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A Lion at Fifty
50歲的雄獅
For his thirtieth and fortieth birthdays,
喬布斯的30歲和40歲生日，
Jobs had celebrated with the stars of Silicon Valley and other assorted celebrities.
都是同硅谷名人及各界名流共同慶祝。
But when he turned fifty in 2005, after coming back from his cancer surgery,
但是，2005年，在他做完癌癥手術后，
the surprise party that his wife arranged featured mainly his closest friends and professional colleagues.
妻子為他的50歲生日舉辦了一個驚喜派對，主要邀請了他最親密的朋友和同事。
It was at the comfortable San Francisco home of some friends,
派對在朋友們位于舊金山的家中舉行，
and the great chef Alice Waters prepared salmon from Scotland along with couscous and a variety of garden-raised vegetables.
著名大廚愛麗絲·沃特斯呈上了來自蘇格蘭的鮭魚、北非名菜庫斯庫斯，還有各種田園時蔬。
"It was beautifully warm and intimate, with everyone and the kids all able to sit in one room," Waters recalled.
沃特斯回憶說：“場面溫馨親密極了，大人小孩都坐在一起。”
The entertainment was comedy improvisation done by the cast of Whose Line Is It Anyway?
娛樂活動是一出即興表演，由《對臺詞》的演員表演。
Jobs's close friend Mike Slade was there, along with colleagues from Apple and Pixar,
喬布斯的好朋友邁克·斯萊德也去了，還有來自蘋果公司和皮克斯的同事，
including Lasseter, Cook, Schiller, Clow, Rubinstein, and Tevanian.
包括拉塞特、庫克、席勒、克勞、魯賓斯坦和泰瓦尼安。
Cook had done a good job running the company during Jobs's absence.
在喬布斯病休期間，庫克把公司打理得很好。
He kept Apple's temperamental actors performing well, and he avoided stepping into the limelight.
在他的帶領下，蘋果公司個性十足的員工們表現良好，同時，庫克又避免讓自己進入公眾視線。
Jobs liked strong personalities, up to a point, but he had never truly empowered a deputy or shared the stage.
在某種程度上，喬布斯喜歡強勢的人，但是他從未真正讓他人代理自己的工作或分享自己的舞臺。
It was hard to be his understudy. You were damned if you shone, and damned if you didn't.
做他的替補很難，出風頭了該死，不出眾也該死。
Cook had managed to navigate those shoals.
庫克成功避開了這些危險。
He was calm and decisive when in command, but he didn't seek any notice or acclaim for himself.
在發號施令時，他冷靜果斷，但同時，他并不追求別人的注意與喝彩。
"Some people resent the fact that Steve gets credit for everything, but I've never given a rat's ass about that," said Cook.
“有些人反感什么好處都算在史蒂夫頭上，但是我對這些從來都不在乎，”庫克表示。
"Frankly speaking, I'd prefer my name never be in the paper."
“老實說，我希望自己的名字從不出現在報紙上。”
