【國立臺灣大學 109學年度畢業典禮 貴賓致詞】
Commencement Address, National Taiwan University Commencement 2021
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巨大集團 羅祥安前執行長
Giant Group Former CEO Anthony Lo
管校長,羅副校長,各位貴賓,畢業生的家長跟朋友們,還有今天最重要的2021年臺大的畢業生,大家早安、大家好!
首先恭喜你們,今天從全世界最優秀大學之一的臺灣大學畢業了!
在過去幾年,在管校長,以「大學教改」和「國際化」的理念,率領全體師生的努力之下,臺大在全世界的能見度,和各項排名,都有顯著的進步,也讓身為校友的我們倍感光榮。
是不是我們大家一起鼓掌,給自己鼓勵一下好不好!
你們今天剛剛畢業,但是你們已經創造了臺大一項新的紀錄:第一次,沒有傳統畢業典禮的畢業生。這將是你們人生一個非常特別的回憶,也預表了你們未來將會有與眾不同的表現,和非凡的成就。
現在的世界,局勢是在東方跟西方的勢力,彼此對抗而動盪不安。而全世界的經濟活動,也因為科技的突破性創新,而受到很大的影響。不盡理想的、不盡公平的全球化,也將逐漸地變成 全球在地化。而COVID-19肆虐全球的結果,使得臺灣跟全世界,大家的生活型態、社會的結構、經濟活動的節奏都被打亂了,而必須要加以全面的整理跟重新的架構。這當然是一個危機,但是更是一個絕好的機會。所以,將你們迎面而來的,是無數的創新的機會,以及冒險卻令人興奮的全新挑戰。
因為臺灣,這是第一次跟全世界各個國家,同步的站在一個嶄新的共同起跑點上面。所以我要恭喜你們,你們躬逢其會,將要進入一個充滿希望、嶄新的時代。
我是1969年從臺大畢業的,所以我想今天就以我畢業之後的50多年,人生的一些學習和體會,來跟諸位分享,給諸位作個參考。
當我大學畢業的時候,我滿懷抱負,迫不及待地想要大展身手,我當時進入臺灣最大的貿易公司工作,但是我發現我所學的很多東西,只有一些國際貿易的實務跟英文有用,至於其他我所學習到的經營管理的很多知識,恐怕都要等到10年、20年之後,如果我有幸當上高級主管才能派上用場。
更諷刺的是,我是商學系畢業的,但是工作兩年後,我發現我真的不喜歡做商人,我也不喜歡做生意,我有興趣的是做事業。
後來,幸好我有聆聽我心裡面的微弱的聲音,決定踏進自行車業,放棄掉台北最好的貿易公司的金飯碗,而去參加在大甲一個只有38個人的小公司,來追求我的夢想。
那時候許多人認為我腦筋有問題,頭殼壞去,但現在回顧回來,我當時是做了人生一個非常好的決定。
創業的過程飽受艱辛,但是我也學到了很多寶貴的經驗:我首先學到的,是在做事之前,必須要先學做人。
人必須要誠信踏實,不能自私自利,而要利他共好。
要隨時心存感恩,尊重、關切別人。要熱愛這個世界,並且要了解到一個人的能力是有限的,而必須要去建立互信、互助的人際關係;要融入群體、要發揮團隊的精神。
在做事方面,一定要以正面積極的態度,認真努力去工作。 而且不要怕失敗,要勇於接受新的挑戰。因為如果有失敗了,那只是代表說你又更靠近成功一步了。要作中學,學中作,要虛心好奇的終身學習,開拓挑戰、追求卓越。
在這裡,我想要送給大家一個很特別的畢業禮物,就是兩個「成功的錦囊」。
第一個錦囊:不管你做什麼工作,不論你職務的高低,永遠都要站在顧客的立場,來為他們設想,還能做什麼,讓他們能夠得到更多的創新價值。
第二個錦囊:無論作什麼工作,不管你職務的高低,永遠都要站在經營者的角度來為公司設想,要做什麼,才能讓公司更健康,永續經營跟發展。
既使你們把我後面講的很多東西都忘記了,沒關係,但是這個畢業禮物你們一定要記得帶回去,因為這些「同理心」的兩個錦囊,在未來會給你們帶來意想不到的祝福!
