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I spent the best part of last year working on a documentary about my own happiness -- trying to see if I can actually train my mind in a particular way, like I can train my body, so I can end up with an improved feeling of overall well-being . 我在過去一年大部分的時間 都忙着拍攝一部有關 我自己的快樂的紀錄片-- 我想試試看 我是否可以用一個特定的方式 來訓練我的心神, 就像我可以訓練我的身體, 最終得到整體福祉 改善的感覺。
improved:adj.改良的:v.改进:改善(improve的过去分词和过去式) overall:v.全部; n.外套; adj.全面的; well-being:n.幸福;康乐;
Then this January, my mother died, and pursuing a film like that just seemed the last thing that was interesting to me. 然後今年1月, 我的母親去世, 追求這樣的一部電影 似乎是對我是最沒有意思的事情。
pursuing:v.追求;致力于;贯彻;跟踪;追赶;(pursue的现在分词)
So in a very typical , silly designer fashion, after years worth of work, pretty much all I have to show for it are the titles for the film. 因此,在一個非常典型的,無聊的設計師方式, 經過多年的工作, 我可以展示的成果僅僅是電影的開幕標題。
typical:adj.典型的;特有的;象征性的;
(Music) (音樂)
They were still done when I was on sabbatical with my company in Indonesia . 我是在印尼公司給我的休假進修期間 完成這個開幕標題。
sabbatical:adj.安息日的;n.休假(美国某些大学给大学教师每七年一次的); Indonesia:n.印尼,印度尼西亚(东南亚岛国);
We can see the first part here was designed here by pigs. 我們可以看出第一部分是由豬設計。
It was a little bit too funky , and we wanted a more feminine point of view and employed a duck who did it in a much more fitting way -- fashion. 有點過於時髦, 我們想要一個更女性化的觀點 因此請了鴨子 做了一個更為恰當 的方式。
funky:adj.时髦的;畏缩的;恶臭的; feminine:adj.女性的;妇女(似)的;阴性的;娇柔的; point of view:观点;见地;立场; employed:v.雇用:应用:运用:使用(employ的过去分词和过去式) fitting:adj.适合的;恰当的;n.试衣;小配件,附件;v.适合,合身;试穿;(fit的现在分词)
My studio in Bali was only 10 minutes away from a monkey forest. 我在巴厘島的工作室 離猴子森林只是10分鐘的路程。
studio:n.工作室;[广播][电视]演播室;画室;电影制片厂;
And monkeys, of course, are supposed to be the happiest of all animals. 猴子,當然, 應該是最幸福的所有動物。
supposed:adj.误信的;所谓的;v.认为;假设;设想;(suppose的过去分词和过去式)
So we trained them to be able to do three separate words, to lay out them properly. 因此,我們訓練牠們能夠做到三個單獨的詞, 將之妥善佈置。
You can see, there still is a little bit of a legibility problem there. 可以看到, 還有一點點的易讀性問題存在。
a little bit of a:一点点了; legibility:n.易读性;易辨认;
The serif is not really in place. 有襯線是沒有真正到位。
So of course, what you don't do properly yourself is never deemed done really. 當然,你自己做得不正確的事 是從來沒有真正被視為完成。
deemed:v.认为;视为;相信;(deem的过去分词和过去式)
So this is us climbing onto the trees and putting it up over the Sayan Valley in Indonesia. 這是我們攀登上樹 並把它放置在印尼 的薩彥谷上。
In that year, what I did do a lot was look at all sorts of surveys , looking at a lot of data on this subject. 在這一年, 我做得最多的實際上是 看了很多關於這方面的各種調查。
surveys:n.调查(survey的复数);
And it turns out that men and women report very, very similar levels of happiness. 事實證明 男人和女人對幸福的報告 有非常相似水平。
This is a very quick overview of all the studies that I looked at. 這是我看了所有研究 的一個非常簡單的概述。
overview:n.[图情]综述;概观;
That climate plays no role. 氣候不是一個問題。
That if you live in the best climate, in San Diego in the United States, or in the shittiest climate, in Buffalo , New York, you are going to be just as happy in either place. 例如你住在最好氣候的地方 像在美國的聖地牙哥, 或在最壞氣候的紐約州水牛城, 你在任何一地方 都一樣高興。
United:adj.联合的; v.联合,团结; (unite的过去分词和过去式) shittiest:劣等的;较差的(shitty的最高级); Buffalo:n.[畜牧][脊椎]水牛;[脊椎]野牛(产于北美);水陆两用坦克;
