How blue jeans were invented | Moments of Vision 10 - Jessica Oreck

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翻译人员: Riley WANG 校对人员: Shichan Huang
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In a Moment of Vision...
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灵光一现...
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It's the height of the Gold Rush, 1850s California.
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在19世纪50年代, 美国加利福尼亚涌现淘金热。
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A young tailor named Jacob Davis notices that his gold-mining customers
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一个年轻裁缝雅各布·戴维斯 发现他的客户中
淘金者的裤子总是太容易磨损了, 都来不及打补丁。
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are wearing through pants faster than they can patch them.
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In a moment of vision,
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他灵光一现,
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Davis adds reinforcing metal rivets to his pant design,
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戴维斯在裤子的设计中加入了金属铆钉,
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strategically placing them at points of strain,
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巧妙地将其放置在容易磨损的地方,
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like the corners of pockets and the base of the fly.
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比如口袋角以及裤档拉链处。
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The enhanced trousers are soon in high demand.
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这种加强版的裤子马上热销。
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In order to take out a patent on the highly successful riveted pant,
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为了给大获成功的铆钉裤获取专利,
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Davis needs a business partner.
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戴维斯需要一个商业伙伴。
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He approaches the supplier of his cloth,
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他找到自己的布料供应商,
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a dry goods merchant by the name of Levi Strauss.
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一个名叫李维斯·斯塔斯的纺织品商人。
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Strauss and Davis begin manufacturing pants out of denim,
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他们二人开始用牛仔制作裤子,
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and continue to modify the design to accommodate their customers.
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并且继续改良设计以适应顾客需求。
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It is rumored that the removal of the crotch rivet
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有传言说,去除裆部的铆钉
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was due to a complaint from the miners
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是因为一位矿工抱怨
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that squatting too near a campfire in their typical underwear-free fashion
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流行不穿内裤的矿工 蹲在篝火旁太久
会感到疼痛。
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could be painful.
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Jeans continued to be modified and diversified over the years,
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牛仔裤的设计一直在持续改进和多样化,
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eventually becoming an everyday fashion item
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最终在1960年代成为了
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for both work and play by the 1960s.
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同时适用于工作和休闲日常时尚单品。
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Today, 96% of American consumers own at least one, if not many, pairs of jeans.
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现在,96%的美国消费者 至少拥有一条以上牛仔裤。
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