Alexis Ohanian: How to make a splash in social media

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翻译人员: Yu Wang 校对人员: Yvonne Fu
嗯,现在,很多web 2.0 (注重用户交互的新型互联网应用)的技术顾问赚了大钱。
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There are a lot of web 2.0 consultants who make a lot of money.
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In fact, they make their living on this stuff.
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实际上,他们就是靠这东西为生的。
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I'm going to try to save you all the time and money
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我会试着帮你节省点时间和钞票
在接下来的三分钟里关于这究竟是怎么回事,且听我一一道来。
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and go through it in the next three minutes, so bear with me.
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我跟一群朋友在2005年建立了一个网站,
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Started a website in 2005 with a few friends, called Reddit.com.
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叫做Reddit.com。
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It's what you'd call a social news website;
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这是一个社交型新闻网站。
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basically, the democratic front page of the best stuff on the web.
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基本上就是说公共首页
上罗列的是目前网上风头最劲的东西。你找到一些好玩儿的,
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You find some interesting content -- say, a TED Talk -- submit it to Reddit,
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比如说TEDTalk,
传到Reddit上,然后你的社区同好们
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and a community of your peers votes up if they like it, down if they don't.
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喜欢就顶,不喜欢就踩。
首页就是这么来的。升升降降,新闻总是在换。
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That creates the front page.
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It's always rising, falling; a half million people visit every day.
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每天大概有50万的点击量。但这不是Reddit本身的魅力。
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But this isn't about Reddit.
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It's about discovering new things that pop up on the web.
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这其实是大家对发掘网络上新鲜事的热情。
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In the last four years, we've seen all kinds of memes,
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因为最近四年我们见到了各种各样的流行语
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all kinds of trends get born right on our front page.
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和潮流从我们的首页开始发扬光大。
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This isn't about Reddit itself, it's actually about humpback whales.
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但今天我要讲的不是有关Reddit。
是有关座头鲸的。
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Well, technically, it's about Greenpeace, an environmental organization
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嗯,好吧,严格说来其实是有关Greenpeace(绿色和平),
一个环境保护组织,旨在阻止
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that wanted to stop the Japanese government's whaling campaign.
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日本政府的捕鲸运动。
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The whales were getting killed; they wanted to put an end to it.
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那里的座头鲸正遭受杀戮。
他们想阻止这一切。途径之一
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One of the ways they wanted to do it
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was to put a tracking chip inside one of the whales.
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就是在这些座头鲸之一身上植入追踪芯片。
但为了使大家更有参与感,他们想为这只座头鲸命名。
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But to personify the movement, they wanted to name it.
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So in true web fashion, they put together a poll,
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所以,遵循网络规则,他们发起了一场公投
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where they had a bunch of very erudite, very thoughtful, cultured names.
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包含很多非常高雅、深刻、有内涵的名字。
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I believe this is the Farsi word for "immortal."
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我相信这是波斯语中的“不朽”。
我认为这个的意思是“海之神力”
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I think this means "divine power of the ocean" in a Polynesian language.
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一个波利尼西亚词。
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And then there was this: "Mister Splashy Pants."
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然后就是这个了:喷水先生。
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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And this was a special name.
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而这个,这个很特别。阿喷先生,或喷喷,因为朋友们的支持,
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Mister Pants, or "Splashy" to his friends, was very popular on the Internet.
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在网络上流行开来。
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In fact, someone on Reddit thought,
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实际上,Reddit上的一些人认为,
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"What a great thing, we should all vote this up."
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“哦,太棒了,我们该把它顶上去。”
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And Redditors responded and all agreed.
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然后,如你所知,Redditor(Reddit用户)们群起而顶之。
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So the voting started.
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于是,选举开始,我们网站人员也在背后默默支持。
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We got behind it ourselves; we changed our logo for the day,
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我们改变了网站徽标,把外星人
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from the alien to Splashy, to help the cause.
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改成了喷水鲸鱼。
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And it wasn't long before other sites like Fark and Boing Boing
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不久之后连Fark
和Boing Boing之类的网站都开始宣称
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and the rest of the Internet started saying, "We love Splashy Pants!"
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“是的!我们就爱喷水先生。”
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So it went from about five percent, which was when this meme started,
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所以,票数从刚开始的5%,
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to 70 percent at the end of voting.
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一路涨到投票结束时的70%。
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Pretty impressive, right? We won! Mister Splashy Pants was chosen.
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很牛对吧?我们赢了!喷水先生
被选中了。嗯,开个玩笑。好吧。
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Just kidding -- Greenpeace actually wasn't that crazy about it,
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其实,绿色和平并不喜欢这个名字。
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because they wanted one of the more thoughtful names to win.
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他们想要个更有深意的名字。
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They said, "No, just kidding. We'll give it another week of voting."
