2012年笔译高级双语阅读：乔布斯传翻译笔记上

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Joe Nocera, then writing for Esquire, captured Jobs’s intensity at a NeXT staff meeting: It’s not quite right to say that he is sitting through this staff meeting, because Jobs doesn’t sit through much of anything; one of the ways he dominates is through sheer movement. One moment he’s kneeling in his chair; the next minute he’s slouching in it; the next he has leaped out of his chair entirely and is scribbling on the blackboard directly behind him. He is full of mannerisms. He bites his nails. He stares with unnerving earnestness at whoever is speaking. His hands, which are slightly and inexplicably yellow, are in constant motion.
What particularly struck Nocera was Jobs’s “almost willful lack of tact .” It was more than just an inability to hide his opinions when others said something he thought dumb; it was a conscious readiness, even a perverse eagerness, to put people down, humiliate them, show he was smarter.When Dan’l Lewin handed out an organization chart, for example, Jobs rolled his eyes. “These charts are bullshit,” he interjected. Yet his moods still swung wildly, as at Apple. A finance person came into the meeting and Jobs lavished praise on him for a “really, really great job on this”; the previous day Jobs had told him, “This deal is crap .” (Chapter 18 NeXT: To Be on Your Own) 中华考试网(www．Examw。com)
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, K  S' c, p9 U- [乔·切诺拉在为《时尚先生》撰稿时，曾提及乔布斯在NeXT员工会议上不安的表现：说他能坐着开完员工会议是不准确的，因为他从未安分地坐到会议结束。他 控制局面的方法之一就是动来动去。这一刻，还跪在椅子上，下一分钟，却无精打采；过一会儿，整个身体从椅子上跃起，在身后的黑板上乱涂乱写。他有各种各样 的怪癖，包括咬指甲、用令人胆怯的目光盯着讲话者。手也莫名地发黄，持续颤动。
# l* e+ {& i# C" a2 K) O. C最令切诺拉震惊的是乔布斯“极度自我并缺乏与人交往的技巧”。面对别人说出他所认为的愚蠢意见时，乔布斯似乎早有准备，会急迫地去奚落、侮辱他人 来显示自己的聪明。例如，当丹·卢拿出一份组织结构图时，乔布斯转了转眼珠，插话到“这些东西完全狗屁不通”。和在苹果工作时一样，他的情绪依旧波澜起 伏，喜怒无常。一位财务人员来到会议室，乔布斯慷慨地称赞他说：“这次的工作的确做得非常非常出色”，而在前一天，他刚刚说到，“这笔交易跟垃圾没什么两样”。