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Animation
动画
The digital animation business at Pixar--the group that made little animated films--was originally just a sideline,
皮克斯的数字动画业务--制作动画短片的团队--最初只是副业，
its main purpose being to show off the hardware and software of the company.
其主要目的是对外展示自己的硬件和软件
It was run by John Lasseter, a man whose childlike face and demeanor masked an artistic perfectionism that rivaled that of Jobs.
约翰·拉塞特负责这个团队的运作，他有着可爱的脸庞和气质，对于艺术的完美追求与乔布斯不相上下。
Born in Hollywood, Lasseter grew up loving Saturday morning cartoon shows.
拉塞特出生在好莱坞，从小就喜欢观看周六早间的卡通节目。
In ninth grade, he wrote a report on the history of Disney Studios, and he decided then how he wished to spend his life.
九年级时，读完记述迪士尼工作室历史的《动画的艺术》后，他写了一份读书报告，那时的他就明白了自己想要怎样度过一生。
When he graduated from high school,
髙中毕业后，
Lasseter enrolled in the animation program at the California Institute of the Arts, founded by Walt Disney.
拉塞特进入了由沃尔特·迪士尼创办的加州艺术学院，学习动画专业。
In his summers and spare time, he researched the Disney archives and worked as a guide on the Jungle Cruise ride at Disneyland.
暑假和课余时间，他研究迪士尼的档案文件，还在迪士尼乐园的丛林巡航游乐项目做导游。
The latter experience taught him the value of timing and pacing in telling a story,
迪士尼乐园的导游经历让他懂得了把握时间和节奏对于讲故事的重要性，
an important but difficult concept to master when creating, frame by frame, animated footage.
在创作一帧一帧的动画时，掌握这一概念很重要但也绝非易事。
He won the Student Academy Award for the short he made in his junior year, Lady and the Lamp,
拉塞特大学三年级时拍摄的短片《小姐与台灯》 为他赢得了学生奥斯卡奖。
which showed his debt to Disney films and foreshadowed his signature talent for infusing inanimate objects such as lamps with human personalities.
这部短片借鉴了《小姐与流浪汉》等迪士尼电影，也展露出他的惊人天才--赋予无生命的东西以人的个性。
