in about eighth grade, halfway through,
大约在八年级中间的某个时候,
this new guy came into the school,
这个新来的家伙成为了我的同学,
who was steve jobs, and we were both introverted,
他就是乔布斯, 那时我们都很内向,
intellectual, kind of socially inept,
聪明, 善于交际,
and we gravitated towards each other.
我们彼此很合得来.
the two boys shared the same hobby.
这两个男孩分享着共同的爱好.
we started taking long walks and talking
我们那时开始散步并且交谈了很多
about the meaning of life and what is this all about,
关于人生和生命的意义,
and after a while we started doing
然后过了一段时间,他行动了
in addition to walking and talking
伴随着越来越多的散步和交谈
doing electronics projects together.
以及一起做一些电子方面的小项目.
fernandez also knew another electronics geek,
费尔南德斯认识了另外一个电子极客,
his neighbors' son steve wozniak,
他邻居的儿子,史蒂夫 沃兹亚克,
universally known as woz.
通常我们都叫他沃兹.
so one day, steve jobs bicycled over to hang out with me
有一天,史蒂夫乔布斯骑车过来找我
and do electronics projects in the garage,
在车库里做一些电子项目,
and out in front was wozniak washing his car.
外面是沃兹亚克正在洗他的车.
so I thought to myself, "ok.
因此我想当然的, "ok.
this steve is an electronics buddy, he's an electronics buddy.
史蒂夫是一个电子学爱好者, 而他也是一个电子学爱好者.
they'd probably like to meet each other."
他们应该很乐意见到对方."
fernandez had no idea at the time
费尔南德斯当时肯定不会知道,
that the meeting between his two friends
他的两个朋友的相识
would change our world.
将会改变我们的世界
jobs and woz were soon to start a business together.
乔布斯和沃兹很快共同开启了一向事业
its name was apple.
它的名字叫做 苹果.
if woz and jobs had never met,
如果沃兹与乔布斯两人没有相识,
there never would have been an apple computer.
也许还是会有苹果电脑.
there would have been computers,
也许还是会有电脑,
and there would have been personal computers,
也许还是会有个人电脑,
but we probably wouldn't have the kind of wonderful empowering things
但是我们还是好奇人们陷入这样一种设想
that people fall into if woz and jobs hadn't met.
设想假如 沃兹与乔布斯没有相遇,会发生什么.
this neighborhood we grew up in had
在我们长大的这一片地方
a lot of lockheed engineers on it,
居住着非常多精英工程师,
and I would go up and down the street
我可以满街跑,
To the various dads on the street
从那些"爸爸"们那里获得
And get mentored in electronics,
电子学方面的经验,
And steve wozniak's father was
史蒂夫沃兹的老爸,
one of the people Who mentored me.
就是那些教导过我的人其中之一.
As jobs and I were walking over,
乔布斯和我走过来,
I noticed woz out washing his car,
我见到沃兹正在外面洗车,
And I said, "hey, woz. Um, come over and meet steve."
然后我说,"嘿,沃兹,过来认识一下,这是史蒂夫(乔布斯)
So, "steve, meet steve."
然后,"史蒂夫(沃兹),这是史蒂夫(乔布斯)"。
And this is where it happened,
基本上,
Basically right here.
当时就是发生在这里.