50萬(wàn)字，4個(gè)譯者，翻譯僅花了不到一個(gè)月的時(shí)間?！妒返俜?喬布斯傳》簡(jiǎn)體中文版在中國(guó)上架以來，該書的翻譯質(zhì)量引來網(wǎng)友的一番熱議。

       這里，欄目編輯將相繼節(jié)選其中的一些片斷，以供網(wǎng)友翻譯鑒賞之用。為了對(duì)比學(xué)習(xí)，小編還將嘗試提供自己潤(rùn)色之后的譯文，供廣大翻譯愛好者展開討論。

7. When there was the occasional eruption of temper, an occurrence not uncommon around his son, Paul would impart some of his calm. "What's the matter?" he would say. "You got a feather up your ass?"
中文版：每當(dāng)他的兒子脾氣爆發(fā)的時(shí)候（這是很常見的現(xiàn)象），保羅?喬布斯就會(huì)把自己的冷靜傳輸給他一些?！霸趺蠢玻俊彼麜?huì)說，“火燒屁股了？”

試譯版：史蒂夫?喬布斯偶爾會(huì)大發(fā)脾氣，這在他身上不是什么新鮮事。每到這種時(shí)候，保羅?喬布斯就會(huì)冷靜地安撫兒子。……

8. Ever since they had lived together in a cabin during the summer after he graduated from high school, Chrisann Brennan had woven in and out of Jobs' life.
中文版：喬布斯高中畢業(yè)那年的夏天，他和克里斯安?布倫南開始同居，從那之后，布倫南就在喬布斯的生活中進(jìn)進(jìn)出出。

試譯版：……從那之后，兩人一直分分合合。

9. He made a point of being brutally honest. "My job is to say when something sucks rather than sugarcoat it," he said. This made him charismatic and inspiring, yet also, to use the technical term, an asshole at times.
中文版：他很看重自己殘酷誠(chéng)實(shí)的一面?！拔业呢?zé)任是當(dāng)事情搞砸了的時(shí)候說實(shí)話而不是粉飾太平。”他說。這一點(diǎn)使他富有魅力又能鼓舞人心，但也使他有時(shí)候，用技術(shù)詞匯來說，像個(gè)混蛋。

試譯版：他總是誠(chéng)實(shí)到殘酷的地步?！珡膰?yán)格意義上來講，有時(shí)候也讓他像個(gè)混蛋。

10. Very few other companies or corporate leaders – perhaps none -- could have gotten away with the brilliant audacity of associating their brand with Gandhi, Einstein and Picasso. Jobs was able to encourage people to define themselves as anticorporate, creative, innovative rebels simply by the computer they used.
中文版：極少有其他公司或領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者——可能根本沒有——敢于把他們的品牌跟甘地、愛因斯坦、畢加索聯(lián)系在一起，而且大獲成功。喬布斯能夠鼓勵(lì)人們定義自己——作為反企業(yè)的、富有創(chuàng)造性的、敢于創(chuàng)新的叛逆者——而且只通過使用什么電腦就實(shí)現(xiàn)了這種定義。

試譯版：極少有其他公司或領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者敢于把他們的品牌跟甘地、愛因斯坦、畢加索聯(lián)系在一起；蘋果公司也許是唯一成功的一個(gè)。喬布斯鼓動(dòng)人們通過選擇電腦品牌來做出個(gè)人宣言——使用蘋果產(chǎn)品的人就是反企業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)的斗士，富有創(chuàng)造性、敢于創(chuàng)新的叛逆者。

11. And Apple itself, which Jobs considered his greatest creation, a place where imagination was nurtured, applied, and executed in ways so creative that it became the most valuable company on earth.
中文版：蘋果公司本身，喬布斯認(rèn)為這是他最偉大的創(chuàng)作。在這里，想象力被培育、應(yīng)用和執(zhí)行的方式極具創(chuàng)造力，使蘋果成為了全球最有價(jià)值的公司。

試譯版：……這里極具創(chuàng)造力，從培養(yǎng)想象力到付諸實(shí)踐再到制作成品，都是如此，因此成為了全球最有價(jià)值的公司。

（來源：中國(guó)網(wǎng)學(xué)英語(yǔ)頻道 2011-11-17）