《名人传记》之乔布斯遗失的访谈52:乔布斯离开苹果

 　　It lost that distinction to HP about 3 or 4 years after I left, unfortunately, but when I left it was the largest printer company in the world.

　　只过了三四年惠普就追上来了，真可惜

　　Did you envision desktop¹ publishing, was that a no-brainer?

　　你预见到桌面出版的前景吗，还是显而易见的？

　　You know… yes, but we also envisioned really the network office,

　　是的，我预见到了。但是我们同时还想推广网络办公

　　and so in January, 1995 when we had our annual meeting and introduced our new products, I made probably the largest marketing² blunder of my career.

　　所以1995年发布新产品时，我犯了这辈子最大的营销错误

　　Bob: 1985. Steve: 1985, sorry. Made probably the largest marketing blunder in my career by announcing the Mackintosh Office instead of just desktop publishing.

　　Bob: 是1985年。Steve: 1985年，对不起。我们发布了Mackintosh Office办公系统，其中包括桌面出版

　　And we had desktop publishing as a major component³ of that, but we announced a bunch of other stuff as well, and I think we should just focus on desktop publishing at that time.

　　当时应该集中力量推桌面出版，而不是所有功能一拥而上。

　　Tell us your departure from Apple.

　　说说你离开苹果的情况

　　Oh it was very painful and I am not even sure if I want to talk about it. What can I say? I hired the wrong guy.

　　很痛苦，我都不太愿意聊这事。怎么说呢？我招错了人。

　　That was Sculley?

　　是指Sculley？

　　Yeah, and he destroyed something I spent 10 years working for.

　　是的，他毁了我十年的心血

　　Starting with me, but that wasn't the saddest part.

　　他逼我离职，但这还不是最糟糕的

　　I would have gladly left Apple if Apple had turned out like I wanted it to.

　　如果苹果能按我的设想发展，我会很开心

　　He basically got on a rocket ship that is about to leave the pad, and the rocket ship left the pad, and he kind of went into his head,

　　他侥幸登上了一艘正要发射的火箭

　　and he got confused and thought he built the rocket ship,

　　他还以为自己建造了火箭

　　and he kind of changed the trajectory⁴, so that it's inevitably⁵ gonna crash to the ground.

　　轻率改变火箭的飞行轨道，结果是箭毁人亡

1 desktop   

n.桌面管理系统程序；台式

参考例句：

• My computer is a desktop computer of excellent quality.我的计算机是品质卓越的台式计算机。
• Do you know which one is better,a laptop or a desktop?你知道哪一种更好，笔记本还是台式机？

2 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

3 component   

n.组成部分，成分，元件；adj.组成的，合成的

参考例句：

• Each component is carefully checked before assembly.每个零件在装配前都经过仔细检查。
• Blade and handle are the component parts of a knife.刀身和刀柄是一把刀的组成部分。

4 trajectory   

n.弹道，轨道

参考例句：

• It is not difficult to sketch the subsequent trajectory.很容易描绘出它们最终的轨迹。
• The path followed by a projectile is called its trajectory.抛物体所循的路径称为它的轨道。

5 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。