Creator of the Internet, 64, McLean, Virginia
"Surf the Web" is a happy coincidence.
“网上冲浪”是一个愉快的巧合。（这不在互联网当初的设计之内）
You don't have to be young to learn about technology. You have to feel young.
你不必要年轻才能学习技术，你需要的是年轻的心。
There was no one "Ah-ha!" moment. Not in the sense that many people want to hear. They see the Internet now and think, Well, thirty-six years ago someone imagined what it would look like in 2008, and that is what drove the process. It wasn't like that at all.
没有“啊哈！”的时刻。这不像许多人所希望听到的那样。他们看到今天的互联网然后想：嗯，36年前有人设想了就如今天2008年所看到的一样，而且确实是如此逐步演进、发展的。事实完全不是这样的！
When I first joined Google in October of 2005, I was warned that I shouldn't be offended if people were doing their e-mails while a meeting was going on.
我在2005年10月刚进入Google时，我被提醒不要因为有人在开会时写电子邮件而觉得被冒犯。
There was a first "Oh, no!" moment. That was the first time I saw spam pop up. It could have been as early as '79. A digital-equipment corporation sent a note around announcing a job opening, and we all blew up, saying, This is not for advertising! This is for serious work!
当我第一次看到垃圾邮件时，一开始确实觉得“哦，不！”。这是1979年初的时候，一家数字设备公司传送一份公布职位空缺的便条，我们都被激怒了，说：这（互联网）不是用来做广告用的！它是用于严肃的工作的！
I was disappointed that pornography got to the Net. But I've come to learn that pornographers are almost always the first ones to adopt new technology. If there is a new way of distributing their product, they'll find it.
当色情图片出现在网上时我觉得非常的失望。但随之我了解到色情行业总是第一个采用新的技术。只要有一种新的方式能发布他们的产品，他们就能发现它。
Will we shoot virtually at each other over the Internet? Probably not. On the other hand, there may be wars fought about the Internet.
在互联网上我们会用虚拟的方式互相攻击吗？可能不会。从另一方面来讲，可能会有关乎互联网的战争。
Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.
即时通讯和聊天室基本上为聋哑人士提供了更大的一片游乐场。
When I was a teenager, I used to wear a sport coat and tie to high school. Mostly so I didn't look like anyone else. Instead of nose rings or whatever it is kids do these days, I was carrying a briefcase.
当我十来岁时，我经常穿运动外套和领带上高中，这样基本上我看起来跟任何人都不一样。不同于今天的孩子穿个鼻环等，我那时常提一个公文包。
The three-piece suit has become sort of my trademark. You don't see them much anymore. It has several benefits: You may be overdressed on some occasions, but you can manage to fit into a huge range of circumstances.
三件式西服现在就像是我的商标一样，一般现在很少有人这样穿。这样有几个好处：在某些场合可能太隆重了，但你能控制融入很大量的场景。
I wouldn't go on a safari in a three-piece suit.
我不会穿三件套西服去进行一次探险。
One of my favorite books is The Swiss Family Robinson. The reason is, I'm fascinated by the postapocalyptic recovery. What do we do in a disaster? How do we make do?
我最爱的书是《海角一乐园》。原因是我对世界末日之后的恢复非常的着迷。我们在灾难中会做什么？我们如何才能做到我们要做的？
It may seem like sort of a waste of time to play World of Warcraft with your son. But you're actually interacting with each other. You're solving problems. They may seem like simple problems, but you're solving them. You're posed with challenges that you have to overcome. You're on a quest to gain certain capabilities. I haven't spent a lot of time playing World of Warcraft, because my impression is that it takes a serious amount of time to play it well.
跟儿子一起玩《星际争霸》看起来有点浪费时间，但是这时候你们确实在互动。你们在解决问题，看起来是一些简单的问题，但你们正在解决他们。你被要求必须解决一些挑战，你被请求去获取一定的能力。我没有花很多时间去玩《星际争霸》，因为印象中那要花很多时间才能玩得好。
Humor is the only thing that allows you to survive every pressure and crisis.
幽默是唯一能让你在每一次的压力和危机中挺过来的东西。
I find classical music a very beautiful way to focus my thoughts.
我发现古典音乐是一种非常美妙的让我集中思路的方法。
Al Gore had seen what happened with the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, which his father introduced as a military bill. It was very powerful. Housing went up, suburban boom happened, everybody became mobile. Al was attuned to the power of networking much more than any of his elective colleagues. His initiatives led directly to the commercialization of the Internet. So he really does deserve credit.
阿尔-戈尔看到了1956年作为军事提案由他父亲提出的国家州际和国防公路法后所发生的一切。房子盖起来了，郊区开始兴旺了，每个人都动了起来。阿尔比其他竞选者更了解网络的力量。他的动议直接引发了互联网的商业化。因此，他真的值得被赞扬。
People on foot, donkeys, the standard sedan, lorries, bicycles, people on skates. You don't see too many elephants, but you do see a lot of cattle. The horn is not used there in the way Americans use horns. The way I get around India is someone else drives.
徒步的人、驴、标准的轿车、货车、自行车、穿冰鞋人。那儿没有太多的大象，但你能看到很多牛。他们的牛角的使用方式和美国人的使用角方式不一样。我周游印度是由其他人来开的车。
In Silicon Valley, failure is experience. Now, if you fail at everything, that's different. But a failure is a mark of experience more than anything else.
在硅谷，失败是一种经验。但如果你在每一件事情上都失败了就是另一回事。但一次失败是比任何事情都重要的经验的标志。
The joke is that there are four words you have to remember in a successful marriage: "You're absolutely right, dear."
笑话是你必须记住的婚姻成功的两个字： “亲爱的，你完全正确！”
My wife and I look at our kids and say, They're not ready for marriage. Then we look at each other and say, Why did we think we were?
我的妻子和我看着我们的孩子说：他们还没有准备好结婚。然后我们看着对方说：为什么我们认为我们当时准备好了呢？
People are inventing not only virtual places but new economic principles. We have economists in the Second Life environment studying what people are doing, because these are real people making decisions. Maybe you want to have a different hairdo or different clothing or a boob job -- whatever it is. People will pay to enhance their avatar.
人们不仅在发明虚拟的地方，还有新的经济原则。我们在“第二人生”中有经济学家研究人们在做什么，因为这些是真实的人作出的决定。也许您想要有不同的发型，或不同的衣服或一份什么愚蠢的工作。但是人们原因为提升他们的化身而付钱。
Reproducing isn't nearly as much fun in Second Life.
“第二人生”中繁殖并没有太多的乐趣。
At the roots, people are still people. That's why Shakespeare is so popular no matter what the language.
在基层，人仍然是人。这就是为何不分语言莎士比亚仍会如此受欢迎。
The closer you look at something,the more complex it seems to be.
当你越近地审视一件东西，它就会变得越复杂。
Over a period of a hundred or a thousand years, the probability of maintaining continuity of the software to interpret the old stuff is probably close to zero. Where would you find a projector for an 8mm film these days? If the new software can't understand, we've lost the information. I call this bit rot. It's a serious problem.
在一百或一千的一段时期内，保持软件的延续性能解释旧的东西的几率可能是接近零。你现在还能找到8毫米电影的投影机吗？如果新的软件没法理解旧的东西，我们已经失去了信息。我称此为“比特腐烂”。这是一个严重的问题。
I'd like to know what the Internet is going to look like in 2050. Thinking about it makes me wish I were eight years old.
想知道是互联网在2050年会是怎样的。思考这样的问题会使我希望我只有8岁。