当幸福来敲门

[美国独立宣言]
[…追求幸福…]
Time to get up, man.
该起床了
All right, Dad. Come on.
好的 老爸 快点
Should be here soon.
马上来了
I think I should make a list. What do mean?
我想我该列个表 干嘛?
For your birthday gifts? Yeah.
想要的生日礼物? 对呀
You know you’re only getting a couple of things, right?
你知道只能要几个礼物 对吧?
Yeah, I know. Just to look at and study so I can choose better.
知道啊 我只想列出来看看 研究一下 好好选选
Okay, well, that’s smart. Yeah, make a list.
哦 很聪明 那就列吧
Can you spell everything you’re thinking of?
想要的礼物你都会写吗?
I think so. All right. That’s good.
应该吧 哦 很好
How you doing in here, man? Okay.
小伙子 你还好吧? 还好
Can we go to the park today, after?
我们今天能去公园吗 在上完幼儿园后?
No, I gotta go to Oakland. Well, maybe, we’ll see.
呃 我还得去奥克兰 或许 再说吧
Give me a kiss.
亲亲
I’ll talk to you later.
晚点再说
Excuse me.
借过
Oh, excuse me…
对不起 呃…
when is somebody gonna clean this off?
什么时候会找人清洗一下? …
我不会说英文…
And the Y? The Y. We talked about this.
我提过的 幸福的”幸”写错了
It’s an I in “happiness. ” There’s no Y in “happiness. ” It’s an I.
这里写成了辛苦的”辛”
我不是说过 我不会说英文…
I’m Chris Gardner.
我是克里斯·迦纳
I met my father for the first time when I was 28 years old.
我第一次见到我父亲时 已经28岁了
And I made up my mind as a young kid that when I had children…
我儿时就决定 将来我有了孩子
my children were gonna know who their father was.
我的孩子一定得知道他们的父亲是谁 …
This is part of my life story.
这里讲述的是我人生故事的一部分
This part is called “Riding the Bus. ”
这部分叫做”搭公车”
[旧金山 1981年]
What’s that?
那是什么?
It’s a time machine, isn’t it?
是架时光机 对吧?
Seems like a time machine.
看起来是时光机
That seems like a time machine. It’s a time machine. Take me with you.
像是时光机 是时光机 能带上我吗?
This machine…
这仪器
this machine on my lap…
我膝盖上的这台仪器 …
This guy, he has a time machine.
这伙计 他有架时光机
He travels in the past with this machine and…
他 他用时光机穿梭到过去
it is not a time machine.
这不是时光机
It’ a portable bone density scanner.
而是 手提式骨质密度扫描仪
A medical device I sell for a living.
是医疗器材 我就靠卖这个过活
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss it with you.
谢谢您给我这个机会 向您推介这仪器
I appreciate it. We just don’t need it, Chris.
我不胜感激 我们真的不需要 克里斯
It’s unnecessary and expensive.
没多大用处而且还很贵
Well, maybe next… Thank you.
哦 或许下次… 谢谢
X光机显像更精确一点点 It gave a slightly denser picture than an x ray
它比
for twice the money.
但却贵了一倍
Hey. Hey, baby.
嘿 嘿 宝贝
What happened? No, nothing.
怎么啦? 没 没事儿
Look, I can’t get Christopher today.
只是 我今天不能去接儿子
Oh, no, you don’t, Chris. I’m back on at 7.
你得去 我七点还要上班
I know. I have got to go to Oakland.
我知道 但我一定要去奥克兰
So I gotta get Christopher home, feed him, bathe him…
所以我得先接他回家 做饭 给他洗澡…
get him in bed, and be back here by 7?
哄他睡觉 然后七点前回到这儿? …
Yes. And we got the tax bill notice today.
对 今天收到了税单
What are you gonna do about that? Look, this is what we gotta do.
你说怎么办? 听着 就这么办
You see that car? The one with the pretty yellow shoe on it?
看到那车了吗? 那辆穿着漂亮黄鞋子的车
That’ mine.
那是我的车
There’ no parking near hospitals.
医院附近不准停车
That’ what happens when you’re always in a rush.
赶时间的结果就是这样
Thanks anyway. Very much.
还是非常谢谢你
Maybe next quarter. It’s possible.
或许下个季度 可能哦
I needed to sell at least two scanners a month
我每个月至少得卖两台
for rent and daycare.
才够付房租和幼儿园费
I’d have to sell one more…
还得再卖一台
to pay off all of those tickets under my windshield wiper.
才够付车窗上的那些罚单 …
The problem is…
问题是
I haven’t sold any for a while.
我很久没卖出一台了 …
Since when do you not like macaroni and cheese?
