乔布斯传翻译笔记：乔布斯与劳伦的爱巢

 第二十一章，虽然乔布斯会为同莱德斯心灵相通而感难舍难分，但是组建家庭不仅需要爱情更多是两个人彼此适合。他和劳伦.鲍威尔（Laurene Powell）的关系更为稳定，他喜欢她，爱她，尊重她。鲍威尔则以她的智慧吸引他，包容他多变的性格。这些成就了他们长久，忠诚和彼此信任的婚姻。婚后最重要的事，当然是安家。他们不再在乔布斯位于伍德塞得（Woodside）空荡荡的房子里居住，而且彼时鲍威尔也有了身孕。于是他们搬到了帕洛奥图（Palo Alto）一处适宜家庭居住的社区。乔布斯说“我想住在孩子们可以走着去见朋友们的社区里。”（“We wanted to live in a neighborhood where kids could walk to see friends,”）他们的房子的设计师是卡尔.琼斯（Carr Jones），十分擅长打造“故事书”风格（storybook style）的房屋。把房子买下来以后，他们便开始了一系列改造。

乔布斯传翻译笔记

【英语原文】

The two-story house was made of red brick, with exposed wood beams and a shingle¹ roof with curved lines; it evoked² a rambling³ Cotswold cottage, or perhaps a home where a well-to-do Hobbit might have lived. The one Californian touch was a mission-style courtyard framed by the wings of the house. The two-story vaulted-ceiling living room was informal, with a floor of tile and terra-cotta. At one end was a large triangular⁴ window leading up to the peak of the ceiling; it had stained glass when Jobs bought it, as if it were a chapel⁵, but he replaced it with clear glass. The other renovation⁶ he and Powell made was to expand the kitchen to include a wood-burning pizza oven and room for a long wooden table that would become the family’s primary gathering⁷ place. It was supposed to be a four-month renovation, but it took sixteen months because Jobs kept redoing the design. They also bought the small house behind them and razed⁸ it to make a backyard, which Powell turned into a beautiful natural garden filled with a profusion⁹ of seasonal¹⁰ flowers along with vegetables and herbs..(Chapter 20 A REGULAR GUY: A Family Home)

【译文】

这座两层房屋由红砖建造，木梁外露，屋顶铺设木瓦板，呈流线状。它让人联想起科茨沃尔德随处可见的乡间别墅，又或是某位殷实的霍比特人的家。房子的两翼围成了一个传教士风格的庭院，这让人看出了一点加利福尼亚的风格。两层穹顶的起居室并非中规中矩，它有着瓷砖和琉璃铺设的地板，房间尽头是块巨大的三角窗户直达天花板顶部。乔布斯买下这房子的时候，房间的窗子是彩绘玻璃的，如同小教堂一般。但他把窗子换成了透明玻璃。他和鲍威尔做的另一项改动就是把厨房扩大，扩大后的厨房放得下烧木材的披萨烤炉，一张成为家庭首要聚会场合的大长木桌。本来计划4个月完成的改造因为乔布斯的不断修改拖到了16个月之后才完成。乔布斯和鲍威尔还买下了屋后的小房子，在把它拆掉后他们弄出了一个后院。鲍威尔则将这后院变成了鲜花遍开，蔬草遍布的美丽植物园。

【翻译笔记】

1. beam

n. 梁，栋梁； 束； 光线； （电波的）波束

v. 眉开眼笑；笑容满面 （通过电子设备）发送，发射

It's possible that the beam may break if the loads outweigh¹¹ its supports. 

如果负荷过重，主梁的断裂是有可能发生的。

A beam of light slices through the darkness. 

一道光束划破了黑暗。

Frances beamed at her friend with undisguised admiration¹². 

弗朗西丝用毫不掩饰的羡慕的神情朝她的朋友们绽开了笑容。

The interview was beamed live across America. 

那场访谈同步播送至全美。

2。rambling

adj. 闲逛的，漫步的； 闲聊的；（思想）散漫的； 布局凌乱的，杂乱无章的

v. （无目的地）漫游（ ramble¹³的现在分词 ）； （喻）漫谈； 扯淡； 长篇大论

Ms Sun launches into a rambling tale about a young Englishman who works in a factory but loses his job just when his father falls ill and needs financial support. 

接着，孙女士像闲聊似地讲述了一个故事。 说的是一名年轻英国男子在一家工厂工作，但就在父亲生病急需用钱的时候失了业。

Since then, he has occasionally sent me rambling, fantastical letters alleging¹⁴ that my mother is following him (she isn't) and that the radio is broadcasting his life (it's not).

从那以后，他偶尔寄给我冗长含糊，荒诞不经的信，说我妈妈在跟踪他，收音机里在广播他的生活状况（显然没有）。

Faced to the cool wind of night, my feeling, just like the moonlight, was rambling. 

迎著清凉的夜风，我的思绪也像这月光一样，上天入地、漫无边际了。

 ramble

vi．溜达，遛弯儿；漫步；闲逛：闲聊，瞎扯；漫谈；信笔写；(道路、河流等)蜿蜒伸展

He rambled¹⁵ in the park every morning. 

他每天早晨在公园中遛弯儿。

She rambled on about her bitter experiences. 

