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紧身连体衣.

上次我身处如此规模的体育场时，我正穿着高跟鞋跳舞，身披亮片紧身衣。

This outfit is much more comfortable.

这套服装要舒适得多。

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

我想向纽约大学校董会主席比尔·伯克利以及所有校董和董事会成员致以最诚挚的谢意。

NYU's President Andrew Hamilton, Provost教务长（大学高级行政官员） Katherine Fleming, and the faculty and alumni here today, who have made this day possible.

感谢纽约大学校长安德鲁·汉密尔顿、教务长凯瑟琳·弗莱明，以及在座的教职员工和校友，是你们让今天成为可能。

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

能与我的同获殊荣者苏珊·霍克菲尔德和费利克斯·马托斯·罗德里格斯分享这一天，我感到无比自豪，他们的工作改善了我们世界的方式让我深感谦卑。

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

至于我，我有九成把握我来这里的主要原因是因为我有一首叫《22》的歌。

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

请允许我说，能和大家一起庆祝并见证纽约大学2022届毕业生的毕业时刻，我欣喜若狂。

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

今天在座的我们中，没有一个人是独自取得成功的。

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

我们每个人都是由那些爱过我们、相信我们未来的人拼凑而成的百衲衣。

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

是那些向我们展现同理心与善意的人，或是那些即便真相难以启齿也依然对我们坦诚相待的人。

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

是那些在我们毫无胜算时仍告诉我们“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.

有人为你朗读故事，教你去梦想，并为你提供一套道德准则供你践行。

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

有人曾竭尽全力向年幼的你解释这个疯狂复杂世界里的每一个概念，

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

就像你问了无数个问题：月亮是怎么运作的？为什么我们可以吃沙拉却不能吃草？

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

也许他们做得并不完美——毕竟没人能做到完美无缺。

Maybe they aren't with us anymore.

也许他们已不在我们身边。

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

如果是这样，我希望你们今天能想起他们。

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.

如果他们就在本体育场内，希望你们能找到自己的方式，表达对引领我们走向这一共同终点的所有尝试与失误的感激之情。

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牺牲.

我知道言语本该是我的强项，但我永远无法找到合适的词句来感谢我的父母和哥哥奥斯汀所做出的牺牲。

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.

是他们让每一天都变得不同，使我得以从在咖啡馆唱歌走到今天站在你们面前，因为任何言语都无法表达这份恩情。

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丰富.

致所有在此支持这些学生追求教育深造的杰出父母、家人、导师、盟友、老师和挚爱们。

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

现在我要对你们说：欢迎来到纽约。

It's been waiting for you.

它一直在等待你们的到来。

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

我想感谢纽约大学，至少在纸面上，让我成为了博士。

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

这种医生可不是你在紧急情况下希望出现在身边的类型，

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

除非你的紧急情况是急需听到一首拥有抓耳旋律和极具情感宣泄感副歌的歌曲。

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

或者如果你的紧急情况是需要在一分钟内叫出超过 50 种猫的品种。

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

我从未真正拥有过正常的大学经历。

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

我在公立高中读到十年级，之后便在机场航站楼的地板上完成在家自学的学业。