If you make more than 50,000 bucks a year in the U.S., any salary increase you're going to experience will have only a tiny, tiny influence on your overall well-being. 若你在美國一年賺超過 5萬美元, 任何加薪 對你整體福祉 只有很微小的影響。
bucks:n.元;雄鹿;(buck的复数) influence:n.影响;势力;感化;有影响的人或事;v.影响;改变;
Black people are just as happy as white people are. 黑人跟白人快樂水平一樣。
If you're old or young it doesn't really make a difference . 不管你是老,少 並沒有真正的差異。
make a difference:有影响,有关系;
If you're ugly or if you're really, really good looking it makes no difference whatsoever . 不管你是醜的,或你真的很帥 都沒有任何差別。
ugly:adj.丑陋的;邪恶的;令人厌恶的; whatsoever:pron.无论什么;
You will adapt to it and get used to it. 你會適應它和習慣它。
adapt:vt.使适应;改编;vi.适应; get used to:开始习惯于
If you have manageable health problems it doesn't really matter. 你也許有可控制的健康問題, 這也不重要。
manageable:adj.易管理的;易控制的;易办的;
Now this does matter. 但現在這個是重要的。
So now the woman on the right is actually much happier than the guy on the left -- meaning that, if you have a lot of friends, and you have meaningful friendships, that does make a lot of difference. 在右邊的這個女人 比在左邊的傢伙更幸福快樂-- 這意味著,如果你有很多朋友, 和有有意義的友誼, 這確實會有影響。
meaningful:adj.严肃的;重要的;重大的;意味深长的;
As well as being married -- you are likely to be much happier than if you are single. 結婚可能會比單身 更加美滿快樂。
As well as:也;和…一样;不但…而且;
A fellow TED speaker, Jonathan Haidt, came up with this beautiful little analogy between the conscious and the unconscious mind. Jonathan Haidt, 一個TED演說者 想出了這個對於意識和潛意識之間 的美麗的小比喻。
analogy:n.类比;类推;类似; unconscious:adj.无意识的;失去知觉的;未发觉的;
He says that the conscious mind is this tiny rider on this giant elephant, the unconscious. 他說,有意識的頭腦像是一個小騎手 坐在一頭巨象上--潛意識。
rider:n.骑手;附文;扶手; giant:n.巨人;伟人;巨兽;adj.巨大的;特大的
And the rider thinks that he can tell the elephant what to do, but the elephant really has his own ideas. 小騎手以為 他可以命令大象做什麼, 但大象有牠自己的想法。
If I look at my own life, 如果我看我自己的生活日子,
I'm born in 1962 in Austria . 我在奧地利於1962年出生。
Austria:n.奥地利;[国]奥地利;欧洲中南部内陆国家;
If I would have been born a hundred years earlier, the big decisions in my life would have been made for me -- meaning I would have stayed in the town that I was born in; 如果我在一百年前已經誕生, 我一生的重大決定會已經有所定斷 -- 我大多數會留在我出生的小鎮;
I would have very much likely entered the same profession that my dad did; and I would have very much likely married a woman that my mom had selected. 我大多數會 進入我爸爸一樣的行業; 而且我大多數會娶一個 我媽媽為我挑女人。
profession:n.行业,职业;业内人士;同行;
I, of course, and all of us, are very much in charge of these big decisions in our lives. 當然, 現在我和我們所有人, 對我們生活的重大決策 都有很多自主權。
in charge of:负责;主管;
We live where we want to be -- at least in the West. 我們生活在我們喜歡的地方 -- 至少在西方。
We become what we really are interested in. 我們幹我們感興趣的事。
We choose our own profession, and we choose our own partners. 我們選擇自己的行業, 我們選擇我們自己的夥伴。
And so it's quite surprising that many of us let our unconscious influence those decisions in ways that we are not quite aware of. 因此,相當驚人的是, 我們很多人 讓我們不太了解的的潛意識 影響這些決定的方式。
If you look at the statistics and you see that the guy called George, when he decides on where he wants to live -- is it Florida or North Dakota ? -- he goes and lives in Georgia. 如果你看看統計, 看到那個叫喬治的傢伙, 當他決定他想在哪裡生活 - 是北達科他州或佛羅里達州？ -- 他居然去了格魯吉亞住。
statistics:n.统计数字;统计资料;统计学;(statistic的复数) Dakota:n.达科他(美国过去一地区名,现分为南,北达科他州);adj.达科他人的;
