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He is full of mannerisms. He bites his nails.
他有很多怪癖，包括咬指甲，
He stares with unnerving earnestness at whoever is speaking.
還有用他那令人膽怯的認真勁兒盯著說話的人。
His hands, which are slightly and inexplicably yellow, are in constant motion.
他的手有些莫名的發黃，不斷在動。
What particularly struck Nocera was Jobs's "almost willful lack of tact."
最讓諾切拉震驚的是喬布斯的“幾乎故意的人際交往技巧缺乏”。
It was more than just an inability to hide his opinions when others said something he thought dumb;
當別人說出喬布斯認為愚蠢的意見時，他無法隱藏自己的觀點
it was a conscious readiness, even a perverse eagerness, to put people down, humiliate them, show he was smarter.
他似乎早有準備，急迫地想要貶低、羞辱他人，以顯示自己更聰明。
When Dan'l Lewin handed out an organization chart, for example, Jobs rolled his eyes.
例如，當丹·盧因拿出一份組織結構圖時，喬布斯轉了轉眼珠。
"These charts are bullshit," he interjected. Yet his moods still swung wildly, as at Apple.
“這些東西狗屁不是。”他最終插話道。不過，他的情緒仍然喜怒無常，就像在蘋果公司時一樣。
A finance person came into the meeting and Jobs lavished praise on him for a "really, really great job on this";
一位財務人員來到會議室，喬布斯慷慨地稱贊他“在這個項目上的工作非常非常出色”；
the previous day Jobs had told him, "This deal is crap."
但是前一天，喬布斯才對他說過：“這筆交易跟垃圾沒什么兩樣。”
One of NeXT's first ten employees was an interior designer for the company's first headquarters, in Palo Alto.
NeXT最初的十名員工中，就有一位是室內設計師，負責帕洛奧圖總部的設計，這是NeXT公司的第一個總部。
Even though Jobs had leased a building that was new and nicely designed, he had it completely gutted and rebuilt.
雖然喬布斯租下的大樓是新建的，設計也漂亮，但他將內部設施全部拆毀重建。
Walls were replaced by glass, the carpets were replaced by light hardwood flooring.
墻壁換成了玻璃，地毯換成了淺色的硬木地板。
The process was repeated when NeXT moved to a bigger space in Redwood City in 1989.
1989年，NeXT公司搬到雷德伍德一個更大的地方時，這一過程再次上演。
Even though the building was brand-new, Jobs insisted that the elevators be moved so that the entrance lobby would be more dramatic.
盡管大樓是全新的，但是喬布斯堅持要將電梯挪走，讓大堂顯得更為恢弘。
As a centerpiece, Jobs commissioned I. M. Pei to design a grand staircase that seemed to float in the air.
在大堂的中心，喬布斯委托貝聿銘設計了一段宏偉的樓梯，看上去就像飄浮在空中一樣。
The contractor said it couldn't be built. Jobs said it could, and it was.
承建商表示這個設計沒法實現，喬布斯堅持能夠做到，最終也確實建成了。
Years later Jobs would make such staircases a feature at Apple's signature stores.
多年后，喬布斯把這款樓梯變成了蘋果專賣店的特色。
