演讲文本

You don't pollute anything, you don't make dangerous chemicals, you don't hurt the

你不会造成环境污染 不会生产危险化学品

environment, the worst thing you can do

你做得最糟糕也只不过是

is not raise the human spirit

不能提高人类精神文明

That's really the worst thing you can do

你没办法做更糟糕的事情

Number 8, do not judge your own success by the success of others

第8点 不要用别人的成功来衡量你自己

I was very fortunate. When I start out as a comedian

我很幸运 我刚开始搞喜剧时

I was the only comedian I knew

只认识我自己一位喜剧演员

So consequently, I had no idea how terrible I was

因为没有比较 我不知道自己有多烂

When I was doing old people's birthday parties for the state for $10 a day

我曾在一个老头的生日宴上讲笑话 日进10美元

I thought, hehe, I had made it, 10 bucks a day

我心想 嘿嘿 我太厉害了 一天赚了10美元

Betsy, you like comedians?

贝琪 你喜欢喜剧演员吗

That's what it was. It was a nightmare. I had no idea how bad I was

情况就是这样了 简直是噩梦 我不知道自己有多烂

But by the time I got to Los Angeles

之后我去了洛杉矶

and met Letterman and Robin Williams and Jerry Seinfeld

碰到了莱特曼 罗宾·威廉姆斯 杰瑞·宋飞

I've been doing it for a few years, I wasn't thrown how good the competition was

我干了几年 一直都没被残酷竞争所击溃

Number 9

第9点

Never turn down a job because of the money

不要因为钱拒绝一份工作

only turn it down because you don't like it

拒绝工作只能是因为你不喜欢它

Money will come later. Don't even worry about it

钱以后会来 不要担心它

Number 10

第10点

It's nice to believe in yourself

相信自己很好

it's better to have other people believe in you

让其他人相信你会更好

That really worth much better

真的要好很多

Number 11, here's another rule I observed

第11点 这是我观察到的另一条规则

If you can stay in this business for seven years

如果你能在这个行业待七年

you can stay in the rest of your life

那么你一辈子都可以待在这个行业中

By that I mean, if you can physically make it to the stage

我说的也就是 如果你能走到台上

all the recording studio, all the movie set for seven years without screwing up

完成所有录音录像 七年而不搞砸

you will make a living in this business. I know that sounds simplistic

你就能在这个行业干一辈子 我知道这有些简单化

but think of all the careers that can be sidelined

不过想想所有那些

by greed and envy and drugs and alcohol, sex, ego

能够被贪婪 嫉妒 毒品 酒精 性 自负搞砸的行业

it's usually never your talent or your abilities that you're in, it's one of those things

通常 让你能够待在行业中的并不是你的才能

So keep your eye on the ball

时刻警惕那些东西 我总都地方可以回

人物简介和演讲视频

人物简介

杰·雷诺是美国脱口秀主持人，从1992年至2009年一直在NBC电视台主持脱口秀《杰·雷诺今夜秀》，而期间该节目一直保持着高收视率，甚至位于每周收视榜首。本视频是杰·雷诺在母校爱默生学院的毕业演讲，他讲到了自己从一文不名成长为全美顶尖喜剧明星的过程，并给学生提出了20点建议。