美国商业大亨传奇（2012）

He invests everything he has into the bridge.
他将一切投进了大桥建设
Andy Carnegie stepped up.
安迪·卡内基承担了责任
He decided he could do it.
他认定自己可以做到
One striking thing about Carnegie--
卡内基的一个突出特点
and this is true of the great entrepreneurs--
这也是所有伟大企业家的共同点
they're willing to take risks.
他们愿意担风险
They're willing to roll the dice and bet,
他们愿意赌一把
in later days, the whole corporation,
日后 他会拿整个企业做赌注
or in this case, bet his career.
而现在 他赌上了自己的事业
It's no good.
这不行
Why?
为什么
We can't block steamboat traffic.
大桥不能挡住汽船
We've been through this.
这我们讨论过了
Show me the cantilevered one again.
再把悬臂式那张给我看看
It's not going to withstand the Mississippi currents.
这桥承受不住密西西比河的冲击
So make it stronger.
那就把它造结实点
It's impossible.
这是不可能的
The combined forces from the passenger traffic,
桥上车流人流
rail freight and the river current
加上铁路货运和河川水流
will exceed the tensile strength of iron.
会超过铁的抗拉强度上限
The bridge will collapse.
大桥会塌的
Here you go.
给你
Thank you.
谢谢
Nothing's impossible.
没有什么是不可能的
You have to be patient and have perseverance
你得耐心 坚持
and have a sense of where you want to go,
明确自己的目标
and having the passion to still believe in your idea
而且热忱地相信自己的想法
even when everyone else is saying, well,
即便其他人都在质疑你
why are you wasting your time on this.
为什么还要在这上面浪费时间
Obviously it's not happening.
显然是没有希望的
But you know it's going to happen
但你得相信终会成功
and you never give up on that idea.
绝不放弃自己的想法
How am I supposed to make any money?
我要怎么挣钱啊
They're worth more than a dollar.
这书不止值一美元呢
Five cents, final offer.
五美分 最后报价
It's not going to withstand the Mississippi current.
这桥承受不住密西西比河的冲击
So make it stronger.
那就把它造结实点
Maybe if it was made out of steel...
如果桥是钢铁造的...
Nothing's impossible.
没有什么是不可能的
Steel is the strongest material ever made.
钢铁是史上最为坚实的材料
Created by mixing iron with carbon at over 2,000 degrees.
是在2000度高温下向铁中加入碳得到
The problem is, it's extremely expensive,
问题是 钢非常昂贵
and difficult to mass produce.
而且大批量生产难度很大
Because steel is so rare,
由于钢的稀少
it's only used to make small items.
它一般只用来做小件
Forks, knives, and jewelry.
岔子 刀子 还有珠宝
No one has ever tried to use steel
还从未有人尝试过用钢铁
to build a structure this big.
建造如此大的建筑物
Until now.
直到这时
He's looking into the future.
他的目光投向未来
He looks across the Mississippi and he sees a bridge.
他看着密西西比河 能看到一座跨河大桥
And he's able to see that future.
他能看到那样的未来
And then willing to have enough confidence in his vision
而且他肯对自己的愿景有足够信心
to put everything he's got into it,
投入自己的一切
and he's willing to convince others
并说服他人相信
that he knows what that future is going to be.
他对这个未来的十足信心
In order to complete the bridge,
为完成大桥建设
Carnegie needs to find a way to make a massive amount of steel.
卡内基得想办法大批量生产钢铁
He spent a lot of time traveling.
他花了很多时间出去考察
He would go to steel mills,
他去炼钢厂
he would meet with chemists,
去见化学家
to figure out, how do you make this steel?
搞明白钢铁要如何炼成
English inventor, Henry Bessemer,
英国发明家 亨利·贝塞麦
has created a device
发明了一种装置
that cuts the time to manufacture a single steel rail
可将制♥造♥一根钢轨的时间
from two weeks to 15 minutes.
从两周缩短至15分钟
Carnegie understands the value of the new technology...
卡内基明白这项新技术的价值
...And begins to adapt it.