其次我體會到,名跟利都是副產品。正產品是你成為什麼樣的人,成就什麼樣的事。當正產品是對的時候,名跟利都自然會來。
所以我鼓勵大家在找工作的時候,不要太計較開始的薪水和待遇。因為事實上,一個新人,在前面三年是很難有大的貢獻的,反過來只是公司發薪水來給你培訓而已。所以選擇一個有意義的行業,找一家你可以學習進步的好公司,這才是重要的。
第三,我學習到 知識不等於智慧。諸位都學有專精,有很多寶貴的知識,但這些知識必須要實際去做才能夠產生經驗,而累積的時候會有不同經驗的反省、學習、跟體會,尤其是從那些失敗的經 驗,才能夠漸漸地凝結成有用的智慧。
我的成長過程分成三段,開始我是一個「I」型的人,我擁有一些經營管理的基本的能力。後來因為工作的需要和我的好奇心,我漸漸地學習到技術開發、製造生產、品牌推廣、全球經營、以及行銷、服務等等寶貴的經驗,這樣漸漸地,我就形成一個「T」型的一個跨界的人才。但是到了我真正找到公司未來的使命跟方向,並且把它跟我的人生目標結合在一起,熱情的、積極去推動的時候,那時候我終於成為一個「十字架」型的一個領導者。
當公司發展得比較穩定之後,我就面臨要如何來替公司規劃願景、使命、定位,跟長期策略。在這個階段,我有一些新的體會:首先,你必須要能夠畫出一個「黃金正三角形」,正三角形是最穩定的,上面是戰略,中間是戰術,下面是戰鬥。先要有正確的戰略,才能衍伸出有效的戰術,再根據這個戰術去貫徹戰鬥的執行。換言之,戰略就是做對的事情,戰術就是對的方法,戰鬥就是用對的方法去把事情做對做好,並且不斷地去持續改善。
想要能夠思考出長期的戰略,就必須要有洞察力。
我很喜歡看地球儀,就是那種在一個架子上面,有一個可以轉動的地球模型。當你把地球轉動的時候,你看到上面每一個地方、每一個國家,它的地理位置、它的自然生態,以及你思考它的歷史的演變跟它的發展,這樣子你就能夠得出一個整體的,跟全方位的一個概念。
在思考長期戰略的時候,很不容易得出一個有突破性的一個創見,它的原因往往是因為「當局者迷」的關係。
所以當我考慮長期戰略的時候,我會把自己設想,好像從一個人造衛星上面,來觀看一個轉動的地球。以宇宙格局的高度,以全球視野的廣度,以歷史演進的長度,這樣子你就能夠以一個「旁觀者清」的姿態和角度,來正面、反面深入思考,這樣子你就可能得到一個突破性的一個解答。「世界的捷安特」跟「全球在地化」的品牌經營—這樣子的策略、願景就是這樣產生的。
另外一種洞察力,是如何推出給人們有創新價值的產品跟服務。這就要時時地站在人文跟科技的十字路口,仔細觀察它們的變化,然後活用科技的進步,為人文潛在的需求,適時地提供最佳的解決方案。捷安特的Cycling世界,就是用這種方法,不斷的推出創新價值的產品。
我們在經營上也有發展出一個特別的理念,那就是「不求第一,要作惟一」。全世界的人這麼多,但沒有兩個人的指紋是一樣的, 所以每一個人都是獨一無二、都是惟一的。可見當上帝造每一個人的時候,祂都有衪特別的計劃,而且也把成功所需要的能力跟要素,已經放在你的心中,等待你取用。所以每一個人不應該只是模仿別人,或者是按照別人的期望來生活,而應該要找出並且發揮自己的天賦,真正做自己,成為惟一,才能夠活出精采的生命。
企業也是一樣,不能隨波逐流,必須要找出什麼才是對的,什麼是合適你的,什麼才是有意義、對這個世界有貢獻的,這個才是惟一。當你精益求精,努力的想要成為惟一的時侯,你才能夠找到真正正確的目標,以及永續生存的價值。如果事事都想為第一,那麼你可能去追求很多不切實際的目標,而被你無法承受的巨大壓力所摧毀。或者,因為不擇手段,最後走上一些錯誤的道路。
在長期追求惟一的過程當中,我也得到兩個重要的體會:當你決心做一件對的事情,而且不屈不撓,勇敢堅持奮鬥的時候,全宇宙的力量都會起來幫助你。另外,把一件有意義的事情,用生命的力量把它作好,你就有可能改變這個世界!
我鼓勵你們,聆聽你們內心深處的微小的聲音,讓它引導你們,去尋找到你們的天賦,了解你們的命定。
不求第一,要作惟一。做你真正的自己,成為惟一。活出你精彩的生命,享受你幸福的人生!
很多人說,生長在臺灣的人,一輩子裡面一定要完成三項挑戰:登玉山、泳渡日月潭、還有騎自行車環島。我覺得這非常有道理。所以我建議大家在畢業以後,在去當兵、就業之前,不妨參加一個自行車環島的旅行團,用九天的時間,仔細的去體會、欣賞寶島臺灣的美好,用自行車的輪胎去親吻,這塊生你長你的美麗大地,就當作是送給你自己的一個畢業禮物吧!
那教授們跟家長們,可能會想說,啊!太可惜了,我畢業的時候沒有騎自行車環島,我現在已經五六十歲了。沒關係,你這個年紀正好來從事人生的壯遊。
我們臺大的校長-管校長,在今年的一月份,就勇敢的完成他夢寐以求的自行車環島的壯遊。我們給管爺一個掌聲好不好?
有人認為臺灣很小、沒有前途,真的是這樣嗎?世界經濟論壇每年都要把全世界的國家的實力做一個調查跟排名。讓我們來看一下臺灣的排名。全世界有235個國家,就面積來講,我們排名第137;就人口來講,第57;就經濟體來講,第21;就整體競爭力來講,排名第11;而創新力,臺灣排名第4。沒錯,臺灣的確不大,但是我們很強,我們可以很有前途!
