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Ive reported, at least initially, to Jon Rubinstein, whom Jobs had brought in to head the hardware division,
最初，艾弗是向喬恩·魯賓斯坦匯報的，魯賓斯坦是喬布斯指派的硬件部門主管，
but he developed a direct and unusually strong relationship with Jobs.
但是艾弗后來和喬布斯發展成了一種直接的、異常牢固的伙伴關系。
They began to have lunch together regularly,
他們開始定期一起吃午餐，
and Jobs would end his day by dropping by Ive's design studio for a chat.
而喬布斯每天下班之前都要去艾弗的設計工作室聊一聊。
"Jony had a special status," said Laurene Powell. "He would come by our house, and our families became close.
“喬尼的身份很特殊，”喬布斯的妻子鮑威爾說，“他常來我們家玩，兩家人之間的關系也變得更親密。
Steve is never intentionally wounding to him. Most people in Steve's life are replaceable. But not Jony."
史蒂夫從來不會故意傷害他。在史蒂夫的生活中，大多數人都是能夠被替代的，唯獨喬尼不是?！?/div>
Jobs described to me his respect for Ive: The difference that Jony has made, not only at Apple but in the world, is huge.
喬布斯隨后向我表達了他對喬尼的尊敬：喬尼給蘋果公司乃至全世界帶來的改變是巨大的。
He is a wickedly intelligent person in all ways. He understands business concepts, marketing concepts.
在各方面他都是一個極聰明的人。他懂得商業概念和營銷概念。
He picks stuff up just like that, click. He understands what we do at our core better than anyone.
他接受新事物的速度很快。他比其他任何人都更為理解蘋果公司的核心理念。
If I had a spiritual partner at Apple, it's Jony.
喬尼是我在公司里的“精神伴侶”。
Jony and I think up most of the products together
大多數產品都是我們一起構想出來的，
and then pull others in and say, "Hey, what do you think about this?"
然后我們會再把其他人拉進來，問他們，“嘿，你們覺得怎么樣？”
He gets the big picture as well as the most infinitesimal details about each product.
對每一個產品，他既有宏觀的見解，又能考慮到細枝末節。
And he understands that Apple is a product company.
他明白，蘋果是一家注重產品的公司。
He's not just a designer. That's why he works directly for me.
他不僅僅是一個設計師。這也就是為什么他向我直接匯報工作。
He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me.
他是整個公司里除我之外最有運營權力的人。
There's no one who can tell him what to do, or to butt out. That's the way I set it up.
任何人都無權干涉他做什么或不做什么。這也是我的意圖。
