And then he went to those who didn't get tenure and asked them, ?" "How are you feeling?"

然后他去找没得到终身职位的并问，“你们感觉如何“

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And he asked them, "How happy are you going to be, ?" if you get the tenure?"

他问他们“你会多快乐，如果你得到终身职位“

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So what he did was go to professors who were just before either getting the tenure decision: so either they were going to get the tenure or not.

他所做的是去访问,接受终身职位审核前的教授：,他们要么得到要么得不到。

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And he asked them, "What happens if you don't get tenure?

他问他们“如果得不到终身职位会怎样？

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Very little difference-- where we are, where we live, income levels, lottery, tenure, getting into our dream college, getting our dream job for you seniors-- you may have just gotten it.

微乎甚微的区别-,我们在哪里，我们生活在哪里，收入水平，是否中彩票，是否取得终身职位，入读理想中大学，找到理想工作，大四学生-,可能已经找到。

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Probably until we get tenure somewhere else.

可能直到我们在别处获得终身职位。

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But even then, that may not be enough."-- Because once you don't get tenure in one place, you don't go up in terms of the ranking of the school-- you very often would get tenure but elsewhere, school that is not considered as good as the one where you were rejected.

即使到了那时，可能也不够-,如果在一所学校无法获得终身职位，就没有可能在更高学府取得-,经常是在别的院校获得，那些比拒绝你的学院,差一等的院校。

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