可預見的,未來的世界將會成為美、歐、亞三區鼎力的這個新局面。就像三個圓圈,各自都以自己的利益為優先,並且彼此長期的競爭、對抗和抵制,但是同時又不得不相互的維持一些必要的連結。而在每一個圈裡面,它將持續的有很多劇烈的改變,就像一個暴風圈一樣。而這三個暴風圈連結在一起,就形成一個所謂完全風暴PERFECT STORM。
最近經濟學人雜誌,把臺灣當作封面,稱臺灣為地球上最危險的地方,但同時又是科技業最關鍵的地方。我個人倒認為,未來臺灣可能是處在一個最有利的地位,就在那三個暴風圈中間的那個颱風眼,也就是這三個圈圈彼此連結交會的中心點。這個地方看起來好像危險,其實是最安全、最有利、又是最關鍵的地方。
當三個暴風圈無可避免的,參與在一個長期的競爭、對抗、跟抵制-這樣一個零和的賽局裡面。那臺灣並不屬於任何一個圈圈,也不需要去參與這些競爭、對抗跟抵制。而可以去想說,我可以在這個關鍵的中心點,替這個世界來提供什麼樣子的創新價值的貢獻。
臺灣過去50年的努力累積了很多技術開發、製造管理、金融資本,社會資源,以及民主法治體制,這些稀有而寶貴的實力。而且如果以全世界作為舞台,那麼,能夠精通中文跟英文、能夠深切的了解東方西方的文化;有專業,又能跨界,謙卑而不自卑,自信而不自大的臺灣人,可能是全世界最優秀的人才。
未來無法被預測,但是可以被創造!30年前,有誰能夠預測到說臺灣會產生世界級的台積電跟捷安特?
台積電秉持著作惟一的理念,以全球晶圓代工的戰略,厚植實力,打造了優質高效的供應鏈,把臺灣變成一個科技島。以臺灣為核心,轉動引領全世界的半導體市場。
捷安特也秉持著作惟一的理念,以世界的捷安特,全球在地化的品牌戰略,帶領A-Team把臺灣變成全世界高級車的中心,又積極的推動Cycling的新文化,把臺灣發展成一個自行車島,以臺灣為核心,轉動引領全世界自行車的市場。
在這裡我也期許我們臺大,也能夠以作惟一這樣子的理念,轉動引領世界,變成全世界最優秀人才培養的最佳搖籃。
未來的50年,臺灣將迎來前所未有最大的機運!所以臺灣是不是應該要脫離過去單純競爭的心態,而來積極的謀求長期的未來生存之道,或者更進一步要問自己:臺灣可以為世界貢獻些什麼?臺灣不應該只是消極的「根留臺灣」,而應該更主動積極的「放眼全球、立足亞太、深根臺灣」。
臺灣過去的50年,那是一個非常艱辛跟特別的階段。很慶幸的,臺灣在那個階段裡面,是屬於勝利的這一組。
現在是應該到了必須要了解過去、深入現在、策劃未來,這個重要關鍵的時刻。要如何的以宇宙格局的高度、以全球視野的廣度、以及歷史演進的長度,衡外情,量己力,來為臺灣重新的定位,重新畫一個正確的戰略、戰術、戰鬥的黃金三角形。讓臺灣能夠真正發揮自己的長處,能夠打造創新價值的優勢,成為惟一、做Only One!要能夠創造一個更安全、更廣闊、更興盛-全新的藍海。臺灣必須要成為世界的好公民,繼續的為全世界做更多、更好的貢獻!
2021的畢業生們,在你們當中有未來國家的領導人、有全球企業的創造者、有在社會各行各業、方方面面的核心人才,所以臺灣未來50年的未來,就掌握在你們手中了。
最後,我想用一位著名科學家的名言來作結尾: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. 人生就像騎自行車,要保持你平衡最好的方法,就是繼續不斷地向前進。
你知道這是誰的名言嗎? 沒錯,就是愛因斯坦!
2021的畢業生們,請你騎上你人生的自行車,勇敢的向前邁進,去開創你獨一無二、精彩無比的新生命跟未來。再一次,恭喜你們,並且祝福你們每一位,將來都能夠有健康、幸福、精彩跟有意義的人生!
謝謝!
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President Kuan, Executive Vice President Luo, Distinguished guests, family, friends, and most importantly, the graduating class of 2021, good morning!
First of all, congratulations! Today, you are graduating from one of the best universities in the world – National Taiwan University!
Over the last few years, President Kuan led the university forward with his vision of “educational reform” and internationalization”. Together with all the faculty and students, NTU has made significant progress in both ranking and global visibility, making us, alumni, extremely proud.
I think we deserve to give ourselves a round of applause!
You are the graduating class of 2021 and already, you have set a new record for NTU: For the first time, there will not be a traditional graduation ceremony. Let this be a very special memory of your life and a sign of the difference you will make in your future with extraordinary achievements.
The world is now in a volatile state where the East and the West are confronting each other. The world’s economic activities are also greatly affected by the breakthrough and innovations in technology. The less-than-ideal and less-than fair globalization will gradually become global localization. And as a result of COVID-19, Taiwan and the rest of the world’s lifestyle, social structure, and economy have been disrupted, and must be comprehensively reorganized and restructured. This is certainly a crisis, but in the midst of every crisis, lies great opportunity. So, what lies before you are countless opportunities for innovation, and exciting new challenges.
Because, for the first time, Taiwan is standing with the rest of the world on a new race-track. Therefore, I would like to congratulate you, you are entering a new era full of hope.
I graduated from NTU in 1969. It has been more than 50 years and today, I would like to share some of my life experiences and insights.
When I graduated from college, I was filled with ambition. I couldn’t wait to make my mark. I joined one of the largest trading companies in Taiwan, where I quickly realized the only materials I learned in school that came in handy are a little bit of international trade practices and English. Much of what I had learned about business management would only be relevant 10 or 20 years down the road, if I was lucky enough to become a senior executive.