And if you look at a guy called Dennis, when he decides what to become -- is it a lawyer, or does he want to become a doctor or a teacher? -- best chance is that he wants to become a dentist. 看看到那個叫丹尼斯的傢伙, 當他決定要成為什麼 -- 是一名律師,還是一名醫生 或是一名教師?-- 最大可能是他想成為一名牙醫。
And if Paula decides should she marry Joe or Jack, somehow Paul sounds the most interesting. 如果保娜決定 她應嫁給喬或傑克, 不知何故覺得保羅最有趣味的。
somehow:adv.以某种方法;莫名其妙地;
And so even if we make those very important decisions for very silly reasons, it remains statistically true that there are more Georges living in Georgia and there are more Dennises becoming dentists and there are more Paulas who are married to Paul than statistically viable . 因此,即使我們用 非常愚蠢的原因 作出這些非常重要的決定, 統計仍然告訴我們-- 喬治亞州有很多喬治; 有很多的依絲成為醫師; 並且有很多保娜嫁給保羅 的機會率比事實是較小的。
statistically:adv.统计地;统计学上; viable:adj.可行的;能养活的;能生育的;
(Laughter) (笑聲)
Now I, of course, thought well this is American data. 現在我當是想 嗯,這是美國的數據。
And I thought, well, those silly Americans. 那些糊塗的美國人。
They get influenced by things that they're not aware of. 他們會被他們還沒有意識到 的東西所影響。
influenced:v.影响;对…起作用;支配;左右;(influence的过去分词和过去式)
This is just completely ridiculous . 這簡直是完全荒謬。
ridiculous:adj.可笑的;荒谬的;
Then, of course, I looked at my mom and my dad -- 然後,當我看看我的媽媽和爸爸 --
(Laughter) (笑聲)
Karolina and Karl, and grandmom and granddad , 卡羅蓮娜和卡羅, 我的阿嬤和爺爺,
granddad:n.爷爷;外公;
Josefine and Josef. 約瑟芬和約瑟夫。
So I am looking still for a Stephanie. 那我應該去找一個吏提芬妮。
I'll figure something out. 我會試找找看。
If I make this whole thing a little bit more personal and see what makes me happy as a designer, the easiest answer, of course, is do more of the stuff that I like to do 如果我讓這件事情有多點個人化 來看看作為一個設計師,什麼會讓我高興, 最簡單的答案當然是 做更多我喜歡做的事,
personal:adj.个人的;身体的;亲自的;n.人事消息栏;人称代名词; stuff:n.东西:物品:基本特征:v.填满:装满:标本:
and much less of the stuff that I don't like to do -- for which it would be helpful to know what it is that I actually do like to do. 和做更少我不喜歡的事 -- 但有助於知道如何採取行動, 我必須知道我喜歡做的事。
I'm a big list maker, so I came up with a list. 我是一個實在的製造列表者, 所以我想出了一個清單。
One of them is to think without pressure. 其中一個是可以在沒有壓力下思索。
This is a project we're working on right now with a very healthy deadline . 這是一項我們正在努力的工程 有一個很慷慨的期限。
deadline:n.最后期限;截止日期;
It's a book on culture, and, as you can see , culture is rapidly drifting around. 這是一本有關文化的書, 你可以看到, 文化是迅速左右漂流。
as you can see:正如你所看到的;你是知道的; drifting:v.漂流;漂移;缓慢行走;顺其自然地做;(drift的现在分词)
Doing things like I'm doing right now -- traveling to Cannes . 像我現在做的事情-- 便是前往戛納。
Cannes:n.戛纳(法国港市);
The example I have here is a chair that came out of the year in Bali -- clearly influenced by local manufacturing and culture, not being stuck behind a single computer screen all day long and be here and there . 我這裡的例子 是今年我在巴厘島製造的椅子, 這顯然是受到當地製造業和文化影響, 不被整天卡住在 一台電腦屏幕背後 並能夠在這裡和那裡。
manufacturing:n.制造业;工业;v.制造;生产(manufacture的现在分词); all day long:"allday"的变体;整天;一整天;终日; here and there:各处,到处;
Quite consciously design projects that need an incredible amount of various techniques , just basically to fight straightforward adaptation . 很自覺地設計一個需要 令人難以置信的大量各種技術的工程, 基本上是對抗 直截了當的改編製作。
