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I was afraid. The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I w

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问题 I was afraid. The truth is, I was afraid the day I walked into Stanford. And I was afraid the day I walked out. I was scared of leaving the protective bubble of this place for places unknown, during uncertain economic times. And I was scared of squandering the incredible gift of my Stanford experience on pursuits that weren’t commensurate with expectations I, and others, had of me. I was scared of not doing it all, of making irrevocable mistakes.
If you’re scared today, let me ask you this: What will you do with your fear? Will you let it become a motivator, or an inhibitor? You are the only one who can answer that. But what I can offer as guidance, and reassurance, is a story: the story of one Stanford grad’s process of stumbling and searching to find a place in the world, oftentimes in the face of her fears.
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答案     我也曾心怀恐惧。老实说，在我走进斯坦福大学的那天，我害怕；在我走出的那天，我同样害怕。我害怕离开这保护我的安全地方；害怕去面对经济动荡、前途未卜的未来；我害怕虚掷从斯坦福里学得的、足以夸耀众人的知识和经验；害怕把它们浪费在与自己和别人的期望都不相称的工作上；我害怕无所事事；害怕犯下不可挽回的过失。
    如果今天的你同样害怕，让我来问你：“你要如何面对你的恐惧?是化恐惧为动力，还是因此而裹足不前?”这个问题只有你自己能够回答。但我的故事也许对你有所裨益。这是一个脸上时时写满恐惧的斯坦福大学的新生在世界上跌跌撞撞，努力谋求一席之地的故事。
解析 1．第一段第一句中注意was这个过去时态，表明是过去的事，所以译成“我也曾心怀恐惧”。
2．由于是演讲辞，所以第一段第二句中The truth is不宜翻译成“事实是”，翻译成“老实说”更好，更能体现演讲词的特点。
3．第一段第三句和第二句后半句结构相同，可以译成排比结构，加强语气。
4．第一段第四句到段尾，基本都是以I was scared of…为首的并列结构，译文也用并列结构的形式翻译出来，不过可以省掉类似的成分，变简洁些，译为“我害怕……，害怕……”。
5．第一段第四句中，the protective bubble of this place翻译成“这个地方的保护泡泡”就拗口了，译成“这个保护我的安全地方”。
6．第一段第五句很长，拆译成两句“我害怕虚掷从斯坦福里学得的、足以夸耀众人的知识和经验；害怕把它们浪费在与自己和别人的期望都不相称的工作上”。翻译这句时，一定要弄清其中的逻辑关系，弄明白that从句所指代的内容，以及省略了that的从句I，and others，had of me所修饰的成分。
7．第二段中的Will you let it become a motivator，or an inhibitor?与前面句子主语一致，可以省掉主语，译成“是化恐惧为动力，还是因此而裹足不前?”
8．第二段最后一句中的the story of one Stanford grad’s process of stumbling and searching to find aplace in the world，oftentimes in the face of her fears，注意翻译时调整语序，译为“这是一个脸上时时写满恐惧的斯坦福大学的新生在世界上跌跌撞撞，努力地谋求一席之地的故事”。
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