you're going to be talking to publishers.

那你就得和出版商谈谈
Before you know it,

不可避免的
they're going to be talking about their financial situation

他们会说到自己的财务状况
and how you fit into it.

以及你是否适合在他们公司出版作品
I believe it's fundamental and very important.

我相信这是理所当然的也是很重要的
I think you will find this course as not a vocational course--

你会发现这不是一门为就业所设计的课程
not primarily a vocational course--

并不集中探讨业务知识
but an intellectual course about how things really work.

而是一门关于事物机制的课程
I see finance as the underpinning of so much that happens.

我将金融视为诸多事物的基础
It's a powerful force that goes behind the scene

它是一种潜藏在暗处的强大力量
and I hope we can draw that out in this course.

希望通过此课可以窥得其冰山一角
There is another course--we have two basic courses

还有另外一门课耶鲁共为