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所以他们说,“不,不,这太扯了。我们再投一个礼拜。”
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Well, that got us a little angry, so we changed it to Fightin' Splashy.
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好吧,我们有点不爽。
所以,我们把口号改成了“加油喷水先生”。
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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And the Reddit community -- really, the rest of the Internet,
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而且Reddit社区真的,
不如说整个互联网,真的都开始力挺它了。
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really got behind this.
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Facebook groups were created.
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Facebook上建立了新群组和新应用。
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Facebook applications were created.
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The idea was, "Vote your conscience, vote for Mister Splashy Pants."
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宗旨就是,“投良心票,” 投喷水先生票。
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People were putting up signs in the real world about this whale.
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而且在现实世界里人们也贴起了这样的标志——
(笑声)—— 关于这条鲸鱼。
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(Laughter)
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This was the final vote: 78 percent of the votes.
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终于到了最后关头。形势明朗了...
78%高票当选,描述一下这场压倒性的胜利就是,
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To give you an idea of the landslide, the next highest name pulled in three.
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第二名只得到3%。了解了吧?
所以很明显。
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There was a clear lesson: the Internet loves Mister Splashy Pants.
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网民喜欢喷水先生。
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Which is obvious. It's a great name.
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这名字很棒。
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Everyone wants to hear their news anchor say, "Mister Splashy Pants."
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大家都想在电视或广播上听到“喷水先生”。
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(Laughter)
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(笑声)
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I think that's what helped drive this.
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我觉得这也是原动力之一。
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What was cool were the repercussions.
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但更酷的是现在绿色和平的对应,
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Greenpeace created an entire marketing campaign around it --
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他们将之彻底市场化了。
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Mister Splashy Pants shirts and pins,
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他们卖喷水先生T恤和胸章。
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an e-card so you could send your friend a dancing Splashy.
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他们甚至开发了一种电子贺卡,让你可以把跳舞的喷水先生发给你的朋友。
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But even more important was that they accomplished their mission.
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但更重要的是他们真的
完成了他们的任务。日本政府叫停了
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The Japanese government called off their whaling expedition.
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他们的捕鲸考察。使命达成。
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Mission accomplished: Greenpeace was thrilled,
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绿色和平很激动。鲸鱼们很开心。引用一下。
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the whales were happy -- that's a quote.
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(笑声)
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(Laughter)
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And actually, Redditors in the Internet community
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实际上,网络社区中的Redditor们
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were happy to participate, but they weren't whale lovers.
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喜欢凑热闹,但他们并不真的热爱鲸鱼。
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A few, certainly, but we're talking about a lot of people,
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可能有一些是。但大多数人
只是对这个热闹感兴趣并且趋之若鹜。
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really interested and caught up in this meme.
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绿色和平的人到这个网站来
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Greenpeace came back to the site and thanked Reddit for its participation.
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感谢Reddit们的参与。
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But this wasn't really altruism; just interest in doing something cool.
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但这种参与其实不是出于利他主义。只是大家都想做点很酷的事儿而已。
这就是互联网世界的规则。
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This is how the Internet works. This is that great big secret.
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这就是互联网的大秘密。因为网络提供了一个人人平等的游乐场。
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The Internet provides a level playing field.
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你的链接和(转向另一观众)你的一样有价值,
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Your link is as good as your link, which is as good as my link.
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我的也是一样。只要你有一个浏览器。
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With a browser, anyone can get to any website no matter your budget.
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不管财力大小任何人都能访问任何网站。
只要网络能保持它的中立性。
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That is, as long as you can keep net neutrality in place.
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另一个很重要的点是在网络上浏览内容现在不用花任何额外费用。
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Another important thing is it costs nothing to get content online.
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我们有太多厉害的网络发布工具。
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There are so many publishing tools available,
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现在几分钟就可以有所创造。
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it only takes a few minutes to produce something.
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重复操作是如此简单,你也许会想也试一把。
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and the cost of iteration is so cheap, you might as well.
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如果你真的想做,请保持真诚。请实话实说。请敏锐前卫。
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If you do, be genuine. Be honest, up-front.
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而且绿色和平实际上学到了很重要的一课
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One of the great lessons Greenpeace learned
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那就是失控其实没什么大不了。
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is that it's OK to lose control,
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不把自己太当回事也没什么大不了。
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OK to take yourself a little less seriously,
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given that, even though it's a very serious cause,
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了解了这个,即使这本身是挺不得了的道理,
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you could ultimately achieve your goal.
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你最终就能实现你的目标。
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That's the final message I want to share: you can do well online.
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这也是我想与大家分享的最后一个秘诀——
就是上网也能做大事。
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But no longer is the message coming from just the top down.
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但秘诀并不再是大人物掌控一切。
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If you want to succeed you've got to be OK to lose control.
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若想成功,面对失控的情形你要心态平和。
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Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
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(Applause)
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(掌声)
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