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They did a bundle of work between each of these recordings.
他們在每兩次錄音的中間都會做很多工作。
They kept sending it back to make it closer to perfect.
他們不斷地倒同、修改，直到接近完美。
As he listens to the third take, he points out how the instrumentation has gotten more complex.
當我們聽第三次錄音時，他向我解釋曲譜是如何變得更加復雜了。
The way we build stuff at Apple is often this way.
在蘋果公司，我們也經常用這種方法對待我們的產品。
Even the number of models we'd make of a new notebook or iPod.
即使已經做出了一些新的筆記本電腦或iPod的樣機，
We would start off with a version and then begin refining and refining,
我們也會從某一個版本出發，不斷地改進再改進，
doing detailed models of the design, or the buttons, or how a function operates.
包括設計細節、按鍵，或者是功能操作。
It's a lot of work, but in the end it just gets better, and soon it's like, "Wow, how did they do that?!? Where are the screws?"
這需要大量的工作，但是最終產品會變得更好。很快，人們就會說：“哇，他們是怎么做到的！？有什么絕招？”
It was thus understandable that Jobs was driven to distraction by the fact that the Beatles were not on iTunes.
因此，我也能夠理解喬布斯為何會為iTunes里缺了披頭士極度不安了。
His struggle with Apple Corps, the Beatles' business holding company, stretched more than three decades,
他和披頭士的控股公司蘋果唱片公司的恩怨已經超過了30年，
causing too many journalists to use the phrase "long and winding road" in stories about the relationship.
很多記者都用“漫長而曲折的道路”來形容二者之間的關系。
It began in 1978, when Apple Computers, soon after its launch, was sued by Apple Corps for trademark infringement,
矛盾開始于1978年，蘋果計算機公司剛成立不久，蘋果唱片公司就以“商標侵權”為由將它告上了法庭，
based on the fact that the Beatles' former recording label was called Apple.
因為披頭士之前的唱片公司也叫做“蘋果”。
The suit was settled three years later, when Apple Computers paid Apple Corps $80,000.
官司在3年后了結，蘋果計算機公司賠償了蘋果唱片公司8萬美元。
The settlement had what seemed back then an innocuous stipulation:
雙方還達成了協定（現在看來這真是個天真的協定）：
The Beatles would not produce any computer equipment and Apple would not market any music products.
披頭士不得生產任何與計算機有關的產品，而蘋果計算機公司也不得推銷任何與音樂有關的產品。
