创业成功人士访谈录 第24期:雅虎杨致远(3)

 　　That changes everybody’s perspective¹, I think. And we think we can be opportunistic.

　　那会改变很多人的立场，我觉得我们可以做一个机会主义者。

　　We have not bought back stock². Right now our stock is very cheap, but we think having our cash position is more important.

　　我们没有回购股票，我们的股票现在很便宜，但我觉得保持充足的现金更重要。

　　We are very focused on scaling, and it is important to be able to be in a financial position to do so if opportunities come up.

　　所以，我们对保持规模很看重，保持好的财务状况等待机会很重要。

　　And how is your relationship with Carl Icahn going?

　　你现在和卡尔?伊坎的关系怎么样？

　　Carl is fine and he has got a lot on his plate as well.

　　卡尔还好，他得到的也够多了。

　　But he has been a very useful person to have on the board and, of course, it is a different role for him than before.

　　他曾是董事会非常有用的人，当然他现在的角色不同了。

　　For the most part, he is very constructive³, but he is still Carl and he doesn’t hesitate to share what’s on his mind.

　　多数时间，他富于建设性，但卡尔毕竟是卡尔，有话就说，从不客气。

　　What is the status of the talks with the Justice Department over your search ad deal with Google?

　　你们和谷歌搜索广告的事在司法部进展如何？

　　I don’t have a lot of new things to say. We're still talking, as I have said, and hope to get things resolved⁴.

　　没有什么新东西可谈，我们仍在谈，我希望能解决事情，

　　We have not started it, but no one has walked away.

　　我们还没开始，但没有人愿意离场。

　　What about your relationship with Microsoft; what did you think of CEO Steve Ballmer’s comment last week about doing a search deal?

　　你和微软的关系怎么样，史蒂夫? 鲍尔默上周提到的搜索合作你怎么看？

　　I don’t have anything new to report there either.

　　也没有什么新东西可说，

　　As we have always said，we are willing to listen to them, to talk to them about anything.

　　正如 我们一直表示的那样，我们愿意听他们的意见，愿意和他们谈任何事。

　　You have been attacked a lot recently for not selling Yahoo to Microsoft, Yahoo’s low stock price and your management of the company—

　　你最近被频频攻击，因为没有将雅虎卖给微软，也因为雅虎现在的低股价，以及你的管理方式，

　　why do you think you are the best leader for Yahoo going forward?

　　为什么你认为自己是雅虎最好的领导人。

　　I think if you look at what the company is doing and what we have been going through and the story we have been telling,

　　如果你看看雅虎现在所做的事，我们的经历，我们所讲的故事

　　we have done most, if not all，of what we set out to do, starting last year.

　　你会知道，从去年开始，我们想做的绝大多数都实现了。

　　My dream is to transform Yahoo as a platform and product company and I think we are on the way to really doing that.

　　我的梦想是将雅虎转变成一个平台和产品公司，我们正在这样做，

　　And a lot of what we have been doing is starting to translate into value一whether it is our front page, our profiles⁵, our e-mail or our APT⁶ ad platform.

　　不管是我们的主页、用户资料、电子邮件还是我们的APT 广告平台，我们所做的很多事已经开始转换为价值。

1 perspective   

n.视角，观点，想法

参考例句：

• You can get a perspective of the whole city from here.从这里你可以看到城市的全景。
• We may get a clear perspective of the people's happy lives.我们知道人民对幸福生活的展望。

2 stock   

n.存货，储备；树干；血统；股份；家畜；adj.存货的；平凡的，惯用的；股票的；畜牧的；vt.进货，采购；储存；供给；vi.出新芽；进货

参考例句：

• The shop takes stock every week on Friday mornings.这家商店每星期五早晨盘点存货。
• Experts have forecast an upturn in the stock market.专家已预测股票市场价格有上升趋势。

3 constructive   

adj.建设的，建设性的

参考例句：

• We welcome constructive criticism.我们乐意接受有建设性的批评。
• He is beginning to deal with his anger in a constructive way.他开始用建设性的方法处理自己的怒气。

4 resolved   

adj.下定决心的，断然的；坚决的；已解决的v.做决定，分解(resolve的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• I was resolved not to see him. 我决意不见他。
• The union resolved to strike by 40 votes to 18. 工会以40票对18票通过决议举行罢工。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 profiles   

n.侧面( profile的名词复数 )；外形；印象；[建筑学]（建筑物等的）纵断面图v.扼要介绍( profile的第三人称单数 )；给…画侧面图；描…的轮廓；用数字图表（或量变曲线）表示

参考例句：

• The company's senior executives were insisting on low profiles. 公司的高级官员现在都尽量不抛头露面。 来自辞典例句
• A line of hills profiles against the night sky. 夜空衬托出隐约可见的群山。 来自辞典例句

6 apt   

adj.易于，有...倾向，恰当的，聪明的

参考例句：

• Beginners are too apt to make mistakes in grammar.初学者极易犯语法错误。
• He is the most apt of all pupils.他是所有学生中最聪明的一个。