爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉.用英语怎么说？

爱迪生很年轻的时候就获得了发明家的声誉.

Edison won his spurs as an inventor while rather young.

Edison

n. 爱迪生（美国发明家）；

例句
The basic design changed little from that patented by Edison more than 100 years ago...
其本质设计和100多年前爱迪生的专利设计相差无几。

won

v. 获胜，战胜（ win的过去式和过去分词 ）；

例句
His abrasive manner has won him an unenviable notoriety...
他生硬粗暴的态度让他声名狼藉。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

spurs

n. 马刺( spur的名词复数 )，支柱，（公路或铁路的）支线，激励因素；v. 策（马）前进( spur的第三人称单数 )，（尤指用马刺）策（马）加速，鞭策，策马飞奔；

例句
It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats...
是金钱驱使这些渔民驾着破旧小船冒险出海远航。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

an

art. 一（在元音字母前代替不定代词a），一任一某一，一个；

例句
He started eating an apple...
他开始吃苹果。

inventor

n. 发明家，创造者，发明者；

例句
He became famous as an inventor of astonishing visual and aural effects.
他因发明了神奇的视听效果而出名。

while

conj. 在…期间，与…同时，虽然，

例句
A Dr Matthew Owens was reported missing while on an expedition to north-eastern Turkey.
据报道，一位叫马修·欧文斯的博士在前往土耳其东北部考察的途中失踪了。

rather

adv. 稍微，有点，相当，颇，宁愿，相反地；int. 当然啦，怎么不；

例句
These wines may taste rather hard and somewhat acid.
这些酒可能喝着比较冲并且有股酸味。

young

adj. 年幼的，有朝气的，年轻人的，青年的；n. 年轻人，幼小的动物，崽；

例句
...incentives to private landlords to accept young people as tenants.
鼓励私人房东租房给年轻人的措施