翻訳者レビュー ( 英語 → 日本語 )

備考: Des Dearlove "THE UNAUTHORIZED GUIDE TO DOING BUSINESS THE BILL GATES WAY"

英語

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Youth also had its advantages, however. For one thing, it meant that Gates' business acumen was often underestimated in the early days. As Jack Sams, one of the IBM executives who signed the contract with the 21-year-old Gates to supply the operating system for the first IBM PC, recalled: 'When he came out, I thought he was the office boy.'

It was a mistake that IBM would regret. Gates was aware of the impression that his youth created, and used it to good advantage.

日本語

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しかし、若さには利点もあった。たとえば、ゲイツのビジネスに対する鋭い洞察力は、若いころはよく軽視された。ジャック・サムス、IBM の重役のひとりで、最初の IBM PC にオペレーティング・システムを供給する契約を21歳のゲイツと結んだ人物は、こう振り返る。「彼が出てきたとき、彼のことをオフィスボーイかと思ったよ」