If Mr Gates does go, Mr Obama will miss him.
如果盖茨真的走了，奥巴马会想他的。
Mr Gates wants the Pentagon to save 1-2% a year in overheads.
盖茨先生希望五角大楼每年能够节省1%到2%的经费。
Mr Gates sees it as a way to establish trust when it is lacking.
盖茨先生认为缺乏互信，才需要建立联系。
On the other hand, he is old: five years older, at 72, than Mr Gates.
从另一方面说，他现在年纪不小，已经72岁了，比盖茨年长5岁。
Needless to say, Mr Gates didn't wade through mud for the final miles.
最后的数英里路，盖茨先生并没有趟泥巴，这一点就不必说了。
Mr Gates gave warning last year that he would leave at some point in this one.
盖茨去年就对外宣称，他将于今年的某个时候离职。
Mr Gates is only malaria's latest adversary. The parasite has plagued man for millennia.
疟疾祸害人类千年，盖茨先生最近一个反抗它的对手。
Mr Gates, on the other hand, seems more sympathetic to the idea of getting international help.
而另一方面，现任防长盖茨先生似乎更倾向于寻求国际社会的帮忙。
Mr Gates reckons that only about 15% of the wealthy currently give away large amounts of their fortunes.
比尔·盖茨认为目前只有大约15%的富翁捐献出自己大部分的财富。
Mr Gates says the task-force will interview soldiers to find out how a repeal would affect their morale.
Mr Gates说这批团队将会采访士兵来查明撤销一项法案会如何影响他们的士气。
Mr Gates has been on LinkedIn since last year, and so far has made only five connections to other members.
(盖茨先生去年就上了LinkedIn，但至今却只建立了5个联系人)。
But that, Mr Gates complained, is "old news", and a silly reason to break off ties between the two armed forces.
但盖茨先生抱怨说，那是“旧闻”了，为此断绝两军交往是荒唐的。
With billions of dollars and thousands of jobs at stake, Mr Gates can expect strong opposition from many quarters.
几十亿的美元和上千个工作岗位岌岌可危，盖茨先生将面临的压力可想而知。
Mr Gates reckons the bulk of the increase is because as tolerance spreads, more gay couples are willing to be counted.
Gates先生认为，数量大幅增加的原因是社会宽容度的提高引致更多的同性情侣愿意被计算在内。
Mr Gates has hosted dinners in China and India, and predicts that India will become second only to America in its high-end philanthropy.
比尔·盖茨在中国和印度都举行过宴会，并预测在高端慈善活动方面印度将成为仅次于美国的全球第二大国。
Mr Gates said it took him a long time to go through his list of friend requests, trying to remember which people he did and didn't know.
盖茨称，他要花费大量时间阅读好友申请，并努力回想哪个人认识，哪个他不认识。
Mr Gates, for example, has left Microsoft to take charge of his foundation, including its work in fighting diseases such as malaria and AIDS.
比如，比尔·盖茨就离开了微软，专职负责自己的基金会，包括抗击疟疾和艾滋病等疾病的相关工作。
On those rare occasions when Microsoft's fortunes depended upon Mr Gates yielding to the world instead, the pragmatic circuit-breaker would kick in.
当微软的财富都取决与盖茨先生是否会向世界低头时，他就会切换到实用主义的一面。
Indeed, some senior executives at his foundation say they wish Mr Gates would bring more of that inquisitorial manner to his conversations with them.
事实上，基金会的一些高级执行官仍然认为盖茨先生可以用质问的方式要求富人捐款。
Even Mr Gates, who was widely reviled for his business activities, probably did more good by amassing his fortune than he is doing by giving it away.
即使是被公认指责其商业活动行为的比尔·盖茨，在集聚财富的同时也做了更多的善事。
He is giving the bulk of his fortune to Mr Gates rather than to the foundations of his children and his late wife, which will receive smaller amounts.
他把自己绝大部分的财富都给了盖茨先生而他孩子和现任妻子的基金却只拿到很少的部分。
Mr Gates had the good fortune to be perfectly suited for his time—but he is less well-equipped for the collaborative and fragmented era of internet computing.
盖茨先生有着完美适应其时代的好运气——但他不太胜任分散与合作性的互联网电脑技术时代。
Rather like the venture capitalists behind the American software industry, Mr Gates is a venture philanthropist: he backs schemes, assesses them and dumps failures.
更像是回归美国软件行业幕后风险投资家的角色一样，盖茨先生成为了一位风险慈善家：他资助各类计划，对其进行评估并摈弃可行性不大的项目。
The family support was one reason Mr. Gates decided to move Microsoft to Seattle, where he settled into a house not far from his parents.
家人的支持是盖茨决定将微软搬到西雅图的原因之一，他在距离父母家不远的一座房子里安顿下来。
Mr. Gates took advantage of both notions and combined them to build Microsoft’s dominance in PCs, spreading its influence with computer makers and software developers.
盖茨采用以上两个概念之所长，把他们捆绑到微软的系统中，通过电脑制造商和软件开发商扩大它的影响。
Mr. Gates Sr. played the role of peacemaker.
老盖茨这时则扮演了和事佬的角色。
Of course, a segment of the population, particularly those whose computers seized up last week, have complicated feelings toward Mr. Gates and his ilk.
当然，有些人，特别是那些在上周电脑停止工作的人，对盖茨先生和他的高科技同僚有着另一番难以言说的感受。
Of course, a segment of the population, particularly those whose computers seized up last week, have complicated feelings toward Mr. Gates and his ilk.
当然，有些人，特别是那些在上周电脑停止工作的人，对盖茨先生和他的高科技同僚有着另一番难以言说的感受。
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