What’s even more ironic is that I graduated with a degree in business, but after working for 2 years, I realize I really don’t like being a businessman, and I don’t like doing business. What I am actually interested in is building an enterprise.
Fortunately, I chose to listen to the faint voice in my heart and decided to enter the bicycle industry. I left my position at the best trading company in Taipei to join a small company with only 38 employees in Dajia to pursue my dream.
At the time, many people thought I must’ve broken my skull and gone crazy, but looking back, I have made a great decision in my life.
The process of starting my own enterprise has been very difficult, but I have learned many valuable lessons. The first thing I learned is that before you can do anything else, you have to learn to be a person of good character.
We must be honest, down to earth, selfless, self-serving, and altruistic for the common good.
Be grateful, respectful and caring at all times. To love the world and to understand that one person’s ability is limited and that is necessary to build interpersonal relationships of mutual trust and support; to be part of a group and to play as a team.
When it comes to work, you must work hard with a positive attitude. And don’t be afraid to fail, be brave enough to accept new challenges. Because every time you fail, it just means you are one step closer to success. Learning is an active process. We learn by doing. We must stay open-minded and curious, aspiring to lifelong learning; to explore challenges and pursue excellence.
Here I would like to give everyone a special graduation gift, which are my two tips for success:
First, always put yourself in the customer’s shoes, regardless of what you’re doing or what kind of job title you hold. Think for them, think about what else you can do to create more value for the customers.
Second, regardless of what you’re doing or what kind of job title you hold, always think about the company from the proprietor’s point of view; what can we do to build a healthier company that’s sustainable.
Even if you are going to forget everything I say later, that’ ok. Just remember to take your graduation gift at heart, because these two tips on “empathy “are sure to bring you unexpected blessings in the future!
Later on, I realized that fame and money are merely byproducts. The real product is you, what kind of person you have become and what have you achieved. When the real product is identified, fame and money will come naturally.
So I encourage you, when you look for a job, don’t be too concerned about the starting salary and benefits. Because as a matter of fact, as a newcomer, it is very difficult to make a big contribution in the first three years, so really the company is paying to give you training instead. So choose a meaningful industry and find a good company where you can improve and grow, that’s what’s important.
Thirdly, I learned that knowledge is not the same as wisdom. All of you have learned a lot and have a lot of valuable knowledge, but this knowledge must be practiced in order to produce experience, and in the process of accumulation, there will be different experiences of reflection, learning and empathy, especially from failure, slowly and surely all these experiences will be condensed into useful wisdom.
My personal development can be divided into three stages. I began as a I-shaped person with some basic skills in business management. Later on, due to my job and curiosity, I gained respected experience in technology development, manufacturing, branding, global marketing, and service and thus gradually becoming a T-shape multidisciplinary professional.
However, when I combined the future mission and direction of the company with my life goals, promoting it enthusiastically and actively, that is when I finally became a X-shape transdisciplinary leader.
Once the company became more stable, I was faced with the challenge of planning the vision, mission, positioning, and long-term strategy for the company. At this stage, I had some new insights.
First, you must be able to draw a “golden triangle”, an equilateral triangle is the most stable shape with strategy on top, tactics in the middle, and operations at the bottom. In other words, the strategy is to do the right thing, the tactics is the using the right methods, and operations is using the right methods to excel on doing the right things while constantly improving them.
To develop long-term strategies, it is necessary to have insight.
I enjoy looking at the globe, yes, the spherical model of Earth that sits on a stand and can be rotated. When you rotate the globe, you can see every place and country on it, its geographical location, its natural ecology, and you can think about its historical evolution and development, so that you can come up with an overall comprehensive concept.
When thinking about long-term strategy, it is not easy to come up with a groundbreaking idea, because “men are often blind in their own cause”
Therefore, when I think about long-term strategy, I imagine myself as if I were looking at a rotating Earth from a man-made satellite. With the height of the universe, the breadth of global vision and the length of historical evolution, you will be able think about it from the perspective of an observer, and then you may have a breakthrough. This is how the strategy and vision of “GIANT for the World” and “glocalization” brand management came about.
Another kind of insight is how to introduce the products and services to create additional value to people. This requires standing at the crossroads of humanity and technology, observing their changes carefully, and then using technological advances to provide the best solutions for the potential needs of humanity in a timely manner. This is how GIANT’s Cycling World continues to introduce innovative values to its products.
We have also developed a special philosophy in our business, which is “don’t be the first one, be the only one”. There are so many people in the world, but no two people share the same fingerprints, making each person unique and one of a kind. God created each person with purpose and has gifted us with the abilities and elements needed for success. All of which is in your heart, waiting for you to take them. Therefore, we should not just follow each other’s footstep or live under the expectations of someone else. Instead, we should find and give reigns to our talents, to truly be ourselves, to become the only one and live a brilliant life.
The same applies to businesses, you can’t just go with the flow, we must find what is right and suitable and what is meaningful and contributive to the world, this is what it means to be the only one. When you strive for excellence and strive to be the only one, you will find the right goals and the value of sustainability. If you try to be first in everything, you may pursue many unrealistic goals and either be destroyed by unbearable pressure or resort to doing whatever it takes, and end up on the wrong path.
I have learned two important lessons in my long quest to be the “only one”. When you are determined to do the right thing and you are unyielding and persistent in your struggle, the power of the universe will rise up and help you. In addition, if you do something meaningful and do it well with the power of life, you may change the world.
