Mickey Mouse is the most famous mouse in the world.
米老鼠是世界上最著名的老鼠。
Few characters are as emblematic as Mickey, and have accompanied so many generations.
很少有角色能像米老鼠那样具有象征意义,而且伴随了这么多代人。
He IS the most distinctive character from Disney.
他是迪士尼最有特色的形象。
"If you can dream it, you can do it. Remember this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse."
“如果你能梦想,你就能做到。记住,这一切都是从一个梦和一只老鼠开始的。”
Mickey Mouse's birth, same as his creator's, sounds more like a legend.
米老鼠的诞生,和他的创造者一样,听起来更像一个传说。
The character was thought of by Walt Disney in March 1927, during a train trip from New York to Los Angeles.
1927年3月,在从纽约到洛杉矶的火车旅途中,华特·迪士尼想到了这个形象。
The Disney Company had recently lost the rights for Oswald the Rabbit, and they urgently needed a new protagonist for their stories.
迪士尼公司最近失去了兔子奥斯瓦尔德的版权,他们迫切需要一个新的主人公来完成他们的故事。
And this is how, mixing necessity with the collaboration between Ub Iwerks (providing shape and movement) and Disney (providing voice and an animated personality), Mickey Mouse was born.
伍培·埃沃克斯提供了形状与动作,迪士尼提供了声音和动画形象,二人进行合作,打造出了米老鼠。
In the beginning, his name was going to be Mortimer,
一开始,他的名字是莫蒂默,
but, following his wife's advice, Lillian, the name was changed to Mickey, which sounded less arrogant.
但是,按照他妻子莉莉安的建议,这个名字改成了听起来不那么傲慢的“米奇”。
Mickey Mouse's birthday is, officially, on November 18th.
米老鼠的官方生日是11月18日。
This date commemorates the release of "Steamboat Willie", the first sound animated short film, starred by the mouse, though this was not his first appearance.
这一天是为了纪念《汽船威利》的上映,这是由米老鼠主演的第一部有声动画短片,尽管这不是他第一次露面。
His first apearance was in "Plane Crazy", released on May 15th 1928, a short film based on Charles Lindbergh's flight,
他第一次亮相是在1928年5月15日上映的《疯狂的飞机》中,这是一部以查尔斯·林德伯格的飞行为题材的短片,
where the mouse was accompanied by his beloved Minnie.
米奇和他心爱的米妮在一起。
To the company's disappointment, "Plane Crazy" didn't reach the expected success.
令公司失望的是,《疯狂的飞机》没有达到预期的成功。
However, they still started the production of a new work, "The Gallopin' Gaucho", which didn't find a distributor either.
然而,他们仍然开始制作一部新作品《飞奔的高乔人》,但也没有找到发行方。
It had to wait until the success of "Steamboat Willie" to be released.
它不得不等到《汽船威利》成功上映。
In these stories, Mickey is a show-off, quite different to the loving mouse we all know nowadays.
在这些故事中,米奇特别爱炫耀,完全不同于我们现在都知道的那个可爱老鼠。
Mickey Mouse, now, is more of an enthusiast and optimistic hero.
而现在,米老鼠更像是一个狂热和乐观的英雄。
He is fun and he loves acting naughty!
他很有趣,他喜欢做出调皮的样子!
Acting this way, sometimes, leads him to live big adventures!
这样的行为,有时会让他经历大冒险!
Clever and determined, Mickey is very brave and he is always successful no matter how crazy is the situation he drags himself into.
聪明和坚定的米奇是非常勇敢的,他总是取得成功,无论他把自己害得有多惨。
Walt Disney himself was Mickey's voice for 17 years, from 1928 till 1947, when he was replaced by the sound technician Jimmy McDonald.
1928年到1947年,华特·迪士尼本人为米奇配音了长达17年之久,后来被音响技师吉米·麦克唐纳取代。
From 1977 onwards, Mickey's voice was that of Wayne Allwine, until 2009, when Bret Iwan started doing it.
从1977年起,米奇由韦恩·阿尔维恩配音。到了2009年,这项工作又由布雷特·伊万来完成。
During the 30s, comic strips starred by the little mouse started to come out.
在30年代,由这只小老鼠为主角的漫画问世了。
The first Mickey Mouse clubs started to appear in 1929.
