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"Lasseter's shorts were really breathtaking both in storytelling and in the use of technology," recalled Katzenberg.
“無論是從講故事還是從技術運用的層面上來看，拉塞特的動畫短片真的令人嘆為觀止，”卡曾伯格回憶說，
"I tried so hard to get him to Disney, but he was loyal to Steve and Pixar. So if you can't beat them, join them.
“我非常努力想讓他回到迪士尼，但是他忠于史蒂夫和皮克斯。如果你打不過對方，那么就加入他們。
We decided to look for ways we could join up with Pixar and have them make a film about toys for us."
我們決定找出能夠加入皮克斯的方法，讓他們為迪士尼制作關于玩具的電影。”
By this point Jobs had poured close to $50 million of his own money into Pixar
至此，喬布斯已經在皮克斯投入了近5000萬美元，
more than half of what he had pocketed when he cashed out of Apple
占其離開蘋果時所拿到錢的一半以上，
and he was still losing money at NeXT. He was hard-nosed about it;
而NeXT公司當時還在虧錢。對此，他非常精明實際。
he forced all Pixar employees to give up their options as part of his agreement to add another round of personal funding in 1991.
1991年，喬布斯強迫皮克斯所有員工放棄期杈，作為交換，他會再投入一筆私人資金。
But he was also a romantic in his love for what artistry and technology could do together.
不過，對于藝術和科技融合所能做出的成就，喬布斯卻傾注了浪漫之愛。
His belief that ordinary consumers would love to do 3-D modeling on Pixar software turned out to be wrong,
他曾認為，普通消費者會喜歡用皮克斯的軟件來制作3D圖形，但現實并非如此。
but that was soon replaced by an instinct that turned out to be right:
不過替代的是他直覺上的先見之明，
that combining great art and digital technology would transform animated films more than anything had since 1937,
那就是再沒有比讓藝術和數字技術相融合能給動畫電影帶來更大變革的了，
when Walt Disney had given life to Snow White.
自1937年迪士尼公司拍出《白雪公主》后。
Looking back, Jobs said that, had he known more,
喬布斯表示，回首過去，如果自己能知道得更多，
he would have focused on animation sooner and not worried about pushing the company's hardware or software applications.
就會更早地專注于動畫，而不會費心去推動皮克斯的硬件和軟件應用。
On the other hand, had he known the hardware and software would never be profitable, he would not have taken over Pixar.
但另一方面，如果喬布斯早就知道硬件和軟件都不會贏利，那么他也不會接手皮克斯。
"Life kind of snookered me into doing that, and perhaps it was for the better."
“命運似乎誘騙我去做這件事，而這也許是為了把它做得更好?！?/p>
