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Fortune's veteran technology writer Brent Schlender was leaving the magazine that December,
《財富》雜志的資深科技記者布倫特·施倫德那年12月就要離職了，
and his swan song was to be a joint interview with Jobs, Bill Gates, Andy Grove, and Michael Dell.
他的告別作品將是同時采訪喬布斯、比爾·蓋茨、安迪·格魯夫和邁克爾·戴爾。
It had been hard to organize, and just a few days before it was to happen, Jobs called to back out.
這樣一次采訪很難組織，然而就在采訪日的前幾天，喬布斯打來電話聲明退出。
"If they ask why, just tell them I'm an asshole," he said.
“如果他們問為什么，就說我是個混蛋。”他說。
Gates was annoyed, then discovered what the health situation was.
蓋茨一開始很不高興，后來發(fā)現(xiàn)了喬布斯健康狀況的實情。
"Of course, he had a very, very good reason," said Gates. "He just didn't want to say."
“當(dāng)然，他有非常非常好的理由，”蓋茨說，“他就是不想說出來。”
That became more apparent when Apple announced on December 16 that Jobs was canceling his scheduled appearance at the January Macworld,
當(dāng)12月16日蘋果宣布喬布斯將取消出席1月份Macworld大會的計劃的時候，他的健康狀況更加明了，
the forum he had used for big product launches for the past eleven years.
過去11年來他都是在這個論壇上發(fā)布重量級產(chǎn)品。
The blogosphere erupted with speculation about his health, much of which had the odious smell of truth.
網(wǎng)絡(luò)上充斥著對喬布斯健康狀況的各種猜測，其中很多都接近事實。
Jobs was furious and felt violated. He was also annoyed that Apple wasn't being more active in pushing back.
喬布斯為之憤怒，感覺自己的隱私遭到了侵犯，他也因為蘋果沒有更積極地反擊而感到不悅。
So on January 5, 2009, he wrote and released a misleading open letter.
因此在2009年1月5日，他撰寫并發(fā)布了一封誤導(dǎo)公眾的公開信。
He claimed that he was skipping Macworld because he wanted to spend more time with his family.
他宣稱他不出席Macworld是因為想有更多時間跟家人在一起。
"As many of you know, I have been losing weight throughout 2008," he added.
“如大家所知，2008年全年我的體重一直在下降，”他補(bǔ)充說。
"My doctors think they have found the cause -- a hormone imbalance that has been robbing me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy.
“我的醫(yī)生們認(rèn)為他們已經(jīng)找到了原因--是荷爾蒙失調(diào)導(dǎo)致我維持身體健康所需的蛋白質(zhì)流失。
Sophisticated blood tests have confirmed this diagnosis. The remedy for this nutritional problem is relatively simple."
精密的血液檢驗已經(jīng)證實了這個診斷。這個營養(yǎng)問題的解決辦法是相對簡單的。”