I urge you to listen to the small voice deep within you and let it guide you to find your talents and understand your destiny.
Do not seek to be the first but to be the only. Be true to yourself and be the only one. Live your life to the fullest and enjoy your life to the fullest!
Many people say that growing up in Taiwan, you must complete three challenges in your lifetime: climb to the top of Jade Mountain, swim across Sun Moon Lake, and ride a bike around the island. I think this is very true. Therefore, I suggest that after graduation, before you go to the military or get a job, you might as well join a bicycle tour around the island and spend nine days to carefully experience and appreciate the beauty of Taiwan. As a graduation gift to yourself, let the tires kiss the beautiful land where you were born and raised.
All the professors and parents must be thinking in regret, “Ah! Too bad! I didn’t ride my bike around the island when I graduated and now I’m already in my 50s and 60s…” But that’s okay! You are actually at the perfect age to start your adventurous life.
Our President of NTU, President Kuan bravely completed his dream bike tour around the island in January this year. Let’s give President Kuan a round of applause!
Some people think that Taiwan is small and has no future. Every year, the World Economic Forum conducts a survey and ranking of the strength of countries around the world. Let’s take a look at Taiwan’s ranking. There are 235 countries in the world and we rank 137th in terms of landmass, 57th in terms of population, 21st in terms of economy, 11th in terms of overall competitiveness, and 4th in terms of innovation. It’s true that Taiwan is not big, but we are strong and we have a promising future.
In the foreseeable future there will become a new situation in which the United States, Europe and Asia will be the three focal regions. Just like three circles, each of which prioritizes its own interests and is in long-term competition, confrontation and resistance, but at the same time has to maintain some necessary links with each other. And in each circle, drastic changes will be endless, just like a storm circle. These three storm circles are linked together to form a so-called PERFECT STORM.
The Economist magazine recently featured Taiwan on its cover, calling it the most dangerous place on earth, but at the same time the most critical place for the technology industry. Personally, I think that Taiwan may be in the most favorable position in the future, right in the middle of the three storm circles, the eye of the typhoon, which is the center point where these three circles are connected. This place seems dangerous, but in fact it is the safest, most favorable, and most critical place.
When the three storm circles are inevitably involved in a long-term competition, confrontation, and boycott - a zero-sum game. Taiwan does not belong to any of these circles, nor does it need to participate in these competitions, confrontations, and boycotts. Instead, situated in this critical position, I should begin to think about what kind of innovative value I can provide to the world.
Taiwan's efforts over the past 50 years have accumulated many rare and valuable strengths in technology development, manufacturing management, financial capital, social resources, and the democratic rule of law system. If the world is our stage, Taiwanese people who are proficient in Chinese and English, who have a deep understanding of Eastern and Western cultures, who are professional, who can cross borders, who are humble but not inferior, and who are confident but not arrogant, may be the best talents in the world.
The future cannot be predicted, but it can be created! 30 years ago, who could have predicted that Taiwan would produce globally renowned TSMC and GIANT?
TSMC is committed to the concept of being the only one, and has built up its strengths with its global foundry strategy, creating a high-quality and efficient supply chain and turning Taiwan into a technology island. With Taiwan as the core, TSMC is leading the worldwide semiconductor market.
GIANT also upholds the concept of "Be the only one" and leads the A-Team to turn Taiwan into the center of the world's premium bikes with the brand strategy of globalization and localization, and actively promotes the new culture of cycling, developing Taiwan into a cycling island and leading the world's cycling market with Taiwan as the core.
Here I also hope that we, NTU, can also lead the world with the concept of being the only one, and become the best cradle for the cultivation of the best talents in the world.
In the next 50 years, Taiwan will have the greatest opportunity ever! Therefore, Taiwan should get rid of the simple competitive mentality of the past and actively seek the long-term survival of the future, or go even further and ask itself: What can Taiwan contribute to the world? Taiwan should not just "secure Taiwan" in a conservative way, but should be more proactive with global outlook and establish a foothold in the Asia Pacific.
The last 50 years, for Taiwan, has been very difficult and significant. Fortunately, Taiwan pulled through and came out as one of the winners.
Now is the crucial moment to understand the past, delve into the present, and plan for the future. We must take the height of the universe, the breadth of our global vision, and the length of historical evolution, weigh the external situation, and measure our own strengths to reposition Taiwan and draw the golden triangle of strategy, tactics, and operations. Taiwan should be able to give full play to its strengths, create innovative value, and become the only one! Taiwan must become a good citizen of the world and continue to make more and better contributions to the world!
Graduates of 2021, among you are the future leaders of the country, the creators of global enterprises, and the core talents in all walks of life, the future is in your hands.
Finally, I would like to conclude with a quote from a famous scientist: Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.
Do you know who this quote belongs to? That's right, Einstein!
Graduates of 2021, please get ready for your life adventure, get on your bikes and peddle courageously forward to create your own unique and exciting future. Again, congratulations and best wishes to each and every one of you for a healthy, happy, and meaningful life!
Thank you!
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#阿凱的淺文字
你給我故事,我畫給你世界。(See below for English translation)
三十是一個什麼樣的數字?
