for computer-animated software.

电脑动画软件的技术团队
But the research and development of all their technology

但是研究开发新技术的开销
was costing more money than the company was bringing in.

远比公司的收入要多
Steve Jobs had been losing over a million dollars a year for five years.

史蒂夫·乔布斯连续五年每年都得赔上100多万美元
It was all great stuff to do, but none of it was a home run.

研究开发是件很棒的事但是总是不能获得巨大的成功
None of it really. . . It was a struggle. Every step of the way, it was a struggle.

在这个过程中我们每一步都在苟延残喘
We were trying to pay the bills and just buy time.

我们没法付出账款来争取时间
And that strategy really turned out not to work.

但是后来发现那个策略行不通
Steve was a very forgiving investor at that time

那个时候的史蒂夫是一个非常宽大的投资者
and had a much longer term view than

他对我们这个年轻的公司眼光
your average venture capitalist would've had about our young company.

比一般的创投公司要长远得多
With the survival of Pixar at stake,

由于皮克斯的未来岌岌可危