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After graduation Ive helped to build a design firm in London, Tangerine, which got a consulting contract with Apple.
畢業之后，艾弗和人合伙在倫敦成立了一家名為蜜橘的設計公司，并和蘋果公司簽訂了咨詢合同。
In 1992 he moved to Cupertino to take a job in the Apple design department.
1992年，喬尼移居到加州的庫比蒂諾，開始在蘋果公司的設計部門工作。
He became the head of the department in 1996, the year before Jobs returned, but wasn't happy.
1996年，這一年恰好是喬布斯回歸前夕，喬尼成為設計部門的主管，卻很不開心。
Amelio had little appreciation for design.
阿梅里奧并不看重設計。
"There wasn't that feeling of putting care into a product, because we were trying to maximize the money we made," Ive said.
“沒有那種為產品付出心血的感覺，因為我們都在努力擴大利潤，”艾弗說，
"All they wanted from us designers was a model of what something was supposed to look like on the outside,
“這些髙管只要求我們這些設計師設計產品的外觀，
and then engineers would make it as cheap as possible. I was about to quit."
然后工程師再把成本壓到最低。我準備辭職了。”
When Jobs took over and gave his pep talk, Ive decided to stick around.
直到喬布斯重新接管蘋果之后講了那一番話，艾弗才決定留下來。
But Jobs at first looked around for a world-class designer from the outside.
起初，喬布斯打算從外面招聘一個世界級的設計師。
He talked to Richard Sapper, who designed the IBM ThinkPad,
他找過IBM ThinkPad筆記本的設計師理查德·薩珀，
and Giorgetto Giugiaro, who designed the Ferrari 250 and the Maserati Ghibli.
還有曾設計過法拉利250和瑪莎拉蒂Ghibli一代跑車的喬吉·喬治亞羅。
But then he took a tour of Apple's design studio and bonded with the affable, eager, and very earnest Ive.
后來他去蘋果的設計工作室走了一圈，決定跟和藹熱情、為人誠實的艾弗成為搭檔。
"We discussed approaches to forms and materials," Ive recalled.
“我們討論了產品在形式和材料方面的種種可能，”艾弗回憶道，
"We were on the same wavelength. I suddenly understood why I loved the company."
“我們的看法一致。我突然明白了自己為什么會愛上這家公司。”
