The engineer's involvement with Apple started when he met Steve Jobs while working at Atari in the' 70s.

At Atari his behavior had caused him to be banished to the night shift, but at Apple that was not possible.

还在雅达利公司的时候，他的行为招致自己被赶出办公室，只能上晚班，但在苹果公司，这是不可能的。

Despite his arrogance ( or perhaps because of it) he was able to charm Atari's boss.

尽管他很傲慢---或者正是因为他的傲慢---他获得了雅达利公司老板的青睐。

He dropped by Atari to consult with Alcorn, who knew old-fashioned electrical engineering.

乔布斯去雅达利公司咨询奥尔康，他了解老式的电气工程。

but the article referred to him as the director of marketing and "a former private consultant to Atari."

但报道文章中已经称他为“市场总监”和“前雅达利的私人顾问”了。

I know there was the atari and other systems prior to, but Mario made all games what they are today.

在这之前有雅达利和其他的游戏，但是超级玛丽却成为了今日的经典游戏。

Jobs went to Al Alcorn and asked for the chance to pitch it to Atari's management.

乔布斯去找了阿尔·奥尔康，希望能得到机会向雅达利的管理层进行推销。

You have an Atari and you're getting a ColecoVision? Yeah.

你已经有了Atari（游戏机）现在有有了ColecoVision（游戏机）？

He gave his son programming lessons on the family's Atari, and he bought each of his four children a computer.

他教扎克伯格关于雅达利（Atari）的程序编制并且为四个孩子分别配备了一台电脑。

Jobs thus became one of the first fifty employees at Atari, working as a technician for$ 5 an hour.

乔布斯由此成为了雅达利公司第一批50名员工之一，职位是技术员，薪水每小时5美元。

Wait, you got an Atari!

等下，你有Atari！

Alcorn at Atari would sell them chips only if they paid cash up front.

雅达利的奥尔康愿意卖给他们芯片，但必须预付现金。

Atari was making kits and shipping them to Munich,

雅达利在生产一些配件，这些配件要运往慕尼黑，

In addition, he intuitively appreciated the simplicity of Atari's games.

除此之外，乔布斯还很欣赏雅达利开发的游戏的简单性。

Then, after a fast-food meal, he would go right to Atari and stay all night.

下班之后，匆匆吃上一顿快餐，他就会赶到雅达利，在那儿待一晚上。

worked nights at Atari, and dreamed of starting his own business.

晚上在雅达利工作，并梦想着能创办自己的事业。

He was asked by the fledgling computer company Atari

他曾受一家新兴的电脑公司雅达利的邀请

than half the sum he had received from Atari.

却远远少于他之前所承诺的二分之一

When Atari started, we had no money, no factories.

雅达利成立后，我们一无资金，二无工厂。

Atari We got one in 1984. We didn't get a game till 1987.

我们1984年才有了一台一直到1987年才玩上第一个游戏

Plus, it would get us ahead of Atari in the phone book."

还有，这能让我们在电话簿上排在雅达利之前。”