????薩默·雷石東

????職務：維亞康姆公司和哥倫比亞廣播公司董事長

????職業起點：間諜

????二戰期間，薩默·雷石東曾在美軍情報部門效力，負責破譯日軍的通訊密碼，這意味著他必須要學習日語和日本文化。2001年他在自傳《贏的激情》中寫道：“我的工作非常繁重，當時我認識的日本文字，甚至比一般日本人認識的都多。破譯日軍密碼是戰爭的轉折點之一，我很自豪自己做出了小小的貢獻。”

????受戰時政治氣候影響，很多在他看來“一定是極為忠誠的美國公民”的美籍日裔卻不允許進入他效力的部門，他認為這是“不幸和不公平的”，而這也減慢了破譯工作的效率。（財富中文網）

????譯者：樸成奎

????審校：任文科

????Sumner Redstone

????Position: Chairman, Viacom and CBS

????Unusual Start: Spy

????During the Second World War, Redstone was part of an intelligence unit responsible for breaking the communications codes of the Japanese, which meant learning the language and culture. "The work was so intensive that at some point I knew the meaning of more Japanese [pictogram] characters than the average Japanese on the street," he wrote in his 2001 biography, A Passion to Win. "Breaking the Japanese code was one of the turning points of the war and I was proud to have made a small contribution to the effort."

????However, he found it "tragic and unfair" that Japanese-American citizens, most of whom "must have been extremely loyal citizens," were not allowed in the facilities, which also slowed progress.