十年前二十歲的自己,想著這時候應該在一間落地窗能看見台北全景的辦公室裡,坐擁自己的事業,或許不是很有成就,但應該已經在籌備人生的第一部電影了吧!周旋於每一位富有才華的人之間,和他們一起共事,每天都是不同的刺激與火花。
二十年前十歲的自己,想不到那麼遠,卻大概也能想像現在的樣子,應該成為一位成熟的大人了吧?或許擁有一些那時候沒辦法想像的煩惱,但因為能夠做的事情有好多好多,再怎麼不快樂,應該也是幸福的吧!
看過去的自己,注視現階段的自己,遙望未來的自己,三十,代表著什麼呢?
你會忍心回去和那時候的自己說,長大,或許並不是一件那麼令人嚮往的事情,每天叫醒你的,也不是夢想而是堆積如山的帳單。
你能做的事情變多了!但你願意做的事情卻更少了!你不再像以前一樣和朋友說約就約,連傳訊息過去都害怕變成一種打擾,因為彼此的生活不同了!唯一僅存共同的情感,只剩下回憶。所以比起人群,你更喜歡獨處。
然後你終於發現夢想是有錢人的玩意,你拚盡全力掌握的每一分努力,都只是加速讓你認清現實,讓你了解自己與世界的差距。於是不斷的挫折、咬緊牙關往前,再承受新的挫折,好一點你磨出了屬於自己的形狀,比較可惜的那些人,便成為風沙,消失在宇宙塵埃裡。
三十,對我來說,是一個階段,是與某種任性告別的日子,是完結了某些情感卻能夠再承接新的重量的年紀,是讓你能夠繼續掌握些什麼,卻能更成熟的前進的時刻,是一個結束也是一個開始。
夢想中的工作室還沒完成,但擁有一台筆電,在哪裡好像都能掌握全世界。盼望中的文字著作還沒誕生,但我的文字卻一點一點地將情感傳遞給更多人。有許多想做的事、有許多已經完成的事、有許多結好的善緣正在發酵、有許多期待正在被發生。
我期許三十歲的自己能擁有一雙翅膀,這雙翅膀除了帶著我飛,也能陪你們翱翔,能給我更高更遠更自由的力量。所以這張圖也希望能給你們一雙翅膀,無拘無束自在的前往更多地方。
屬於阿凱的三十歲的生日活動很簡單,你只要寫一封手寫信給我(寄至11699世新大學郵局第12號信箱-夫夫之道阿凱 收),或許和我傾訴一些事,一些美好的確幸、一些生活的苦惱、一些獲得和一些失去,什麼都能和我說,而我會按照當下閱讀後的心情,繪一張圖,送給你。
你給我故事,我畫給你世界。
然後在這個不那麼完美的世界,有你我伴隨,就好像又抓住了一點微小卻強大的力量,我們都能再多走一點,多走一點。實現的那一天,或許就能更近了!
📪 收件時間:即日起至10/05止(以郵戳為憑)
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Just words – by Kai
Tell me your story, and I will draw you your world.
What does Thirty mean to you?
Ten years ago when I was twenty, I thought by now I would be in an office with ceiling-to-floor glass walls looking down to the buzz of Taipei, championing my career. I might not be the most successful, but I would probably be starting my first movie! I would be surrounded by talented people, enjoying the vibrant creativity brought in by them.
Twenty years ago when I was ten, I was not thinking too far into the future. However I was imagining I would have matured into a reliable adult. I might have problems I did not notice as a ten year-old, but I should still be happy since I can do so much more!
I look at myself in the past. I look at myself in the present moment. I look at myself into the future. Thirty. What does this mean?
Would you want to tell that kid in the past, that growing up might not be as good as you thought? That instead of flying high, you will be tied down by your bills?
You can do so much more, yet there is so little that you actually want to do. You stopped hanging out with your friends spontaneously. Everyone’s lives become so different you even hesitate to send a text, as it may be an inconvenience to them. There is nothing left but memories. Therefore you want to be alone, rather than with people.
And you realize that dreams are only for the rich to pursue. The harder you work on reaching your dreams, the faster you come to realize the distance between what you want and what you can have. You fail, push on, fail again. If you are lucky your better self may start to take shape. Otherwise, you crumble into bits and pieces, utterly unrecognizable.
Thirty. To me, this is a phase where I bid farewell to a certain kind of stubbornness. An age where a part of my life has ended but I am ready for something bigger and heavier. A time when I can still maintain certain things inside of me, but at the same time become more mature and all-rounded. It’s an end and a beginning.
The studio in my dream is still nonexistent, yet I feel like I have the world through my notebook computer. The novel in my dream is still nonexistent, but I have spread warmth through what I wrote. There are many things I want to do, many things I have done. I have built plenty of fulfilling relationships, with many more awaiting.
At thirty years of age, I would like to have a pair of wings. I want to soar, and I want to do that with all of you. I want to bring myself higher up to the big free sky. I want to send you a pair of wings through my drawing, so that you too, can soar.
I am going to have a simple activity for my thirtieth birthday. If you want, write me a letter by hand (address: P.O.BOX 12 Shih Hsin University, Taipei City 11699, Taiwan ( R.O.C.)), tell me something about yourself, things you are happy about, things you are not so happy about, things you have gained, things you have lost. It can be anything. I will draw you a picture according to what I feel like after I read your letter.
Tell me your story, and I will draw you your world.
It is always better to have each other around in this imperfect world. It gives us just a little bit more, so that we can carry on for a little bit more, and a little bit more. Maybe one day, that will bring us to reach the sky.
