Hello, MIT. Thank you. Congratulations, Class of ’17. I especially want to thank Chairman Millard, President Reif, distinguished faculty, trustees, and members of the Class of 1967. It’s a privilege to be with you today, with your families and your friends, on such an amazing, important day. 麻省理工学院的各位，你们好！谢谢。祝贺2017届毕业生！我要特别感谢米勒德董事长、莱夫校长、尊敬的教师、校董，以及1967届的校友。能在这样美好而重要的日子，与大家及各位的亲友相聚，我深感荣幸。
MIT and Apple share so much. We both love hard problems. We love the search for new ideas. And we especially love finding those ideas, the really big ones, the ones that can change the world. 麻省理工学院与苹果有许多共同之处。我们都喜欢迎接难题，都喜欢寻找新想法，尤其喜欢发现那些真正重大的、能够改变世界的想法。
I know MIT has a proud tradition of pranks, or as you would call them, hacks. And you have pulled off some pretty great ones over the years. I’ll never figure out how MIT students sent that Mars rover to the Kresge Oval, or put a propeller beanie on the Great Dome, or how you’ve obviously taken over the president’s Twitter account. I can tell college students are behind it because most of the tweets happen at 3 a.m. 我知道，麻省理工学院有引以为傲的恶作剧传统，按你们的话说，叫“黑客创意”。这些年来，你们做过一些相当精彩的事。我永远搞不明白，学生们是怎样把火星探测车送到克雷斯吉椭圆草坪、给大圆顶戴上带螺旋桨的小帽子，又是怎样显然接管了校长的推特账号。我知道幕后是大学生，因为多数推文都在凌晨三点发出。
I’m really happy to be here. Today is about celebration, and you have so much to be proud of. As you leave here to start the next leg of your journey in life, there will be days where you will ask yourself: Where is all this going? What is the purpose? What is my purpose? I’ll be honest: I asked myself that same question, and it took me nearly 15 years to answer it. Maybe by talking about my journey today, I can save you some time. 我很高兴来到这里。今天是庆祝的日子，你们有太多值得骄傲的成就。从这里出发，走上人生旅程的下一段路时，有些日子你们会问自己：这一切将通向哪里？目的是什么？我的人生目标是什么？坦白说，我也问过自己同样的问题，花了将近十五年才找到答案。也许今天讲讲我的经历，可以帮你们节省一些时间。
The struggle for me started early on. In high school, I thought I’d discover my life’s purpose when I could answer that age-old question: What do you want to be when you grow up? Nope. In college, I thought I would discover it when I could answer: What’s your major? Not quite. 我的困惑很早就开始了。上高中时，我以为只要能回答那个老问题——“长大后想做什么？”——就能找到人生目标。结果并没有。上大学时，我以为回答“你学什么专业？”就能找到答案。还是没有。
I thought that maybe I discovered it when I found a good job. Then I thought I just needed to get a few promotions. That didn’t work either. I kept convincing myself that it was just over the horizon, around the next corner. Nothing worked, and it was really tearing me apart. Part of me kept pushing ahead to the next achievement, and the other part kept asking: Is this all there is? 我又以为，找到一份好工作或得到几次晋升，就会发现目标。但那也没用。我不断说服自己：答案就在地平线那头、就在下一个转角。可这些尝试都不奏效，让我备受煎熬。我的一部分不断推动自己追求下一项成就，另一部分却不停地问：人生难道就只有这些吗？
I went to grad school at Duke looking for the answer. I tried meditation. I sought guidance in religion. I read great philosophers and authors. And in a moment of youthful indiscretion, I might even have experimented with a Windows PC. And obviously that didn’t work. 我到杜克大学读研究生，寻找答案。我试过冥想，从宗教中寻求指引，读过伟大哲学家和作家的著作。年轻时一时糊涂，我甚至可能试用过一台装有视窗系统的电脑。当然，这也没奏效。
After countless twists and turns, at last, 20 years ago, my search brought me to Apple. At the time, the company was struggling to survive. Steve Jobs had just returned to Apple, and he had launched the “Think Different” campaign. He wanted to empower the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, to do their best work. If we could just do that, Steve knew we could really change the world. 历经无数曲折，大约二十年前，我的寻找终于把我带到了苹果。当时这家公司正为生存而挣扎。史蒂夫·乔布斯刚刚回到苹果，推出了“不同凡想”宣传活动。他希望让那些特立独行者、不合群者、反叛者、惹事者，那些与方孔格格不入的圆钉子，尽其所能地工作。史蒂夫知道，只要做到这一点，我们就真能改变世界。
Before that moment, I had never met a leader with such passion or encountered a company with such a clear and compelling purpose: to serve humanity. It was just that simple: serve humanity. And it was in that moment, after 15 years of searching, something clicked. 在那之前，我从未遇到过如此充满热情的领导者，也从未见过使命如此清晰、有力的公司：服务人类。就是这么简单，服务人类。在寻找了十五年之后，那一刻我忽然想通了。
I finally felt aligned: aligned with a company that brought together challenging, cutting-edge work with a higher purpose; aligned with a leader who believed that technology which didn’t exist yet could reinvent tomorrow’s world; aligned with myself and my own deep need to serve something greater. 我终于感到自己找到了契合之处：这家公司把具有挑战性的前沿工作与更崇高的目标结合起来；这位领导者相信，尚未问世的技术也能重塑明天的世界；而我内心深处，也一直渴望服务于比自己更伟大的事业。
