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不討論妝，純粹翻譯，翻了才知道不好翻，翻到一半差點放棄，翻譯目地是讓主題回歸演
講內容。翻得不好請鞭小力一點。

演講者的三段主軸：Love, Patience, Pain.
演講者第一段的主軸是表達“愛”
演講者第二段的主軸是表達“耐心”
演講者第三段的主軸是表達“經歷的苦痛”

Commencement Speech
(畢業典禮演講)
Good morning family, friends, faculty members, and guests, and my most
heartfelt congratulations to the Class of 2018. 大家好 雖然我現在說不同的語言
。可是我們都一樣，對未知的將來感到害怕。
Even though I just spoke in a different language, a lot of us are
experiencing a similar feeling: the fear of the unknown for our future.
(早安，各位畢業生家人，親友，教職員工和嘉賓， 還有我最衷心祝賀的2018畢業生。大
家好，雖然我現在說不同的語言。可是我們都一樣，對未知的將來感到害怕。)

Like Dr. Ernst so kindly introduced, my name is Lin, and I am so incredibly
honored to be able to serve as the student speaker for the 2018 Fall
Commencement Ceremony at Morehead State University.
(就像恩斯特博士的介紹一樣，我的名字是琳琇，我非常榮幸能夠擔任莫爾黑德州立大學
2018秋季畢業典禮的學生畢業生致辭代表。)

I could easily use this whole speech to thank our family, friends,
administration, and professors for allowing us to reach to this point or talk
about how incredibly proud I am of every single one of you for being here
today.
(我可以以此演講來感謝我們的家人，朋友，學校管理人員和教授們，也可以表達我對今
天坐在台下所有畢業生的無比驕傲。)

But quite frankly, I would not be standing here in front of you today if it
was not for the United States of America for giving me the opportunity to
chase the American Dream and for my family and I to enter the country a
decade ago.
(但坦白地說，若不是十年前美國讓我和我的家人有機會進入美國來追逐我們的美國留學
夢，我今天根本不會站在這裡。)

謝謝means thank you in my native tongue, Mandarin Chinese, and before moving
half way across the world (from Kaohsiung, Taiwan), Mandarin Chinese and
Taiwanese were the only languages I spoke. After moving to the United States
– Morehead, Kentucky, more specifically – when I was in the 6th grade, I
learned English (eventually), I learned that southern hospitality is real,
and I learned that nearly everyone loves Ale-8.


I, however, also learned that being an immigrant means that I am an outsider
and that discrimination based on one’s skin color truly exists, even if they
are unintentional or systematic. Being an immigrant from a low-income
background taught me a lot of things, the hard way. It taught me love,
patience, and pain.


Nested in the rolling hills of Appalachia lies a town called Morehead,
somewhere we have all learned to love in the past however many years we have
been privileged to call this place home. For me, love is hanging out at the
Fuzzy Duck, hiking and exploring the beauty of Cave Run Lake and Lockegee,
and forming life-long friendships through programs and Greek and non-greek
organizations at MSU. It’s all the good memories we will be able to take
with us from this institution.
(我們很驕傲的稱坐落於阿巴拉契亞山脈連綿起伏的小山上的莫爾黑德小鎮為家。 對我而
言，“愛“就是與朋友們在Fuzzy Duck咖啡店聚在一起，在美麗的Cave Run 湖以及
Lockegee懸崖散步，在榮譽學院/兄弟會/姐妹會/學校社團期間我們建立了患難之交的友
誼，這個學校留給我們這些美好的回憶將會跟隨我們一輩子。)

Like many of you, there’s been countless nights where I have been on the
verge of giving up studying for exams, writing a paper, or completing a
project. Sleepy-eyed and exhausted, these experiences taught me patience and
reminded me of my parents’ own experiences at MSU. Both my parents graduated
from MSU with their Master’s Degree, with very limited English. They often
had to translate every single word in their textbooks and spend 10x the
amount of time studying for exams compared to their fellow American
classmates. But their patience was formed by wanting a better future for me
and my brother and from being the first in both their families to complete a
Master’s Degree, let alone a degree abroad. Outside of academia, I have been
able to learn that patience also means fighting for what you believe in, and
we need to have enough patience to not give up and continue providing the
platforms for marginalized communities without voices.
More importantly, we also need to have enough patience in understanding those
who are different than us – race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual
orientation, mental and physical abilities, and religious belief alike.
Rather than putting up walls of division, let’s continue building bridges of
acceptance.



