He said: "My father always said to me I would be a late bloomer."

他说：“我爸爸总是对我说我是个大器晚成的人。”

article.yeeyan.org

Murakami was a late bloomer, writing his first work at age 29.

村上春树大器晚成，29岁才写他的第一部作品。

kuaile.dict.cn

And for the record, he dropped out of grad school. Bit of a late bloomer.

根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。

www.ecocn.org

Or maybe the Obama recovery was the economic equivalent of a late bloomer.

FORBES: Connect

Pediatricians said at first that she was simply a late bloomer.

FORBES: Magazine Article

When it came to opera, however, Rameau was a late bloomer.

NPR: Opera Beyond Words: Rameau's Radiant Dances