库克告别公开信：卸任苹果CEO，转任执行董事长（中英全文）

Community Letter from Tim Cook

来自Tim的一封信

To the Apple community:

致Apple全体：

For the past 15 years I’ve started just about every morning the same way. I open my email and I read notes I received the day before from Apple’s users all over the world.

过去15年来，我几乎每个早晨都以同样的方式开启这一天。我会打开邮箱，阅读前一天收到的来自全球Apple用户的来信。

You share little pieces of your lives with me and tell me things you want me to know about how Apple has touched you. About the moment your mom was saved by her Apple Watch. About the perfect selfie you captured at the summit of a mountain that seemed impossible to climb. You thank me for the ways Mac has changed what you can do at work and sometimes give me a hard time because something you care about isn’t working like it should.

你们与我分享生活中的点滴，告诉我Apple如何走进了你们的生活 ——比如某位用户的母亲被Apple Watch救下的那一刻，或是在难以攀登的山巅上拍下的那张完美的自拍照。你们感谢Mac如何改变了工作中的可能性，有时也会对我提出建议，因为某个你们期待的功能没有如预期般奏效。

In every one of those emails I feel the beating heart of our shared humanity. I feel a sense of deepening obligation to work harder and push further. But most of all, I feel a gratitude that I cannot put into words, that I somehow got to be the person on the other end of those emails, the leader of a company that ignites imaginations and enriches lives in such profound ways it defies description. What an honor and a privilege it has been.

在每一封这样的邮件中，我都能感受到我们共同人性中那颗跳动的心。我感到一种日益加深的责任感，驱使我们更加努力、走得更远。但最重要的是，我感受到一种无法用言语表达的感激——感激我竟然能成为在邮件的另一端，作为一家以超越言语能描述的方式来激发想象、让大家的生活更丰富的公司的领导者。这是何等的殊荣与幸运。

Today we announced that I’m taking the next step in my journey at Apple. Over the coming months I will be transitioning into a new role, leaving the CEO job behind in September and becoming Apple’s executive chairman. A new person will be stepping into what I know in my heart is the best job in the world. That leader is John Ternus, a brilliant engineer and thinker who has spent the past 25 years building the Apple products our users love so much, obsessed with every detail, focused on every possible way we can make something better, bolder, more beautiful, and more meaningful. He is the perfect person for the job.

今天，我们宣布我将迈出在Apple旅程中的下一步。在接下来的几个月里，我将过渡到一个新的角色，于九月份卸任CEO一职，成为Apple的执行董事长。将有一位新人接任我心中世界上最好的工作，这位领导者就是John Ternus —— 一位杰出的工程师和思想家。他在过去25年里，致力于打造我们的用户深爱的Apple产品，注重每一个细节，专注于每一个让产品变得更美妙、更大胆、更美丽、更有意义。他是这个职位的最佳人选。

John cares so much about who we are at Apple, what we do at Apple, who we reach at Apple, and he has the heart and character to lead with extraordinary integrity. I am so proud to call him Apple’s next CEO. This company will reach such incredible heights under his leadership, and you will feel his impact in every bit of delight and discovery that grows out of the products and services to come. I can’t wait for you to get to know him like I do.

John深谙Apple的初心与使命，珍视我们所坚守的价值，更牵挂每一位用户。他具备非凡的领导才能，而且有着高尚的品德和坚定的意志。我无比自豪地称他为Apple的下一任CEO。在他的领导下，这家公司将达到令人难以置信的新高度，而在未来产品与服务所带来的每一次喜悦和发现中，你们都会感受到他的影响。我迫不及待地希望你们像我一样了解他。

This is not goodbye. But at this moment of transition, I wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you. Not on behalf of the company, this time, though there is a wellspring of gratitude for you that overflows inside our walls. But simply on behalf of me. Tim. A person who grew up in a rural place in a different time and, for these magical moments, got to be the CEO of the greatest company in the world. Thank you for the confidence and kindness you’ve shown me. Thank you for saying hi to me on the street and in our stores. Thank you for cheering alongside me when we unveiled a new product or service. Thank you, most of all, for believing in me to lead the company that has always put you at the center of our work. Every day we get up and think about what we can do to make your life a little bit better. And every day, you’ve made mine the best I could have asked for.

这不是告别。但在这个过渡的时刻，我想借此机会说一声谢谢。这一次，不是代表公司——尽管公司内部对你们的感激之情如泉涌般满溢——而仅仅是代表我自己，Tim。一个来自不同时代、乡村之地长大的人，在这些神奇的时刻，成为了这家世界上最伟大公司的 CEO。感谢你们给予我的信任和善意。感谢你们在街头和我们的店里向我打招呼。感谢你们在我们发布新产品或服务时与我一同欢呼。最要感谢的是，你们相信我能领导这家始终把你们放在工作中心的公司。每一天，我们起床后都在思考，能做些什么让你们的生活变得更好一点。而每一天，你们都让我的生活成为了我所能期望的最好模样。

Thank you.

谢谢你们。

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