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Joe Nocera of the New York Times wrote a column denouncing the handling of Jobs's health issues.
《紐約時報》的喬·諾切拉寫專欄譴責對喬布斯健康問題的處理方式。
"Apple simply can't be trusted to tell the truth about its chief executive," he wrote in late July.
“在關于其CEO真實情況的問題上，蘋果根本不值得信任，”7月末他這樣寫道。
"Under Mr. Jobs, Apple has created a culture of secrecy that has served it well in many ways
“在喬布斯先生的領導下，蘋果創建了一種保密文化，這種文化在很多方面效果不錯，
the speculation over which products Apple will unveil at the annual Macworld conference has been one of the company's best marketing tools.
猜測每年Macworld大會上蘋果會推出什么產品已經成了該公司最好的營銷手段之一。
But that same culture poisons its corporate governance."
但也正是這種文化毒害了它的公司治理。”
As he was writing the column and getting the standard "a private matter" comment from all at Apple, he got an unexpected call from Jobs himself.
他在寫這篇文章時，從蘋果那里得到的所有反饋都是這純屬“私事”，但他出乎意料地接到了喬布斯本人打來的電話。
"This is Steve Jobs," he began. "You think I'm an arrogant asshole who thinks he's above the law,
“我是史蒂夫·喬布斯。”他開門見山地說，“你覺得我是個認為自己可以凌駕于法律之上的傲慢混蛋，
and I think you're a slime bucket who gets most of his facts wrong."
而我覺得你是個把大部分事實都搞錯了的爛人。”
After that rather arresting opening, Jobs offered up some information about his health, but only if Nocera would keep it off the record.
在這段“引人人勝”的開場白之后，喬布斯表示可以提供一些關于他健康狀況的信息，但是諾切拉不能將之公之于眾。
Nocera honored the request, but he was able to report that,
諾切拉接受了這個條件，但是他得以報道說，
while Jobs's health problems amounted to more than a common bug, "they weren't life-threatening and he doesn't have a recurrence of cancer."
雖然喬布斯的健康問題已經不僅僅是偶染微恙，“但還不足以危及生命，他的癌癥也沒有復發。”
Jobs had given Nocera more information than he was willing to give his own board and shareholders, but it was not the full truth.
喬布斯給諾切拉的信息已經比他給蘋果董事會和股東的信息還多了，但是那不是完整的事實。
