《名人传记》之乔布斯遗失的访谈50:与优秀自信的人合作

 　　I... you know, when you get really good people, they know they are really good,

　　要知道与优秀、自信的人合作

　　and you don't have to baby people's ego¹ so much,

　　不用太在乎他们的自尊

　　and what really matters is the work, that everybody knows that and that all that matters is the work.

　　大家的心思都放在工作上

　　So people are being counted on to do specific pieces of little puzzle,

　　每个人负责完成一块很具体的任务

　　and the most important thing I think you can do for somebody who's really good, and who's really being counted on is to point out to them when their work isn't good enough.

　　如果他们的工作不合格，你要做的无非是提醒他们

　　And you need to do it in a way that doesn't call in questions about your confidence and abilities,

　　清晰明了地提醒他们恢复工作状态，同时不能让对方怀疑你的权威性

　　but... leaves not too much room for interpretation² that the work they have done for the particular thing is not good enough… to support the goal of the team.

　　要用无可置疑的方式告诉他们工作不合格

　　And that's a hard thing to do. Err³... I always take a very direct approach, so I think if you talk to people who worked with me,

　　这很不容易，所以我总是采取最直截了当的方式

　　err... the really good people have found it beneficial, some people hated it you know, but … I am also one of these people,

　　有些同事觉得这种方式很好，但有些人接受不了

　　I don't really care about being right, I just care about success.

　　我是那种只想成功，不在乎是非的人

　　So you will find a lot of people that would tell you that I had a very strong opinion,

　　所以无论我原来的想法多么顽固

　　and they present evidence in contrary and 5 minutes later I can change my mind,

　　只要反驳的人拿出可信的事实，五分钟内我就会改变观点

　　because I'm like that, I don't mind being wrong, and I admit that I am wrong a lot, doesn't really matter to me too much.

　　我就是这样，不怕犯错。我经常承认错误，没什么大不了的

　　What matters to me is that we do the right thing.

　　我只在乎结果

1 ego   

n.自我，自己，自尊

参考例句：

• He is absolute ego in all thing.在所有的事情上他都绝对自我。
• She has been on an ego trip since she sang on television.她上电视台唱过歌之后就一直自吹自擂。

2 interpretation   

n.解释，说明，描述；艺术处理

参考例句：

• His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
• Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。

3 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。