公眾人物畢業(yè)演講第23期:比爾蓋茨夫婦于斯坦福大學(4)

It's been 40 years since then,

從那時到現(xiàn)在 已經過了40年

and 20 years since Melinda and I were married.

我和梅琳達結婚也已經20年了

We are both more optimistic now than ever.

我們現(xiàn)在仍然堅持著這份樂觀 甚至更甚于當年

But on our journey, our optimism evolved.

隨著人生旅途的展開 這份樂觀也隨之深化

We would like to tell you what we learned

今天 我們愿與大家分享自己的經歷

and talk to you today about how your optimism and ours

告訴大家 你們的樂觀也可以和我們一樣

can do more for more people.

為更多人做到更多

When Paul Allen and I started Microsoft,

我和保羅·艾倫開創(chuàng)微軟時

we wanted to bring the power of the computers and software to the people,

希望讓計算機和軟件的力量造福全人類

and that was the kind of rhetoric we used.

這也正是我們所想傳達的理念

One of the pioneering books in the field had a raised fist on the cover,

領域內一本先驅性書籍封面上舉起拳頭

and it was called "Computer Lib."

將這稱作是"計算機解放運動"

At that time, only big businesses could buy computers.

當時 只有大公司才買得起計算機

We wanted to offer the same power to regular people

我們希望讓普通人也能使用這份力量

and democratize computing.

讓計算機能夠民眾化 普及化

By the 1990s,

到1990年代

we saw how profoundly personal computers could empower people,

我們都見證了個人計算機為人類做出的巨大貢獻

but that success created a new dilemma.

但這份成功同時又引來了新的困境

If rich kids got computers and poor kids didn't,

如果富孩子有電腦用 而窮孩子沒有

then technology would make inequality worse.

那么技術的天平將變得更加不平等