Of course, at that moment I didn’t know all of that. I was just grateful to have that psychological burden lifted. But with the help of hindsight, my breakthrough makes a lot more sense. I was never going to find my purpose working someplace without a clear sense of purpose of its own. Steve and Apple freed me to throw my whole self into my work, to embrace their mission and make it my own. 当然，那一刻我并没有完全看清这一切。我只是庆幸心里的重担终于卸下。如今回头看，这次顿悟就更容易理解了。如果一个工作场所自己都没有明确的使命，我绝不可能在那里找到我的使命。史蒂夫和苹果让我能够全身心投入工作，拥抱公司的使命，并把它变成自己的使命。
How can I serve humanity? This is life’s biggest and most important question. When you work towards something greater than yourself, you find meaning. You find purpose. So the question I hope you will carry forward from here is: How will you serve humanity? 我怎样才能服务人类？这是人生中最大、最重要的问题。当你为超越自身的事业努力，就能找到意义，找到目标。所以，我希望你们从这里带走的问题是：你将如何服务人类？
The good news is, since you’re here today, you’re already on a great track. At MIT, you’ve learned how much power science and technology have to change the world for the better. Thanks to discoveries made right here, billions of people are leading healthier and more productive, more fulfilling lives. And if we are ever going to solve some of the hardest problems still facing the world today, everything from cancer to climate change to educational inequality, then technology will help us do it. 好消息是，今天能来到这里，就说明你们已经走在很好的道路上。在麻省理工学院，你们学到了科学与技术有多大的力量，能够让世界变得更好。多亏这里诞生的发现，数十亿人的生活更加健康、更有成效、更加充实。如果我们有朝一日要解决当今世界最棘手的一些问题，从癌症、气候变化到教育不平等，技术一定能帮助我们。
But technology alone isn’t the solution. And sometimes it’s even part of the problem. Last year I had a chance to meet with Pope Francis. It was the most incredible meeting of my life. This is a man who had spent more time comforting the afflicted in slums than he has with heads of state. This may surprise you, but he knew an unbelievable amount about technology. It was obvious to me that he had thought deeply about it: its opportunities, its risks, its morality. 但仅靠技术并不能解决问题。有时，技术甚至是问题的一部分。去年，我有机会见到方济各教皇。那是我一生中最不可思议的一次会面。他花在贫民区安慰受苦者的时间，比与各国元首相处的时间还多。你们也许会惊讶，他对技术竟然了解得那么深。我看得出，他认真思考过技术带来的机会、风险和道德问题。
What he said to me at that meeting, what he preached really, was on a topic we care a lot about at Apple. But he expressed a shared concern in a powerful new way. “Never has humanity had such power over itself, yet nothing ensures that it will be used wisely,” he has said. 他在那次会面中对我所说、或者说向我宣讲的话，涉及苹果也非常关心的主题。不过，他以一种有力的新方式表达了我们共同的担忧。他曾说：“人类从未拥有如此强大的力量来影响自身，却没有任何东西能保证这股力量得到明智运用。”
Technology today is integral to almost all aspects of our lives, and most of the time it’s a force for good. And yet the potential adverse consequences are spreading faster and cutting deeper than ever before: threats to our security, threats to our privacy, fake news, and social media that becomes antisocial. Sometimes the very technology that is meant to connect us divides us. 如今，技术已融入我们生活的几乎所有方面，多数时候它是一股向善的力量。然而，潜在的负面后果正以前所未有的速度扩散，伤害也越来越深：安全与隐私受到威胁，虚假新闻横行，社交媒体变得不再友善。有时，原本旨在连接我们的技术，反而使我们彼此分裂。
Technology is capable of doing great things, but it doesn’t want to do great things. It doesn’t want anything. That part takes all of us. It takes our values and our commitment to our families and our neighbors and our communities, our love of beauty and belief that all of our faiths are interconnected, our decency, our kindness. 技术能成就伟大的事，但它自己并不渴望成就伟大的事。它没有任何欲望。那一部分要靠我们所有人：靠我们的价值观，靠我们对家人、邻居和社区的承诺，靠我们对美的热爱、对不同信仰彼此相连的信念，以及我们的正直和善良。
I’m not worried about artificial intelligence giving computers the ability to think like humans. I’m more concerned about people thinking like computers, without values or compassion, without concern for consequences. That is what we need you to help us guard against. Because if science is a search in the darkness, then the humanities are a candle that shows us where we’ve been and the danger that lies ahead. 我担心的不是人工智能会让计算机像人一样思考。我更担心的是，人会像计算机一样思考，失去价值观和同情心，也不顾行为的后果。我们需要你们帮助防止这种事发生。因为如果科学是在黑暗中探寻，人文学科就是一盏烛光，照见我们走过的路和前方的危险。
