《名人传记》之乔布斯如何改变世界6:决定苹果的未来

 　　He was looking for something to put his mark on.

　　他在寻找一样风格独特的产品

　　And he seized on this little Mac

　　史蒂夫看中了Mac

　　and Steve got the vision that we were going to sell a million of these.

　　他预见我们会卖出几百万台电脑

　　Instead of calling the monitor a monitor,

　　我们不再称显示器为显示器

　　we called it a desktop¹, not a screen.

　　而称之为桌面 不是屏幕

　　A desktop, why?

　　而是桌面 为什么

　　Everybody knows what a desktop is.

　　大家都知道桌面是什么东西

　　Little icons² on the Macintosh would represent a page.

　　Macintosh中的每个小图标都代表一个页面

　　Everybody knows what a paint bucket does.

　　大家都知道漆桶工具是做什么的

　　The one that looks like an eraser,

　　而那个看上去像橡皮的图标

　　click on it and it will be erasing³,

　　单击它 它就变成橡皮了

　　all these things that kind of remove the technology.

　　这一切颠覆了人们对科技的印象

　　The development of the Mac is surrounded by corporate⁴ intrigue⁵.

　　Mac的发展一直处在企业权谋争斗的背景之下

　　Yes, Jobs is brilliant but he's also notoriously difficult.

　　乔布斯是很聪明 也出了名的难相处

　　The board wants more of a grown-up to keep their young visionary in check.

　　公司更想要一个稳重的成年人来实现他们尚未成熟的蓝图

　　They were not going to trust

　　他们很不放心把钱投给

　　their investment to a hippy like Steve Jobs.

　　史蒂夫·乔布斯这样的嬉皮士

　　So from early on,

　　因此 在早期

　　the money men brought in older,

　　投资者都启用年长的

　　experienced executives to run the business of Apple computer.

　　更有经验的执行官来经营苹果的电脑生意

　　Jobs himself recruits John Scully,

　　乔布斯亲自招募了约翰·斯考利

　　former president of PePsiCo to become the new CEO.

　　百事公司的前总裁来担任新CEO

　　They get along well, at first.

　　他们最初相处很融洽

　　But Scully wants to market the Mac to corporate America taking on IBM

　　但是斯考利想让苹果公司取代IBM在美国商用机界的地位

　　while Jobs' sees the Mac as a consumer product

　　而乔布斯把Mac当成一种大众消费品

　　and believes it will define apple's future.

　　并相信这会决定苹果的未来

　　He works his A-team maniacally⁶.

　　他让自己的精英小组疯狂地工作

1 desktop   

n.桌面管理系统程序；台式

参考例句：

• My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
• Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？

2 icons   

n.偶像( icon的名词复数 )；（计算机屏幕上表示命令、程序的）符号，图像

参考例句：

• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons. 用图标来区分重要的文本项。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Daemonic icons should only be employed persistently if they provide continuous, useful status information. 只有会连续地提供有用状态信息的情况下，后台应用程序才应该一直使用图标。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

3 erasing   

v.擦掉( erase的现在分词 )；抹去；清除

参考例句：

• He was like a sponge, erasing the past, soaking up the future. 他象一块海绵，挤出过去，吸进未来。 来自辞典例句
• Suddenly, fear overtook longing, erasing memories. 突然，恐惧淹没了渴望，泯灭了回忆。 来自辞典例句

4 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

5 intrigue   

vt.激起兴趣，迷住；vi.耍阴谋；n.阴谋，密谋

参考例句：

• Court officials will intrigue against the royal family.法院官员将密谋反对皇室。
• The royal palace was filled with intrigue.皇宫中充满了勾心斗角。

6 maniacally   

参考例句：

• He was maniacally obsessed with jealousy. 强烈的嫉妒心令他疯狂。 来自互联网