[翻译]Visual Studio生日快乐！
On March 19, 1997, Visual Studio 97 was released to the public and thus began a new era of software development. In like manner to the Marines, on this March 19th I would like to wish all of my fellow Visual Studio developers a happy 11th Visual Studio birthday.
在1997年3月19日，Visual Studio 97对外界发布，从此开始进入了一个软件开发的新时代。就像海军的方式一样，在今年的3月19日我祝所有的Visual Studio开发者们：Visual Studio的11岁生日快乐！
原文发表日期：Mar 19 2008, 12:00 AM by Steve
原文发表地址：Happy Visual Studio Birthday
On November 10, 1775, an act of the Continental Congress declared "That two Battalions of Marines be raised…". Today they are known as the Marine Corps, and every November 10th the Marine Corps celebrates their Marine birthday with a reading from the Marine Corps manual, a birthday message from the Commandant, and other festivities as well as greetings and good wishes among Marines.
远在1775年的11月10日，美国国会发出了一个声明：“编制为两个陆战营的大陆陆战队成立，隶属于美国海军。。。”。现在他们被称做美国海军陆战队，在每年的11月10日，美国海军陆战队都庆祝他们的生日，队员们会阅读海军的手册，司令官会发出一个生日信息，队员们会在欢庆中相互祝福。
Most Visual Studio developers have not fought on the enemy's battlefield with bullets and blood. For those that have in the 232 years of the Marine Corps, I offer my deepest respect and sincerest appreciation.
我们许多的Visual Studio开发者并没有在与敌人交火的战场上浴血奋战。在这里向拥有232年历史的海军陆战队，我向他们表示深切的祝福和真诚的感激。
On March 19, 1997, Visual Studio 97 was released to the public and thus began a new era of software development. In like manner to the Marines, on this March 19th I would like to wish all of my fellow Visual Studio developers a happy 11th Visual Studio birthday.
在1997年3月19日，Visual Studio 97对外界发布，从此开始进入了一个软件开发的新时代。就像海军的方式一样，在今年的3月19日我祝所有的Visual Studio开发者们：Visual Studio的11岁生日快乐！
Further, I suggest a Visual Studio birthday tradition. First, Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president of the .NET Developer Platform at Microsoft, should deliver a birthday message. Second, we should each read the Visual Studio 97 mission to help remind us of our legacy and what our ambition should be:
在不远的将来，我建议一个Visual Sutdio生日的传统。首先，我们的微软.NET开发平台部门的副总裁：Scott Guthrie先生，应该发出一份生日消息。其次，我们每一个人应该阅读Visual Studio 97的守则来帮助提醒我们的传承下来的和什么是我们的雄心壮志。
In looking to build high-quality tools, Microsoft listened to customers, each clamoring for tighter integration across the myriad of utilities, tools, servers, and platform features they required. Visual Studio 97 enabled development teams to share in large-scale projects across the entire development life cycle, even when mixing components of various languages and using various deployment architectures such as the Internet, Microsoft Windows, and, increasingly, mobile devices.
在打造高质量的工具的同时，微软听取客户的建议，每个客户们需要的在无数个实用程序、工具、服务和平台特性紧密集成的要求。Visual Studio 97可以让开发团队们分配到大型复杂工程的整个开发生命周期当中，即使有不同的编程语言和使用不同的部署架构，例如互联网、微软视窗和逐步加入的移动设备。
Happy Birthday!
生日快乐!
