乔布斯传 第262期:动画(1)

 　　Animation¹

　　动画

　　The digital animation business at Pixar--the group that made little animated² films--was originally just a sideline,

　　皮克斯的数字动画业务--制作动画短片的团队--最初只是副业，

　　its main purpose being to show off the hardware and software of the company.

　　其主要目的是对外展示自己的硬件和软件

　　It was run by John Lasseter, a man whose childlike face and demeanor³ masked an artistic⁴ perfectionism that rivaled that of Jobs.

　　约翰·拉塞特负责这个团队的运作，他有着可爱的脸庞和气质，对于艺术的完美追求与乔布斯不相上下。

　　Born in Hollywood, Lasseter grew up loving Saturday morning cartoon shows.

　　拉塞特出生在好莱坞，从小就喜欢观看周六早间的卡通节目。

　　In ninth grade, he wrote a report on the history of Disney Studios, and he decided⁵ then how he wished to spend his life.

　　九年级时，读完记述迪士尼工作室历史的《动画的艺术》后，他写了一份读书报告，那时的他就明白了自己想要怎样度过一生。

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　　When he graduated from high school,

　　髙中毕业后，

　　Lasseter enrolled⁶ in the animation program at the California Institute of the Arts, founded by Walt Disney.

　　拉塞特进入了由沃尔特·迪士尼创办的加州艺术学院，学习动画专业。

　　In his summers and spare time, he researched the Disney archives and worked as a guide on the Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland.

　　暑假和课余时间，他研究迪士尼的档案文件，还在迪士尼乐园的丛林巡航游乐项目做导游。

　　The latter experience taught him the value of timing⁷ and pacing in telling a story,

　　迪士尼乐园的导游经历让他懂得了把握时间和节奏对于讲故事的重要性，

　　an important but difficult concept to master when creating, frame by frame, animated footage.

　　在创作一帧一帧的动画时，掌握这一概念很重要但也绝非易事。

　　He won the Student Academy Award for the short he made in his junior year, Lady and the Lamp,

　　拉塞特大学三年级时拍摄的短片《小姐与台灯》 为他赢得了学生奥斯卡奖。

　　which showed his debt to Disney films and foreshadowed his signature talent for infusing inanimate objects such as lamps with human personalities⁸.

　　这部短片借鉴了《小姐与流浪汉》等迪士尼电影，也展露出他的惊人天才--赋予无生命的东西以人的个性。

1 animation   

n.活泼，兴奋，卡通片／动画片的制作

参考例句：

• They are full of animation as they talked about their childhood.当他们谈及童年的往事时都非常兴奋。
• The animation of China made a great progress.中国的卡通片制作取得很大发展。

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 demeanor   

n.行为；风度

参考例句：

• She is quiet in her demeanor.她举止文静。
• The old soldier never lost his military demeanor.那个老军人从来没有失去军人风度。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 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。

6 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

8 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。