Henin a Gem中英對照 - 網球

這篇寫出了一點我想說的話，那就是不要再唸錯Henin的名字了，
所以翻出來大家參考一下。
This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score.

Justine Henin is not only the best woman tennis player in the world at the
moment. She may play one of the most well-rounded games of any champion in
the sport's history. Before we go any further,
however, I can't help but say that it makes me beyond crazy that none of the
myriad of tennis announcers can pronounce her name correctly. They go to
great lengths to get the Serbian names right--and they're not easy. Djokovic.
Ivanovic. I was going to say that they do well with the Russian names as
well, but the truth is they've got many of those wrong, too. They say
KuznetSOVA, instead of the proper KuNETSova. They've got it SharaPOVA,
instead of the correct SaRAPova. But we Americans are big on the OVA sound
for Russians and even the Russians have given in to our malaprops when it
comes to their names. But the butchering of Henin's name grates like
fingernails down a blackboard to my ears. If you knew you were going to say
the Number One player in the world's name for two weeks at a time at the US
Open, and you were spending dozens of hours on all kinds of research to be on
top of every reportorial detail, wouldn't you consult a French native to get
this simple name Henin right?

Justine Henin 不僅是目前世界第一的網球選手，也是網壇史上打法最全面的一位冠軍，
但在我們開始談她之前，我忍不住要抱怨，太多運動新聞主播都把她的名字唸錯了! 大家
會不厭其煩地把塞爾維亞球員的名字唸對來，比如說Djokovic、Ivanovic等等，甚至連俄
羅斯人的名字都唸得不錯，雖然還是有些沒唸對啦，像重音在中間的KuzNETsova被唸成重
音在後的KuznetSOVA，所以也把ShaRAPova唸成SharaPOVA，美國人太喜歡把OVA發重音了
，連俄羅斯人都對我們這種亂唸他們名字沒輒，乾脆放棄。可是，美國亂唸Henin名字已
經到了太誇張的程度，每次我只要聽到別人又唸錯Henin的名字，就好像聽到指甲刮黑板
一樣那麼刺耳，各位，如果你早知道美網的兩週內你會不斷提起這個人的名字，而你也花
了大把時間把各個球員的底細摸得一清二楚，難道你不會去問個會說法文的朋友，把這麼
簡單的名字Henin唸對來嗎?

But no, they ALL say it wrong. They put the emphasis on the first syllable
and then just trail off into a vague, indistinguishable vowel. "Hene. Hene
hasn't lost a set the entire tournament. Hene hits a sublime one-handed
backhand." Listen up, you tennis experts. It's Henin. Emphasis on the second
syllable. And the "nin" is pronounced as in cousin, voisin, tartartin. It's
Henin, for God's sake.

嘿，他們就是不會，全部還是說錯，他們把重音放在第一個音節，然後尾音用個聽起來不
太清楚的母含糊帶過，於是他們就播報了：“海寧本公開賽一盤末失…海寧又擊出了一記
漂亮的單手反拍…”
停! 你們這些網球專家們，是安娜 (Henin)，重音在後面那個娜上， 然後那個“nin”
的i發音就如同cousin, viosin, tartartin一樣，是“安娜”!
你嘛幫幫忙，拜託喔…

But I do digress. Back to the tennis this 25 year-old Belgian is playing.
Billie Jean King said during Saturday night's final at the US Open that Henin
may be the greatest woman athlete she's ever seen. The cold, shy, dry,
self-congratulatory, un-engaging personality Henin has displayed while
winning seven major titles has kept fans from rising from their seats to
cheer her on. Point blank, we haven't been drawn to her much and that lack of
popularity has detracted from us noticing just how very impressive she is
with a racquet. It's the Ivan Lendl story 30 years later. I admit it's taken
me a few years, but this US Open pushed me to a state of heartfelt Justine
Henin appreciation.

抱歉，我離題了，回到網球上，上星期六，當這位25歲的比利時球員在美網決賽時，前球
后Billie Jean King說Henin是她生平所僅見，最棒的女子球員了。生性冷淡又害羞，不
輕易流露感情，喜歡沉浸在自己的世界又看起來很疏離的Henin，即使已經嬴了七座大滿
貫，美國觀眾還是甚少起立為她賀彩，她對我們的吸引力實在不大，導致我們忽略了她精
采的球技，就像是30年前的Ivan Lendl一樣，像我自己，也是花了好幾年的時間才注意到
她，直到這次美國公開賽，才讓我對她由衷地讚賞。

Height and power are de rigeur at the upper echelons of today's game. The
5'6" Martina Hingis has been applauded for her comeback, after three years in
retirement, but the analysts agree that Hingis is simply too small to handle
the big bruising serves of the Williams sisters. 5'10" is no longer
considered tall on tour. 5'6" is a serious disability. And truth be told,
Henin doesn't quite measure 5'6". She's technically 5' 5-3/4". But she has
classic, powerful ground strokes, a serve that doesn't match pace with the
big boomers but is effective, and foot speed that makes hitting a winner
against her a rare occasion. Henin is even starting to smile occasionally and
a big posse of us are at last warming up to the diminutive Belgian.

在目前網壇中，身材和力量絕對是第一優勢，退休後又復出的Martina Hingis 5呎6吋已
經無法承受Williams姐妹的強力發球，即使是5呎10吋都不算是高大，5呎6吋根本是某種
程度的殘障了，諻論Henin其實只有5呎5又三分之一吋，但是她經典的壓迫性擊球及雖不
夠強力但卻有效的發球，再加上她健步如飛的步伐，讓她不嬴球也難，現在，場上的
Henin甚至開始笑了，我們也終於敞開心胸為這位嬌小的比利時人賀采。

We have been soaking up the genius of World Number One Roger Federer every
step of the way toward his twelve Grand Slam titles. Federer once again
elegantly took the US Open and I now retract my assertion that we can't
totally embrace a champion unless he has a worthy rival to push the limits of
his performance. Except for the few occasions on clay against Rafael Nadal,
Federer's position is analogous to Tiger's on the golf tour. If you're a
golfer in this era, you walk in Tiger's shadow. If you're a top tennis
player, you are experiencing the misfortune of peaking simultaneously with
the finest player who has ever stepped up to the base line. But for us fans,
the players' misfortune is our privilege.

我們長期以來看著網壇天才Roger Federer一路嬴了12座大滿貫，這一次，他又以優雅的
姿態再次奪下美網冠軍，除非再出現一位對手能對他產生壓力，使他更上層樓，除了偶爾
在法網Rafael Nadal能抗衡之外，一直看他嬴很難覺得有什麼感動，他的地位已經像
Tiger Woods在高爾夫球界的地位了，同時也讓同期世界頂尖的球員難以超越，算是他們
運氣不好吧，不過，對我們球迷而言，球員辛苦的掙札我們才有精彩的球賽可看啊。

his is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and that's The Score.

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