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Rand flew out to Palo Alto and spent time walking with Jobs and listening to his vision.
蘭德飛到了帕洛奧圖，同喬布斯一同走了走，聽取了他的構想。
The computer would be a cube, Jobs pronounced. He loved that shape. It was perfect and simple.
喬布斯說，計算機將是一個立方體。他喜歡這種形狀，完美而簡單。
So Rand decided that the logo should be a cube as well, one that was tilted at a 28°angle.
因此，蘭德決定將標識也做成立方體效果，并且傾斜28度，活潑漂亮。
When Jobs asked for a number of options to consider,
喬布斯詢問蘭德能否做出幾個備選方案來供自己考慮。
Rand declared that he did not create different options for clients.
蘭德表示，自己從不為客戶做不同的備選方案。
"I will solve your problem, and you will pay me," he told Jobs.
“我解決你的問題，你付錢給我。”他告訴喬布斯，
"You can use what I produce, or not, but I will not do options, and either way you will pay me."
“我設計出來的東西你用也行，不用也罷，都得付錢給我，但是我不做備選。”
Jobs admired that kind of thinking, so he made what was quite a gamble.
喬布斯很欽佩這種想法。他對此也有同感。
The company would pay an astonishing $100,000 flat fee to get one design.
于是，喬布斯作出了賭博般的決定，以10萬美元的費用，讓蘭德為新公司設計一個標識。
"There was a clarity in our relationship," Jobs said.
“我們的關系非常清楚，”喬布斯說，
"He had a purity as an artist, but he was astute at solving business problems.
“他具有藝術家的純粹品質，但精于解決商業問題。
He had a tough exterior, and had perfected the image of a curmudgeon, but he was a teddy bear inside."
他外表強硬，像個倔老頭，但是內心就和泰迪熊一樣。”
It was one of Jobs's highest praises: purity as an artist.
這是喬布斯所給予過的最高評價之一：藝術家的純粹品質。
It took Rand just two weeks. He flew back to deliver the result to Jobs at his Woodside house.
蘭德只用了短短兩周就完成了工作。他再次飛到帕洛奧圖，來到喬布斯在伍德賽德的家中，送上了設計結果。
First they had dinner, then Rand handed him an elegant and vibrant booklet that described his thought process.
他們先是共進晚餐，然后，蘭德遞給喬布斯一個雅致而顏色鮮艷的小冊子，里面描述了自己的構思過程。
On the final spread, Rand presented the logo he had chosen.
冊子的最后一頁，蘭德呈現了自己選擇的標識。
