specialty — family practice or dermatology, as you decide whether to use your law degree to work for a corporate firm or as a public defender, as you decide whether to stay in teaching after your two years with tfa. you are worried because you want to have both a meaningful life and a successful one; you know you were educated to make a difference not just for yourself, for your own comfort and satisfaction, but for the world around you. and now you have to figure out the way to make that possible.