《天才少女》精讲 18弗兰克与母亲争执

Diane. Diane didn't always think things through

黛安考虑事情不够周全

Arguably one of the brightest minds on the planet

她可是世上最聪明的人之一

Good luck going down that road

可这为她带来了什么呢

And what do you think she'd say if she saw how her child is living now?

如果她看到孩子住在这种地方 她会怎么说

Do you honestly think she'd be pleased?

你真以为她会满意吗

That she's living a somewhat normal life? Yes, I do

看着孩子过着平常的生活 她当然满意

She's not normal. And treating her as such is negligence¹ on a grand scale

她不是平常的孩子 把她当成平常的孩子是你的重大过失

I know your heart's in the right place on this

我知道你是出于好心

But you are denying the girl her potential. You are.. I can provide for her. I can enrich her life

但你这是耽误了她的潜力 我可以提供给她 我可以丰富她的人生

Oh, come on, Evelyn. You're gonna take that girl, you're gonna bury her in tutors

得了吧 伊芙琳 你要把她带走让她上无数的学习班

then you're gonna loan her out to some think tank

然后让她去某个研究机构工作

where she can talk nontrivial zeros with a bunch of old Russian guys for the rest of her life

让她一辈子跟一群俄国老头子谈论非平凡零点

And you'd bury her under a rock

而你会埋没她

Look, I don't expect you to understand the price you have to pay for greatness

你不明白要成为伟人 都是要付出代价的

Oh, I do. That's why I have Mary in the first place

我明白 否则玛丽也就不会归我抚养了

That's uncalled for

没必要说这种话吧

Your sister had a laundry list of problems

你姐姐有很多问题

She could have solved NavierStokes and gone down in history

她本来有希望解决纳维尔斯托克斯方程 青史留名

as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time

成为史上最伟大的数学家之一

But she didn't because she couldn't finish

可她没有 因为她没能做下去

1 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。