她没完没了地说她过去的痛苦经历。

A winding¹⁶ path rambled across the village into the distance. 

一条弯弯曲曲的小路穿过村庄伸向远方。

3。profusion

n. 丰富，充沛； 慷慨，大方； 浪费，挥霍

a profusion of 丰富地，大量地 (可用来代替many， a large number of）

The farm grows a glorious profusion of select vegetables, herbs, and flowers around an old red barn that is covered in Grandpa Ott's stunningly¹⁷ deep purple morning glory blossoms. 

在一个红色旧谷仓四周，农场种植了不计其数的精选蔬菜、香草和鲜花，谷仓上爬满了沃特爷爷那美不胜收的深紫色牵牛花。

A profusion of asset bubbles has burst around the world – from property and credit to commodities and emerging market equities¹⁸. 

全球范围内已出现大量资产泡沫破灭——从房地产和信贷到大宗商品和新兴市场证券。 

4。各类教堂表达

Chapel（学校，医院等的）小教堂 

公元4世纪法国图尔（Tours）有一位主教名叫圣马丁，他创建了法国最早的几所隐修院，是西方教会隐修制度的倡导人。据传，一个严寒的冬日他在法国亚眠（Amiens）城门边看见一个几乎赤身裸体的乞丐向行人求乞。但圣马丁当时身无分文，遂拔剑将身上的军用披风划成两半，把一半给了乞丐。这一时传为佳话，他死后这披风被法兰克历代国王奉为圣物，藏于圣物柜中。“披风”在后期拉丁语作cappella，因此收藏该圣物的“圣所”或者“圣堂”人们也以cappella称之。该拉丁词借入法语时作chapele，13世纪进入英语，作chapel，转指“小教堂”或“附属教堂”。 英国剑桥大学国王学院教堂（king’s college chapel）算是chapel中较有名气的，其合唱团的演出自1928年起就在平安夜由BBC向世界各地播出。 

1 shingle   

n.木瓦板；小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌)；v.用木瓦板盖（屋顶）；把（女子头发）剪短

参考例句：

• He scraped away the dirt,and exposed a pine shingle.他刨去泥土，下面露出一块松木瓦块。
• He hung out his grandfather's shingle.他挂出了祖父的行医招牌。

2 evoked   

[医]诱发的

参考例句：

• The music evoked memories of her youth. 这乐曲勾起了她对青年时代的回忆。
• Her face, though sad, still evoked a feeling of serenity. 她的脸色虽然悲伤，但仍使人感觉安详。

3 rambling   

adj.[建]凌乱的，杂乱的

参考例句：

• We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。

4 triangular   

adj.三角（形）的，三者间的

参考例句：

• It's more or less triangular plot of land.这块地略成三角形。
• One particular triangular relationship became the model of Simone's first novel.一段特殊的三角关系成了西蒙娜第一本小说的原型。

5 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

6 renovation   

n.革新，整修

参考例句：

• The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
• The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。

7 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

8 razed   

v.彻底摧毁，将…夷为平地( raze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
• Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 profusion   

n.挥霍；丰富

参考例句：

• He is liberal to profusion.他挥霍无度。
• The leaves are falling in profusion.落叶纷纷。

10 seasonal   

adj.季节的，季节性的

参考例句：

• The town relies on the seasonal tourist industry for jobs.这个城镇依靠季节性旅游业提供就业机会。
• The hors d'oeuvre is seasonal vegetables.餐前小吃是应时蔬菜。

11 outweigh   

vt.比...更重，...更重要

参考例句：

• The merits of your plan outweigh the defects.你制定的计划其优点胜过缺点。
• One's merits outweigh one's short-comings.功大于过。

12 admiration   

n.钦佩，赞美，羡慕

参考例句：

• He was lost in admiration of the beauty of the scene.他对风景之美赞不绝口。
• We have a great admiration for the gold medalists.我们对金牌获得者极为敬佩。

13 ramble   

v.漫步，漫谈，漫游；n.漫步，闲谈，蔓延

参考例句：

• This is the best season for a ramble in the suburbs.这是去郊区漫游的最好季节。
• I like to ramble about the street after work.我下班后在街上漫步。

14 alleging   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。
• This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

15 rambled   

（无目的地）漫游( ramble的过去式和过去分词 )； （喻）漫谈； 扯淡； 长篇大论

参考例句：

• We rambled through the woods. 我们漫步走过树林。
• She rambled on at great length but she didn't get to the heart of the matter. 她夹七夹八地说了许多话也没说到点子上。

16 winding   

n.绕，缠，绕组，线圈

参考例句：

• A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
• The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。

17 stunningly   

ad.令人目瞪口呆地；惊人地

参考例句：

• The cooks, seamstresses and other small investors are stunningly vulnerable to reversals. 那些厨师、裁缝及其他的小投资者非常容易受到股市逆转的影响。
• The production cost of this huge passenger liner is stunningly high. 这艘船城造价之高令人惊叹。

18 equities   

普通股，股票

参考例句：

• These are invested mainly in the OECD bonds and equities. 这些资产主要投资于经济合作及发展组织的债券与股票市场。
• They are also advantage of the global rebound in equities. 它们还在利用全球股市反弹的机会。