傳蘋果公司正開發iPad Mini 對抗谷歌Nexus 7大綱

A new round of Apple rumors and leaks are suggesting what some tech observers have been predicting for the past year: that a smaller, less expensive iPad is on the way.
關於蘋果公司的新謠傳似乎將證實一些科技觀察者們去年做出的預言，一個更小的、更便宜的iPad即將到來。

The talk of a 7-or-8-inch version of the popular tablet (the current model has a nearly 10-inch screen, diagonally), comes on the heels of Google announcing plans for the Nexus 7, its own smaller tablet that will be more in the mold of Amazon's Kindle Fire.
谷歌公司宣佈新款平板電腦Nexus 7的發行計劃，旋即便有傳聞稱蘋果公司將發行7-8英寸寬平板電腦（目前的iPad的屏幕有10英寸寬）。Nexus 7是一款比亞馬遜公司的Kindle Fire更優秀的產品。

The Nexus 7 will have a 7-inch screen and sell for $199 like the Fire, which has been one of the few iPad rivals to gain any real traction in the tablet marketplace.
Nexus 7將有一個7英寸寬的屏幕，並且像Kindle Fire一樣只賣199美元。Kindle Fire是極少數在平板電腦市場上對iPad構成實際威脅的產品。

On Wednesday, Bloomberg was quoting "two people with knowledge of the plans" who said Apple will release a smaller iPad by the end of the year.
本週三，彭博新聞社詢問了兩位瞭解蘋果公司計劃的內部人士，他們表示蘋果公司將在今年年底發佈一款較小的iPad。

Steve Jobs once said a 7-inch screen is not sufficient to make a good tablet. Apple's current leadership may disagree.
史蒂芬•喬布斯曾經說過7英寸寬的屏幕不足以來製造一個優秀的平板電腦，但蘋果公司現在的領導層也許會不同意他的話。The so far the imaginary, or at least never-seen, device has been dubbed the "iPad Mini" by speculators in light of the iPod of the same name. The sources said the gadget will have a screen between 7 and 8 inches wide, and one said that it will not have the high-definition "retina display" screen of the new iPad.
目前這個還沒有揭開廬山真面目的產品被分析師們冠以“iPad Mini”的名字，沿用iPod系列的命名方法。有消息稱新產品將使用一個7-8英寸寬的屏幕，而且有內部人士稱新的iPad不會使用視網膜屏幕。

As the months have gone on, more and more analysts have begun to believe that the arrival of a smaller iPad is a matter of "when," not "if."
隨着時間流逝，越來越多的分析師開始相信一款較小的iPad的到來是時間問題，而不是會不會有的問題。

Multiple tech sites also are pointing this week to a post from Chinese tech site MyDrivers (Google translation) which quoted sources on Apple's supply chain in that country saying the new device will have a 7.85-inch screen and be the same thickness as the iPad 2.
許多科技網站本週發佈了一個來自中國的科技網站“驅動之家”的消息。該消息稱在中國的蘋果供應商表示，蘋果的新產品將有一個7.85英寸寬的屏幕，並且和iPad2一樣厚。

If the rumors are true, it would be Apple's biggest departure yet from the vision of co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs, who died last year.
如果這些傳言都是真的，那麼這款產品將是迄今爲止，蘋果公司與去年去世的創始人兼前CEO斯蒂夫-喬布斯的構想間產生的最大分歧。