Q:Who did you look up to as a child?
A:Scientists like Einstein.
Q: What three words best describe you?
哪三个词语能够最好地描述您?
A: Learner, reader and teacher.
学习者、阅读者和教师。
Q: What’s the craziest idea you ever had and actually acted on?
您曾经有过最疯狂的想法,并且付诸实施的是什么?
A: Dropping out of school.
辍学吧。
Q:What&`&s your favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A: Other than reading, I loved playing tennis and bridge. These are my typical hobbies.
Q: What’s one weird or peculiar thing about you?
您最独特、最奇怪的地方是什么?
A: I stay up too late. You know, ‘cause I’m reading something interesting. And the next day I think oh why don’t I go to bed earlier. I should have more discipline.
我熬夜到很晚,因为有的时候读书读得放不下,但是第二天又很自责,我觉得我应该更自律一些,早点睡觉。
Q: What wish would you make on your 100th birthday?
A: I hope my brain is still working.
Q: What do you most curious about?
A: I&`&m very curious about artificial intelligence.
Q: What&`&s your definition of success?
你对成功的定义是什么?
A: Whether people close to you love you and feel you support them.
你身边的人是否爱你,感受到你的支持
Q: Many Chinese often see programmers as guys wearing glasses and checkered shirts who always stay in and tend to start a romantic relationship later in life. Do you see yourself like that?
在很多中国人的心目当中,程序员就是那些戴着眼镜、穿着格子衬衫,待在家里的宅男,很晚才开始一段感情,您自己是不是这样的?
A: Well, I was kind of a nerdy guy. I wasn’t good at talking to girls. And my social skills were really late developed, if they ever did. So yeah, maybe.
我也曾算是个书呆子,以前也不太擅于和女孩说话,我的社交技能发展得比较晚。所以,答案可能是“也许”吧。
Q: If you can switch one day with anyone , who would it be?
A: There&`&re people who live very interesting lives. but I dont really think I would switch place with anyone. If it&`&s just for a day, it&`&d be fascinating thing to see what it would be like to be doing different things. In general I feel I&`&m the luckiest person.
Q: Is there any pressure from having so much money?
您这么有钱压力大吗?
A: There’s a responsibility to give it back to society in a smart way. Sometimes the visibility - I worry that my children get a distorted experience from people coming up to me or expecting certain things from them. But overall, I feel very lucky that I have the chance to give it away.
这意味着你有责任以明智的方式用它回报社会。但是有的时候可能曝光度太高了,我担心我的孩子们会受到影响,人们对他们有特别的期待。不过总的来讲,我觉得有机会捐献自己的财富是一件非常幸运的事了。
Q: How much cash do you bring with you when you go out usually?
A: A few hundred. Not much.
Q: Do people often come to you to borrow money?
A: No.
Q: What will you do if you lose all money one day?
A: I will find a job. Maybe I could write software.
Q: What quality in a person do you value most?
A: Loyalty.
Q: Who is your best friend?
谁是您最好的朋友?
A: Other than my wife, I’d say Warren Buffett.
除了我妻子,我想应该是巴菲特先生吧。
Q: When you&`&re distressed , you will share with your firends or family members?
A: Probably family.
Q: Where and when did you meet your wife for the first time, still remember?
A: Yeah I still remember. At a Microsoft dinner in NY.
Q: How did you propose?
A: Pretty conventional. On my knee.
Q: Do you wish that your kids would carry on what you do?
您希望您的孩子继承您的事业吗?
A: No. They will have their own abilities. It’s not a dynasty. Their skills, their interests. Their father shouldn’t determine what they do. I’m glad they didn’t choose to do software like I did. One would probably be a doctor, one would do policy, each of their own thing.
不,我希望他们有自己的能力,这不是一个王朝,他们有自己的技能、自己的兴趣,我觉得一个父亲不应该去决定孩子的生活,我很高兴他们没有。
Q: I heard you don&`&t allow your kids to use cellphone before 13, right?
A: Because it&`&s a distraction.
Q: People are curious about your time management. So when do you get up in the morning?
A: Eight.
Q: When do you start to work and how long do you work everyday?
A: I&`&m traveling quite a bit, but when I&`&m not traveling, I usually work from eight until six. I&`&m reading at night, which is a lot work related, doing emails that are work related.
Q: Do you work on weekends?
A: I work on some weekends. It depends on the kids and what are their activities mostly.
Q: How much time do you spend on your phone everyday?
A: Very little. You&`&d be surprised how little.