EN: It is odd, I-I think, that anyone ever felt compelled to substitute"maestro" with "maestra." I mean, we don't call women astronauts "astronettes."
CN: 有件事很怪 不知道有没有人觉得，用“女音乐家”来代替“音乐家”是迫不得已，因为我们也不会称女性宇航员为“宇航媛”。
EN: Well, in today's world,"varied," it-it's a dirty word. I mean, our era is one of specialists, and if you're trying to do more than one thing, it's, you know,it's often frowned upon.
CN: 时至今日“多样”是一个脏字了，我的意思是 我们的事业专业性很强，如果你试图做多于一件事，那别人可能就会皱起眉头。
EN: It's...It's the 11 pistol shots--it's a prime number--that strike you as both victim and perpetrator. You know, it's not untilI conducted it that I became convinced we're all capable of murder.
CN: 那十一响枪声，十一是一个质数，它让你成为受害者同时又是凶手，直到指挥了那部作品，我才相信了我们都有能力杀人。
EN: Now, you can intellectually contemplate, or masturbate, about the felicity of the so-called "atonal," but the important question here is: What are you conducting? What is the effect? What is it actually doing to me? Good music can be as ornate as a cathedral or bare as a potting shed so long as it allows you to answer both those questions.
CN: 对于“无调性”一词的精妙之处，一个人可以运用智慧思索，或是对着它手淫，但在此更重要的问题是你在指挥什么，你得到了什么效果，它对我又有什么样的影响，好的音乐既可以如教堂一般雕梁画栋，也可以像盆栽棚一样赤裸粗粝，只要它能让你回答这两个问题。
EN: Is that if Bach's talent can be reduced to his gender, birth country, religion, sexuality, and so on, then so can yours. Now, someday, Max,when you go out into the world and you guest conduct for a major or minor orchestra, you may notice that the players have more than light bulbs and music on their stands. They will also have been handed rating sheets, the purpose of which is to rate you.
CN: 问题在于如果连巴赫的才华也能因其性别、出身地、宗教信仰、性取向及其它种种所抹杀，那你的才能也会如此，总有一天，麦克斯，当你走向世界，在大型或小型乐团当客座指挥时，你或许会注意到乐手们的谱架上不仅有灯泡和谱子，还有更多，还有被分发打分表，为了给你打分。
FR: Si la femme a le de monter à l'échafaud, elle doit aussi avoir celui de monter à la tribune.
CN: 如果一个女人有登上断头台的气魄，那她同时也有走上指挥台的胆识。
EN: There's a humility in Bach. He's not pretending he's certain about anything. 'Cause he knows that it's always the question that involves the listener. It's never the answer, right?
CN: 巴赫身上有一种谦逊，他并非在假装自己无所不知，因为他明白 永远只有疑问才能打动听众，而不会是回答，对吗？