公众人物毕业演讲第178期:桑德伯格2012哈佛商学院(3)

 　　Not just those of us lucky enough to go to HBS

　　不仅是那些能到HBS读书的幸运儿

　　but anyone with access to Facebook, to Twitter, to a mobile phone

　　而是任何能上Facebook Twitter或者有手机的人

　　This is disrupting traditional power structures

　　这正在打破传统的权利结构

　　and leveling traditional hierarchy¹

　　让传统的阶层界限变得模糊

　　Voice and power are shifting from institutions to individuals

　　话语权正从机构转向个人

　　from the historically powerful to the historically powerless

　　从曾经有权有势的人转向普通人

　　And all of this is happening so much faster

　　而且这一切的变化速度远远超出了

　　than I could have ever imagined

　　当时坐在今天你们所坐的

　　when I was sitting where you are today

　　位置上的我的想像

　　and Mark Zuckerberg was 11 years old

　　那时候 马克·扎克伯格才十一岁

　　As the world becomes more connected and less hierarchical

　　当世界变得更紧密 界限更模糊时

　　traditional career paths are shifting as well

　　传统的职业生涯也在发生变化

　　In 2001, after working in the government

　　2001年 在为政府工作了几年之后

　　I moved out to Silicon² Valley to try to find a job

　　我搬到硅谷 找到一份工作

　　My timing³ wasn't really that good

　　当时并不是个好时机

　　The bubble had crashed

　　泡沫破灭了

　　Small companies were closing

　　小公司都在倒闭

　　Big companies were laying people off

　　大公司都在裁员

　　One women CEO looked at me and said

　　一个女性CEO看着我说

　　we would never even think about hiring someone like you

　　我们根本不会考虑招你这样的人

　　After a while I had a few offers and I had to make a decision

　　过了一段时间 我拿到几个offers 需要做决定了

　　so what did I do? I am MBA trained

　　那么我是怎么做的呢？由于我受过MBA的训练

　　so I made a spreadsheet

　　所以我做了一个Excel表

　　I listed my jobs in the columns

　　我把工作都列了出来

　　and the things for my criteria in the rows

　　并且一行行把我的评判标准也列了出来

　　and compared the companies, the missions, and the roles

　　比较公司的远景 工作的职责等

　　One of the jobs on that sheet was

　　表格中有一个工作

　　to become Google's first Business Unit general manager

　　是去做Google的第一个业务部总经理

　　which sounds good now

　　这现在听起来很不错

　　but at the time no one thought

　　但是当时没人相信

　　consumer internet companies could ever make money

　　直接面对消费者的互联网公司可以赚钱

　　I was not sure there was actually a job there at all

　　我都不敢确定那儿是不是真有这样的职位

1 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。

2 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

3 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。