乔布斯传 第264期:动画(3)

 　　Jobs and Catmull decided¹ that, in order to show off their hardware and software,

　　乔布斯和卡特穆尔决定，为了展示皮克斯的硬件和软件，

　　Lasseter should produce another short animated² film in 1986 for SIGGRAPH, the annual computer graphics⁴ conference.

　　应该让拉塞特再制作一部动画短片，参加1986年的SIGGRAPH (美国计算机协会计算机绘图专业组大会)。

　　At the time, Lasseter was using the Luxo lamp on his desk as a model for graphic³ rendering⁵,

　　拉塞特的办公桌上放着一盏Luxo台灯，他把这盏台灯用做图形渲染的模型，

　　and he decided to turn Luxo into a lifelike character.

　　并决定把Luxo变成一个栩栩如生的动画角色。

　　A friend's young child inspired him to add Luxo Jr.,

　　一位朋友的小孩给了他灵感，他在故事中添加了一个小台灯（Luxo Jr.)的角色。

　　and he showed a few test frames to another animator, who urged him to make sure he told a story.

　　拉塞特向另一位动画师展示一些测试帧时，对方力劝他用这两个角色讲一个故事。

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　　Lasseter said he was making only a short, but the animator reminded him that a story can be told even in a few seconds.

　　拉塞特表示，自己只是在做一部短片，但那位动画师提醒他说，即便几秒钟也能讲述一个故事。

　　Lasseter took the lesson to heart. Luxo Jr. ended up being just over two minutes;

　　拉塞特将这个告诫铭记于心。《顽皮跳跳灯》最后的成片只有两分多钟，

　　it told the tale of a parent lamp and a child lamp pushing a ball back and forth⁶ until the ball bursts, to the child's dismay.

　　但是它讲述了一个故事--台灯爸爸和台灯孩子把一个球推来推去，后来球爆了，小台灯很伤心。

　　Jobs was so excited that he took time off from the pressures at NeXT to fly down with Lasseter to SIGGRAPH,

　　乔布斯非常激动，特意从NeXT公司压力重重的工作中抽身，和拉塞特飞赴SIGGRAPH大会。

　　which was being held in Dallas that August.

　　这一年的大会于8月在达拉斯举行。

　　"It was so hot and muggy⁷ that when we'd walk outside the air hit us like a tennis racket," Lasseter recalled.

　　“天气太热太闷，我们一走出去，就觉得热气像网球拍一样迎面挥了过来。”拉塞特回忆说。

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

3 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

4 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

5 rendering   

n.表现，描写

参考例句：

• She gave a splendid rendering of Beethoven's piano sonata.她精彩地演奏了贝多芬的钢琴奏鸣曲。
• His narrative is a super rendering of dialect speech and idiom.他的叙述是方言和土语最成功的运用。

6 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

7 muggy   

adj.闷热的；adv.（天气）闷热而潮湿地；n.（天气）闷热而潮湿

参考例句：

• We may expect muggy weather when the rainy season begins.雨季开始时，我们预料有闷热的天气。
• It was muggy and overcast.天气闷热潮湿，而且天色阴沉。