乔布斯死因公布：胰腺癌扩散引发呼吸停止

Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died of respiratory arrest linked to the spread of his pancreatic cancer, his death certificate has revealed.

苹果联合创始人史蒂夫·乔布斯的死亡证明显示其死因为胰腺癌扩散引发的呼吸停止。

The certificate, filed in Santa Clara County, California listed his occupation as "high-tech entrepreneur".

现存于美国加州圣克拉拉县的证明显示乔布斯的职业为“高科技企业家”。

The Apple co-founder died on 5 October at the age of 56 at his home in Palo Alto. No post-mortem examination was performed, and Jobs was buried on Friday.

乔布斯于10月5日死于加州帕洛阿尔托的家中，享年56岁。其逝世后并未进行尸体解剖，并于周五下葬。

The death certificate was released by the Santa Clara County Public Health Department on Monday the Associated Press news agency reports.

美国加州圣克拉拉县公共卫生部门在周一发布了这份死亡证明，并由美联社进行了报道。

According to the document, Jobs had a "metastatic pancreas neuroendocrine tumour" for the past five years.

这份证明显示，乔布斯在过去的五年中一直患有胰腺神经内分泌肿瘤，并且癌细胞一直都在转移。

In 2004, he announced that he was suffering from pancreatic cancer. He had a liver transplant five years later.

2004年，乔布斯公布了其患有胰腺癌的消息，并于五年后进行了肝脏移植手术。

In January 2011 he took medical leave, before formally resigning as CEO in August and handing over his duties to Tim Cook.

2011年1月，乔布斯再次请病假，并在8月时正式辞去苹果CEO的职位，由蒂姆·库克接任。

A statement from Jobs' family said they were with him when he died peacefully.

乔布斯的家人发布的声明中说，他们在乔布斯的最后时刻陪伴在他的身边，看着他安详地离世。

Jobs died the day after Apple announced its latest iPhone, the 4S. On Monday Apple said it received more than one million pre-orders on Friday for the device, breaking a record set by the iPhone 4 when it was released in 2010.

乔布斯于苹果最新产品iPhone 4S发布后一天逝世。本周一，苹果方面称已接到超过一百万台iPhone 4S的预订单，打破了去年苹果iPhone发布时的记录。