[翻譯] Wear Sunscreen - Mary Schmich

Wear sunscreen.
用防曬霜吧。

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.
如果我要為未來給你一個建議的話，那就是防曬霜。

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience...
I will dispense this advice now.
防曬霜的長久好處早已被科學家證實過了，而我剩下的建議也只是僅僅的經驗之談...
我現在就開始提出吧。

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
享受你青春的強大與魅力; 啊 還是算了吧; 你不會理解青春的強大與魅力，直到你失去它們後。

But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...
但相信我，在這20年內，你會看著你的照片，然後反覆想著當初你所擁有的各種可能性，還有是你當時看起來超讚...

You're not as fat as you Imagine.
你並沒有你想像中這麼胖。

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
不要為未來煩惱，或就這樣煩惱，但要知道煩惱就跟邊嚼口香糖來解決方程式問題差不多程度。

The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind.
人生中真正的問題都是一些你煩惱時沒想過的事。

The kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
就是在閒時週二下午四點來煩死你的那些。

Do one thing everyday that scares you.
每日做一件事嚇自己吧。

Sing.
唱歌吧。

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
不要亂耍別人的心，也不要讓你自己的心給人亂耍。

Floss.
使用牙線。

Don't waste your time on jealousy;
Sometimes you're ahead,
Sometimes You're behind.
The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.
不要浪費你的時間在嫉忌上; 有時候你會越前，有時你會留後。
這比賽路上是很漫長的，而到最後，只有你自己伴著你。

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults;
If you Succeed in doing this, tell me how.
記得別人讚美你的話語，忘掉那些侮辱仇句;
如果你做到的話，跟我說你怎做到的。

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
留下你古舊的情信堆，丟掉你舊的銀行結單。

Stretch.
身體伸展一下吧。

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your Life.
不要因為你不清楚你人生該做什麼而感到罪過。

The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.
我認識的最有趣的人們，在22歲時都不知道他們該做什麼，
有些我認識的有趣的人，在40歲時也還不知道。

Get plenty of calcium.
補多點鈣質吧。

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.
對你的膝蓋好一點，當你失去它時你會很掛念它。

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.
或許你會結婚，或許你不會，或許你會有小孩，或許你不會，或許你40歲就離婚，或許你75結婚週年時在跳小雞舞。

Whatever you do, don't Congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either.
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's.
無論你做了什麼，不要自滿或自責。
你的選擇是一半機率，其他人也是如此。

Enjoy your body, Use it every way you can... Don't be afraid of it, or what other people Think of it,
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own...
享受你的身體，每天用你的身體做你想做的事吧...
不用害怕或管其他人的看法，(這身體)是你所擁有最好的器材。

Dance... even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
跳舞吧...就算你除了客廳外沒其他地方可以跳。

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
讀說明書，就算你不依照它行事。

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
不要看美人雜誌，它只會讓你覺得更醜。(註:北美的美人雜誌都有嚴重PS過)

Brother and sister together we'll make it through
Someday your spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you've been hurting, but I've been waiting to be there
For you.
And I'll be there, just tell me now, whenever I can.
Everybody's free.
弟兄姐妹我們一起就能越過去。
某天你的靈魂會帶走並引領你，
我知道你曾受傷過，但我一直等著到那邊。
為了你。
然後我會到那邊，只需要現在跟我說，我隨時能到。
所有人都會自由。


Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.
好好認識一下你的父母，你不會知道他們什麼時候離去。

Be nice to your siblings;
They are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
對你的堂或表兄弟姐妹們好一點;
他們有最深連繫著你過去的線，而這些人很高機率地與你一起到未來。

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
理解朋友會來亦會去，但只有那些最珍貴的幾位你該好好留下。
努力地維繫這些關係，無論地理還生活方式，因為當你老了時，你會需要一些認識年輕時的你的人。

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard;
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
在紐約住一次，但在你變得倔強時離開;
在北加州住一次，但在你變得軟化時離開。


Travel.
旅行吧。

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will Philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
認同某些無法擺脫的真實吧，物價會升，政客亂搞，你也會變老，然後當你老時你會幻想著你年輕時的物價多合理，政客多有文化素質，還有是小孩會敬老。

Respect your elders.
敬老吧。

Don't expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund, Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
不要單方面認為會有任何人支援你。
或許你有信托金，或許你有一位富豪伴侶;但你不可能知道對方會否在財路上走至盡頭。

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
不要亂弄你的頭髮，不然在你40歲時，你看起來會像85歲。

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
注意一下哪些建議你該接納，但對於那些給建議的人多一點耐心。
建議是一種追憶，丟棄它就像是由丟棄物中釣出自己的過去一樣，擦走它，把醜陋的部份像油漆覆蓋上，用比它本身更高的價值來回收它。


But trust me on the sunscreen...
但防曬霜的話，信我吧...


— written in 1997 by Mary Schmich
— 1997年 Mary Schmich 筆


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這篇過去一位女士Mary Schemich給畢業生的致詞論文。
曾經被改製成歌曲。
雖然有部份建議因人而異，但有一部份對人生觀會有一定的改變，
所以決定翻譯下來。