My parents’ story brings me to my next lesson learned: pain. Throughout my
college career, I often times think about my grandmother, the strongest woman
I know, and the ocean that separates us. I think of her as the wisest person
I know too; yet, she is illiterate. It pains me that just two generations
ago, a lot of people – especially women – weren’t allowed to attend school
in this world. With 14% of this world’s population illiterate today, I, too,
often take my ability to read and write for granted.


As college graduates, we, really, are the lucky ones, and it is up to us to
go write our own stories (literally). We are able to use the well-rounded
education we received from Morehead State University as a tool for positive
impacts in our lives.
(身為一個大學畢業生，我們真的很幸運，我們應該自己編寫自己的故事。 我們能夠利用
莫爾黑德州立大學提供的全面教育作為對我們生活產生積極影響的工具。)

We are all here today to celebrate our successes, but we cannot forget the
struggles each of us have overcome to get to this point of our lives.
Personally, it has always been so difficult to get over my imposter syndrome,
an internal experience of believing that I am not as competent as others
perceive me to be. But when you come from a background where having food on
the table has been a question you ask yourself daily, you guilt yourself in
thinking that any struggle now isn’t actually a struggle because, “there’s
been worse”.


But the truth is, struggles are not meant to be measured or compared; they’
re not meant to be explained. Today, we are here to celebrate our stress,
loss, and personal challenges as much as our accomplishments. Because
recognizing our sadness, loneliness, and stress, takes courage, too.


Morehead State is the ex that taught me love, patience, and pain. It taught
each of us more about ourselves. It taught us to soar like an eagle and
always strive for more. As we look back at our years here with gratitude, we
must also energetically chase each opportunity for our own American Dream.



Let us look back at our time here at Morehead, both good and bad, and say “
thank you, next.”
謝謝
(讓我們回顧一下我們在莫爾黑德的時間，無論好壞，並說“謝謝你，接下來。”)

翻完收工。




※ 引述《NewEG (NewEG)》之銘言：
: 高雄女孩在美大學畢典演講 中文開頭獲滿堂采
: https://udn.com/news/story/6885/3545382?from=udn-ch1_breaknews-1-0-news
: 2018-12-19 11:59聯合新聞網 綜合報導
: 繼台灣女孩葉采衢在柏克萊大學的畢業典禮演講受到台灣民眾關注後，又有台灣女孩代表
: 畢業生上台演講，來自高雄的黃琳琇在墨爾黑德州立大學(Morehead University)的演講
: 以中文開頭，大方介紹自己來自高雄，全程流利英文講述自己在過去十年來，努力追求美
: 國夢終於實現的畢業感想。
: 黃琳琇身穿畢業袍服，塗上深色口紅站上墨爾黑德州立大學畢業典禮講台，一開頭便以中
: 文表示，雖然講的是不同的語言，但其實我們都一樣，對未知的將來感到害怕，對於自己
: 畢業於藝術學士學位和數學設計學士，她謝謝學校給機會讓她能在過去十年來追逐自己的
: 美國夢，也要謝謝密西根大學提供給她最令人驚嘆的學術支持，以及她在肯塔基州的所有
: 人。
: 「我們今天都在這裡慶祝成功，但不能忘記已經克服的所有挑戰.....，事實是，挑戰並
: 不意味要衡量或者去比較它。今天，我們在這裡是為了慶祝我們的壓力，損失和個人挑戰
: ，就像我們的成就一樣，因為認識到我們的悲傷，孤獨和壓力，其實也需要勇氣。」
: 黃琳琇在演講過程中，並提及她的母語國語和台語，並稱自己來自高雄，也用中文說謝謝
: ，全程流利的英文演講獲得滿堂采，該演講影片被親友在臉書轉傳，有在美國認識黃琳琇
: 的華人表示，多年前還是小女孩的她，現在大學畢業了，為她感到驕傲。
: https://i.imgur.com/0mwLI61.jpg
: 擷自黃琳琇IG

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