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Apple's icons and designs are a big deal.?Part of Apple's design philosophy is to keep things simple: The company believes that users shouldn't need instructions on how to operate its gadgets, it should just be obvious.
蘋果圖標(biāo)及其設(shè)計(jì)可是一件大事。蘋果秉承至簡的設(shè)計(jì)理念：公司相信用戶不需要使用手冊就能清楚地知道如何使用產(chǎn)品。

One way Apple has achieved that is by using a series of longstanding icons that we've all come to recognize.
蘋果公司設(shè)計(jì)的一些圖標(biāo)被長期使用，并得到了廣泛認(rèn)可。?

A lot of Apple's icons have decidedly vintage, non-digital origins. We bet you don't know what the curly square on the command key started out as, for example ...
很多蘋果的圖標(biāo)來源其實(shí)都是“老古董”，并非數(shù)碼時(shí)代的新興產(chǎn)物。我猜，你可能并不知道蘋果鍵盤上的命令鍵的圖案到底是什么意思。

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You've probably never thought twice about the Apple "command" key on the lower left portion of your keyboard. But where does that curly square symbol come from?
你可能從來沒有想過蘋果鍵盤上命令鍵的圖案到底是什么玩意，你知道它是從哪里來的嗎？

It's actually taken from a Swedish road sign used to indicate tourist attractions.
事實(shí)上，這一圖樣取自于北歐常用的一個(gè)道路指示圖，用于給游客指明方向。

The story goes that Steve Jobs became annoyed that the Apple symbol was being used too much on devices in 1983. So bitmap artist Susan Kare looked through a book of international symbols to replace the Apple command, and picked one that denotes campground attractions and ancient monuments in Scandinavia. It's been there ever since.
故事還要從1983年說起。當(dāng)時(shí)，設(shè)計(jì)者給蘋果電腦的鍵盤設(shè)計(jì)了一個(gè)與蘋果Logo相近的“蘋果鍵”，這讓史蒂夫喬布斯大為光火。于是，點(diǎn)陣圖設(shè)計(jì)師Susan Kare挑選了這個(gè)在瑞典用于指示野營地點(diǎn)和古跡的圖案作為新的按鈕設(shè)計(jì)方案。

It is sometimes also called the pretzel key.
它有時(shí)候也被稱為“pretzel”鍵——意即椒鹽脆餅鍵。

滬江小編：其實(shí)小編覺得這個(gè)圖案很像是中國結(jié)，跟聯(lián)通的標(biāo)志也有點(diǎn)像。滬友，你怎么看？

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Why is the "return" key so named?
這個(gè)標(biāo)成“返回”的回車鍵又是怎么回事呢？

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Originally, the "carriage return" was the lever on a typewriter you had to pull to start a new line of words on the page.
這一按鍵名稱來源于老式的打字機(jī)，每當(dāng)一行字打完之后，需要使用一下打字機(jī)上的“返回”杠桿，來返回到下一行的行首。

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Why do Apple's "play," "stop" and "fast forward" buttons look that way?
常見的“播放”、“停止”、“快進(jìn)”鍵又是怎么來的呢？為什么播放鍵是一個(gè)向右的三角？

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They come from the days when recordings were made on tape. The reason the "play" arrow faces right is because tapes used to spool from left to right when played.
它們的設(shè)計(jì)方案來自于磁帶播放器上的固有設(shè)計(jì)。之所以“播放鍵”是從左向右的三角，是因?yàn)榇艓г诓シ诺臅r(shí)候是順時(shí)針方向并且里面的磁條從左向右傳送。

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Ever wondered where the Siri (or voice dictation) icon comes from?
是不是從來都沒想過Siri圖標(biāo)或者說語音輸入圖標(biāo)的來歷？

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It's a stylized version of a vintage microphone from the early 20th Century.
這個(gè)一般人都知道，取材于20世紀(jì)初所使用的老式麥克風(fēng)的造型。不過隨著科技的進(jìn)步，這一笨重的產(chǎn)品只會越來越少見。

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This icon tells you how much power you have left in your phone. In real life, however ...
電量圖標(biāo)為什么設(shè)計(jì)成這樣？

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Apple's batteries look nothing like the traditional battery symbol it uses. In most Apple products, you can't even see the batteries.
蘋果的電池長得和傳統(tǒng)電池一點(diǎn)也不像。事實(shí)上，在絕大多數(shù)的蘋果產(chǎn)品里，都用不著這樣的電池。

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If you haven't examined the App Store icon closely you might not have noticed that ...
如果你仔細(xì)觀察過蘋果應(yīng)用商店的圖標(biāo)的話，你就會發(fā)現(xiàn)......

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It's not simply a capital "A." It's a pencil, brush and ruler arranged into the form of an "A."
它不僅僅是一個(gè)大寫的字母A，它實(shí)際是由一支鉛筆、一支筆刷和一把尺子所構(gòu)成的字母A的造型。