In 1961, Sinclair resigned from his job and founded his own company, producing pocket-sized radios.
1961年,辛科萊辭去工作并創建了自己的公司,生產袖珍型收音機。
However, the man providing the money to start the company pulled out of the project at the last minute, and Sinclair had to get a job as a technical editor to support himself.
然而,出錢創辦公司的人在最后一刻撤資,辛科萊不得不找了一份技術編輯的工作來養活自己。
Meanwhile, he worked to build the company in his spare time.
期間,他在空閑時間創建公司。
When his company finally began production and put out advertisements for his radio, demand was high and the business simply took off.
當他的公司最終開始生產,并貼出收音機廣告時,需求巨大,生意快速取得成功。
Sinclair was very good at making little things.
辛科萊非常擅長制作小東西。
In addition to his pocket-sized radio, Sinclair produced the world's first pocket calculator in 1972, the first digital watch in 1976, and the first pocket TV the following year.
除了他的袖珍型收音機,辛科萊在1972年生產了世界上第一個袖珍型計算機,在1976年生產了第一快電子手表,次年推出了第一臺袖珍電視機。
Many of his early products were sets of parts that amateurs could put together, to make things such as radios.
他的許多產品都是用非專業人員能夠組裝的零件制作的,如收音機。
However, Sinclair's greatest achievements were in the field of personal computer.
但是,辛科萊最大的成就是在個人計算機方面。
In January 1980, Sinclair introduced the ZX80 computer.
在1980年的1月,辛科萊發明了ZX80計算機。
This was the first computer in the world to cost less than £100.
這是世界上第一臺花費少于100英鎊的計算機。