《名人传记》之乔布斯亿万富豪嬉皮士73:个人电脑市场的竞争日益加剧

 　　There are some great partnerships², aren't there, in the world?

　　这世上有一些伟大的拍档 对吧？

　　One thinks of Lennon and McCartney and you and Steve Jobs.

　　说到这个 人们会想到列侬和麦卡特尼 还有就是你和乔布斯

　　Who was Lennon, who was McCartney?

　　你们谁是列侬? 谁是麦卡特尼?

　　I am so honoured to be considered in that kind of category,

　　能被归类进这样的类比范畴让我感到非常荣幸

　　and yet it's true, it's true.

　　不过这是真的 的确

　　You know, Steve and I, we were like a...

　　乔布斯和我 我们确实...

　　Lennon McCartney partnership¹, exactly. I couldn't say who was who.

　　很像列侬和麦卡特尼 我说不清楚我们俩谁对应谁

　　I always thought people always attributed me with Lennon

　　人们好像一直喜欢把我当成列侬

　　because I had this brilliant technical and really built and designed the machines.

　　因为我有技术上的天分 是我设计并制造了这些电脑

　　And then Steve knew how to take it to the public.

　　而乔布斯很擅长推广产品

　　Um, but he had, you know, his own type of brilliance³ too.

　　不过 你知道 他也是有他独特的才华的

　　When Apple went public in 1980, it was the most over-subscribed

　　当苹果公司1980年上市的时候 它是自1956年福特汽车以来

　　offering of shares since that of Ford⁴ motors in 1956.

　　申购量最大的股票

　　Success on this scale changed Apple.

　　苹果的成功有了质的飞跃

　　Any company when it becomes public

　　任何公司只要上了市

　　and becomes bigger becomes different. Politics seep⁵ in.

　　就会变得不同 变得不那么单纯了

　　The company goal from that point on wasn't to change the world,

　　从那时起 公司的目标不再是改变世界

　　but to increase the value to shareholders⁶.

　　而是为股东增加市值

　　It certainly did that.

　　它确实做到了这一点

　　It was worth nearly $2 billion by the end of 1980.

　　到了1980年底 苹果的市值达到了近20亿美元

　　And Jobs had a quarter of a billion.

　　其中 乔布斯个人就拥有2.5亿

　　But now money men and women flooded in to Apple,

　　投资家开始大量涌入苹果公司

　　and Jobs, just 25, wasn't really taken seriously by them.

　　而他们并没有把年仅25岁的乔布斯放在眼里

　　Steve was the chairman, but he wasn't seen as the person

　　虽然乔布斯是董事会主席

　　who had the stature⁷ and the maturity⁸ to run the company.

　　但他初出茅庐 并不被董事会所看好

　　Especially as the world around Apple was changing fast.

　　除此之外 苹果外面的世界瞬息万变

　　Competition in the personal computer market was intensifying⁹.

　　个人电脑市场的竞争日益加剧

　　In 1981, IBM launched its response to the Apple II -

　　1981年 IBM公司发布了他们应对苹果机二代的产品

　　The IBM PC.

　　IBM个人电脑

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2 partnerships   

n.伙伴关系( partnership的名词复数 )；合伙人身份；合作关系

参考例句：

• Partnerships suffer another major disadvantage: decision-making is shared. 合伙企业的另一主要缺点是决定要由大家来作。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• It involved selling off limited partnerships. 它涉及到售出有限的合伙权。 来自辞典例句

3 brilliance   

n.光辉，辉煌，壮丽，（卓越的）才华，才智

参考例句：

• I was totally amazed by the brilliance of her paintings.她的绘画才能令我惊歎不已。
• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。

4 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

5 seep   

v.渗出，渗漏；n.渗漏，小泉，水（油）坑

参考例句：

• My anger began to seep away.我的怒火开始消下去了。
• If meteoric water does not evaporate or run overland,it may seep directly into the ground.如果雨水不从陆地蒸发和流走的话，就可能直接渗入地下。

6 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

7 stature   

n.（高度）水平，（高度）境界，身高，身材

参考例句：

• He is five feet five inches in stature.他身高5英尺5英寸。
• The dress models are tall of stature.时装模特儿的身材都较高。

8 maturity   

n.成熟；完成；(支票、债券等)到期

参考例句：

• These plants ought to reach maturity after five years.这些植物五年后就该长成了。
• This is the period at which the body attains maturity.这是身体发育成熟的时期。

9 intensifying   

v.（使）增强， （使）加剧( intensify的现在分词 )；增辉

参考例句：

• The allies are intensifying their air campaign. 联军部队正加大他们的空战强度。 来自辞典例句
• The rest of the European powers were in a state of intensifying congestion. 其余的欧洲强国则处于越来越拥挤的状态。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史