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At the rehearsal the night before the launch, nothing was working well.
在發(fā)布儀式前夜的預演中，這一切都沒能順利進行。
Jobs hated the way the animation scrolled across the Macintosh screen, and he kept ordering tweaks.
喬布斯討厭動畫在屏幕上滾動的方式，不斷要求做出調(diào)整。
He also was dissatisfied with the stage lighting,
此外他對舞臺燈光也不滿意，
and he directed Sculley to move from seat to seat to give his opinion as various adjustments were made.
他讓斯卡利在禮堂的不同座位上感受各種調(diào)整帶來的效果并給出意見。
Sculley had never thought much about variations of stage lighting
斯卡利從來沒有對舞臺燈光的變化考慮過多，
and gave the type of tentative answers a patient might give an eye doctor when asked which lens made the letters clearer.
也沒想過自己要不斷給出調(diào)試意見，就像病人要告訴眼科醫(yī)生哪個鏡片能更清晰地看到視力表。
The rehearsals and changes went on for five hours, well into the night.
預演和調(diào)試持續(xù)了5個小時，直到深夜。
"He was driving people insane, getting mad at the stagehands for every glitch in the presentation," Sculley recalled.
“他把人都逼瘋了，發(fā)言展示中有一點兒問題他都要對舞臺工作人員發(fā)火。”斯卡利回憶道。
"I thought there was no way we were going to get it done for the show the next morning."
“我當時都以為我們沒法為第二天上午的展示作好準備。”
Most of all, Jobs fretted about his presentation.
最主要的是，喬布斯為自己的演示很是焦躁。
Sculley fancied himself a good writer, so he suggested changes in Jobs's script.
斯卡利自認為是個優(yōu)秀的作家，于是他建議喬布斯對講稿作一些改動。
Jobs recalled being slightly annoyed,
據(jù)回憶，喬布斯對此有些煩躁，
but their relationship was still in the phase when he was lathering on flattery and stroking Sculley's ego.
但是兩人的關(guān)系當時仍然很好，喬布斯不斷贊揚和激勵斯卡利。
"I think of you just like Woz and Markkula," he told Sculley.
“我覺得你就像沃茲和馬庫拉一樣，”他告訴斯卡利，
"You're like one of the founders of the company. They founded the company, but you and I are founding the future."
“你就像蘋果公司的又一個創(chuàng)始人。他們創(chuàng)立了蘋果，但是我和你在創(chuàng)造未來。”
Sculley lapped it up.
斯卡利欣然接受了喬布斯的鼓舞。
The next morning the 2,600-seat auditorium was mobbed.
次日上午，可容納2600人的弗林特禮堂被擠得水泄不通。
Jobs arrived in a double-breasted blue blazer, a starched white shirt, and a pale green bow tie.
喬布斯穿著一件藍色雙排扣西裝外套，里面是一件筆挺的白襯衫，打著淺綠色領(lǐng)結(jié)。
"This is the most important moment in my entire life," he told Sculley as they waited backstage for the program to begin.
“這是我人生中最重要的時刻，”在后臺等待活動開始時，喬布斯對斯卡利說，
"I'm really nervous. You're probably the only person who knows how I feel about this."
“我真的很緊張。你可能是唯一知道我對這次發(fā)布會感受的人。”
Sculley grasped his hand, held it for a moment, and whispered "Good luck."
斯卡利抓住他的手，握了片刻，低聲說了句“好運”。
