Name: 繼承之戰：把話說清楚！ (Succession: Say What You Mean)
Uploaded: 2026-02-05T17:05:22.000Z
Duration: 8 min 31 s

Would you like this meeting to be on background?

你希望這次會議在背景進行嗎？

So I rewatched both seasons of Succession with the intention of doing a video on the hilariously weird poetry in the show's dialogue.

所以我重看了《繼承之戰》兩季，想做一集關於劇裡那些超好笑又奇怪的臺詞。

You know, stuff like what up prick licks?

像是「怎樣啊，賤貨？」這種。

I'm a ding dong doodlebug dipshit with a titmouse dick and my dad hates all of you.

我是個傻瓜、笨蛋，雞雞小小的，我爸討厭你們所有人。

And while there is plenty of majestically profane wordplay to celebrate watching the show all in one sitting like that, I couldn't help but recognize some deeper themes also to do with language and speech.

雖然有很多很棒的髒話可以慶祝一次看完這部劇，但我忍不住也發現了一些關於語言和說話更深層的主題。

And that kept popping up again and again.

What I found was that Succession is an extended exploration of this statement, but

我發現《繼承之戰》就是對這句話的延伸探討，

in the form of a question the show wants to know.

但以一種節目想知道的問題形式呈現。

Are words just nothing gusts of complicated airflow that you can't really use to understand who someone is or what they mean?

文字是不是隻是一堆複雜的氣流，你無法真正用來瞭解一個人是誰或他們的意思？

Succession is packed with examples of words that have absolutely no meaning at all.

《繼承之戰》充滿了完全沒有意義的詞彙範例。

I don't at this time recall anything that at that time would have caused me any real concern.

我現在想不起來當時有什麼事情會讓我真正擔心。

Lester was a man, and when a man dies, it is sad.

Lester 是一個男人，男人過世了，是很悲傷的。

In this case, it is Lester who has done so.

在這個情況下，是 Lester 過世了。

These are words designed to be empty so that they can fulfill the act of communicating when saying something is required or without making the speaker responsible for content.

這些詞彙的設計就是為了空洞，好讓它們能在需要說話時完成溝通的動作，而說話者不必為內容負責。

You hear this kind of stuff a lot in politics and business.

你在政治和商業場合聽到這種說法很多。

Sometimes it's necessary to be cagey, since statements from powerful people can affect the world.

有時候需要含糊其辭，因為有權力的人的言論可能會影響世界。

Other times, jargon is just rapping on bullshit.

其他時候，術語只是在胡說八道。

Family ownership and corporate continuity in the digital age, whatever the fuck that means.

數位時代的家族企業傳承與企業延續，不管那是什麼意思。

All these nothing words are a form of insincerity.

這些空泛的詞彙都是一種虛偽。

And in this show, this world, this family, insincerity is the rule, not the exception.

在這個節目、這個世界、這個家庭裡，虛偽是常態，不是例外。

That doesn't mean all words are empty, only that for the most part, words have a very flimsy relationship to their literal meaning.

這不代表所有詞彙都是空泛的，只是對大多數情況而言，詞彙與其字面意義的連結非常薄弱。

I'm thankful for all the love Roman has shown to me and for never being selfish or self centered or egocentric or neurotic or unfaithful.

我很感謝 Roman 給我的所有愛，感謝他從不自私、不以自我為中心、不自我中心、不神經質或不忠誠。

For Logan Roy and his family, words are just the thinnest top layer of communication, concealing an ocean of fear, feelings, motives and other things that can't be said aloud.

對於 Logan Roy 和他的家人來說，言語只是溝通最薄的一層表面，底下隱藏著一片恐懼、情感、動機和其他無法言說的東西。

Sarcasm at Thanksgiving is par for the course.

感恩節的諷刺是意料之中的事。

And that's only one of many ways people can mean the opposite of what they say.

這只是人們可以表達與所說相反意思的眾多方式之一。

I just came to say how sorry I was to hear about your dad.

我只是來表達我對你爸爸過世的遺憾。

Well, it's so kind of you to do it in person when you could have just called.

哇，你親自來，而不是打電話，真是太好了。

This undercurrent is something the characters, especially Logan's three children, have learned to be hyper sensitive to.

這種暗潮洶湧，是劇中角色，尤其是 Logan 的三個孩子，已經學會高度敏感去察覺的。

If it's not sarcasm, it must be disguising a hidden motive.

如果不是反諷，那肯定別有用心。

I think you're a super talented superstar and I. I love you.

我覺得你是一位超級有才華的巨星，我愛你。

It makes sense that Kendall, Roman and Shiv are so guarded, the biggest presence in their lives.

Kendall、Roman 和 Shiv 如此戒備，這一切都是因為他們生命中最重要的人。

Their father is lying to them all the time.

When you say the thing that's not, that's a lie.

當你說出不存在的事情時，那就是謊言。

Logan lies with abandon and as a result has created an atmosphere of stifling paranoia.

Logan 毫無顧忌地撒謊，結果造成了一種令人窒息的偏執氛圍。

拜託，爸，我希望你暢所欲言。

I think it is possible that you have sometimes somewhat chilled the atmosphere of free flowing debate.

我認為，你可能曾經讓自由辯論的氣氛有點受阻。

Words to him are just tools to gain advantage and they can be discarded as easily as they're said.

對他來說，言語只是獲取優勢的工具，說完就可以隨手丟棄。

Take away this cold utility and words become meaningless and confusing to him.

拿掉這種冷冰冰的功利性，對他而言，言語就變得毫無意義又令人困惑。

This profoundly cynical outlook is the result of living in a world in which words have only temporary meaning.

這種極度玩世不恭的看法，源自於活在一個言語僅有暫時意義的世界裡。

If you can lie to someone like that to their face.

如果你能這樣當著別人的面撒謊。

I mean, I know you're lying, but I still find you very plausible and appealing.

我的意思是，我知道你在撒謊，但我還是覺得你很有說服力，很有魅力。

The most extreme form of this is gaslighting.

這種情況最極致的表現就是煤氣燈效應。

Giving words meaning, then violently ripping that meaning away.

賦予話語意義，然後再殘酷地將其剝奪。

But the thing about me is that I'm a terrible, terrible prick.

但關於我，我就是個糟糕透頂的混蛋。

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