《喬布斯傳》自問世以來受到了全世界人民的關注，對此滬江英語推出《喬布斯傳》翻譯筆記系列，讓我們在翻譯學習中回顧喬幫主的偉大一生。第四章“雅達利和印度”講述了喬布斯兩部分經歷：在雅達利電腦游戲公司工作和去往印度找尋精神領袖之旅。喬布斯在雅達利找到了一份工作，有些同事嫌棄他不愛干凈身上有味道，有些同事則覺得他身上有著對科技的狂熱。在雅達利工作攢了些錢后，喬布斯執意開始了和好友的印度精神之旅，他要去印度找尋精神領袖（guru)，找尋自我。喬布斯是怎么在雅達利找到工作的？
【英語原文】

Atari’s founder was a burly entrepreneur named Nolan Bushnell, who was a charismatic visionary with a nice touch of showmanship in him—in other words, another role model waiting to be emulated. After he became famous, he liked driving around in a Rolls, smoking dope, and holding staff meetings in a hot tub. As Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality. His chief engineer was Al Alcorn, beefy and jovial and a bit more grounded, the house grown-up trying to implement the vision and curb the enthusiasms of Bushnell. Their big hit thus far was a video game called Pong, in which two players tried to volley a blip on a screen with two movable lines that acted as paddles. (If you’re under thirty, ask your parents.)When Jobs arrived in the Atari lobby wearing sandals and demanding a job, Alcorn was the one who was summoned. “I was told, ‘We’ve got a hippie kid in the lobby. He says he’s not going to leave until we hire him. Should we call the cops or let him in?’ I said bring him on in!” “In retrospect, it was weird to hire a dropout from Reed,” Alcorn recalled. “But I saw something in him. He was very intelligent, enthusiastic, excited about tech.” (Chapter 4 Atari and India: Atari)

【譯文】

雅達利電腦游戲公司的創始人叫諾蘭·布什內爾，他是一個身材魁梧的企業家，一個魅力四射表現力十足的夢想家。換句話說，又是一個人們會競相模仿的偶像。出名之后，他喜歡開著一輛勞斯萊斯四處轉悠，吸毒成癮，喜歡在按摩浴缸里開員工會議。他身上有一種能力喬布斯后來學到了，那就是能把魅力變成巧妙的說服力，利用人格的力量，哄騙、脅迫和扭曲的手段都用上，改變事實。他手下的總工程師叫阿爾·奧爾康，身材健壯，天性活潑，更加腳踏實地。他是雅達利大家庭的家長，努力實現著布什內爾的愿景，同時又克制著他的熱情。他們的經典之作是街機電子游戲《乒乓》（又名跳跳彈子臺），這個游戲規則很簡單：兩個玩家利用兩條移動的光標當球拍，互相擊打屏幕上的圓點。（要是你沒到30歲，那回家問問父母這個游戲是怎么玩的。）當腳穿涼鞋的喬布斯初次來到雅達利找工作的時候，奧爾康也得到了通知。“他們跟我說，大廳里有個嬉皮男孩來找工作，不雇他他就賴著不走了。叫警察還是讓他進來？我說把他帶進來吧。”他后來回憶道：“現在回頭想想，雇個里德學院的退學生真的還蠻奇怪的，不過我在他身上看到了一些東西，他很聰明，對科技有熱情有干勁。”

【翻譯筆記】

1.in retrospect: 回顧往事，檢討過去

In retrospect, it was somewhat hasty to choose this major.
回想起來，當初選擇這個專業有點草率。

The first part mainly reviews the achievements related to this research in retrospect.
第一部分，主要回顧了與本研究相關的研究成果。

2．描寫外貌和個性特征的詞匯/短語：

外貌： burly: 身材魁梧的 beefy: 身體健壯的

個性： showmanship: 表現力 cunning force: 說服力 the power of personality: 人格的力量
grounded: 腳踏實地的 jovial: 天性活潑的

For all the talk about style and showmanship, Mr Prince says there is one thing that matters.
對于有關領導風格和表現力的說法，普林斯表示，有一點非常重要。

Great people can control difficult situation by the power of personality.
偉人能以人格的力量來控制困難的局面。

3. Atari and Pong: 1972年25歲的諾蘭·布什內爾白手起家創業成立雅達利電腦游戲公司，推出風靡全球的電腦游戲《乒乓》。Atari名字起源于日本象棋，指的是象棋中那句殺棋的吆喝聲"將軍"。雅達利出品的經典雅達利2600是人類歷史上生命力最長的游戲機。1998年雅達利全部專利被買斷，退出IT業。