乔伊·曼加诺:回首发明路
2016-11-30乔伊·曼加诺,小狐
乔伊·曼加诺:回首发明路
Track 5
by Joy Mangano
翻译:小狐
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说起发明家,估计大多数人第一时间都会想起爱迪生吧?很少有人会把“发明家”和“女性”联系在一起。2015年末一部名为《奋斗的乔伊》(Joy)的电影把当代女发明家、企业家乔伊·曼加诺变成了网络红人。1990年,她用一把魔术拖把正式开启了自己的发明生涯,到目前为止她已为自己的一百多项发明申请了专利。白手起家的乔伊一路走来遇到过各种艰难险阻,现在一起来听听她对追梦的年轻人有什么金玉良言。
My name is Joy Mangano, and I’m an inventor, a product designer. I am an1)on-air2)celebrity with that product in this3)electronic retailing industry. I am an4)entrepreneur, and beyond that, I’m a mother and part of a wonderful family, which is part of a wonderful business, so it kind of all comes together.
On Facing Hardships
There are times where, there are always times where we go through life and we say, “I don’t know if I can.” You know, it might be that you’re5)juggling family with work,and many things, friends, social, business, and we tend to say, “I just can’t do it all.” But, if you stopped and you realize that you’re not alone and that other people have followed a path—it may not be the exact path, but have followed that path—it gives me, and I would hope other women, that sense of “Let me give that another try. Maybe I can do that.”And I do believe you can.
On Emotion
The emotion of joy is…got such a6)multitude of7)facets in it, um, you know, it was very fortunate that my name was Joy, because people always8)assumed I would be9)joyous,right? Um, but, you know, that is what I10)strive for in life,that beautiful, wonderful gift of life, of happiness. And I don’t know that you really have to pay a price to get there, but life is life, and, you know, you have to go through certain things, and it’s not always joyous, so it depends on how you11)absorb the not so joyous and what you do with them to always have that goal—which I have always had—to have that happiness in life, truly, true inner happiness.
1) on-air 在电视或广播中出现的,实况转播的
2) celebrity [sɪ'lebrɪtɪ] n. 名人
3) electronic retailing industry 网络零售行业,电子商务零售业
4) entrepreneur [ɒntrəprə'nзː] n. 〈法〉企业家
5) juggle ['dʒʌgl] v. 尽力同时应付
6) multitude ['mʌltɪtjuːd] n. 大量
7) facet ['fæsɪt] n. 方面
8) assume [ə'sjuːm] v. 以为,想当然
9) joyous ['dʒɔɪəs] adj. 快乐的
10) strive for 争取
11) absorb [əb'sɔːb] v. 忍受,消减;吸取(知识)
On My Drive
So when we talk about12)ambition,13)drive,14)perseverance,15)relentlessness, I would say that’s a good description of me. (Laughs) I, um,you know, I am very16)passionate about life, and I feel that I’ve seen things clearly as a product designer. Um, I am always looking at the world through product, right? So when I see there’s a better way with a product for somebody, I have that17)vision and I just follow that path to get there. So it’s, you know, some people may18)define it as19)determination. I define it as something that comes very20)organic to me.
On Career Dreams
I think all young girls dream various dreams of“what I’m gonna be when I grow up,” and I, as well,did, and it’s so funny that I always felt in my dreams that there was something21)grand. But it, you know,wasn’t in the form of…of being an actress or a dancer or a singer. It was, I always, you know, when I started22)blowing up23)toasters to make them a new product, yeah, I…I didn’t even know that it was about making products that could help everyday life for…for anybody, and that, really, now I know that,that was kind of my dream.
On My Grandmother’s Influence
If I had to answer right away who was the most passionate person that influenced me, I would have to say it’s my grandmother, Mimi. And she was so amazing. She was this little24)pixilated person that, at a time where women didn’t really work hard through25)the Depression, you know, she was a waitress and she worked and she came home, and she cooked and she kept everything together, and…and she had a way about her that just was a guiding way for the family, and I think that I really absorbed that a lot as a young girl, and it, it’s taken me a long way from there. It’s helped me a lot.