📪 We will be accepting letters from now on until the 5th of October (according to postal stamp)
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【賴明珠定林少華?談村上春樹譯本問題】
#LostinTranslation
#村上春樹
#譯書
好多人睇書,都未必會細心留意譯者係邊個,畢竟翻譯成中文嘅書已經唔多(相對而言啦),更何況要選擇由邊個 #譯書 ?好多時候只有世界經典名著先會 #有得揀至係老闆 ,可以搵到唔同嘅中文譯本。
不過,村上春樹就係華文世界嘅例外啦。好多時候,大家都會討論究竟係林少華譯得好d,定係賴明珠翻譯得最傳神?講真,特別係村上春樹筆下果種比較重視文筆多於實際劇情嘅小說,翻譯其實可以構成好大分別,甚至影響閱讀體驗。
林少華對賴明珠?世界大戰抹黑宇宙了,can you feel? Are you readly 進入翻譯的大世界呢?
▍《且聽風吟》v.s.《聽風的歌》:翻譯得似中文就係好嘅翻譯?
試下一句總結林少華同賴明珠翻譯嘅分別:「林少華翻譯得似中文,賴明珠翻譯接近日文原文」(不服來辯)。
其實林少華同賴明珠嘅翻譯風格有咩分別,過去已經有大量爭論,甚至引發中港台兩岸三地嘅唇槍舌劍,日本學者藤井省三嘅作品《村上春樹心底的中國》,甚至用左其中一章去討論兩岸三地嘅村上春樹翻譯添。呢篇文當然三言兩語難以解釋晒,但都希望大家睇完之後,會有個基本嘅理解。
一般嚟講,中國大陸嘅讀者比較偏好林少華;而香港、台灣人都會鍾情賴明珠。大家就好似水溝油咁,好少會達成共識。
或者,問題出於大家對翻譯理念嘅唔同。中文翻譯嘅最高境界,究竟係要令外語寫成嘅文字完全融入中文,甚至睇唔出係外國人寫成嘅小說;定係應該盡量貼近原文,保留外語嘅痕跡呢?
英國翻譯理論大師Peter Newmark係佢嘅重要翻譯著作《翻譯教程》(A Textbook of Translation) 入面提到:「我多少算係一個「直譯派」,因爲我重視真實同精準」(I am somewhat of a ‘literalist’, because I am for truth and accuracy)。姐係話,一般嚟講直譯都係最好嘅做法,因為最準最真——除非你覺得唔係啦?
我唔直接答你,我用例子答你。大家討論村上春樹翻譯,總係喜歡用《挪威的森林》開頭嘅其中一段入手,大家不如直接睇下。賴明珠翻譯成咁:
「記憶這東西,真是不可思議。當實際置身其中時,我幾乎沒有去注意過那些風景。既不覺得印象特別深刻,也沒想到在十八年後竟然還會記得那風景的細部。老實說,對那時候的我來說,風景怎麼樣好像都無所謂似的。我只想著我自己的事。想著那時候身邊並肩走著一個美女的事,想著我和她的事,並且又再想回我自己的事。那是不管看見什麼,感覺什麼,想到什麼,最後都會像回力棒一樣回到自己手上的年代。何況我正在戀愛,那場戀愛把我帶進一個非常麻煩複雜的處境。讓我沒有任何多餘的心情去轉向周遭的風景。」
而林少華就咁樣翻譯:
「記憶這東西真有些不可思議。實際身臨其境的時候,幾乎未曾意識到那片風景,未曾覺得它有什麼撩人情懷之處,更沒想到十八年後仍歷歷在目。那時心裡想的,只是我自己,只是我身旁相伴而行的一個漂亮姑娘,只是我與她的關係,而後又轉回我自己。在那個年齡,無論目睹什麼感受什麼還是思考什麼,終歸像回飛棒一樣轉回到自己身上。更何況我正懷著戀情,而那戀情又把我帶到一處紛紜而微妙的境地,根本不容我有欣賞周圍風景的閒情逸致。」
咁樣對比之下,兩者分別係咪好明顯呢?
