双语：超级玛丽之父病逝享年85岁

2013-09-22 14:37:45来源：网络

超级玛丽之父病逝享年85岁

　　Nintendo's 'visionary' former president, who oversaw the births of Super Mario and Pokemon, has died after a career spanning more than 50 years at the helm of the world's largest computer games company.

　　任天堂的梦想家——前总裁山内博去世，他掌管世界上最大的游戏公司任天堂50多年之久，见证了超级玛丽和口袋妖怪的诞生。

　　Hiroshi Yamauchi passed away yesterday at a hospital in central Japan after becoming ill with pneumonia. He was 85.

　　山内博于昨天在日本中部的一家医院去世，他去世前曾罹患肺炎，享年85岁。

　　Revered as one of the video-game industry's founding fathers, Kyoto-born Yamauchi went from university dropout to Japan's richest man as he transformed the Nintendo from traditional playing-card maker to games-console giant.

　　山内博被尊为日本视频游戏界教父级的人物，他出生于日本京都，从一个大学辍学生成为日本首富。这一切都源于他成功将任天堂从一个传统的扑克牌制造商转变为电子游戏巨头。

　　The firm said it was 'in mourning from the sad loss' of Yamauchi, who was company president from 1949 to 2002.

　　任天堂公司宣布全公司都在为这位前总裁的去世沉痛哀悼，山内博从1949年到2002年一直掌管着任天堂。

　　He is credited with engineering Nintendo’s global growth, including the early Family Computer consoles and Game Boy portables.

　　山内博规划了任天堂的全球增长，包括早起的家庭电脑游戏机和游戏男孩便携机。

　　He was also the first foreigner to own a major league baseball team after acquiring the Seattle Mariners in 1992.

　　在1992年成功买下西雅图水手队之后，他也成为了第一个拥有美国大联盟棒球队的外国人。

　　Nintendo, which makes Super Mario and Pokemon games as well as the Wii U home console, was founded in 1889. It made traditional playing and trading cards before venturing computer and video games.

　　任天堂成立于1889年，它的产品包括超级玛丽、口袋妖怪和Wii家用电子游戏机。任天堂在投资电脑和视频游戏之前曾是一家生产扑克牌和名片的传统制造商。

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