【职场点滴】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

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• 我们，不情愿的人，在不知情的人的带领下，正在为忘恩负义的人做不可能的事情。我们已经做了这么多，这么长时间，用这么少，我们现在有资 -忒忒绿- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 06:40:00

• 我们现在有资格无所事事。 -忒忒绿- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 06:41:00

• 哈哈好雅兴, 翻译真很难, 只意思对了却缺少rhym, 凑对了rhym,也缺少那种flow -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 07:42:32

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

• 最后一句可以翻译成“白手起家”吗 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 07:49:07

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

• 嗯，还是翻译的境界 信达雅 -CLary- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:00:08

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

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

• 精辟。不太懂最后一句。we are now qualified to do anything with nothing -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:21:35

• 不要死抠literal意思,要figurative理解,你抱怨什么都没有却什么都让我干! 实际怎么可能什么都没有? -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:39:08

• 让你雕刻一个萝卜花,不给你刀具, 用牙啃一个,技术上也不是完全不可能, 就这意思. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:41:38

• 是不是就是要让我们“无中生有”：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:41:40

• 不是, 无中生有是造谣的意思,不能按字面直译, -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:44:10

• 我这里故意引申义了 -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:45:39

• 再积极一点理解, 赌博不带本钱,空手套白狼去 -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:42:48

• 在花教授的启发下，figure out 了一些。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (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？ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:35:25

• 领导的意思是... ...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爱！：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:46:20

• 其实想想“无中生有” 真是很厉害，很有创造性，让不可能变成可能，佩服你们engineering：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 08:45:02

• 貌似看起来最擅长无中生有的是疯老师. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:16:23

• 哈哈，他的原创确实是精神上的享受。还比如各种app，真是各种有用啊：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:35:08

• 什么都不用干 光割韭菜：） -忒忒绿- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:50:00

• 我觉得management是很不容易的，有的头儿因为业绩不好，被fire了～ 我总觉得天下没有白吃的午餐～ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 10:48:22

• 稍微改一下，说的事就不一样了。：） -ibelieu- ♀ (248 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:27:45

• 哈哈，改的妙。 -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/20/2022 postreply 09:55:06

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

• 恭喜花董。首页进来，谢谢网管，职场点滴 Konstantin Josef Jirecek quote推荐成功 -梅雨潭- ♂ (0 bytes) () 04/21/2022 postreply 15:30:36

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

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

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

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

• 摘录学习一下 -盈盈一笑间- ♀ (0 bytes) () 04/24/2022 postreply 06:13:31