Tim Cook says ‘I’m not meddling’ in the new Apple CEO’s business

蒂姆·库克表示他没有干涉苹果新任首席执行官的工作。

Cook, who recently stepped down, says he’s helping new CEO John Ternus ‘in any way he sees fit.’

最近卸任的库克表示，他正在“以约翰·特努斯认为合适的任何方式”为其提供帮助。

Tim Cook stepped down as Apple CEO in September, handing over the top job to former hardware chief John Ternus and taking an executive chairman role. Cook’s still a visible representative of the company, having been recently photographed attending a state dinner at the White House. But in an interview with The Independent, Cook says he’s “not meddling” in Ternus’ work.

蒂姆·库克于九月卸任苹果首席执行官，将最高职位移交给前硬件主管约翰·特努斯，并担任执行董事长一职。库克仍然是公司的公众代表，最近还被拍到出席白宫国宴。但在接受《独立报》采访时，库克表示他“没有干涉”特努斯的工作。

“First of all, John and I have an incredible level of trust in each other,” Cook said. “The relationship must be based on trust, and the communication must be frequent and significant. But other than that, what I’m focused on right now is worldwide policy. And the interface with governments around the world matters because there are lots of things where we’re trying to advance or advocate for change. There’s a significant amount of work in that, and I’m doing that and helping John in any way he sees fit. I’m not meddling. I’m not a meddler.”

“首先，约翰和我之间有着极高的信任度，”库克说。“这种关系必须建立在信任的基础上，沟通必须频繁且重要。除此之外，我现在专注于全球政策。与世界各国政府的对接非常重要，因为我们正在努力推动或倡导许多方面的变革。这其中有大量的工作，我正在处理这些事务，并以约翰认为合适的任何方式为他提供帮助。我没有干涉。我不是一个爱管闲事的人。”

Cook also said he’s told Ternus to “make it your own job. Put your time in the things that you can add the most value to around the company. And that means don’t mimic me. Just like I didn’t mimic Steve. We all have different strengths.” (Ternus told staff that, based on advice from Cook, “I need to spend my time where I can add the most value for Apple,” Bloomberg recently reported.)

库克还表示，他曾告诉特努斯要“把它变成你自己的工作。把时间花在你能为公司增加最大价值的事情上。这意味着不要模仿我。就像我没有模仿史蒂夫一样。我们都有不同的优势。”（据彭博社最近报道，特努斯曾告诉员工，根据库克的建议，“我需要把时间花在能为苹果创造最大价值的地方。”）

In the interview, Cook discussed how he wanted to make the leadership transition to Ternus “the best transition ever, a textbook example that people could look back to and learn from.” The transition “actually started years ago,” according to Cook, and he said that “I think everything has gone sort of exactly the way I had envisioned it.” Ternus introduced the iPhone Duo just days after taking over, and Cook said that he “wanted John to have some wind at his back.”

在采访中，库克谈到他希望将向特努斯的领导权过渡打造为“有史以来最好的过渡，一个人们可以回顾并学习的教科书式案例。”据库克称，这次过渡“实际上几年前就开始了”，他说“我认为一切都按照我预想的方式进行了。”特努斯在接任几天后就推出了 iPhone Duo，库克表示他“希望约翰能顺风顺水”。