十六舊金中譯版

最近每天上班的第一件事, 就是把每天的鼓勵金句傳送給各位同事。也不知他們會不會看及細會箇中意味, 若10個人有1、2個能被金句鼓勵, 我想已算得到一點效果。

原句是英語的, 因部份同事的英語水準不算太高, 自己便順道把它們譯作中文一起傳送出去。

老闆說我那些中文奇奇怪怪。我也明白翻譯是有點竅門, 有時候就是給原句的意思困死了。

以下是首16天的鼓勵金句, 若中文譯句譯得不好的, 請隨意多加指點。


Day1:
"Forget about all the reasons why something may not work.
You only need to find one good reason why it will." - Dr. Robert Anthony
"忘記可能阻礙你前進的所有因素吧。你只需要尋找到一個會讓你成功的好理由。"

Day 2:
"You can do anything you set your mind to when you have Vision,
Determination, and an Endless Supply of Expendable Labor.
"當你擁有願景、決心及肯付出無窮無盡的努力, 你便能作出任何內心所願望的事情。"

Day 3:
"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present." – Bill Keane.
"昨天是過去, 明天是將來, 今天則是一份禮物。
不相信的話看看英語的「Present」吧,
可譯作「現在」, 亦有「禮物」的意思。"

Day 4:
“You can if you think you can” – George Reeves.
"相信能便能。"

Day 5:
"Think big thoughts, but relish small pleasures.” – Jackson Brown,Jr.
"想大念頭, 享小滿足。"

Day 6:
"A diamond is merely a lump of coal that did well under pressure."
"玉不琢,不成器。"

Day 7:
"When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place."
"在你決定放棄前, 請想想是什麼令你支持到此時此刻。"

Day 8:
"If one dream should fall and break into a thousand pieces, never be afraid to pick one of those pieces up and begin again. " – Flavia Weedn
"若夢想是會破滅兼散落得體無完膚, 請不要害怕拾起它的碎片, 讓自己的夢想重新築起來。"

Day 9:
"The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning. " – Ivy Baker
"世界是圓的。看似是盡頭是終點的地方, 同時也可以是一個新出發點。"

Day 10:
"While most are dreaming of success, WINNERS wake up and work hard to achieve it."
"不少朋友也夢想著「成功」, 能夠獲得勝利的只會是每天起床後努力去讓它實現的人。"

Day 11:
"Problems are only opportunities with thorns on them." – Hugh Miller
"困難, 只是有刺的機會。"

Day 12:
"Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together." - Vincent Van Gogh
"大成就的出現是從一點一滴累積而成, 絶不會突如其來的發生。"

Day 13:
"One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better." - Col. Harland Sanders.
"請記著入任何失敗也可以讓你將來做得更好的踏腳石。"

Day 14:
"A goal is a dream with a deadline." – Napoleon Hill
"目標, 就是一個訂下了期限的夢想。"

Day 15:
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. " – T.S. Eliot
"只有願意向遠方出發冒險的人, 才能知道自己可以去得多遠。"

Day 16:
"The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." - Vincent J. Lombardi
"成功者跟其他人之間所差異的, 與其比較天生優勢或博學知識, 倒不如認清楚「意志不夠堅定」這個才是重點。"