《名人传记》之乔布斯一代创意天才131:苹果电脑公司正式成立

 　　Steve Wozniak was going to give the plans

　　沃兹尼瓦克本来想将电脑

　　for the computer away for free,

　　免费送给人使用

　　but Steve Jobs convinced him

　　但乔布斯游说他

　　they could sell the computer.

　　将电脑卖给别人

　　On April 1, 1976,

　　在1976年4月1日

　　the Apple Computer Company was formed.

　　苹果电脑公司正式成立

　　When Steve Jobs cofounded Apple,

　　乔布斯共同创立苹果电脑公司时

　　he didn't have any money.

　　他只是个穷光蛋

　　The famous story is that

　　当中最著名的故事

　　Steve Jobs sold hs Volkswagen bus

　　是乔布斯卖了他的大众巴士车

　　and Steve Vozniak sold his Hewlett Packard computer

　　而沃兹尼瓦克卖了他的惠普电脑

　　and they scraped together just a little money

　　来筹集很少的资金

　　and they really had to do it on a shoestring¹.

　　所以他们只可以勒紧裤头

　　Everyone thinks Apple

　　所有人都以为苹果电脑公司

　　was a garage start-up,

　　是在车库开始

　　that the parents gave him the garage.

　　由他父母给他的车库

　　It actually started in a bedroom

　　事实上,苹果电脑公司是由卧室开始

　　and it took over much of

　　之后还占据了他的小房子

　　the small house and the garage.

　　和车库的一大部分

　　Jobs was able to sell enough of the Apple I computers

　　乔布斯卖出的苹果第一代电脑

　　to keep the business going,

　　数量足够他们维持业务

　　and looked for investors³.

　　还可以让他们积极物色投资者

　　Apple Computer's first major investor²

　　苹果电脑的第一个主要投资者

　　and business partner was Mike Markkula.

　　和业务伙伴是马克库拉

　　So, from the early years of Apple,

　　在苹果电脑公司的发展初期

　　Steve Jobs was not in charge.

　　乔布斯并不是担当领导角色

　　There were experienced executives

　　因为那里有很多在大公司

　　who had worked at

　　例如英特尔等工作过

　　successful companies, like Intel,

　　具有丰富经验的行政人员

　　who were older,

　　他们的年纪也比较大

　　who were what we now call, in Silicon⁴ Valley,

　　就好像我们现在在矽谷

　　the adult supervision⁵.

　　叫作资深主管那些人

1 shoestring   

n.小额资本；adj.小本经营的

参考例句：

• In the early years,the business was run on a shoestring.早年，这家店铺曾是小本经营。
• How can I take the best possible digital pictures on a shoestring budget?怎样用很小投资拍摄最好的数码照片？

2 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

3 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

4 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

5 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。