这是些新的工具,它们可以帮助我们尽可能地发挥我们的爱心.而正是因为如此,未来才会与过去有所不同.

　　The defining and ongoing innovations of this age-biotechnology, the personal computer, and the Internet-

　　这个时代特有的,并不断发展的新发明--生物科学、个人电脑、互联网--

　　give us a chance we've never had before to end extreme poverty and end death from preventable disease.

　　这些都给予我们前所未有的机会消灭贫困,消灭可预防性疾病造成的死亡.

　　In line with the promise of this age, I want to exhort each of the graduates here to take on an issue,

　　秉承这个时代带给人类的希望,我想敦促在座的每一位毕业生,接受一个问题的挑战,

　　a complex problem-a deep inequity, and become a specialist on it. Don't let complexity stop you.

　　这是一个复杂的问题,那就是极度的不平等现象,并成为这方面的专家.不要让问题的复杂性成为你的障碍.

　　Be activists. Take on big inequities. I feel sure it will be one of the great experiences of your lives.

　　行动起来,向重大不平等现象发起挑战.我肯定这会成为你生命中最了不起的经历之一.

　　You graduates are coming of age in an amazing time.

　　你们这些正在成熟的毕业生处于一个了不起的时代.

　　As you leave Harvard, you have technology that members of my class never had.

　　就在你们离开哈佛的时候,你们掌握了我们这届学生未曾掌握的技术手段.

　　You have awareness of global inequity, which we did not have.

　　你们了解全球的不平等现象,这也是我们当时做不到的.

　　And with that awareness, you likely also have an informed conscience

　　有了这种意识,你很可能就会有明事理的良心.

　　that will torment you if you abandon these people whose lives you could change with modest effort.

　　如果无需花多大的努力你就可以改变某些人的生活,但你却对他们置之不理,那你会受到良心的谴责.

　　You have more than we had; you must start sooner, and carry on longer.

　　你们比我们有更多的优势,必须更早开始行动,并坚持更久.

　　And I hope you will come back here to Harvard 30 years from now

　　我希望你们在30年后再回到哈佛,

　　and reflect on what you've done with your talent and your energy.

　　回顾你们发挥自己的才能和精力所做的一切.

　　I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone,

　　我希望你们不仅仅是以自己职业上的成就来评价自己,

　　but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities,

　　还要以你们如何处理世界上最深重的不平等现象,

　　on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but their humanity.

　　以你们如何对待那些与你们相距遥远,同为人类一员,但除了此以外并没有共同点的人来衡量自己的成功.

　　Good luck.

　　祝你们好运.