As Steve once said, “Technology alone is not enough. It is technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that make our hearts sing.” When you keep people at the center of what you do, it can have an enormous impact. 正如史蒂夫曾说：“仅有技术还不够。技术与博雅教育、与人文学科相结合，才会让我们的心歌唱。”当你把人放在工作的中心，就能产生巨大的影响。
It means an iPhone that allows a blind person to run a marathon. It means an Apple Watch catches a heart condition before it becomes a heart attack. It means an iPad that helps a child with autism connect with his or world. In short, it means technology infused with your values, making progress possible for everyone. 这意味着一部手机能让盲人跑完马拉松，一块苹果手表能在心脏病发作前发现心脏异常，一台平板电脑能帮助自闭症儿童与自己的世界建立联系。简言之，就是让技术融入你们的价值观，使每个人都有机会受益于进步。
Whatever you do in your life, and whatever we do at Apple, we must infuse it with the humanity that each of us is born with. That responsibility is immense. But so is the opportunity. I’m optimistic because I believe in your generation, your passion, your journey to serve humanity. We are all counting on you. 无论你们今后做什么，也无论我们在苹果做什么，都必须把与生俱来的人性注入其中。这份责任重大，但机会也同样巨大。我保持乐观，因为我相信你们这一代人，相信你们的热情和服务人类的旅程。我们都指望着你们。
There is so much out there conspiring to make you cynical. The internet has enabled so much and empowered so many. But it can also be a place where basic rules of decency are suspended and pettiness and negativity thrive. Don’t let that noise knock you off course. Don’t get caught up in the trivial aspects of life. Don’t listen to trolls. And for God’s sake, don’t become one. 有太多东西企图让你们变得愤世嫉俗。互联网促成了许多事，也赋予许多人力量；但它也可能成为一个基本礼貌被搁置、琐碎与消极情绪滋长的地方。不要让这些噪声使你们偏离方向，不要陷入生活中无关紧要的琐事。别听网络喷子的，也千万别成为他们中的一员。
Measure your impact on humanity not in likes but in the lives you touch, not in popularity but in the people you serve. I felt that my life got bigger when I stopped caring what other people thought about me. You will find yours will too. Stay focused on what really matters. 衡量你对人类的影响，不要看有多少“赞”，而要看你触动了多少人的生活；不要看你有多受欢迎，而要看你服务了多少人。当我不再在意别人怎么看我时，我觉得自己的人生开阔了。你们也会发现自己的生活如此。请专注于真正重要的事。
There will be times when your resolve to serve humanity will be tested. Be prepared. People will try to convince you that you should keep your empathy out of your career. Don’t accept this false premise. 有些时候，你们服务人类的决心会受到考验。做好准备。有人会试图说服你们，在职业生涯中不要带入同理心。不要接受这个错误的前提。
At a shareholders’ meeting a few years back, someone questioned Apple’s investment and focus on the environment. He asked me to pledge that Apple would only invest in green initiatives that could be justified with a return on investment. I tried to be diplomatic. I pointed out that Apple does many things, like accessibility features for those with disabilities, that don’t rely on an ROI. We do these things because they’re the right thing to do. And protecting the environment is a critical example. 几年前的一次股东大会上，有人质疑苹果在环保方面的投入与重视。他要我承诺，苹果只会投资那些能以投资回报率证明合理的绿色项目。我试着委婉解释：苹果做的很多事，例如为残障人士提供无障碍功能，并不以投资回报率为依据。我们这样做，是因为这是正确的事。保护环境也是一个关键的例子。
He wouldn’t let it go, and I got my blood up. So I told him: If you can’t accept our position, you shouldn’t own Apple stock. When you’re convinced that your cause is right, have the courage to take a stand. If you see a problem or an injustice, recognize that no one will fix it but you. 他仍不肯罢休，我也动了气。于是我告诉他：如果你不能接受我们的立场，就不该持有苹果股票。当你确信自己的事业是正确的，就要勇敢地表明立场。如果你看到问题或不公，就要明白，除了你，没有人会替你解决。
As you go forward today, use your minds and hands and your hearts to build something bigger than yourselves. Always remember, there is no idea bigger than this. As Dr. Martin Luther King said, all life is interrelated. We are all bound together into a single garment of destiny. 今天从这里出发时，请用你们的头脑、双手和心灵，创造比自身更伟大的事物。永远记住，没有比这更重大的理念。正如马丁·路德·金博士所说，所有生命都相互关联；我们都被编织在同一件命运的衣袍里。
If you keep that idea at the forefront of all that you do, if you choose to live your lives at that intersection between technology and the people it serves, if you strive to create the best, give the best, do the best for everyone, not just for some, then today all of humanity has good cause for hope. 如果你们做每件事都铭记这一理念，选择在技术与它所服务的人们的交汇处生活，努力为所有人而非只为一部分人创造最好的成果、奉献最好的自己、做到最好，那么今天，全人类都有充分理由怀抱希望。
Thank you very much. And congratulations, Class of 2017. 非常感谢。祝贺2017届毕业生！