[2011.11.19] 美国足球："老贝"效应

引用 iyuanzheng 2011-11-19 20:31

Vancouver 是温哥华不是渥太华
paid off  在这里的意思应该是 “得到回报” 的意思吧。不是付诸东流的意思吧。

引用 xiaomi_1113 2011-11-19 23:15

Aspiring footballers might want to “bend it like Beckham”, but America’s aspiring league wanted to brand it like him. The cost of doing so, some $250m, was spread evenly among the then 14 MLS teams (there are now 18 of them) rather than picked up just by LA Galaxy because the goal was to boost the standing in America of professional soccer as a whole, previously a poor relation to the country’s indigenous sports.
首先感谢楼主的翻译。
“这是因为目标是促进全美职业足球这项之前与本土运动有较少联系的运动的持续发展。

”这句子翻译的很漂亮。但是前面的这个“Aspiring footballers might want to “bend it like Beckham”, but America’s aspiring league wanted to brand it like him. The cost of doing so, some $250m, was spread evenly among the then 14 MLS teams (there are now 18 of them) rather than picked up just by LA Galaxy”稍有问题。

Aspiring footballers might want to “bend it like Beckham”, but America’s aspiring league wanted to brand it like him这个句子前后有鲜明的对比，我个人认为前半句，那些有抱负的球员也许希望能像贝克汉姆那样（引号里说像贝克汉姆一样踢球，这里的意思结合上下文，应该是这些球员希望能像贝克汉姆那样取得成功，所以我直接译为“像贝克汉姆那样”）。

后半句，而踟蹰满志的大联盟也希望像LA Galaxy那样获得（商业上的）成功（brand it like him）。
最后说was spread evenly among the then 14 MLS teams (there are now 18 of them) rather than picked up just by LA Galaxy ，因为前面用了cost，楼主也译为了成本，所以这里的意思应该是“14家球队平摊这个成本，而不是单独由LA Galaxy一家来承担”。
最后，标题意思确如一楼所说，是得到回报的意思。不是付诸东流

引用 prodliu 2011-11-20 08:32

感谢你拉，说的很好。我会改过来的。看来以后还得细心啊

引用 nayilus 2011-11-21 06:09

provide a storybook ending to his American adventure
给他在美国的经历画上一个小说般的句点

has yet to deliver much on-field success
还未在场上有太多表现

but the smart money is on.... 行家都在...上下注，即
但是业内人士都认为36岁的贝克汉姆更可能会...

Aspiring footballers might want to “bend it like Beckham”, but America’s aspiring league wanted to brand it like him.
“bend it like Beckham”，2002年电影，中译“我爱贝克汉姆”，直译为（踢出）像贝克汉姆那样的曲线球。这里取意译，
那些想出人头地的足球运动员想希望踢出贝克汉姆那样的曲线球，不过美国想出人头地的足球联盟则想把自己建立成贝克汉姆那样的名牌。

a poor relation to the country’s indigenous sports.
美国本土体育运动的穷亲戚－足球

Timothy Leiweke of Anschutz Entertainment Group
Leiweke of Anschutz 娱乐公司的Timothy Leiweke（人名）

record average attendances
平均上座率创下记录

shift to being cool 这里cool不是时尚，就是酷的意思。

MLS’s most successful team 没有之一

Where once the best athletes would switch from soccer to other sports, such as American football, as they got older, due to a combination of the better prospects for enrichment and of dates with cheerleaders, now they say “David is making as much as Tom Brady” (an American football star), “he has a beautiful wife like Brady, and is photographed by the paparazzi, so they are more likely to keep playing soccer,” says Mr Chang.

Will Chang也提到，过去最好的运动员在长大之后都会放弃足球，改玩像是美式足球这样的运动，原因包括更有可能发大财，也更有可能和拉拉队员约会，现在他们谈的都是“大卫赚的钱和汤姆布莱迪一样多”，“他和布莱迪一样有一位美丽的妻子，被狗仔队跟踪拍照”，这么一来他们也更有可能继续踢足球。

Television viewing figures are rising only slowly from low levels
语气不对
电视收视率还处于低位，上升速度缓慢，但是...

legitimise 这里是为大联盟争气

引用 prodliu 2011-11-21 08:40

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谢谢斑竹精彩点评，我会继续努力的

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