关于马克·扎克伯格和脸书的10个事实(1)

Mark Zuckerberg is one of the youngest billionairesever- being only 8 days too old to hold the title.Everyone knows who he is and what he has done forthe Internet with the invention and wildfire spreadof his social networking site, Facebook. Yet, heremains one of the most controversial figures inSilicon Valley, constantly under fire from allegationsranging from the theft of the idea for Facebook toprivacy concerns. Zuckerberg has been anadvocate of technology since he was 10 years oldand both the mission and actions of Facebook havedemonstrated this with the purchases of some of the coolest companies in tech to a newinitiative to bring the Internet to the entire world. Despite being the infamous founder of theworld's largest social networking site, there are a lot of things people don't know about MarkZuckerberg, and as Zuckerberg himself will tell you, David Fincher's Oscar winning film The SocialNetwork has not helped the matter.Here are ten things you should know about MarkZuckerberg:

众所周知，马克·扎克伯格(Mark Zuckerberg)曾是全球最年轻的亿万富翁之一。虽然他的这一头衔只保持了8天就被更加年轻的成功者所取代。只要提及他的名字，定是无人不知、无人不晓。他所创立的网络社交平台——脸书(Facebook)，更是风靡全球。即便这样，他仍然是硅谷(Silicon Valley)最饱受争议的人物之一，不断被指控其创立的脸书存在盗窃隐私等问题。扎克伯格十岁时就已成为一个实打实的"技术控"，脸书优越的运行程序证明了他的"编程"能力。一些业内顶尖的技术导向型企业都选择购买脸书的版权，试图将这一互联网革新产品推广至世界的各个角落。尽管扎克伯格是一个"臭名昭著"的世界上最大的社交网站的创始人，可我们对他依然知之甚少。正如扎克伯格自己说的那样，很多事情就连大卫·芬奇(David Fincher)的奥斯卡获奖影片——《社交网络》(The Social Network)也没有铺开讲明。关于扎克伯格，我们还需知道以下十件事。

10.Zuckerberg Is a Private Person Who Wants to Make the World a More Open Place

10.扎克伯格只是一个普通人，他只是单纯地想让整个世界的沟通变得更加开放

Zuckerberg gives very few interviews and considers himself to be a private person. But, his jobhas increasingly required that he do large events and speak on stage. Zuckerberg is oftencriticized after these events because he is not the showman that other tech giants are. Forinstance, he doesn't have the calm, collected manner of the late Steve Jobs, nor does he havethe crazed enthusiasm of Microsoft's Steve Ballmer. Some have complained that Zuckerberg isa "robot" and that he has been "overprogrammed." Interviewers have described him asspeaking as though it were an instant message with few words and a flat voice. When asked ifhe is the same person on stage that he is with his friends, he agrees and says that he is indeedthe same awkward person wherever he is.

扎克伯格很少接受采访，因为他一直都觉得自己只是一个普通人。但是，他的工作属性需要他参加各式各样的大型活动，并在各式各样的舞台上发表讲话。扎克伯格毕竟不像别的科技巨头那样，有艺人般的表达技巧，每每活动结束，他都会被众人批评表达欠佳。怎么说呢，他没有史蒂夫·乔布斯(Steve Jobs)那样淡定的心态，也没有微软(Microsoft)史蒂夫.·鲍尔默(Steve Ballmer)的狂热态度。就像有的人抱怨的那样——扎克伯格的表现力简直太"程序化了"，活脱脱一个"机器人"!采访者评价他说话:语调平淡，寥寥数语。有人就表示疑惑，扎克伯格在舞台上讲话是这样，难道他和他的朋友私下聊天也是这样说话吗?事实上，扎克伯格承认自己无论在哪、同谁交流，都是这样一个尴尬的人。

The release of the film "The Social Network" did not improve Zuckerberg's public image. Afterthe release of the film, which is supposed to be based on the events surrounding thefoundation of Facebook, Zuckerberg described the film as "kind of hurtful." He insists thatboth the writer, Aaron Sorkin, and the director, David Fincher, embellished his life to create amore interesting film. In reality, coding is not glamorous and Zuckerberg did not createFacebook to spite a girlfriend after a break up. In fact, he was already dating his future wife atthe time. Zuckerberg has said that his goal was never to make Facebook cool because he doesnot consider himself a cool person nor does he try to be. What he wants is for Facebook to beuseful.

电影《社交网络》的上映并没有对扎克伯格的公众印象有什么改善。这部围绕着脸书的创立所展开的电影上映之后，扎克伯格称这部电影对他来说就是"一种伤害"。他坚信，不论是编剧艾伦·索尔金(Aaron Sorkin)，还是导演大卫·芬奇，都在不同程度上为了描绘自己想要塑造的故事而美化了他的人生。然而现实中，编程这件事并不像电影中那样华丽精彩，扎克伯格本人也没有在分手后创建脸书用以中伤其前女友。事实上，那个时候的他已经在同未来的妻子甜蜜约会了。扎克伯格曾表示，他从不认为自己是一个天赋异禀的名人，也并不想成为这样的人，所以他也从没想过让脸书变得如此火爆，他只是单纯地想让脸书变成一个对大众有用的社交平台而已。

9.Zuckerberg Dropped out of Harvard to Devote His Time to Facebook

9.扎克伯格为了创立脸书，选择了从哈佛辍学

Zuckerberg was Harvard material. His application listed speaking five languages and he had aneducation in classics which he enjoyed. He was approached by both Microsoft and AOL while hewas still in high school, and he is often described as having a brilliant and focused mind.Zuckerberg was accepted by Harvard to join the graduating class of 2006 to study psychology,which fascinated him. Zuckerberg insisted that he would finish college before his sister havingno intentions of dropping out. When he arrived at Harvard, he found that programming wasmore interesting than his classes and he admits to having a rather scarce studying schedule.

