乔布斯传第639期:50岁的雄狮(11)（打印版）

So when it was time for Gates and Jobs to meet in the green room before their joint session that evening, Mossberg was worried.

当晚的联合采访开始前，乔布斯和盖茨会在嘉宾休息室里见面，莫斯伯格很担心。

Gates got there first, with his aide Larry Cohen, who had briefed him about Jobs's remark earlier that day.

盖茨与助手拉里·科恩先到达，科恩之前已经向盖茨简要汇报了乔布斯的评论。

When Jobs ambled in a few minutes later, he grabbed a bottle of water from the ice bucket and sat down.

几分钟后，乔布斯缓步走了进来，从冰桶里拿出一瓶水，坐了下来。

After a moment or two of silence, Gates said, "So I guess I'm the representative from hell." He wasn't smiling.

片刻沉默之后，盖茨开口了，脸上全无笑意，“我猜我就是那个地狱里的人。”

Jobs paused, gave him one of his impish grins, and handed him the ice water.

乔布斯顿了一下，露出了自己招牌式的顽皮微笑，把冰水递给了盖茨。

Gates relaxed, and the tension dissipated.

盖茨情绪有所缓和，紧张的气氛一扫而光。

The result was a fascinating duet, in which each wunderkind of the digital age spoke warily, and then warmly, about the other.

这次联合采访最终成为两人之间的精彩对话，两位数字时代的天才谨慎进而热情地谈论彼此。

Most memorably they gave candid answers

最令人印象深刻的是，他们给出了直率的回答，

when the technology strategist Lise Buyer, who was in the audience, asked what each had learned from observing the other.

当坐在观众席的技术战略家丽丝·拜尔提问两人从对方身上学到了什么的时候。

"Well, I'd give a lot to have Steve's taste," Gates answered.

“好吧，我愿意放弃很多东西来拥有史蒂夫的品位。”盖茨回答道。

There was a bit of nervous laughter;

现场爆发一阵笑声，气氛有些紧张；

Jobs had famously said, ten years earlier, that his problem with Microsoft was that it had absolutely no taste.

十年前，乔布斯曾说过一句话，他不满意微软是因为它完全没有品位。

But Gates insisted he was serious. Jobs was a "natural in terms of intuitive taste."

但是盖茨坚称自己说这话是认真的，乔布斯的“直觉品位是与生俱来的，无论是对人还是产品”。

He recalled how he and Jobs used to sit together reviewing the software that Microsoft was making for the Macintosh.

他回忆起自己和乔布斯当年坐在一起，检查微软为麦金塔开发的软件。

"I'd see Steve make the decision based on a sense of people and product that, you know, is hard for me to explain.

“史蒂夫能够根据对人和产品的感觉作出决定，你们懂的，对我来说这甚至很难解释清楚。

The way he does things is just different and I think it's magical. And in that case, wow."

他做事的方式非常不同寻常，我认为很神奇。既然如此，我也只能感叹‘哇’。”