纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(36)

How long have your worked for Carnegie?

为卡内基工作多久了

Over fifteen years.

超过十五年了

I guess he'd hate it if you left.

如果你离开了 他应该会很舍不得吧

No one is indispensable¹.

没有谁是不可或缺的

You've doubled profits at Carnegie Steel every year for the past five years.

过去的五年里你每年都让卡内基钢铁的利润翻了番

Times have been good.

近来光景不错

Carnegie is a very easy boss.

卡内基是一个非常容易相处的老板

What if you were your own boss?

有没有想过自己做老板

Of what?

什么老板

I am going to buy Carnegie Steel.

我准备买下卡内基钢铁

And you are going to be President of the world's largest company.

而你就会成为这家世界最大公司的总裁

With all due respect, Mr. Morgan, Carnegie would kill your idea at birth.

恕我直言 摩根先生 卡内基会扼杀你的想法的

Carnegie would never sell.

他肯定不会卖

Everyone has their price.

每件东西都有它的价格

You just have to find out what it is.

关键看出价

Did you know, Charles, that the game of golf was invented in Scotland²?

你知道吗 查尔斯 高尔夫运动起源于苏格兰

I did not.

我不知道呢

So, do they treat you like a king when you return home to Scotland?

你回英格兰的时候 他们是不是像对待国王一样对待你

I suppose they do.

应该是的

And then you came to America and became a king--of industry.

然后你来到美国 成为另一种国王 产业之王

You created your own destiny³.

你创造了自己的命运

Destiny is not a matter of chance.

命运不是偶然

It's a matter of choice.

而是一种选择

Exactly. Quote from Shakespeare

没错 莎士比亚说的

No. William Jennings Bryan said it.

不是 威廉·詹宁斯·布赖恩特说的

And we three kings of industry have robbed him of his destiny.

而我们三大行业之王改变了他的命运

Yeah. For the greater good.

是啊 为了更大的效益

To create more wealth.

创造更多的财富

Only if that wealth is used for the benefit of mankind.

要是这些财富用于造福人类就好了

You know, if you were to sell Carnegie Steel, you could spend the rest of your life benefiting mankind.

其实如果你卖掉卡内基钢铁 你在剩下来的日子里就可以去造福人类了

Alas⁴, there is not one person in the world with enough money to buy Carnegie Steel.

唉 可惜世界上没有谁买得起卡内基钢铁啊

Save J.P. Morgan.

除了J·P·摩根

Supposing Morgan did want to buy.

假设摩根想买的话

What would be your price?

你要价多少

1 indispensable   

adj.必不可少的，绝对必要的

参考例句：

• He is indispensable to our work,we cannot do it without him.对于我们的工作来说，他是不可缺少的，没有他我们就做不了。
• This is an indispensable part of his creed.这是他的信条中必不可少的一部分。

2 Scotland   

n.苏格兰

参考例句：

• He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
• Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。

3 destiny   

n.命运，定数，天命

参考例句：

• Nobody knows his own destiny.没有人知道自己的命运。
• It was her destiny to become famous.她命里注定出名。

4 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。