consciously:adv.自觉地;有意识地; incredible:adj.难以置信的,惊人的; techniques:n.技巧;技艺;工艺;技术;(technique的复数) basically:adv.主要地,基本上; straightforward:adj.简单的;坦率的;明确的;径直的;adv.直截了当地;坦率地; adaptation:n.适应;改编;改编本,改写本;
Being close to the content -- that's the content really is close to my heart. 密切貼近內容-- 這就是我最關心。
content:n.内容,目录;满足;容量;adj.满意的;vt.使满足;
This is a bus, or vehicle , for a charity for an NGO that wants to double the education budget in the United States -- carefully designed, so, by two inches, it still clears highway overpasses . 例如這是一輛公車,或車輛, 是為一個非政府組的織慈善機構 希望想在美國加雙倍教育預算-- 精心設計, 它矮於公路立交橋兩英寸,所以它仍然能夠通過。
vehicle:n.[车辆]车辆;工具;交通工具;运载工具;传播媒介;媒介物; charity:n.慈善;施舍;慈善团体;宽容;施舍物; budget:n.预算,预算费;v.安排,预定;把…编入预算;adj.廉价的; overpasses:vt.超越;胜过;忽略;n.天桥;陆桥;
Having end results -- things that come back from the printer well, like this little business card for an animation company called Sideshow on lenticular foils . 例如有最終結果 - 東西從印刷公司回來製作得好, 像這張動畫公司的小名片 公司叫Sideshow (雜耍) 印在透鏡狀金屬薄片紙。
business card:n.[商]名片; animation:n.活泼,生气;激励;卡通片绘制; Sideshow:n.穿插表演;串演的节;小事件; lenticular:adj.透镜的;晶状体的;两面凸的;小扁豆似的; foils:n.[材]箔;薄片(foil的复数);v.衬托,挡开(foil的第三人称单数);
Working on projects that actually have visible impacts , like a book for a deceased German artist whose widow came to us with the requirement to make her late husband famous. 例如努力在實際上 有明顯影響的工作項目, 就像一本為已故德國藝術家的書 其遺孀向我們 要求讓她已故的丈夫聞名。
visible:adj.明显的;看得见的;现有的;可得到的;n.可见物;进出口贸易中的有形项目; impacts:n.影响; v.有影响,有作用; deceased:adj.死去了的;已死的;n.死者; widow:n.寡妇;遗孀;vt.使丧偶;使成为寡妇(或鳏夫);
It just came out six months ago, and it's getting unbelievable traction right now in Germany. 它剛在半年前出版, 現在在德國它獲得令人難以置信的反應。
unbelievable:adj.(非正式)难以置信的;不可信的 traction:n.牵引;[机][车辆]牵引力;
And I think that his widow is going to be very successful on her quest . 我認為,他遺孀 的要求會非常成功。
quest:n.追求;寻找;vi.追求;寻找;vt.探索;
And lately, to be involved in projects where I know about 50 percent of the project technique-wise and the other 50 percent would be new. 而最近,我有機會參與的項目, 有一半是我在技術上 有熟悉的地方, 而有一半對我是全新的。
involved:adj.有关的; v.涉及; (involve的过去式和过去分词)
So in this case, it's an outside projection for Singapore on these giant Times Square-like screens. 今次,是在新加坡, 一個戶外投影器 像在紐約時代廣場般的巨型屏幕畫面。
projection:n.投射;规划;突出;发射;推测;
And I of course knew stuff, as a designer, about typography , even though we worked with those animals not so successfully. 作為一個設計師,我當然熟悉 字體排版美術的東西, 儘管我們與那些動物沒有那麼成功。
typography:n.排印;[印刷]活版印刷术;印刷格式;
But I didn't quite know all that much about movement or film. 但我並不太了解 有關電影或動作的東西。
And from that point of view we turned it into a lovely project. 而從這個角度,我們把它變成了一個可愛的工程。
But also because the content was very close. 因為內容非有關注性。
In this case, keeping a diary supports personal development. 例如,我保持寫日記 來支持個人發展。
I've been keeping a diary since I was 12. 我從12歲一直在寫日記。
And I've found that it influenced my life and work in a very intriguing way. 而我發現它非常有趣地 影響了我的生活和工作。
intriguing:adj.有趣的;迷人的;v.引起…的兴趣;策划阴谋;私通;(intrigue的现在分词)
In this case also because it's part of one of the many sentiments that we build the whole series on -- that all the sentiments originally had come out of the diary. 在這種情況下, 因為它的一部分, 其中的許多觀點, 讓我建立了全系列的情緒- 所有的思路本來出於日記。
sentiments:n.观点,看法;情绪;伤感,柔情,哀伤;(sentiment的复数) series:n.系列,连续;[电]串联;级数;丛书; originally:adv.原来;起初;
Thank you so much. 謝謝你們。
(Applause) (鼓掌)