中英對照版》快看年輕迷弟一朗跟喬丹見面

Watch a young, starstruck Ichiro meet Jordan 

快看年輕迷弟一朗跟喬丹見面

A meeting of legends

傳奇的會面

The mid-90's were a crazy time.

1990年代中期是一個瘋狂的時期。

Michael Jordan played baseball for a year. And, Ichiro wasn't yet a member of the Mariners.

麥可‧喬丹（Michael Jordan）打了一年棒球（註1），鈴木一朗則還不是大聯盟的一員。

In fact, just in his early 20's, he was already becoming a star in Japan, setting a single-season hits record and winning an MVP Award in 1994.

事實上鈴木一朗當時只有20出頭，但已經是日本職棒閃亮巨星。在1994年創下單季最多安打紀錄（註2），並獲頒最有價值球員。

He was -- in the parlance of the times -- the hottest thing since sliced bread.

如果從時代的角度看來，是從切片吐司發明以來（註3），最受追捧的人事物。

Even stars can get starstruck. In 1995, Ichiro traveled to the United States to check out the scene in anticipation of an eventual move to MLB.

不過，這位新星也可以是追星族喔。1995年，一朗跑了美國一趟見習參訪，為的是期待最終可以加入MLB。

When the best baseball player in Japan came face-to-face with Michael Jordan, he nearly melted:

當日本最厲害的球星跟喬丹面對面時，他幾乎要融化了：

At this point, Ichiro was still six years away from debuting with the Mariners and winning the AL MVP Award as a rookie.

在那個時間點，一朗6年後（2001年）才會在水手初登板，並在當年以菜鳥身份贏得美聯MVP。（也奪得最佳新人）

Even so, listening to the translator explain to MJ that, no, Ichiro is not a pitcher and, yes, he just got 210 hits a season ago is a fairly jarring experience with the perspective of history.

即便如此，聽著翻譯向MJ解釋不，一朗不是投手，以及對的，一朗才在上一個球季打出210安打，從歷史的長河來看，還是頗令人覺得怪怪的。

Even though it's strange to see Ichiro this young and this unknown, the interaction is refreshingly familiar.

不過，即便看著那麼年輕、當時在美國還默默無聞的一朗有些奇妙，但看著他們的互動還是有一種既新鮮又熟悉的感覺。

After Jordan asked the Japanese superstar if he planned on playing in the Majors, Ichiro responded with classic Ichiro wit: "Once my arm get as big as yours, then I'll think about it."

在喬丹問這位日本超級巨星是否計劃來大聯盟打球後，一朗用典型的朗式幽默回答：「等我的手臂跟你一樣大隻，我就會考慮。」

It's probably fair to say that Ichiro's arm never got as big as Jordan's, but that didn't seem to matter much in the end.

如果說一朗的手臂從來沒有像喬丹那麼壯，應該是合理的，但從結果看來，似乎並不重要。

註ㄧ：1994年，白襪隊小聯盟系統2A球隊伯明翰男爵隊（Birmingham Barons）打球，出賽127場，留下，436打數，88支安打，3支全壘打，打點51分，打擊率.202的成績。

註二：1994年，一朗在歐力士猛牛隊出賽130場，打出210支安打，打擊率.385，上壘率.445，該年也是一朗開啟安打王5連霸、打擊王7連霸的第一年。

註三：切片吐司在1928年由Otto Rohwedder發明的機器製作後，開始風靡。