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In December 1878, Tesla left Graz and severed all relations with his family to hide the fact that he dropped out of school.
1878年12月,特斯拉辍学离开了Graz，与家人断绝了联系。
His friends thought that he had drowned in the Mur River.
他的朋友以为他在Mur河淹死了。
Tesla went to Maribor(now in Slovenia), where he worked as a draftsman for 60 florins a month.
特斯拉去马里博尔(现在斯洛文尼亚境内),在那里他做了一名绘图员，报酬是每月60荷兰盾。
He spent his spare time playing cards with local men on the streets.
他业余时间里与当地人在大街上打牌。
In March 1879, Milutin Tesla went to Maribor to beg his son to return home, but Nikola refused.
(24)1879年3月,Milutin特斯拉去马里博尔求他的儿子回家,但尼古拉拒绝了。
Nikola suffered a nervous breakdown at around the same time.
大约在同一时间，尼古拉特斯拉遭受了一场精神崩溃。
On 24 March 1879, Tesla was returned to Gospić under police guard for not having a residence permit.
1879年3月24日,特斯拉回到Gospić，由于没有居住证因此他只好在警察监视下生活。
On 17 April 1879, Milutin Tesla died at the age of 60 after contracting an unspecified illness (although some sources say that he died of a stroke ).
1879年4月17日,特斯拉的父亲感染不明疾病后去世,享年60岁 (尽管有消息说他死于中风)。
During that year, Tesla taught a large class of students in his old school, Higher Real Gymnasium, in Gospić.
在那一年,特斯拉在他曾经上学的高中Higher Real Gymnasium开了一个课程给学生上课。
In January 1880, two of Tesla's uncles put together enough money to help him leave Gospić for Prague where he was to study.
1880年1月,特斯拉的两个叔叔一起凑足钱帮助他离开Gospić去往布拉格学习。
Unfortunately, he arrived too late to enroll at Charles-Ferdinand University; he never studied Greek, a required subject; and he was illiterate in Czech, another required subject.
不幸的是,他到得太晚，没赶上Charles-Ferdinand大学的录取；他从来没有学过希腊语,这是一门必修课；另外他不懂捷克语, 这是另一门必修课。
Tesla did, however, attend lectures at the university, although, as an auditor, he did not receive grades for the courses.
然而特斯拉还是去旁听大学的课程,尽管如此,作为一个旁听生,他没有取得课程的成绩。
In 1881, Tesla moved to Budapest to work under Ferenc Puskas at a telegraph company, the Budapest Telephone Exchange.
1881年,特斯拉下搬到了布达佩斯,在普斯卡什的一家名为布达佩斯电话局的电报公司工作。
Upon arrival, Tesla realized that the company, then under construction, was not functional, so he worked as a draftsman in the Central Telegraph Office instead.
到岗后,特斯拉意识到，由于公司正在建设中,设备还没有运行,所以他去往中央电报局担任绘图员一职。
Within a few months, the Budapest Telephone Exchange became functional and Tesla was allocated the chief electrician position.
在几个月内, 布达佩斯电话局开始运作，特斯拉作为首席电工被指派前往该局。
During his employment, Tesla made many improvements to the Central Station equipment and claimed to have perfected a telephone repeater or amplifier, which was never patented nor publicly described.
就业期间,特斯拉在中央车站设备上作了许多改进，并声称他已经完善电话中继器和扩音器,而他并未就此申请专利或公布它们的细节。
Working for Edison
为爱迪生工作
In 1882, Tesla began working for the Continental Edison Company in France, designing and making improvements to electrical equipment.
1882年,特斯拉开始为法国爱迪生公司做改进电气设备的工作。
In June 1884, he relocated to New York City:57–60 where he was hired by Thomas Edison to work for his Edison Machine Works.
(33)1884年6月,他搬到了纽约:此时的他受雇于托马斯•爱迪生，在爱迪生机械厂工作。
Tesla's work for Edison began with simple electrical engineering and quickly progressed to solving more difficult problems.
特斯拉为爱迪生做的工作是从简单的电气工程开始，很快特斯拉就能处理工作中困难的问题了。
Tesla was offered the task of completely redesigning the Edison Company's direct current generators.
特斯拉接到了一个任务——重新设计爱迪生公司的直流发电机。
In 1885, he said that he could redesign Edison's inefficient motor and generators, making an improvement in both service and economy.
1885年,他说他可以重新设计爱迪生原本低效率的电动机和发电机,使性能和经济性的都得到改善。
According to Tesla, Edison remarked, "There's fifty thousand dollars in it for you—if you can do it":54–57—this has been noted as an odd statement from an Edison whose company was stingy with pay and who did not have that sort of cash on hand.
据特斯拉所说,爱迪生当时承诺到:“如果你能做到（改进发电机和电动机）的话，我就给你五万美元的奖励”:54-57-可以注意到这个承诺是很反常的，因为爱迪生的公司是以吝啬而闻名,（为爱迪生工作的人里）谁都没有真正收到过这样丰厚的现金报酬。
:110 After months of work, Tesla fulfilled the task and inquired about payment.
110:经过几个月的工作,特斯拉完成了任务，询问爱迪生何时支付报酬。
Edison, saying that he was only joking, replied, "Tesla, you don't understand our American humor.
爱迪生却说他只是在开玩笑:“特斯拉,你不明白我们的美式幽默。
":64 Instead, Edison offered a US$10 a week raise over Tesla's US$18 per week salary; Tesla refused the offer and immediately resigned.
“(14):64(36)而爱迪生提供的替代方案，则是将周薪提高10美元——当时特斯拉的周薪是18美元,特斯拉拒绝了这个方案并立即辞职。