扎克伯格是哈佛大学的一名高材生。他的申请材料上罗列着他所掌握的五种语言以及他酷爱且接受过的古典教育。他还在读高中的时候，就经常被别人夸奖拥有一颗"杰出且敏锐"的大脑，小小年纪便收到了来自微软和美国在线的工作邀请。2006年，扎克伯格被哈佛大学录取，且加入毕业班学习他朝思暮想的心理学课程。扎克伯格说到，如果当时他的姐姐不同意他辍学，那么他一定会继续完成自己的大学课业。在哈佛学习时，他发现编程比他的心理学课程有意思得多，于是他开始疯狂地逃心理学课，旁听学习编程知识。

Zuckerberg admits that most people in his life thought he would drop out of school long beforehe actually did. Although he wasn't sure at the time that Facebook would become a viablecompany, his visit to Palo Alto inspired him to see where his coding mind might take him. Whilein Palo Alto, his first big investor wrote him a big check, insisting that Zuckerberg would dropout of school, even if Zuckerberg himself didn't know it yet. His parents also always knew hewould not finish college. But, Zuckerberg is not an advocate of leaving post-secondaryeducation behind. He insists that it is a time for young people to explore their minds anddevelop new hobbies and interests.

扎克伯格说到，他身边的大部分人都以为他会更早地从哈佛辍学，然而事实却有违众愿。那个时候，他并不确定脸书会在日后变成一个有巨大发展前景的公司，直到访问帕洛阿尔托市(Palo Alto)时他才受到启发——他的编程思维一定会引领他走向成功。在帕洛阿尔托市，扎克伯格人生中的第一个大东家给他开了一张巨额支票，在扎克伯格自身都没有意识到时，这个大东家便笃定他一定会从哈佛退学。其实，他的父母也知道，扎克伯格想必是不会顺利从大学毕业了。但值得肯定的是，扎克伯格并不是"辍学"行为的倡导者。他认为大学时光在人生中占据十分重要的地位——年轻的我们有充足的时间探索自己的爱好和兴趣，进行头脑风暴。

Other famous dropouts include Michael Dell of Dell, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Steve Jobs of Apple,Larry Page of Google, Evan Williams of Twitter, David Karp of Tumblr (who dropped out of highschool at 14!) All of these guys are billionaires, some several times over, and all of them havehad a dramatic impact on both the tech industry as programmers and the world asphilanthropists.

当然，还有很多我们所熟知的名人都没有完成他们自己的学业，比如迈克尔·戴尔(Michael Dell， DELL品牌)、比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates，微软)、史蒂夫·乔布斯(苹果)、拉里·佩奇(Larry Page，谷歌)、埃文·威廉姆斯(Evan Williams，推特)、大卫·卡普(David Karp，汤博乐)等，他们最终都变成了亿万富翁。作为程序员，他们在高新技术产业上取得了重大成功。而作为慈善家，他们也为世界范围内的慈善事业做出了巨大的贡献。

8.Mark Zuckerberg Insists That There Needs to Be More Women in Technology

8.马克·扎克伯格坚持认为更多的女性需要加入科技行业

He says that young women should be encouraged to do computer science by older women inthe industry, but at the same time, there are not enough women in the industry to do so. It isa vicious cycle but Zuckerberg insists that tech companies need to do better because morediverse companies do greater things. Facebook has started a program that pays for theirfemale employees to freeze their eggs should they want to delay plans to have a family tofurther their careers at the company. Women would no longer have to leave at criticalmoments in their careers to have children or care for their families. This program benefits bothFacebook and its employees. Facebook is not alone in this uncommon movement, either.Apple has also announced a similar program for it's employees. Facebook and LinkedIn havealso announced a collaborative initiative to boost the number of women studyingengineering and computer science. The initiative includes both mentoring and supportprograms at colleges across the country.

他认为这一行业中年长的女性应该鼓励年轻女性参与到计算机科学中，但事实上并没有多少人这样做。这是一个恶性循环。扎克伯格强调，随着更多不同的公司做出了更好的东西，技术导向型企业必须更胜一筹。如果女职员们愿意为了在公司获得长远发展而推迟建立家庭，脸书将为其承担冰冻卵细胞的费用，这样她们就可以不用因为照顾家人或怀孕而在关键时刻离开岗位。这样对脸书及其员工都有好处。不只是脸书，苹果公司也为其员工提供了类似服务。脸书和人际关系网(Linkedln)也宣布要合作进行一项创新，旨在增加学习工程与计算机科学的女性人数。它还会为全国大学生提供指导与支持。

Facebook is home to Chief Operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, who is worth $1.1 billion and isone of the wealthiest women in technology. In 2013, Sandberg published her book, "Lean In," inwhich she described some of her personal experiences to encourage women to pursue thetop positions in their fields. Her book launched international conversation about women inpositions in power.

对脸书首席运营官(Chief Operating officer)——雪莉·桑德伯格(Sheryl Sandberg)而言，脸书像是自己的家。她的身价已达110万美元，是技术领域最富有的女性之一。2013年，桑德伯格出版了《向前一步》(Lean In)一书，通过讲述一些个人经历来鼓舞女性在各自行业里获得最高职位。她的书引起了全球女性高管的热议。