《社交网络》精讲 28哈佛的“法律”

He's expanding.

他在扩张

What?

什么？

He's expanding to Yale, Columbia and Stanford.

他在往耶鲁，哥伦比亚和斯坦福扩张

It's gonna be in The Crimson¹ tomorrow.

校报明天就会刊登

- Really? - Yep.

- 真的？ - 对

Well, looks like that cease-and-desist letter really scared the shit out of him, huh?

你的制止令还真他妈有用啊？

I wanna hire a lawyer to file for injunctive relief and get the site taken down now.

我要请律师告他，我要网站立刻下线

Every minute the site is up, Harvard Connection becomes less valuable.

他的网站每存在一分钟 哈佛连线就失去一份价值

I want an injunction. I want damages. I want punitive² relief.

我要阻止他，要他赔钱，要他坐牢

And I want him dead.

我要他死

Yeah, I want those things, too.

我也这么希望

Then why aren't we doing anything about it?

那为什么还不行动？

Because we're gentlemen of Harvard?

就因为我们在哈佛有头有脸？

No, it's because you're not thinking how it's gonna look.

你也不想想这样有多难看

How's it gonna look?

怎么难看了？

Like my brother and I are in skeleton costumes

好比我和我弟弟穿着骷髅社服

chasing the Karate³ Kid around a high school gym.

在高中体育场里追一个功夫小子

Cam, he's violated Massachusetts state law.

卡梅伦，他违反了马塞诸塞州立法

When he goes to Connecticut, New York and California,

如果他在康涅狄格州 纽约州或是加利福尼亚

he'll have violated federal law.

他就违反了联邦法

And, by the way, he's in violation⁴ of Harvard law.

再说，他也违反了哈佛的法规

There's no such thing as Harvard law.

哈佛没有什么法规

Wait. Yeah, there is.

等等，有了

Harvard Student Handbook.

哈佛学生行为手册

Every freshman⁵ is issued one of these, and somewhere in this book it says...

每个新生都会拿到一本手册 上面有这样一条…

You can't steal from another student.

学生之间不可偷窃

This is what we needed. We're going to Summers.

这正是我们需要的，该去见见萨默斯了

Well, you can't get a meeting with Larry Summers.

你不可能见到拉瑞萨默斯

My brother and I, we pay tuition at this school.

我们来这所学校是交了学费的

We carry a 3.9 GPA at this school. We've won trophies⁶ for this school.

我们学习成绩优异 帮学校赢了那么多奖杯

And we'll be rowing in the Olympics for this school.

我们还会代表哈佛参加奥运会

I want a meeting with the goddamn president of this school.

我要和这位校长好好谈谈

Why Stanford?

为什么有斯坦福？

Why do you think?

你说为什么呢？

1 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

2 punitive   

adj.惩罚的，刑罚的

参考例句：

• They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
• The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。

3 karate   

n.空手道(日本的一种徒手武术)

参考例句：

• Alice's boyfriend knew a little karate.艾丽斯的男朋友懂一点儿空手道。
• The black belt is the highest level in karate.黑腰带级是空手道的最高级别。

4 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

5 freshman   

n.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)

参考例句：

• Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
• He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。

6 trophies   

n.（为竞赛获胜者颁发的）奖品( trophy的名词复数 )；奖杯；（尤指狩猎或战争中获得的）纪念品；（用于比赛或赛跑名称）奖

参考例句：

• His football trophies were prominently displayed in the kitchen. 他的足球奖杯陈列在厨房里显眼的位置。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hunter kept the lion's skin and head as trophies. 这猎人保存狮子的皮和头作为纪念品。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》