《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事109:极简的理念

 　　"you got to build it for less than 15 bucks¹,

　　"你得把它的成本限于15美元"

　　"it's got to last two years,

　　"它需要能使用两年"

　　"I want it to work on the desktop²,

　　"我希望它能在桌子上使用

　　"a normal formica desktop,

　　"一个普通的福米加塑料",

　　And I also want to be able to use it on my jeans."

　　甚至能在我的牛仔裤上使用."

　　As I left the meeting headed out to my car,

　　当我离开这个会议，向我的车走去的时候

　　I was thinking, "does this really make sense?

　　我在想，"这些真的有意义吗?

　　Is steve crazy or is there something here?"

　　是史蒂夫疯了还是真的会有这样的玩意?"

　　Narrator: if steve wanted something,

　　如果史蒂夫想要什么

　　His team just had to innovate³,

　　他的团队奖不得不去创新.

　　So for dean that meant a trip to the drug store.

　　因此为了这个我去了一家药店.

　　Dean hovey: as I entered walgreens,

　　当我走进这家店的时候,

　　I had in my mind most importantly was,

　　在我脑袋里最重要的事情却是

　　"where do I find these spheres,

　　"我去哪里弄来那些小球，

　　These balls to be a part of the mouse?"

　　而且还是要能成为鼠标一部分的小球?"

　　And I had thought about the underarm deodorant⁴

　　然后我想到了腋下除臭剂，

　　As the right solution.

　　那真是个不错的解决方案

　　And I emerged with some roll-on deodorant and a butter dish.

　　然后我用滚珠除臭剂的滚珠和黄油碟 制作了一些可以滑动的模型

　　And as you can see here,

　　你现在看到了

　　there are of course Different sized balls,

　　为了需要当然有各种不同大小的球

　　Depending upon how it is applied⁵.

　　虽然远远不止这些，

　　Not only that, but then, once I had the balls,

　　但是一旦我有了这些球

　　I said, "what's a quick way to have a structure To put around the ball

　　制作球周围的构造就不难了，

　　so that I can start interacting with it?"

　　所以我可以开始 组装这些东西

　　I remember going to the house wares⁶ area,

　　我记得当时我去了家里的储藏室

　　And I found a butter dish which was about this big,

　　找到一个差不多这么大的黄油碟

　　And that became the beginning part For the mouse, as I felt it.

　　这就是鼠标最初的部分，我觉得

　　So I used the butter dish, the roll-on ball

　　所以我用黄油碟以及滚珠

　　And was able to create a prototype.

　　制作了一个原型

　　It's hard to believe that in a design so small

　　很难相信设计一个

　　As something that fits in your hand

　　刚刚只有手掌大小的东西

　　There could be much controversy⁷ around it,

　　会引起如此大范围的争论

　　But it turns out there was one major controversy,

　　但是最终摆在面前的主要争论是

　　Which was how many buttons should there be?

　　到底该往鼠标上放置多少个按钮?

　　The original xerox⁸ parc had 3 buttons,

　　最初施乐的鼠标样品有三个按钮

　　And there was a great debate about how many buttons were right,

　　到底多少个按钮才最好的争论持续着

　　And steve always had the notion of simplicity⁹.

　　而史蒂夫一直都有着极简的理念

1 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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？

3 innovate   

v.革新，变革，创始

参考例句：

• We must innovate in order to make progress.我们必须改革以便取得进步。
• It is necessary to innovate and develop military theories.创新和发展军事理论是必要的。

4 deodorant   

adj.除臭的；n.除臭剂

参考例句：

• She applies deodorant to her armpits after she showers.沐浴后，她在腋下涂上除臭剂。
• Spray deodorant and keep the silk garments dry before dressing.在穿衣之前，洒涂防臭剂并保持干燥。

5 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

6 wares   

n. 货物, 商品

参考例句：

• They sold their wares at half-price. 他们的货品是半价出售的。
• The peddler was crying up his wares. 小贩极力夸耀自己的货物。

7 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

8 xerox   

n./v.施乐复印机，静电复印

参考例句：

• Xerox and Lucent are two more high-tech companies run by women.施乐和朗讯是另外两家由女性经营的大科技公司。
• You cannot take it home,but you can xerox it.你不能把它带回家，但可以复印。

9 simplicity   

n.简单，简易；朴素；直率，单纯

参考例句：

• She dressed with elegant simplicity.她穿着朴素高雅。
• The beauty of this plan is its simplicity.简明扼要是这个计划的一大特点。