乔布斯传 第40期:加盟雅达利(2)

 Lang and others wanted to let Jobs go, but Bushnell worked out a solution.

朗和其他人想赶走乔布斯，但布什内尔想出了一个解决方案。
"The smell and behavior wasn't an issue with me," he said. "Steve was prickly, but I kind of liked him.
“他的体味和行为举止对我来说并不是问题，”他说，“史蒂夫是很麻烦，但我挺喜欢他。
So I asked him to go on the night shift. It was a way to save him."
所以我让他上夜班。这样就可以把他留下了。”
Jobs would come in after Lang and others had left and work through most of the night.
乔布斯会在朗和其他人下班之后过来上班，工作一整晚。
Even thus isolated 1, he became known for his brashness.
即便已经隔绝到如此地步，他还是因为自己的鲁莽无礼出了名。
On those occasions when he happened to interact with others, he was prone 2 to informing them that they were "dumb shits."
在一些碰巧跟人交流的场合，他会肆无忌惮地称别人为“蠢货”。
In retrospect 3, he stands by that judgment 4. "The only reason I shone was that everyone else was so bad," Jobs recalled.
现在回想起来，他依然坚持自己的评判。“我那么耀眼的唯一原因就是，其他人都太糟糕了。”乔布斯回忆说。
Despite his arrogance 5 (or perhaps because of it) he was able to charm Atari's boss.
尽管他很傲慢---或者正是因为他的傲慢---他获得了雅达利公司老板的青睐。
"He was more philosophical 6 than the other people I worked with," Bushnell recalled.
“他比其他与我共事过的人更加有哲学气质，”布什内尔回忆道，
"We used to discuss free will versus 7 determinism. I tended to believe that things were much more determined 8, that we were programmed.
“我们曾经讨论过自由意志和宿命论的比较。我倾向于认为事情都是命中注定的，我们的人生都是被规划好的。
If we had perfect information, we could predict people's actions. Steve felt the opposite."
如果有足够的信息的话，我们可以预知一个人的行动。史蒂夫的观点与我正相反。”
That outlook accorded with his faith in the power of the will to bend reality.
这一观点与他“意志的力量可以改变现实”的信念是一致的。
Jobs helped improve some of the games by pushing the chips to produce fun designs,
他通过改进芯片，作出了更有趣的设计和更人性化的人机交互，进而完善了公司的一些游戏。
and Bushnell's inspiring willingness to play by his own rules rubbed off on him.
布什内尔夸大事实的本事以及按自己规则办事的意愿影响了乔布斯。
In addition, he intuitively appreciated the simplicity 9 of Atari's games.
除此之外，乔布斯还很欣赏雅达利开发的游戏的简单性。
They came with no manual and needed to be uncomplicated enough that a stoned freshman 10 could figure them out.
游戏没有使用手册，简单到即便是一个喝醉酒的初学者也能很快上手。
The only instructions for Atari's Star Trek 11 game were "1. Insert quarter. 2. Avoid Klingons."
雅达利的《星际迷航》游戏仅有的说明就是：“1.投入硬币；2.躲开克林贡人。
Not all of his coworkers shunned 12 Jobs.
并不是所有同事都讨厌乔布斯。
He became friends with Ron Wayne, a draftsman at Atari, who had earlier started a company that built slot machines.
他与一个叫做罗恩·韦恩（Rem Wayne)的绘图员成了朋友，此人之前经营着自己的公司，生产老虎机，
It subsequently failed, but Jobs became fascinated with the idea that it was possible to start your own company.
但之后生意失败了。然而乔布斯觉得开一家自己的公司这主意很吸引人。
"Ron was an amazing guy," said Jobs. "He started companies. I had never met anybody like that."
“罗恩是个很了不起的人乔布斯说，“他开过公司。我从没有遇到过他这样的人。”
He proposed to Wayne that they go into business together; Jobs said he could borrow $50,000, and they could design and market a slot machine.
乔布斯向罗恩·韦恩提议两人一起做生意；他说自己可以借来50000美元，然后他们可以设计并销售老虎机。
But Wayne had already been burned in business, so he declined.
但是韦恩曾经在生意场上吃过苦头，所以拒绝了。
"I said that was the quickest way to lose $50,000," Wayne recalled,
“我说那是损失50000美元最快的方法，”韦恩回忆说，
"but I admired the fact that he had a burning drive to start his own business."
“但我很佩服他，他有很迫切的欲望去开始自己的事业。”
One weekend Jobs was visiting Wayne at his apartment, engaging as they often did in philosophical discussions,
一个周末，乔布斯到韦恩的公寓拜访，像往常一样讨论哲学问題。
when Wayne said that there was something he needed to tell him.
这时韦恩说有些事情要吿诉乔布斯。
"Yeah, I think I know what it is," Jobs replied.
“我想我知道你要说什么，”乔布斯回答，
"I think you like men." Wayne said yes.
“我觉得你喜欢男人。”韦恩承认了。
"It was my first encounter with someone who I knew was gay," Jobs recalled.
“那是我第一次遇到熟人中有同性恋，”乔布斯回忆，
"He planted the right perspective of it for me." Jobs grilled 13 him: "When you see a beautiful woman, what do you feel?"
“他给我灌输了关于同性恋的正确观点。”乔布斯追问他：“你看到一个漂亮的女人会有什么感觉？”
Wayne replied, "It's like when you look at a beautiful horse.
韦恩答道：“就好像你看到一匹漂亮的马，
You can appreciate it, but you don't want to sleep with it. You appreciate beauty for what it is."
你欣赏它，但你不想和它上床。你只是纯粹欣赏它的美。”
Wayne said that it is a testament 14 to Jobs that he felt like revealing this to him.
韦恩说自己就是想把这个告诉乔布斯。
"Nobody at Atari knew, and I could count on my toes and fingers the number of people I told in my whole life.
“雅达利公司没人知道，在我的一生中知道这件事的人也屈指可数，”韦恩说，
But I guess it just felt right to tell him, that he would understand, and it didn't have any effect on our relationship."
“但我觉得告诉他没有任何问题，他会理解的，而且这也不会影响到我们的关系。”