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Throughout 1979 and early 1980 the Macintosh project led a tenuous existence.
從1979年到1980年初，麥金塔項目一直處于奄奄一息的狀態。
Every few months it would almost get killed off, but each time Raskin managed to cajole Markkula into granting clemency.
每隔幾個月，它就會面臨被解散的命運，但每一次拉斯金都能讓馬庫拉善心大發，項目便能得以延續。
It had a research team of only four engineers located in the original Apple office space next to the Good Earth restaurant, a few blocks from the company's new main building.
它的研究團隊只有4名工程師，辦公地點在蘋果公司以前的辦公樓，緊鄰美好地球餐廳，跟公司新建的主樓隔了幾個街區。
The work space was filled with enough toys and radio-controlled model airplanes(Raskin's passion) to make it look like a day care center for geeks.
辦公室里堆滿了玩具和無線電遙控的飛機模型（拉斯金的最愛），看上去就像個為極客們服務的日托中心。
Every now and then work would cease for a loosely organized game of Nerf ball tag.
大家會時不時地停下手中的工作，玩一場組織松散的Nerf球游戲。
Andy Hertzfeld recalled, "This inspired everyone to surround their work area with barricades made out of cardboard,
正如安迪·赫茨菲爾德回憶的：“這讓大家都在自己的辦公區域四周圍上了紙板做成的擋板，
to provide cover during the game, making part of the office look like a cardboard maze."
以便在游戲的時候提供遮擋，這么一來，辦公室看上去就像個用紙板圍成的迷宮。”
The star of the team was a blond, cherubic, and psychologically intense self-taught young engineer named Burrell Smith,
團隊中的明星是一個叫伯勒爾·史密斯的無師自通的年輕工程師。他有一頭金發，長著一張娃娃臉，內心卻極其嚴肅認真，
who worshipped the code work of Wozniak and tried to pull off similar dazzling feats.
他十分崇拜沃茲尼亞克編寫的代碼，自己也想做出一些耀眼的成就。
Atkinson discovered Smith working in Apple' s service department and, amazed at his ability to improvise fixes, recommended him to Raskin.
阿特金森在蘋果的服務部門發現了在那里工作的史密斯，驚嘆于他隨時想出補救方法的能力，于是將他推薦給了拉斯金。
Smith would later succumb to schizophrenia, but in the early 1980s he was able to channel his manic intensity into weeklong binges of engineering brilliance.
史密斯后來飽受精神分裂癥的折磨，但在20世紀80年代初期，他還是將自己瘋狂的熱情投入到不分節假日的工作中，并展現了完美的工程天賦。
Jobs was enthralled by Raskin's vision, but not by his willingness to make compromises to keep down the cost.
喬布斯十分贊賞拉斯金的想象力，但并不同意他為了降低成本而犧牲產品性能。
At one point in the fall of 1979 Jobs told him instead to focus on building what he repeatedly called an "insanely great" product.
1979年秋的一天，喬布斯告訴拉斯金，集中精力把他反復念叨的“終極完美”的產品做好就行。
"Don't worry about price, just specify the computer's abilities," Jobs told him.
“你不用擔心價格，把電腦的性能列出來。”喬布斯吿訴他。
Raskin responded with a sarcastic memo.
作為回應，拉斯金送上了一份充滿諷刺的備忘錄。
It spelled out everything you would want in the proposed computer:
其中列出了當時所有人夢寐以求的功能：
a high-resolution color display, a printer that worked without a ribbon and could produce graphics in color at a page per second,
每行可顯示96個字符的高分辨率彩色屏幕，無需使用色帶、能以每秒1頁的速度打印所有彩色圖像的打印機，
unlimited access to the ARPA net, and the capability to recognize speech and synthesize music,
可以不受限地訪問ARPA(美國國防部髙級研究計劃署）網絡，還能夠識別語音和合成音樂，
"even simulate Caruso singing with the Mormon tabernacle choir, with variable reverberation."
“甚至可以模擬卡魯索與摩門大教堂合唱團共同演唱并伴有各種混音效果的場景”。
The memo concluded, "Starting with the abilities desired is nonsense.
備忘錄最后總結道：“一切只從性能出發是毫無意義的。
We must start both with a price goal, and a set of abilities, and keep an eye on today's and the immediate future's technology."
我們必須設定一個價格目標和相應的一系列性能，同時還必須關注當下以及不遠的未來的科技。"
In other words, Raskin had little patience for Jobs's belief that you could distort reality if you had enough passion for your product.
換句話說，喬布斯認為只要對產品有足夠的熱情就可以扭曲現實，但拉斯金對此并不認同。