你什么时候开始不喜欢通心粉加奶酪的?
Since birth?
从…我出生开始?
What’s that? What?
这是什么? 呃?
What is this? It’s a gift for Christopher.
这是什么东西? 克里斯托弗的礼物
From who? Cynthia from work.
谁给的? 我同事欣西雅
It’s for adults. Chris can’t use it. She didn’t know.
她不知道这是给大人玩的 克里斯托弗还小
What are you supposed to do with it?
要怎么玩?
Make every side the same color.
把每一面都弄成同一颜色
Did you pay the taxes?
你付税了吗?
No, I’m gonna have to file an extension.
没 我要申请延后缴
You already filed an extension. Yeah, well, I gotta file another one.
你已经申请过延期了 是 我还要再延期一次
That’s…It’s $650. I’ll have it in the next month.
一共是640美元 我下个月就有了
That means interest, right? And a penalty?
是加上利息 还有罚金的总额吧
Yeah, a little bit.
嗯 不是很多啦
Look, why don’t you let me do this? All right, just relax. Okay?
让我处理就好 你就别操心了 好吗?
Come here. Calm down. I have to go back to work.
来 别烦了 我得回去工作了
Let’s get ready for bed. Hey, put your plate in the sink.
准备上床了 嗨 把盘子放水池里去
A few days ago I was presented with a report I’d asked for…
几天前他们递交了一份 我要求的
a comprehensive audit, if you will, of our economic condition.
全面的经济现况评估报告 …
You won’t like it. I didn’t like it.
你们不会喜欢的 我也不喜欢
But we have to face the truth…
但我们必须面对现实
and then go to work to turn things around.
然后去努力扭转情势 …
And make no mistake about it, we can turn them around.
决不能犯错 我们一定能做到
The federal budget is out of control.
联邦预算已经失去控制
And we face runaway deficits of almost $80 billion…
今年9月30日结束的预算年度
for this budget year that ends September 30th.
我们将有高达800亿的赤字 …
That deficit is larger than the entire federal budget in 1957.
这个赤字比1957年整年联邦预算还高
And so is the almost $80 billion…
今年还得支付这800亿
we will pay in interest this year on the national debt.
衍生的利息国债 …
Twenty years ago, in 1960…
20年前 1960年
our federal government payroll was less than $ 13 billion.
联邦政府的总薪资支出不到130亿 …
Today it is 75 billion.
而如今则是750亿
During these 20 years, our population has only increased by 23. 3 percent…
20年来人口才增长了23.3%
Man, I got two questions for you:
哇 老兄 请教你两个问题
What do you do? And how do you do it?
你是干什么? 你是怎么干的?
I’m a stockbroker. Stockbroker. Oh, goodness.
我是股票经纪人 股票经纪人 哦 天哪
Had to go to college to be a stockbroker, huh?
得上大学才能做股票经纪人 对吧?
You don’t have to. Have to be good with numbers and good with people.
不用 只需要精通数字 会做人处世
That’s it. Hey, you take care.
就这么简单 嘿 保重
I’ll let you hang on to my car for the weekend.
周末我这车就借你了
But I need it back for Monday. Feed the meter.
不过星期一得还我哦 付停车费去吧
I still remember that moment.
我还记得那一刻
They all looked so damn happy to me.
他们全都看起来 超幸福的样子
Why couldn’t I look like that?
为什么我不能也满脸幸福?
I’m gonna try to get home by 6.
我尽量在六点前回来
I’m gonna stop by a brokerage firm after work.
下班后要去一下证券行
For what? I wanna see about a job there.
干嘛? 看看那里有没有工作
Yeah? What job?
哦 什么样的工作?
You know, when l…
你知道 我
When I was a kid, I could go through a math book in a week.
我小时候 一星期就能把算数课本念完
So I’m gonna go see about what job they got down there.
所以我想去看看 有什么工作可做
What job?
什么工作?
Stockbroker.
股票经纪人
Stockbroker? Yeah.
股票经纪人? 嗯
Not an astronaut?
不是宇航员?
Don’t talk to me like that, Linda.
别用这种口气对我说话 琳达
I’m gonna go down and see about this, and I’m gonna do it during the day.
我去看看情况 利用白天的时间
You should probably do your sales calls.
嗯 你该打电话推销才对
I don’t need you to tell me about my sales calls, Linda.
还要你来告诉我 琳达
I got three of them before the damn office is even open.
人家办公室开门前 我就打了三通电话了
Do you remember that rent is due next week?
还记得下星期就要付房租吗?
Probably not.
大概不记得了吧?
We’re already two months behind.
我们已经两个月没付
Next week we’ll owe three months.