《名人传记》之乔布斯最后一件事104:一个迷人有趣的家伙

 　　in apple's earliest days, the two steves,

　　在苹果早期的历史中，这两个史蒂夫

　　Jobs and woz, took on an older and more experienced partner.

　　乔布斯和沃兹，寻找到了一个比他们更有经验的合作伙伴

　　Ronald wayne now lives and works near las vegas,

　　罗纳德韦恩现在生活和居住在拉斯维加斯

　　A fitting location for a man

　　一个对于失去37亿美元筹码

　　who walked away with nothing from a $37 billion no-lose bet.

　　却仍然毫无遗憾的男人来说 再好不过的城市.

　　Wayne was invited to discuss a business proposal with jobs and woz

　　韦恩当时受到乔布斯和沃兹的邀请 共同讨论一个商业提案.

　　That was the first time I had met steve wozniak,

　　那是我第一次见到史蒂夫沃兹亚克

　　A fascinating guy a fun guy to be with,

　　一个迷人有趣的家伙,

　　Very not only a fun guy to be with,

　　当然不仅仅是有趣

　　The most gracious man i've ever met in my life.

　　他也是我此生遇到过的最具有亲和力的人

　　As far as wozniak was concerned,

　　与沃兹亚克一同受到关注的

　　The world was a great big sand box

　　还有一个能玩很多玩具的

　　With a lot of toys to play with.

　　看起来像一个大箱子的玩意

　　but ron's opinion of steve jobs was not so hot.

　　但是罗纳德对于史蒂夫乔布斯的印象却没有那么深刻

　　Wayne: I wouldn't put gracious in his description.

　　我不会把亲切用来形容他

　　He had the kind of manner, the kind of approach to people

　　他有着他自己对人对事的方式

　　And environments that were business directed, ok?

　　那种氛围让人感觉，更商业化，OK?

　　He was extremely serious.

　　他很严肃

　　wayne acted as referee¹ in a minor² difference of opinion

　　韦恩以这两个合作伙伴之间的一件小事情

　　Between the two equal partners.

　　作为参考，展现了他们之间的区别.

　　Well, steve jobs was so impressed

　　嗯，史蒂夫乔布斯令我印象非常深刻,

　　With my diplomacy³ in that particular situation

　　在当时那种特定的情况之下

　　That he immediately came back and said,

　　他迅速的做出了决定然后说道

　　"ok. What we're going to do is form a company,"

　　"OK，我们要正式成立一家公司,"

　　With woz and jobs getting 45% each,

　　沃兹和乔布斯每人得到45%的股份

　　And I would get 10% as a tiebreaker

　　而我得到10%的绝对股份

　　In the event of any philosophical⁴ disputes That might occur in the future.

　　无论将来发生任何可能的法律纠纷

1 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

2 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

3 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

4 philosophical   

adj.哲学家的，哲学上的，达观的

参考例句：

• The teacher couldn't answer the philosophical problem.老师不能解答这个哲学问题。
• She is very philosophical about her bad luck.她对自己的不幸看得很开。