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Because Ive was so instinctively nice, he puzzled over why Jobs, whom he deeply liked, behaved as he did.
艾弗天性善良，因此很困惑喬布斯這樣一個讓他深深喜愛的人，為什么會有這種行為。
One evening, in a San Francisco bar, he leaned forward with an earnest intensity and tried to analyze it:
一天傍晚，在舊金山一間酒吧里，他俯下身來，認真地向我分析了這一點：
He's a very, very sensitive guy.
他是個非常非常敏感的人。
That's one of the things that makes his antisocial behavior, his rudeness, so unconscionable.
這就是他有反社會行為、粗魯和如此肆無忌憚的原因之一。
I can understand why people who are thick-skinned and unfeeling can be rude, but not sensitive people.
我明白臉皮厚和絕情的人為什么會很扭魯，但是我不明白敏感的人為什么也會這樣。
I once asked him why he gets so mad about stuff. He said, "But I don't stay mad."
有一次我問他，為什么會對一些事情如此生氣。他回答說：“但是我沒有一直生氣。”
He has this very childish ability to get really worked up about something, and it doesn't stay with him at all.
他就是有這種非常孩子氣的特點，會為某些事情格外較真兒，但又不會一直這樣。
But there are other times, I think honestly, when he's very frustrated, and his way to achieve catharsis is to hurt somebody.
但是說真的，也有另一些時候，他非常沮喪的時候，他的宣泄方式就是去傷害別人。
And I think he feels he has a liberty and a license to do that.
我覺得，他認為自己有這樣做的自由。
The normal rules of social engagement, he feels, don't apply to him.
社交的正常規則并不適用于他。
Because of how very sensitive he is, he knows exactly how to efficiently and effectively hurt someone. And he does do that.
因為他非常敏感，也清楚地知道如何能夠真正地傷害某人。他也碥實會這樣做。
Every now and then a wise colleague would pull Jobs aside to try to get him to settle down. Lee Clow was a master.
喬布斯失控時，經常會有一個聰明的同事把他拉到一邊，讓他平靜下來。李·克勞便是個中高手。
"Steve, can I talk to you?" he would quietly say when Jobs had belittled someone publicly.
“史蒂夫，我能跟你談談嗎？”他會在喬布斯公開貶低別人時輕聲說道。
He would go into Jobs's office and explain how hard everyone was working.
克勞會走進喬布斯的辦公室，向他解釋大家是如何努力工作的。
"When you humiliate them, it's more debilitating than stimulating," he said in one such session.
有一回，克勞說：“你羞辱別人，只會讓對方變弱，而起不到激勵作用。”
Jobs would apologize and say he understood.
這時，喬布斯就會道歉，說自己明白了。
But then he would lapse again. "It's simply who I am," he would say.
但是之后，他還是老樣子。“我就是這樣。”他會這樣說。
