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M: People often wonder how the human brain creates, for example, a beautiful painting, a sculpture or even a delicious dinner.
男：人们常常想知道人类的大脑是如何创造的，例如，创造一幅美丽的画，一座雕塑，甚至是一顿美味的晚餐。
M: Today we are honoured to have Dr. Nancy Andreasen, a neuroscientist at the University of Iowa on our talk show.
男：今天，我们荣幸地请到爱荷华大学的神经科学家南希·安德瑞森博士来到我们的谈话节目。
M: Dr. Andreasen has recently written a book called The Creating Brain: The Neuroscience of Genius.
男：安德瑞森博士最近写了一本书，叫做《有创造力的大脑：天才的神经科学》。
M: In her book, she tackles the question and tries to look into the brain behind creativity.
男：在书中，她解决了这个问题，并试图探究创造力背后的大脑。
M: Dr. Andreasen, thanks for coming on our show.
男：安德瑞森博士，谢谢你来参加我们的节目。
W: Pleasure.
女：很高兴来到这里。
M: Now, Dr. Andreasen can we start with the question "What is creativity?"
男：现在，安德瑞森博士，我们想先问一下，什么是创造力?
W: Well, creativity can be saying as a process.
女：嗯，创造力可以说是一个过程。
W: This process starts with a person, for example an artist, musician, inventor
女：这个过程从一个人开始，例如一个艺术家、音乐家、发明家，
W: or even someone who's trying to figure out a better way of doing a task at work or at home.
女：或者一个试图想出更好的方法来完成工作或者家庭事务的人。
W: That person must think about the problem or, or their project in a novel way and then come up with a solution.
女：这个人必须以一种新奇的方式思考这个问题，或者项目，然后想出一个解决方案。
M: Hmm, I see. But how long will it take for the person to find a solution as it were?
男：嗯，我明白了。但是，要多久才能找到解决办法呢？
W: Well, it depends. The creative process can go by in a flash or it can take years.
女：看情况。创意过程可以灵光突现，也可能需要数年时间。
W: But the end result is invariably the production of something new and useful, such as the automobile,
女：但是最终总是会产生一些新的有用的东西，比如汽车，
W: or something beautiful and artistic, such as a painting by Vincent van Gogh.
女：或者一些美丽的，具有艺术性东西，比如文森特·梵高的一幅画。
M: Hmm, Dr. Andreasen, then do you think the ability to be creative is inborn or not?
男：嗯，安德里森博士，那么你认为有创造能力是天生的吗?
W: Well, no one knows yet if the ability to be creative, for example the ability to produce a haunting symphony
女：目前没有人知道创造力，
W: is the result of the environment or a genetic makeup that allows people to be creative more easily.
女：例如，创作出荡气回肠的交响乐的能力是环境的结果，还是某种帮助创作的基因组成的结果。
W: However, creativity does seem to run in certain families.
女：然而，某些家族的创造力确实比较突出。
M: Is that so?
男：是这样吗?
W: Yes. You see, Johann Sebastian Bach was the most famous member of the Bach family, but there were 20 other eminent musicians who came from the same family.
女：是的。你知道，约翰·塞巴斯蒂安·巴赫是巴赫家族中最著名的成员，但这个家族还有20位著名音乐家。
