In the story, the Times revealed this juicy nugget: Faceboook M&A guy Vaughan Smith says that when Facebook is deciding what to pay for a startup "engineers are worth half a million to one million.

在报道里，时报杂志透露了这个高回报的珍品：Faceboook的企业并购负责人沃恩·史密斯说，Facebook决定以50万到100万美元的价格来支付一位初创公司的工程师。

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This guy, Jack Smith, does he go by the name of Jackal?

这个叫杰克·史密斯的家伙是不是还有个名字叫杰凯尔？

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Let me warn you about this Smith fellow. He seems like a nice, friendly guy. But it's wise to keep him at arm's length.

我要警告你关于这个史密斯家伙，他看上去是个友好可爱的家伙，但是你要与他保持距离。

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All right,so the thought was,look,this guy over here, David Smith's body with Napoleon's personality-- And let's be clear about this.

好的，这个假想是，这边这个家伙，拥有拿破仑人格的David，Smith肉体-,说得清晰一点吧。

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But when you look at a guy like Alex Smith.

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Ultimately Lustgarten's scenario is far fetched: the deliciously named City guy - James Asset-Smith - starts "shorting" the bonds he's helped to design.

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