但是我对你保证,我决不愿责备狱吏和建造这监狱的人。
Yet I assure you that I do not wish to reproach the warder not the Builder of the prison.
这当然正确,但是我对你的建议是事实和所谓的现实之间有着本质的区别。
Yes, but I am suggesting to you that there is a distinction between truth and so-called reality.
其实假如我离开你,我心和是非常舍不得你,但是我对你其实太过份了,我心很调皮。
In fact, if I leave you, my heart and is very reluctant to you, but I to you too, my heart is very naughty.
争吵中一个最难也是最聪明的做法是说:“我爱你,但是我对你很生气关于/因为/......(争论内容)”。
One of the most difficult but smartest things to say during an argument is, “I love you but I’m so pissed at you about/for/because [insert argument here].”
“也许你说得对,”皮诺乔回答说,“但是我不吃没削皮的梨。”
"You may be right," answered Pinocchio, "but I will not eat the pears if they are not peeled."
我不愿伤你的自尊,但是你好像高估了你对我的重要性。
I hate to deflate your ego, but you seem to have an exaggerated idea of your importance to me.
这应该对你现在的作业有帮助——但是我要讲的很多都是通用的原则,这些原则对你以后的演讲当然也有帮助。
This should help you with your current assignment — but a lot of the principles I'll be putting across will be general principles which will, of course, help you with all your future presentations.
我想写信告诉你,我们对你的服务非常失望。 我们已经预订了一张桌子,但是当我们按预定的时间去那里的时候,却被告知没有座位了。
I am writing to tell you that we were quite disappointed with your service. We had booked a table, but when we went there at the time as arranged, only to be told there were no seats available.
这对你来说没什么区别,但是对我来说就不同了。
但是如果你是这地球上大部分人中的一员,我对你的建议如下:如果你想要改善什么,现在就开始改善,如果你想要做点什么有好处的事情呢,现在就开始做。
But if you're like most other humans on earth, here's my advice: if you want to change something for the better, start to change it. If you want to do something positive, start to do it.
有人告诉这样有时我会被占便宜,他们是对的,但是我可以告诉你:以诚待人让我得到的远远超过我失去的。
Some people tell me that occasionally I would be taken advantage of. They are right, but I can tell you that that loss is nothing compared to what I gained.
我知道你在学院有自己内在的问题,但是,你允许那些问题对你的人际关系技巧造成了负面影响。
I understand you have your own internal problems at the institute but you have allowed them to adversely affect your interpersonal skills.
下面的观测资料对你来说可能显而易见,但是在我的工作中却让我费解了很长时间。
The following observation may be obvious to you, but it wasn't that obvious to me for a long while in my career.
我明白这些人试图表现得亲切或是表示对你的热情,但是如此称呼站在他们面前西装革履的我的售货员或是商贩会对我旁边同样西装革履的男人也如此称呼吗?
I understand the attempts to be friendly or convey warmth, but would the salesperson or vendor addressing me as I stand before them in a suit do the same to a man next to me dressed similarly?
我明白这些人试图表现得亲切或是表示对你的热情,但是这些售货员如此称呼站在她们面前西装革履的我,她们也会对我旁边同样西装革履的男人也这样称呼吗?
I understand the attempts to be friendly or convey warmth, but would the salesperson or vendor addressing me as I stand before them in a suit do the same to a man next to me dressed similarly?
当我作为老师时,我可以找到工作,但是自从我试图基于我的实际技能找工作,而不是基于一个标签时,没有人对你感兴趣。
I could get jobs when I was a teacher, but ever since I've tried to get jobs on the basis of my actual skills rather than on the basis of a label, no one wants to know.
我知道你想有些交际,但是你最大的胜算就是等到我们都咀嚼完毕……那之后,我将会高兴地就美食频道的东西喋喋不休,并且对你进行有关我家猫咪的重复演讲!
I know you want to socialize, but your best bet is to wait until we're done chewing... then, I'll be happy to rattle of facts about Food Network and engage in repetitive speech about my cat with you!
这听上去也许对你并不意味着什么,但是让我告诉你,对于自己的孩子患有自闭症的父母来说,这不谛为是个奇迹。
That might not sound much to you, but let me tell you - for a parent of a child with autism these are major miracles.
在过去的几个月里,我对如何发掘自己的超强能力谈了很多,但是我从来没有解释,怎样在一开始就分辨出你的超能力。
So, over the past couple months I’ve talked a lot about developing your superpowers, but I never explained how to figure out what your superpowers are in the first place.
我相信你已经被这样的问题搞得不耐烦了,但是我还是觉得有必要问,那就是你的研究对创业者来说有什么意义,他们可以从中学到什么呢?
And the questions that I'm sure you're tired of being asked, but I think it needs to be asked again, is: what relevance and what learning is there in your research for the entrepreneur?
跟他们聊聊你的感受...我明白承认自己孤独是件困难的事情,但是,说出来,真的对你有帮助。
Talk to them about your feelings … I know it can be difficult to admit to loneliness, but talking to someone about it can truly help.
我从没见过任何人对你的食物做什么,但是我见过服务员弄乱你的信用卡。
I've never seen anybody do anything to your food, but I have seen servers mess with your credit card.
在剩下的四年里,你对我依然很好,但是那些年的记忆现在看来只是虚情假意。
For another four years you continued to be kind to me - but my memory of those years, as it turns out, is a false memory.
因此,我就对他打开窗户,说了亮话,“如果你不喜欢我的话,我希望你现在就说实话,就拒绝我”,但是,他没有这样做。
As soon as I opened the door to him, I said, "If you don't like me, I'd rather you just said so now and turned away", but he didn't.
如果你赢不了欧冠,你会觉得很懊恼,但是对我来讲更重要的是俱乐部和球队始终如一的坚定。
If you don't win it you're very frustrated but what is important for me is the consistency of the Club and of the team.
简化只是一种把你的生活和材料简洁的方法,但是他对我来说却是什么有用的。
The clean-slate method is just one way to simplify your life and your stuff, but it's worked very well for me.
我们对你的发明进行了严格的试验,但是我非常遗憾地通知你,试验结果是彻底失败的。
We put your invention through the acid test, and, I'm extremely sorry to tell you, failed miserably.
虽然你会感觉有点怪,但是大声对自己说“我原谅自己曾经伤害了他”,然后做个深呼吸。
As odd as it may feel, apologize aloud to yourself, "I forgive myself for hurting this person," and take a deep breath.
尽量把写作时间定在自己状态最好的时候:对我来说,就是早晨(我写到这里刚好是上午9点23分),但是对你来说,有可能是下午、晚上或是深夜。
Try to position your sessions during your best writing times: for me, that’s morning (I’m typing this at 9.23am) but for you, it could be afternoon, evening or late at night.
尽量把写作时间定在自己状态最好的时候:对我来说,就是早晨(我写到这里刚好是上午9点23分),但是对你来说,有可能是下午、晚上或是深夜。
Try to position your sessions during your best writing times: for me, that’s morning (I’m typing this at 9.23am) but for you, it could be afternoon, evening or late at night.
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