公众人物毕业演讲第187期:桑德伯格2012哈佛商学院(12)

 　　We need to start talking about how women underestimate their abilities

　　我们要讨论 女性相比男性

　　compared to men and for women

　　为什么会低估自己的能力

　　but not men

　　而且和男性不同

　　success and likeability are negatively correlated

　　对于女性 成功和受欢迎程度是反向相关的

　　That means that as a woman is more successful in your workplaces

　　这意味着一个女性在事业上越成功

　　she will be less liked

　　她就会越不受人喜爱

　　This means that women

　　这意味着女性

　　need a different form of management and mentorship

　　需要另一种形式的管理和辅导

　　a different form of sponsorship and encouragement

　　另一种形式的支持和鼓励

　　and some protection

　　甚至一些保护

　　in some ways, more than men

　　在某些方面 要比男性有更多的保护

　　And there aren't enough senior women out there to do it

　　而且现在有资历做这些的女性还太少

　　so it falls upon the men who are graduating today

　　所以在座的男性毕业生们要和女性毕业生们

　　just as much or more as the women

　　一起肩负起这个责任 甚至更多

　　not just to talk about gender¹

　　不仅仅讨论性别

　　but to help these women succeed

　　而且要帮助女性取得成功

　　When they hear a woman is really great at her job but not liked

　　当听到一个工作上很优秀的女性不为人爱戴

　　take a deep breath and ask why

　　深呼吸一下 问问自己这是为什么

　　We need to start talking openly about

　　我们需要公开地探讨

　　the flexibility² all of us need to have both a job and a life

　　我们都需要的灵活机制来平衡工作和生活

　　A couple of weeks ago in an interview I said that

　　几周前我接受了一个采访

　　I leave the office at 5:30 p.m. to have dinner with my children

　　我说我会5点半离开公司去和我的小孩吃晚饭

　　And I was shocked at the press coverage

　　而媒体报道让我震惊了

　　One of my friends said

　　我的一个朋友说

　　she wasn't sure I couldn't get more headlines 她不确定 就算我用斧子砍人

　　if I had murdered someone with an ax

　　是否能上一样多的头条

　　I told her I wasn't really interested in trying that

　　我告诉她我对砍人没兴趣

　　But this showed me

　　不过这让我明白

　　this is an unresolved issue for all of us

　　对于我们所有人不管是男人还是女人

　　for men and women

　　这是个未解决的问题

　　Otherwise

　　要不是这样

　　why would everyone write so much about it

　　为什么大家会对此有那么多评论

　　And maybe, most importantly

　　也许 最重要的是

　　we need to start talking about how fewer women than men

　　我们应该开始讨论为什么只有少数的女性

　　even from places like HBS, most likely even in this class

　　即便来自HBS 即便是你们这届毕业生

　　aspire to the very top jobs

　　渴望坐上最高的领导职位

　　We will not close the leadership gap

　　我们无法弥补领导岗位上的差距

　　until we close the professional ambition gap

　　除非我们先弥补职业抱负上的差距

1 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

2 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。