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In ancient Rome, when a victorious general paraded through the streets,
在古羅馬，當(dāng)勝利的將軍凱旋時(shí)，
legend has it that he was sometimes trailed by a servant whose job it was to repeat to him, "Memento mori":
傳說會(huì)有一個(gè)仆人，在他身邊重復(fù)“死亡警示”，
Remember you will die.
意思是，記住你終會(huì)死亡。
A reminder of mortality would help the hero keep things in perspective, instill some humility.
必死的警示有助于英雄們正確地看待事物，培養(yǎng)謙遜的性格。
Jobs's memento mori had been delivered by his doctors, but it did not instill humility.
喬布斯的死之警示來自醫(yī)生，但這并未讓他謙遜起來。
Instead he roared back after his recovery with even more passion.
相反，在手術(shù)恢復(fù)后，他的叫嚷更富激情。
The illness reminded him that he had nothing to lose, so he should forge ahead full speed.
疾病提醒著他已沒有什么可失去的，因此他應(yīng)該全速向前、銳意進(jìn)取。
"He came back on a mission," said Cook.
“他帶著一種使命回來了，”庫克說。
"Even though he was now running a large company,
“雖然他現(xiàn)在是在掌管一家大企業(yè)，
he kept making bold moves that I don't think anybody else would have done."
但他不斷采取一些大膽的舉動(dòng)，我覺得除了他任何人都不會(huì)這么做。”
For a while there was some evidence, or at least hope, that he had tempered his personal style,
有那么一陣子，有跡象，或者至少有希望表明，喬布斯的個(gè)人風(fēng)格有所緩和，
that facing cancer and turning fifty had caused him to be a bit less brutish when he was upset.
癌癥和50歲的來臨讓他在心煩意亂的時(shí)候少了幾分粗野。
"Right after he came back from his operation, he didn't do the humiliation bit as much," Tevanian recalled.
泰瓦尼安回憶說：“手術(shù)后剛回到公司的時(shí)候，他完全沒有耐心。
"If he was displeased, he might scream and get hopping mad and use expletives,
如果他不高興，他會(huì)沖人大吼大叫，或者怒氣沖天地咒罵對(duì)方，
but he wouldn't do it in a way that would totally destroy the person he was talking to.
但是不會(huì)做出徹底摧毀對(duì)方的舉動(dòng)。
It was just his way to get the person to do a better job."
他那樣只是為了讓對(duì)方做得更好。”
Tevanian reflected for a moment as he said this, then added a caveat:
泰瓦尼安說完沉思了片刻，然后補(bǔ)充道：
"Unless he thought someone was really bad and had to go, which happened every once in a while."
“除非他覺得某人真的很差，必須走人，這種情況每過一陣子就會(huì)出現(xiàn)。”
