[雙語] 揭秘蘋果前CEO 喬布斯堪比大活寶

 

Steve Jobs is a force of nature, a truly iconic man whose quirks are nearly as famous as the products he sells. Here are a few facts you may not have known about the Enfant Terrible of Silicon Valley。

史蒂夫·喬布斯是大自然鬼斧神工的產物，是個真正的偶像式人物，他的怪癖和他的產品一樣為人矚目。關于這個在硅谷肆意耍寶的頑皮孩子，這里要揭秘一些你可能還不了解的真相。

 

喬布斯大事年表

1) TIMELINE

大事年表

Dropped out of college - 1973

1973年從大學輟學

Joined Atari - 1974

1974年加入Atari公司

Went looking for enlightenment in India - 1974

1974年去印度尋求啟蒙

Founded Apple - 1976

1976年創(chuàng)建蘋果公司

Left Apple - 1985

1985年離開蘋果

Founded NeXt - 1985

1985年創(chuàng)辦NeXT電腦公司

Bought Pixar - 1986

收購皮克斯

Returned to Apple - 1996

1996年回到蘋果

Sold Pixar - 2006

2006年賣掉皮克斯

 

喬布斯愛搗亂

2) He's dyslexic。

他有語言障礙。

Other notable dyslexic figures:

其他患有語言障礙癥的著名人士包括：

Alexander Graham Bell 亞歷山大·貝爾(電話的發(fā)明者)

Albert Einstein 阿爾伯特·愛因斯坦(現(xiàn)代物理學的開創(chuàng)者和奠基人)

Henry Ford 亨利·福特(福特汽車公司的建立者)

3) He was a troublemaker。

他總是惹麻煩。

Spent 3rd grade as a self-confessed, "little terror," who "... let snakes loose in the classroom and exploded bombs."

他自己坦白在三年級的時候曾像個小小恐怖分子，在教室里放蛇玩，或者引爆炸彈……

 

喬布斯是0號員工

4) He is employee No.0.

他是0號員工。

Apple's first board of directors wanted all employees to have name badges. The badges were to show a name and a number in the order employees were hired。

蘋果的首屆董事會想讓所有員工佩戴胸牌，胸牌上有著員工的名字和編號，編號是按照員工入職順序來排的。

Steve Wozniak, Apple II engineer and co-founder, got Employee No.1. Jobs was assigned No.2 and protested until he received 0 because it came before 1.

斯蒂夫·沃茲尼亞克，蘋果2號機型的工程師，也是蘋果公司的聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人，拿到了1號牌。喬布斯原本被分配到2號牌，但是他不停抗議，直到最后拿到1號前的0號牌才罷休。

 

喬布斯12歲第一次接觸電腦

5) He first discovered computers at age 12.

12歲時他第一次親密接觸電腦。

Larry Lang, an engineer at Hewlett Packard, showed Jobs his first computer at age 12.

在喬布斯12歲那年，惠普的工程師Larry Lang第一次向他展示了電腦。

He immediately wanted one, "I just thought they were neat. I just wanted to mess around with one."

他立馬就想要一臺：“我只是覺得里面的東西太規(guī)整了，我想弄一臺來搞搞亂。”

6) He loves calligraphy。

他熱愛美術字。

After dropping out of his classes at Reed, he sat in on a calligraphy class and became fascinated with fonts and penmanship。

從里德學院輟學后，他就去參加了一個美術字班，從此癡迷于各種字體和書法。

He attributes the original Macintosh's beautiful typefaces (to which Windows copied) to this exact class。

他設計了蘋果機美妙的原始字體(后被微軟抄襲)，并將其歸功于這個美術字班。

 

喬布斯22歲時買了第一套西裝

7) He wasn't the cleanest fellow。

他絕不是個愛干凈的家伙。

While he worked at Atari, he was moved to the night shift because he had poor personal hygiene and smelled terrible。

在Atari工作期間，他曾被調去上夜班，就是因為他糟糕的個人衛(wèi)生情況，搞得自己滿身異味。

8) He bought his first suit at 22.

22歲時他才買了這輩子第一套西裝。

He needed one for the 1977 for the West Coast Computer Faire, where he presented the Apple II。

1977年時他需要代表蘋果2型機去參加西海岸電腦展，不得不穿西裝。

 

喬布斯的日常著裝

9) His daily uniform:

他的日常著裝：

St Croix black cashmere/silk turtleneck sweatshirt

St Croix黑色羊絨/蠶絲圓翻領運動衫

Levi blue jeans (he owns over 100)

Levi藍色牛仔褲(他的庫存量超過100條)

New Balance Sneakers - Size 14

New Balance運動鞋，14號的喲

10) Has been declared dead once。

他曾經有次被宣告死亡。

In 2008, Bloomberg news outlet sent his obituary out over the wire and instantly spread all over the Internet。

2008年時，彭博通訊社在網上發(fā)布了喬布斯死亡的消息，然后被傳得到處都是。

11) He is a fruitarian。

他愛吃水果。

The company was named "Apple" in part because apples are his favorite food. Both he and his wife are strict vegans, eating no animal products whatsoever。

之所以將公司命名為“蘋果”，部分原因就是蘋果是他最愛的食物之一。他和妻子兩個人都是忠實的素食主義者，從來不吃動物類食品。

 

喬布斯的薪水是多少

12) He got the President of PepsiCo to work for Apple。

他慫恿百事可樂公司的總裁為蘋果打工。

He convinced John Sculley to quit PepsiCo and become Apple's CEO by saying "Do you want to sell sugared water all your life or do you want to change the world?"

他對百事可樂總裁約翰·斯卡利說：“你是想一輩子賣糖水呢還是干改變世界的大事業(yè)呢？”就這樣說服斯卡利離開百事可樂，來蘋果做CEO。

13) His salary:

他的薪水：

Annual salary as CEO of Apple: $1

做蘋果公司的CEO年收入：1美元

Annual income from Disney shares: $48 million

每年從迪斯尼拿到的分紅：4800萬美元

 

喬布斯愛開玩笑

14) He is the 136th richest person in the world。

他在世界富豪榜排名136位。

136 on Forbes 2010 World's Billionaires

2010年福布斯全球億萬富豪排行榜第136位

$5.5 billion net worth

凈收入55億美元

15) He is a prankster。

他喜歡開玩笑。

During the introduction of the iPhone at Macworld 2007, he used the phone to call Starbucks and order 4000 lattes to go。

2007年當他在蘋果年會上介紹iPhone時，他用那部手機從星巴克訂了4000份拿鐵咖啡。