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On many of his major projects, such as the first Toy Story and the Apple store,
在許多重大項目上，如《玩具總動員1》和蘋果專賣店，
Jobs pressed "pause" as they neared completion and decided to make major revisions.
喬布斯都會在其接近尾聲的時候叫停，要求作出重大修改。
That happened with the design of the iPhone as well.
iPhone的設計過程也逃不開這個命運。
The initial design had the glass screen set into an aluminum case.
其最初設計是將玻璃屏幕嵌入鋁合金外殼。
One Monday morning Jobs went over to see Ive.
一個周一早晨，喬布斯走到艾弗跟前。
"I didn't sleep last night," he said, "because I realized that I just don't love it."
他說道：“我昨晚一夜沒睡，因為我意識到我就是不喜歡這個設計?！?/div>
It was the most important product he had made since the first Macintosh, and it just didn't look right to him.
這是自第一臺麥金塔問世后喬布斯最重要的產品，可他就是看不順眼。
Ive, to his dismay, instantly realized that Jobs was right.
艾弗瞬間意識到，喬布斯說的沒錯，于是很沮喪。
"I remember feeling absolutely embarrassed that he had to make the observation."
“我記得自己當時感到非常尷尬，因為居然要等到他來發現這個問題?！?/p>
The problem was that the iPhone should have been all about the display,
問題在于，iPhone的重點是屏幕顯示，
but in their current design the case competed with the display instead of getting out of the way.
而他們當時的設計是金屬外殼和屏幕并重。
The whole device felt too masculine, task-driven, efficient.
整個設備感覺太男性化，太注重效能，是一款任務驅動型產品。
"Guys, you've killed yourselves over this design for the last nine months, but we're going to change it," Jobs told Ive's team.
“伙計們，在過去9個月你們為了這個設計拼死拼活，恨不得殺了自己，但是我們要改掉它，”喬布斯告訴艾弗的團隊。
"We're all going to have to work nights and weekends, and if you want we can hand out some guns so you can kill us now."
“我們要沒日沒夜沒有周末地工作，如果你們愿意，我現在就給你們發幾把槍，把我們全干掉。”
Instead of balking, the team agreed. "It was one of my proudest moments at Apple," Jobs recalled.
然而團隊成員并沒有遲疑，同意修改。“這是我在蘋果最值得驕傲的時刻之一。”喬布斯回憶說。