12) ambition [æm'bɪʃən] n. 抱负,雄心
13) drive [draɪv] n. 动力,干劲
14) perseverance [ˌpзːsɪ'vɪərəns] n. 毅力
15) relentlessness [rɪ'lentlɪsnɪs] n. 坚韧,不屈不挠
16) passionate ['pæʃənət] adj. 充满热情的
17) vision ['vɪʒən] n. 洞察力
18) define [dɪ'faɪn] v. 下定义
19) determination [dɪtзːmɪ'neɪʃən] n. 决心
20) organic [ɔː'gænɪk] adj. 基本的,内核的
21) grand [grænd] adj. 宏大的
22) blow up 使变大
23) toaster ['təʊstə] n. 烤面包机,烤箱
24) pixilated ['pɪksɪleɪtɪd] adj. 疯疯癫癫的,极古怪的
25) the Depression 经济大萧条
参考译文
我叫乔伊·曼加诺,我是一个发明家、一个产品开发设计师。我是个电视销售名人,因为一件电商零售产品而闻名。我是个企业家,除此以外,我还是一位母亲、一个精彩家庭的一份子,而这个家庭也是精彩事业的一部分,所以就仿佛好事接踵而来。
关于面对困难
在我们的生活中,有些时候,应该说是经常会有那么些时候,我们会说:“我不知道自己能不能做到。”你知道的,可能是你正同时兼顾家庭与工作,还有许多其他事情,像朋友、社交、事业,而我们倾向于说:“我真的兼顾不了这么多。”但是,如果你停下来,你就会意识到,你并非孤军奋战,而且其他人都曾循着某条道路前行—或许并非是完全相同的路,但他们都曾循路前进—这给我一种感觉,这种感觉也是我希望其他女人能体会到的,即“让我再试一次,或许我能做到。”而我确实相信你们能够做到。
关于情感
“joy”这个词是……蕴含着太多不同的情感,唔,你知道,我的名字是“Joy”,这真是太幸运了,因为人们总会认为,我会是个快乐的人,对吧?嗯,但你知道,这也是我在生活中努力奋斗的目标,为着生活和幸福所赐予的美丽、绝妙的礼物而奋斗。而我不知道的是,你是否必须为此付出代价,但生活就是生活。而你知道,你必须要经历某些事情,那些事情并非总是快乐的,因此这取决于你如何消解那些不快乐的事,以及你如何应对它们,才能永远目标明确—我一直都目标明确—去追求生活的快乐,去真正地拥有真心的快乐。
关于我的动力
当我们谈到抱负、动力、毅力和坚韧的时候,我会说,那是对我本人的完美诠释。(大笑)我这个人,嗯,你知道,我对生活充满了热情,而且我觉得,作为一个产品开发设计师,我对事情总是看得很透彻。嗯,我一直透过产品来看世界,对吧?所以当我看到某个产品对于某位使用者还有改善的空间时,我能够察觉到那一点,然后我就沿着那条路去达成。所以,你知道,有些人可能将这定义为决心,而我将其看作是内在动力。
关于职业梦想
关于“我长大以后要做什么”,我想所有的年轻女孩都有着不同的梦想。而我,也有过各种梦想,而且特别有趣的是,我的梦想里总充满了某种宏大的念头。不过,你知道,我并不是梦想着成为……成为一名演员或舞者或歌手。而是,我总是,你知道,当我试着通过扩大烤箱的尺寸来开发出新产品时,是的,我……我那时甚至不知道这是在为……为其他人制造出能够改善日常生活的产品,而那,真的,现在我知道那就是我的梦想。
关于我外婆的影响
如果我必须一口答出,谁是最有热忱且对我影响巨大的人,我得说,是我的外婆米米。她真是太棒了。她就是那种有点神神叨叨的老太太,在那个女性并不用竭力工作来应对经济大萧条的年代,你知道,她曾是一名服务生,她上班工作,下班回家,为家人做饭,把一切事情处理得井井有条,而且……而且她还有着自己的做人方式,为全家人指明方向。我觉得,在我的年少时期,我真的深受她的影响,而她的精神伴我一路走来,让我受益匪浅。
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