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翻译职业的难题

Not that you want to turn yourself into one of the greatest translators they’ve ever seen, but for the sake of argument, there’s nothing to stop you if that’s what you want it. Being ordinary is not going to stop it. Cassius Clay was ordinary – he became Muhammad Ali. And he never went to university, not even one not famous.

Except that you don’t seem to want it, and that’s the rub.

You seem to have a lot of doubt about yourself, what you want for your own future and even the future of translation the business as a whole, for what otherwise are these talks of “its prospect”, “getting older”, “is it fit” for?

In between the lines, it appears you worry a lot about the past (having come from humble roots, a university not famous, etc.) and the future (what it holds for you).

The way I see it, you should be worrying about what you’re doing now instead of the future or the past. The past is but a memory. It’s not real. If I, for example, chose not to believe any of your stories, could you prove to me all the pain you seem to have suffered from attending a university not famous? No, I’m not talking about your diploma. I’m talking about feelings and emotions, the experience. Could you re-live it for me, with each and every particular?

Similarly the future isn’t real. It doesn’t exist except as an idea in your head. My point is, if you enjoy having ideas about the future, such as it is, why not create some nicer scenarios?