第一批米老鼠俱乐部于1929年开始出现。
A year later, there were more than 800 delegations, with more than a million members.
一年后,有800多个代表团,成员超过100万。
Mickey was a pioneer in the world of merchandising - toys, clothes and books were sold with great success.
米老鼠是商业界的先驱,他的玩具、衣服和书籍的销售都非常成功。
It didn't take long for Disney to grow huge fame thanks to the mouse.
没过多久,迪士尼就因为米老鼠而声名鹊起。
In 1934, Mickey was already surrounded by his inseparable Minnie, Pluto, Goofy and the evil Donald duck.
1934年,米奇已经与米妮、布鲁托、高飞和邪恶的唐老鸭形影不离了。
Because of this short-tempered duck, Mickey went through some tough times.
因为这只脾气暴躁的鸭子,米奇经历了艰难的时期。
In the 40s, the little mouse had a confrontation with Donald, born thanks to his own adventures!
40年代,米老鼠与唐老鸭发生了冲突,唐老鸭的出生得益于他自己的冒险经历!
Walt Disney was decided to give Mickey the protagonism he had lost, and made the film Fantasia, one of the most innovative movies of the Disney factory.
华特·迪士尼决定把他失去的主人公精神交给米奇,并制作了电影《幻想曲》,这是迪士尼工厂最具创新性的电影之一。
Even though the movie was a box office disaster, the Sorcerer's Apprentice sequence sent him right back to stardom.
尽管这部电影票房惨败,但《魔法师学徒》却让它重新成为明星。
In the chronicles of the History of Disney, Mickey is described as a mouse whose head is a circle with another circle as the nose.
根据迪士尼的记录,米奇是一只小老鼠,他的头是一个圆,鼻子也是一个圆。
His body is a pear and he has a long tail.
他的身体是梨形,还有一条长长的尾巴。
His legs are tubes that go inside big shoes to make him look like a kid using his father's shoes.
他的腿是塞到大鞋子里的两根管子,这令他看起来就像是一个穿着爸爸鞋子的小孩。
Originally, Mickey Mouse didn't wear any white gloves.
米老鼠原本是没有戴白手套的。
They first appeared in 1929 in the shortfilm "the opry house", making it a lot easier to animate his hands.
它们第一次出现是在1929年的短片《奥普里之屋》中,这样会让米老鼠双手的动画效果更好。
We could see his animated red pants and yellow shoes for the first time in The Band Concert, in 1935 - his first short film in color.
在1935年的《米奇音乐会》中,我们第一次看到他的红色裤子和黄色鞋子,这是他登场的第一部彩色短片。
The great popularity Mickey had acquired was obvious in WWII.
米老鼠在二战中获得的巨大声望是显而易见的。
During the D-Day Normandy landings, Mickey Mouse was the key word used.
在诺曼底登陆日,米老鼠是大家使用的关键词。
This little mouse was also the first cartoon character to have a star in the Walk of Fame in Hollywood.
这只小老鼠也是好莱坞第一个在星光大道上崭露头角的卡通人物。
Since his creation, Mickey has lived together with kids all around the world, and his name is different depending on the country.
自从米老鼠诞生以来,他一直和世界各地的孩子们在一起,每个国家给他起的名字也不一样。
For example, in Italy his name is Topolino, in Switzerland he is known as Musse Pig and he goes by Mi Lao Shu in China.
例如,在意大利,他的名字叫托波利诺;在瑞士,他被称为缪斯·皮格;在中国,他被称为米老鼠。
Mickey Mouse has starred more than 100 movies, as well as several series.
米老鼠已经主演了100多部电影,以及多部连续剧。
As all the other characters in the Disney factory, he has appeared in lots of videogames for all possible platforms.
和迪士尼工厂里的其他所有角色一样,他也出现在各个平台的视频游戏中。
Mickey is a very important character in the Kingdom Hearts videogames saga, where he is the king of the Disney castle.
在“王国之心”游戏中,米老鼠是一个非常重要的形象,他是迪士尼城堡的国王。
Mickey Mouse is one of the most famous cartoons in the world, and a great deal of Disney's success is thanks to him.
米老鼠是世界上最著名的动画片之一,迪士尼的成功很大程度上要归功于他。
Nowadays, children and adults still love Mickey, and it seems his star will never stop shining.
如今,儿童和大人仍然爱米老鼠,他的光环永远不会停止闪耀。