纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 铁路之争（3）

（单词翻译）

Work is under way on the first Transcontinental Railroad,

他开始打造第一条横贯整个大陆的铁路

and the Commodore realizes

"船长"意识到

that its completion will transform America,

它的完工将会变革整个美国

slashing¹ cross-country travel time by months.

让横跨全国的行程时间缩减数月

- H.W. BRANDS: Railroads were absolutely liberating²,

- H·W·布兰兹：铁路绝对是对人类的一种彻底解放

because the railroads

铁路的出现

allowed cheap and efficient transportation

让便宜便捷的运输成为了可能

from one corner of America to another.

从美国一端到另一端

- NARRATOR: Vanderbilt sees his future.

- 旁白：范德比尔特看到了他的未来

He sells all of his ships and invests

他售出手上所有的船

everything he has in railroads.

将全部身家都投资到了铁路中

- JACK³ WELCH: You talk about seeing around corners as an element of success.

- 杰克·韦尔奇：洞察力是成功的要素之一

That's what differentiates⁴ a good leader.

这正是伟大领袖不同于常人的地方

Not many people have it.

很少有人拥有它

Not many people can predict that corner.

很少有人能够预计未来的方向

That is a characteristic of great leaders.

这是伟大领袖的一种特质

- NARRATOR: His decision to invest heavily in rail pays off.

- 旁白：他对铁路的大量投资获得了回报

By the end of the war,

在战争结束时

Vanderbilt is the richest man in America,

范德比尔特成为全美最富有的人

with a net worth of over sixty-eight million dollars,

净身家达到6800万美元

the equivalent of seventy-five billion today.

相当于现在的750亿美元

But all that money can't buy his escape from the war's devastation⁵.

但这些钱并不能让他逃脱战争的破坏

In the wake of the Civil War,

在南北战争的吊唁会上

a country mourns publicly,

国家在公众面前哀悼

while Vanderbilt does so privately⁶.

范德比尔特私下里也是如此

- FORTUNE TELLER⁷: The first card is the past,

- 占卜者：第一张牌是过去

the second, the present, and the third is the future.

第二张是现在 第三张则是未来

There has been an unexpected loss.

曾经有过难以预计的损失

Someone close to you.

和你很亲近的人

- VANDERBILT: My son. George.

- 范德比尔特：我儿子 乔治

He died in the war.

他死于战争

What about the future?

未来如何呢

- FORTUNE TELLER: The chariot.

- 占卜者：古战车

There will be a war.

未来将有一场战争

- VANDERBILT: The war's over.

- 范德比尔特：战争已经结束

- No. Your war is about to begin.

- 不 你的战争就要开始

- Hey.

- 嘿

Watch it, man!

看着点 伙计

- NARRATOR: Tormented⁸ by the loss of his favorite son,

- 旁白：受到儿子之死的深深折磨

Vanderbilt's empire is more vulnerable than ever before.

范德比尔特的帝国比以往任何时候都更加脆弱