賴明珠成段文字入面,都無用過成語。而林少華為左令文字簡潔而貼近中文,將賴明珠譯筆下的「還會記得那風景的細部」、「任何多餘的心情」,翻譯為「歷歷在目」、「閒情逸致」;林少華會用上「未曾覺得它有什麼撩人情懷之處」、「紛紜而微妙的境地」等等華麗的詞藻,而係賴明珠筆下,就係相對平實既「既不覺得印象特別深刻」以及「非常麻煩複雜的處境」。
▍文革大革命都有影響?個人成長經歷影響文字風格
除左翻譯理念嘅唔同,個人成長經歷以及時代背景,當然都好影響翻譯家嘅文字風格。
村上春樹、林少華,同賴明珠分別係1949年、1952年,同1947 年出世,大家出生年份相近,可以算係同代人,但大家嘅成長背景就差天共地。村上春樹成長環境比英美嘅小說、音樂包圍,因此佢嘅生活方式、筆下文字自然貼近西方,而有唔似日文嘅地方(關於呢點,有機會另外寫多一篇文)。
林少華則係成長於中國文化大革命期間,佢曾經「上山下鄉」,去左鄉下務農,結束之後先返去城市讀書。林少華翻譯嘅其中一個致命問題,就係佢唔熟悉60、70年代嘅音樂,以及英文呢種語言本身。正當70年代,國內人人無飯食嘅時候,村上春村同賴明珠分別係日本同台灣蒲緊Jazz酒吧(誇飾),聽緊西方音樂(賴明珠仲曾經係日本留學添)。文革結束之後,林少華經歷左長達十年嘅文化缺失,要急起直追理解村上春樹小說入面提到嘅元素,其實都頗有難度。
所以,時代同文化背景相近,係賴明珠嘅絕對優勢。賴明珠曾經自豪咁講,因為佢同村上春樹係同代人,所以深深了解佢嘅諗法同文字,連譯嘅時候用咩語氣都一清二楚。
對於林少華嘅翻譯手法,賴明珠都有d睇法。佢係蘋果日報嘅訪問提到:「我個人較偏向尊重原著,但中國人做事有不同標準」、「林先生因為喜歡唐詩,不知不覺會賣弄文字的美,喜歡與否是個人喜好。我自己選擇忠於原著,給讀者去選擇。」
而對於中國大陸讀者比較鍾意林少華嘅翻譯法,賴明珠認為原因都係因為文革:「他們因為10年文革,把詩詞都丟掉了,現在就補償起來,重新喜歡這些文字,台灣、香港人一直在讀古文,因此並不需要這些,直接進入(村上的世界)。」
▍中國大陸翻譯,其實唔只林少華一個
順帶一提,其實中國大陸嘅村上春樹翻譯者,又點只得林少華一個咁少。只不過因為佢好早期引入村上春樹,亦翻譯得最多作品,所以先會被當成村上春樹嘅中國大陸「御用翻譯者」。
每逢村上春樹有新書,大陸都會有唔同出版社爭翻譯權。本來,村上嘅書一直都由林少華翻譯,但自2009年起,就比另一間出版社搶左翻譯權,比如話《1Q84》嘅中國大陸版,同2013年嘅《沒有色彩的多崎作和他的巡禮之年》,就係由日本文學翻譯家施小煒翻譯。
當時施小煒嘅翻譯,就以「忠於原著」作為賣點,根本就係直接對林少華開火。風水輪流轉,村上春樹新作《刺殺騎士團長》又變返做林少華翻譯,自然有人歡喜有人愁。當然,台港讀者就唔駛煩,因為幾乎永遠都會係時報出版同賴明珠翻譯。
▍識睇一定係睇英文?
不時活躍網絡世界嘅哲學教授王偉雄,就曾經講過:「村上春樹的小說,我從來只讀英譯,因為試過拿起中譯(賴明珠翻譯)讀了幾頁,覺得行文很彆扭,而英譯則十分自然,不像是翻譯。」
千祈唔好以為用英文睇村上春樹係造作,其實咁樣真係幾有道理,因為村上春樹嘅日文,本來就有一種翻譯感,所以用英文翻譯反而更加直接(有興趣嘅話可以寫多篇文講解點解村上春樹嘅文字咁特別)。
我又唔直接答你,用例子答你。英文版嘅村上春樹翻譯唔只一種架,讀者都幾幸福,而呢度就用上Jay Rubin翻譯嘅版本,:
“Memory is a funny thing. When I was in the scene, I hardly paid it any mind. I never stopped to think of it as something that would make a lasting impression, certainly never imagined that eighteen years later I would recall it in such detail. I didn't give a damn about the scenery that day. I was thinking about myself. I was thinking about the beautiful girl walking next to me. I was thinking about the two of us together, and then about myself again. It was the age, that time of life when every sight, every feeling, every thought came back, like a boomerang, to me. And worse, I was in love. Love with complications. The scenery was the last thing on my mind.”
▍同場加映,原文其實係咁
講左咁多,不如直接比大家睇下原文。雖然你未必識日文,但都可以直接比較下(睇日文漢字),或者請教識日文嘅朋友,睇下點翻譯先算好d囉?
「記憶というのはなんだか不思議なものだ。その中に実際に身を置いていたとき、僕はそんな風景に殆ど注意なんて払わなかった。とくに印象的な風景だとも思わなかったし、十八年後もその風景を細部まで覚えているかもしれないとは考えつきもしなかった。正直なところ、そのときの僕には風景なんてどうでもいいようなものだったのだ。僕は僕自身のことを考え、そのときとなりを並んで歩いていた一人の美しい女のことを考え、僕と彼女とのことを考え、そしてまた僕自身のことを考えた。それは何を見ても何を感じても何を考えても、結局すべてはブーメランのように自分自身の手もとに戻ってくるという年代だったのだ。おまけに僕は恋をしていて、その恋はひどくややこしい場所に僕を運んでいた。まわりの風景に気持ちを向ける余裕なんてどこにもなかったのだ。」
有d人會形容林少華嘅翻譯比較「濃妝豔抹」,咁相對之下賴明珠嘅翻譯就比較「淡妝」,更貼近日文原文嘅淡雅樸實。日本學者藤井省三教授係《村上春樹心底的中國》入面就狠批林少華,認為佢嘅翻譯只得零分,因為入面加入左好多詩詞味道,令文章過於華麗而偏離原文意思。林少華嘅回應,就係認為翻譯應該翻出意境,而唔係單純翻譯文字就算係忠於原著。
其實就正如影相、菲林,甚至耳機、耳響一樣,有d器材成色會淡d、濃d,有d就高音甜、中音準、低音勁。你揀邊種,無絕對嘅,都係個人喜好姐。有d人會覺得《且聽風吟》有意境過《聽風的歌》,有d人又會覺得前者太造作——大家又點睇呢?你地鍾意邊一位嘅翻譯多d?
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