Taylor Swift's NYU Commencement Speech (2022)

Last time I was in a stadium this size, I was dancing in heels and wearing a glittery leotard緊身連體衣.

上次我身處如此規模的體育場時，我正穿著高跟鞋跳舞，身披亮片緊身衣。

This outfit is much more comfortable.

這套服裝要舒適得多。

I would like to say a huge thank you to NYU's Chair of the Board of Trustees受託人, Bill Berkley, and all the trustees受託人 and members of the board.

我想向紐約大學校董會主席比爾·伯克利以及所有校董和董事會成員致以最誠摯的謝意。

NYU's President Andrew Hamilton, Provost教務長（大學高階行政官員） Katherine Fleming, and the faculty and alumni here today, who have made this day possible.

感謝紐約大學校長安德魯·漢密爾頓、教務長凱瑟琳·弗萊明，以及在座的教職員工和校友，是你們讓今天成為可能。

I feel so proud to share this day with my fellow honorees受表彰者 Susan Hockfield and Félix Matos Rodríguez, who humble謙遜的 me with the ways they improve our world with their work.

能與我的同獲殊榮者蘇珊·霍克菲爾德和費利克斯·馬託斯·羅德里格斯分享這一天，我感到無比自豪，他們的工作改善了我們世界的方式讓我深感謙卑。

As for me, I'm 90% sure the main reason I'm here is because I have a song called "22."

至於我，我有九成把握我來這裡的主要原因是因為我有一首叫《22》的歌。

And let me just say, I am elated興高采烈的 to be here with you today, as we celebrate and graduate New York University's Class of 2022.

請允許我說，能和大家一起慶祝並見證紐約大學2022屆畢業生的畢業時刻，我欣喜若狂。

Not a single one of us here today has done it alone.

今天在座的我們中，沒有一個人是獨自取得成功的。

We are each a patchwork quilt of those who have loved us, those who have believed in our futures,

我們每個人都是由那些愛過我們、相信我們未來的人拼湊而成的百衲衣。

those who showed us empathy同理心 and kindness, or told us the truth, even when it wasn't easy to hear.

是那些向我們展現同理心與善意的人，或是那些即便真相難以啟齒也依然對我們坦誠相待的人。

Those who told us we could do it when there was absolutely no proof of that.

是那些在我們毫無勝算時仍告訴我們“你能行”的人。

Someone read stories to you and taught you to dream and offered up some moral code of right and wrong for you to try and live by.

有人為你朗讀故事，教你去夢想，併為你提供一套道德準則供你踐行。

Someone tried their best to explain every concept in this insanely瘋狂的 complex world to the child that was you,

有人曾竭盡全力向年幼的你解釋這個瘋狂複雜世界裡的每一個概念，

as you asked a bazillion無數 questions, like how does the moon work and why can we eat salad, but not grass?

就像你問了無數個問題：月亮是怎麼運作的？為什麼我們可以吃沙拉卻不能吃草？

And maybe they didn't do it perfectly—no one ever can.

也許他們做得並不完美——畢竟沒人能做到完美無缺。

Maybe they aren't with us anymore.

也許他們已不在我們身邊。

In that case, I hope you'll remember them today.

如果是這樣，我希望你們今天能想起他們。

If they are in this stadium, I hope you'll find your own way to express your gratitude for all the steps and missteps失足 that have led us to this common destination.

如果他們就在本體育場內，希望你們能找到自己的方式，表達對引領我們走向這一共同終點的所有嘗試與失誤的感激之情。

I know that words are supposed to be my thing, but I will never be able to find the words to thank my mom and dad, my brother Austin, for the sacrifices犧牲.

我知道言語本該是我的強項，但我永遠無法找到合適的詞句來感謝我的父母和哥哥奧斯汀所做出的犧牲。

They made every day, so I could go from singing in coffeehouses to standing up here with you all today, because no words would ever be enough.

是他們讓每一天都變得不同，使我得以從在咖啡館唱歌走到今天站在你們面前，因為任何言語都無法表達這份恩情。

To all the incredible parents, family members, mentors, teachers, allies盟友, friends, and loved ones here today, who have supported these students in their pursuit of educational enrichment豐富.

致所有在此支援這些學生追求教育深造的傑出父母、家人、導師、盟友、老師和摯愛們。

Let me say to you now: Welcome to New York.

現在我要對你們說：歡迎來到紐約。

It's been waiting for you.

它一直在等待你們的到來。

I'd like to thank NYU for making me technically, on paper at least, a doctor.

我想感謝紐約大學，至少在紙面上，讓我成為了博士。

Not the type of doctor you would want around in case of an emergency,

這種醫生可不是你在緊急情況下希望出現在身邊的型別，

unless your specific emergency was that you desperately needed to hear a song with a catchy hook and an intensely cathartic宣洩情感的 bridge section.

除非你的緊急情況是急需聽到一首擁有抓耳旋律和極具情感宣洩感副歌的歌曲。

Or if your emergency was that you needed a person who can name over 50 breeds of cats in one minute.

或者如果你的緊急情況是需要在一分鐘內叫出超過 50 種貓的品種。

I never got to have a normal college experience, per se.

我從未真正擁有過正常的大學經歷。

I went to public high school until 10th grade and then finished my education, doing homeschool work on the floors of airport terminals.

我在公立高中讀到十年級，之後便在機場航站樓的地板上完成在家自學的學業。