There was only one institution in the country

全国只有一个机构
willing to put millions of dollars into its further development.

愿意投注数以百万计的资金在它的未来发展上
The word of any center of activity spread rapidly,

只要你是某种活动的中心
and it quickly became known that

消息就传得很快
the place was New York Tech.

不久纽约理工就成了这个领域的重镇
There the charter was "Let's make computer graphics usable in filmmaking."

当时定的合约是让电脑绘图可以运用在电影工业上
That's exactly what I wanted to do.

那也正是我想做的事
Alex Schure, the president of New York Tech,

亚历克斯·舒尔是纽约理工的校长
hired Ed to spearhead the new computer graphics department

他聘请爱德到新成立的电脑绘图系担任先锋
to develop paint programs and other tools to create art

开发绘画程序和其他工具来协助艺术创作
and animation using the computer.

并将电脑运用在动画上
Ed himself developed software called "Tween"

爱德亲自研发出名为"Tween"的软件