【職場點滴】Konstantin Josef Jirecek quote

Found this interesting sticky note on someone desk.

“We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.”

 

Did a little search and find out: This quote is fairly popular in engineering and manufacturing world, but I think it pretty much fits in everywhere at some degree except 梅雨潭.  

The deeply cynical and accurate quote about public service is widely attributed to Konstantin Josef Jirecek, a Czech historian from more than 100 years ago, who writes about Bulgaria .And the quote is not entirely accurate: “we, the unwilling” is more like “we, the capable ones” and “unknowing” is more like “ignorant”. All true... but it flows so much better this way.

― Konstantin Josef Jirecek

所有跟帖： 

• 我們，不情願的人，在不知情的人的帶領下，正在為忘恩負義的人做不可能的事情。我們已經做了這麽多，這麽長時間，用這麽少，我們現在有資 -忒忒綠- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 06:40:00

• 我們現在有資格無所事事。 -忒忒綠- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 06:41:00

• 哈哈好雅興, 翻譯真很難, 隻意思對了卻缺少rhym, 湊對了rhym,也缺少那種flow -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 07:42:32

• 有些意境隻能comprehend無法express -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 07:43:48

• 最後一句可以翻譯成“白手起家”嗎 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 07:49:07

• 意思差不多,但缺少憤世嫉俗的cynical意境 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 07:56:00

• 嗯，還是翻譯的境界 信達雅 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:00:08

• 看了你的“白手起家”，立馬明白了：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:40:20

• ：） -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 12:12:00

• 精辟。不太懂最後一句。we are now qualified to do anything with nothing -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:21:35

• 不要死摳literal意思,要figurative理解,你抱怨什麽都沒有卻什麽都讓我幹! 實際怎麽可能什麽都沒有? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:39:08

• 讓你雕刻一個蘿卜花,不給你刀具, 用牙啃一個,技術上也不是完全不可能, 就這意思. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:41:38

• 是不是就是要讓我們“無中生有”：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:41:40

• 不是, 無中生有是造謠的意思,不能按字麵直譯, -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:44:10

• 我這裏故意引申義了 -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:45:39

• 再積極一點理解, 賭博不帶本錢,空手套白狼去 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:42:48

• 在花教授的啟發下，figure out 了一些。 -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:53:40

• “ fits in everywhere at some degree except 梅雨潭.”哈哈哈，不怕挨pia咩？ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:35:25

• 領導的意思是... ...including? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:45:22

• 哈哈哈，不不不，一定是自家的孩子最可愛！：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:46:20

• 其實想想“無中生有” 真是很厲害，很有創造性，讓不可能變成可能，佩服你們engineering：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:45:02

• 貌似看起來最擅長無中生有的是瘋老師. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:16:23

• 哈哈，他的原創確實是精神上的享受。還比如各種app，真是各種有用啊：） -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:35:08

• 什麽都不用幹 光割韭菜：） -忒忒綠- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:50:00

• 我覺得management是很不容易的，有的頭兒因為業績不好，被fire了～ 我總覺得天下沒有白吃的午餐～ -妖妖靈- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 10:48:22

• 稍微改一下，說的事就不一樣了。：） -ibelieu- ♀ (248 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:27:45

• 哈哈，改的妙。 -天邊一片白雲- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:55:06

• Funny -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 18:00:47

• 恭喜花董。首頁進來，謝謝網管，職場點滴 Konstantin Josef Jirecek quote推薦成功 -梅雨潭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/21/2022 postreply 15:30:36

• We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/24/2022 postreply 06:09:36

• are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/24/2022 postreply 06:10:33

• much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/24/2022 postreply 06:12:46

• to do anything with nothing. -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/24/2022 postreply 06:13:11

• 摘錄學習一下 -盈盈一笑間- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/24/2022 postreply 06:13:31