B. Important: unessential features that may affect the viability of the product.

重要的不是基本的特性，但这些特性会影响产品的生存能力。

But in fact, we already remove the unessential things at the start we engrave the statue.

实际上，在雕塑的时候，一开始就把非本质的东西凿掉了。

There are many ways to achieve ease of use, and simplicity—the reduction of the unessential—is just one of them.

有很多种方法可以实现易用性，但简约（也就是剔除不必要功能）只是其中的一种方式。

And so to live simply is to rid your life of as many of the unnecessary and unessential things as you can, to make room for the essential.

所以简单生活就是尽可能地处理掉那些没有必要的和不重要的东西，为重要的东西留存空间。

New photographers often include too many elements in their images and can often improve their composition by removing unessential elements.

新手摄影师通常在他们的照片中加入太多的要素，要把不必要的要素去掉才能提高他们的构图水平。

And so to live simply is to rid your life of as many of the unnecessary and unessential things as you can, to make room for the essential.

过简单的生活，就是让你尽可能多的丢弃那些你生活中不重要、也没有必要的东西，给重要的东西腾出空间。

That is the only way to judge: in what way are you freer, greater, more dangerous to every Society which is based on the false and the unessential?

这是唯一的判断标准：你们在哪些方面变得更自由、更伟大，对每一个建立在谬误与无关紧要的事物上的社团更具威胁？

Power is all about enabling your users and making them productive. Simplicity is all about removing the unessential and presenting features the right way.

强大就是让用户能高效的完成所需要完成的任务，简约就是剔除了不必要的功能，并将有用的功能以合适的方式呈现。

When you clear your life and mind of the unessential then amazing things start to happen. Be ruthless in asking, "does this serve my greater life purpose?""

明确你的生活和思想上的重要目标，那么神奇的事情就会出现。反问自己：“这是不是我人生的一大目标？”

If you're not satisfied with your current design, start by stripping away all the unessential elements. You will find that what remains is usually quite good.

如果你对当前的设计不是很满意，那就从剔除那些不必要的元素开始，你会发现剩下来的通常都是相当不错的。

In practice, simplicity is achieved by selecting the right feature set and presenting the features in the right way. This reduces the unessential, both real and perceived.

在实际工作中，简约就是选择合适的功能集并以合适的方式呈现。这样就能减少那些不重要的功能。

Or it leaves the concrete thing as a ground, and by setting aside the unessential-looking particulars, brings into relief a concrete universal, the Genus, or Force and Law.

或者以具体的内容作为根据，而将那显得不重要的特殊的东西抛开，通过抽象作用，揭示出一具体的普遍、类或力和定律。

While different users regard the automatic transmission differently, it's successful because it eliminates the need for unessential knowledge, skill, and effort from its target users.

不同的目标用户对自动变速器的看法是不一样的，自动变速器的成功在于它能消除那些不必要的驾驶知识和技巧以及为了学会驾驶所付出的努力。