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Excerpts from 'Steve Jobs' and the Chinese translation (I)

China.org.cn, November 15, 2011

• ?????? 50萬字，4個譯者，翻譯僅花了不到一個月的時間。《史蒂夫·喬布斯傳》簡體中文版在中國上架以來，該書的翻譯質量引來網友的一番熱議。

  ?????? 這里，欄目編輯將相繼節選其中的一些片斷，以供網友翻譯鑒賞之用。為了對比學習，小編還將嘗試提供自己潤色之后的譯文，供廣大翻譯愛好者展開討論。

  "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson [File photo] 《史蒂夫?喬布斯傳》[美]沃爾特?艾薩克森 著

   

  1. So he grew up not only with a sense of having once being abandoned, but also with a sense that he was special. In his own mind, that was more important in the formation of his personality.
  中文版：所以在他長大的過程中，伴隨他的不僅僅是曾經被遺棄的感覺，還有一種自己不同于常人的感覺。在他心中，后者在他的個性形成中扮演的角色更為重要。

  試譯版：所以，曾經遭到遺棄的事實伴隨著他的成長，與此同時，他還發覺自己與眾不同。在他看來，后者對他個性的形成影響更大。

  2. Not surprisingly, he was sent home two or three times before he finished third grade. By then, however, his father had begun to treat him as special, and in his calm but firm manner he made it clear that he expected the school to do the same.
  中文版：不出意料，喬布斯在讀完三年級之前被送回家兩三次。不過父親當時已經把他當作特殊的孩子來對待了，他以平靜但有力的態度向學校闡明，他希望學校也能這么對待自己的孩子。

  試譯版：不出所料，喬布斯小學三年級還沒讀完就已經被送回家兩三次。不過，那個時候，父親已經把他當作特殊的孩子來對待了。父親用平靜而堅定的口吻向學校明確表態，希望學校也能這么對待自己的孩子。

  3. "I remember him [Francis Wozniak, father of Steve Wozniak] telling me that engineering was the highest level of importance you could reach in the world," Steve Wozniak later recalled. "It takes society to a new level."
  中文版：“我記得他告訴我，工程學是世界上最重要的，”史蒂夫?沃茲尼亞克后來回憶說，“工程學將社會帶入了一個新的層級。”

  試譯版：“我記得他這樣跟我說過，這個世界上工程學最重要，” 史蒂夫?沃茲尼亞克后來回憶說，“它促進了社會的進步。”

  4. "Steve and I just sat on the sidewalk in front of Bill's house for the longest time, just sharing stories – mostly about pranks we'd pulled, and also what kind of electronic designs we'd done," Wozniak recalled. "We had so much in common. Typically, it was really hard for me to explain to people what kind of design stuff I worked on, but Steve got it right away. And I liked him. He was kind of skinny and wiry and full of energy."
  中文版：“史蒂夫和我就在比爾家門前的人行道上坐了很久，分享彼此的故事——大多是關于我們搞的惡作劇，還有各自做過的電子設計，”沃茲回憶說，“我們有如此多的共同點。一般來說，我很難向別人解釋清楚我做的設計，但史蒂夫一下子就聽明白了。我喜歡他。他瘦巴巴的，但是充滿了活力。”

  試譯版：……他瘦瘦的，但是很結實，而且充滿了活力。

  5. The Blue Box adventure established a template for a partnership that would soon be born. Wozniak would be the gentle wizard coming up with a neat invention that he would have been happy just to give away, and Jobs would figure out how to make it user-friendly, put it together in a package, market it, and make a few bucks.
  中文版：藍盒子的這段奇妙經歷為兩人之間即將誕生的合作關系建立了一個模板：沃茲尼亞克就是個文雅的天才，創造出一項很酷的發明，然后就算送給別人他也很高興；而喬布斯會想出怎樣讓這個發明方便易用的方法，然后把它包裝起來，推向市場，賺上一筆。

  試譯版：藍盒子這段經歷初展了兩人不久后建立的合作關系。……

  6. When his parents pushed him to go to college, he responded in a passive-aggressive way. He did not consider state schools, such as Berkeley, where Woz then was, despite the fact that they were more affordable. Nor did he look at Stanford, just up the road and likely to offer a scholarship. "The kids who went to Stanford, they already knew what they wanted to do," he said. "They weren't really artistic. I wanted something that was more artistic and interesting."
  中文版：當他的父母堅持要他上大學時，他以一種被動而富有侵略性的態度進行了回應。他不考慮州立大學，比如當時沃茲就讀的伯克利，盡管州立大學的學費更加親民。他也不想去斯坦福，盡管就在家旁邊，而且可能會給他提供獎學金。“去念斯坦福的人，他們已經知道自己想要什么了，”他說，“他們一點兒藝術性都沒有。我想要上的是更富有藝術性的、更有趣的學校。”

  試譯版：當他的父母堅持要他上大學時，他表現被動，而且帶有攻擊性。……

  （來源：中國網學英語頻道 2011-11-14）

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