并开始对它进行改造
Every business has some uniqueness,
各行各业都有自己的独到之处
either a unique talent,
独特的人才
unique product, unique capacity.
独特的产品 独特的生产力
And the trick is to find it,
关键就在于找到它
and then capitalize on it.
然后利用它
With the steel in place,
钢已就位
Carnegie is able to begin construction.
卡内基可以开始建设了
At just 33, Andrew Carnegie
年仅33岁的安德鲁·卡内基
is poised to realized the impossible...
信誓旦旦要实现不可能之事
...Building the first major bridge to span the Mississippi River.
建造第一座横跨密西西比河的大桥
Uniting America.
将美国连接起来
But Carnegie's Decision to use steel has proven costly.
但卡内基使用钢材建桥的决定 代价高昂
He's already two years behind schedule.
工期已经比预期迟了两年
And expenses are mounting.
而费用还在攀升
"Dear Mr. Carnegie,
"亲爱的卡内基先生
our records show that we have not received your payment of $35,000,
据记录显示 我们并未收到本该8月前缴清的
which was due on August..."
3.5万美元"
"Dear Mr. Carnegie,
"亲爱的卡内基先生
I am writing to notify you that despite numerous efforts
我写信通知您 尽管我已经多次尝试
to obtain final payment for the above invoice,
拿到以上发♥票♥的最后付款
I have been unsuccessful."
却始终无果"
"This letter will serve as formal notice to you
"本函为正式通知书
that you are in default of your obligation to pay the sum of $59,000,
您拖欠了所收到钢铁的共计
for steel delivered to you."
5.9万美元应付款项"
"...and must now accelerate collection efforts in accordance with..."
"...鉴于此 必须加速收账..."
"...and you will be able to settle this outstanding amount immediately."
"...请您尽快结清这笔巨款"
"...and we will have no alternative
"...否则我们将别无选择
but to commence legal proceedings against you."
只能采取法律措施"
I guarantee you if these guys were alive today
我保证 这些人如果现在在世
they wouldn't be telling you about their successes.
他们不会跟你们说他们的成功
They would be telling you about their early failures,
而会说他们早期的失败
or the places they almost failed.
或者那些差点失败的例子
That's the great motivator,
那是莫大的动力
and you have to be able to embrace that.
你必须能接受它
If you can't embrace both failure,
如果你不能接受失败
or the possibility of failure,
或失败的可能
or the tremendous fear of failure,
或是对失败的巨大恐惧
you can't be wildly successful.
你就不可能获得巨大成功
It's just, it's an axiomatic truth.
这是绝对的真理
With no money left,
由于缺钱
Carnegie is forced to bring construction to a halt.
卡内基不得不停了工
His dream has become a nightmare.
他的梦想变成了噩梦
But he's not going down without a fight.
但他绝不会坐以待毙
The birth of Modern America is well underway.
现代美国正在诞生
Trains now touch all four corners of the continent.
火车如今能延伸至北美各处
Homes across the nation are lit at night.
全国千家万户晚上有灯照明
And the country's most ambitious construction project
国家史上最有野心的建设项目
is in progress on the banks of the Mississippi River...
正在密西西比河岸上进行着
...led by Andrew Carnegie.
指挥建设的是安德鲁·卡内基
Carnegie has insisted on building his bridge out of steel...
卡内基坚持用钢铁建桥
...an unproven material.
这种材料尚未经过实践验证
With huge costs.
而且成本不菲
Construction is drastically behind schedule.
工程进展严重迟于原计划
And dangerously over budget.
而且远远超出预算
Carnegie is under mounting pressure.
卡内基的压力越来越大
The difference between people who succeed and people who fail,
我认为 成功人士和失败者的区别
I think, in many cases, it's not fear
在很多情况下 并不是恐惧
Everyone experiences fear.
人人都会害怕
The difference is, what do you do with your fear?
区别在于 你如何应对恐惧
Do you work to overcome it?
你是否克服它
Or do you let it defeat you?
还是被它击败
And I think that is actually what distinguishes
我认为这才是区分了