We're all partners, except Morgan here,

除了摩根同学之外我们都是合伙人
and Morgan is a brilliant student just finishing the Yale school

摩根是一位刚从耶鲁毕业的聪明学生
and I'm his advocate.

我是他的律师
I say, "Morgan, I'm going to make you a partner."

我说 "摩根我想你成为合伙人"
What do I have to do to make that happen?

我要怎么做到这件事呢
In theory, there are ways to shortcut this,

理论上说总有办法抄捷径的
but in theory I have to get the consent of all of you.

但是理论上说我必须得到你们所有人同意
And then suppose I say,

那么假设我说
"I'm tired and old and I want out.

"我累了年纪大了我想退出
I'm going to sell Jim Alexander my partnership,"

把我的合伙人身份卖给吉姆·亚历山大"
and Jim Alexander is generous enough

吉姆·亚历山大也很慷慨
to offer me a large sum of money for that partnership.

愿意为了合伙人身份付给我一大笔钱