We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

  • -- John Callahan 约翰·卡拉汉

我们在与一切竞争:海滩、商场、书店。图书馆现在正处于转型之中,夹在两股力量之间,一股是旧的方式,另一股是技术。图书馆承受着提供这两种服务的巨大压力。

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As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to make sure it's a smooth transition. I believe we still need places where people can go to handle, hold and talk about books, get information about what books are out there, and so on.

当我们经历这一转变时,将有更多的人在设备上阅读,但没有人足够关注确保这是一个平稳的转变。我相信我们仍然需要一个地方,人们可以去处理,持有和谈论书籍,获得关于书籍的信息,等等。

I still, at hotel rooms, I do this one sort of not-so-cool thing: continually shoving my room service tray in front of someone else's door. Because I don't want the remnants. I don't want to be caught, like, being like the pig that I was at two in the morning.

在酒店房间里,我仍然会做一件不那么酷的事情:不断地把我的客房服务托盘推到别人的门前。因为我不想要残余物。我不想被抓住,就像我凌晨两点的猪一样。

As a mother I think you often get so caught up in trying to take care of everyone else that you forget to take care of yourself. But I'm a much better wife and mother when I take the time to take care of myself.

作为一名母亲,我认为你经常忙于照顾别人而忘了照顾自己。但是当我花时间照顾自己的时候,我是一个更好的妻子和母亲。

Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones.

就像我们长大后不再穿裤子一样,我们也不再穿熟人、图书馆、原则等等,有时裤子还没穿坏,有时——这是最糟糕的——还没有新裤子。

I find that when I'm ready for something to end, I transition quickly. But when something ends before its time, I find it hard to move on.

我发现,当我准备好结束某件事时,我会迅速过渡。但当一些事情提前结束时,我发现很难继续前进。

It's really sad how one day i'll seem to have everything going right then the next day i'll lose everything so fast.

有一天我似乎事事顺心,但第二天我就会失去一切,真令人伤心。

I do recognise that, where recruitment difficulties persist, teachers can be put under great pressure.

我确实认识到,在招聘困难持续存在的地方,教师可能会面临巨大压力。

In the past, there has always been so much pressure about carrying a show and promoting a record.

在过去,举办一场演出和推广一张唱片总是有很大的压力。

I don't smoke, I try to eat right, and I love doing yoga and going for hikes with my dog.

我不抽烟,我试着吃得健康,我喜欢做瑜伽,和我的狗一起远足。

Libraries are where it all begins.

图书馆是一切开始的地方。