By RAAKHEE MIRCHANDANI August 19, 2007 -- TENNIS goddess Venus Williams has balls. After years of campaigning, the California-based Wimbledon winner served up an ace this year in France - finally convincing Wimbledon and French Open tennis officials to offer equal prize money to female winners as they do to male ones. 网球女神Venus Williams (好华丽的称呼) 今年完成一项重大任务 他终於促使温网和法网宣布男女选手奖金相等 She was also the first beneficiary: Williams won this year's tournament and took home nearly $1.4 million, the same as Roger Federer, who won the men's title. 他也是第一位受益者 他赢下了今年温网 拿到了140万美金 与男单冠军Federer相同 From hot pants to her sister Serena's scary serve, The Post spoke to Williams about all the things that matter to her: fashion, sisterhood and playing like a girl. 从热裤到Serena令人害怕的发球 我们跟Venus谈了所有他在乎的事:时尚 姐妹情 以及扮演一个女孩 Q: You helped make history this year - 2007 marks the first year that women were offered the same amount of prize money as men. And French tennis president Christian Bimes said you were the girl who finally changed all the boys' minds. What did you say to them? 你今年帮忙创造了历史 2007年成了奖金男女平等的第一年 法国网协理事长Christian Bimes说你是那个改变所有男人想法的女人 你对他们说了什麽? A: What happens at Wimbledon is all kinds of meetings go on. And there's an important meeting before the finals, and I went to speak to them about how it was important for women around the world for us to set an example. I asked them to close their eyes and imagine how they would want their daughter to be treated. I told them we all have the same heart, and asked them if they could feel the difference between if it was a woman or a man sitting next to them. I hope no one was peeking. I don't think they were because it worked. We have to set an example for women around the world. 在温网发生的一切就像所有会议一样 而在决赛前我们有次很重要的会议 我告诉他们这对世界上的女人有多重要 我请他们闭上眼睛想想他们会如何希望他们的女儿被对待 我告诉他们我们有我们都有同样的心 我问他们觉得女人或男人坐他们旁边他们会觉得有什麽差异 我希望没人偷瞄 我想没有 因为这个方法奏效了 我们得为全世界的女人设下一个典范 Q: Did you know that this would be the year everything would change? 你知道改变的时刻就是今年吗? A: We didn't know, but we knew we were going to fight. It was very exciting. But when I got the news, I was pretty surprised. I was already planning our next move. 我们不知道 但我们知道我们会极力争取 当我得知这个新闻 我感到很惊喜 我当时已经想了下一步计画 Q: And then you won Wimbledon and became the first woman to actually benefit from the equal cash policy. Now that's success, right? 不久後你赢了温布顿 而且成为第一个这个平等条款的受益者 现在算成功了 是吧? A: I'd love to cap it off by holding another U.S. Open trophy. Thankfully, I've got some practice doing that. 我很乐意用举起美网奖盃来盖过这成就 感谢上帝 我已经试着练习过了 Q: Speaking of practice, do you and Serena practice together? 谈到练习 你跟Serena现在一起练习吗? A: We practice when we get up. Sometimes she gets up earlier. But when I hear the door open I race to get out of bed. We work very hard, but sometimes we like to sleep in. But sleeping in for us is like 9 a.m. 我们起床时会一起练习 他比我早起 但我听到开门声我就会从床上爬起 我们训练的很努力 有时候我们会睡久一点 但睡眠对我们来说大概就是到早上九点 Q: Who is your greatest tennis rival? 谁是你网球的最强对手? A: Serena, definitely. She runs as fast, she serves as big; she's my match. It's scary to play yourself across the net. She is the player I have the most respect for. She's unpredictable, and you can't guess where she's going to hit the ball. Her serve is huge, and the scariest part is my serve is bigger but she can return it just as fast as I hit it. Do I hit low? Do I hit high? When I walk out on the court when I play her I'm thinking about what she might do. Serena 他跑的很快 发球很猛 与我相当 与网子对面的自己对打令人害怕 他是我最敬重的球员 他非常不可预测 你不会知道他要打去哪 他的发球非常猛 最可怕的是 我觉得我发球更猛 但他能回的就像我发出去的一样快 是我打太慢了吗? 还是太高了? 当我上场与他对打时 我总是想着他可能要做什麽 Q: Your boyfriend is a golfer. Are you both just as competitive in real life as you are on the court and the links? 你男友是个高尔夫球员 你们在现实生活也像在场上一样好斗吗? A: He wants to win at everything. I leave my competition on the court, but he doesn't. We compete at pingpong and video games, and recently we've been playing “Metroids,” and he thinks he's really good. But I'm helping him; it's a hard game. But I do try and win - I don't just let him win. 他想赢得所有 我把我的好胜心留在场上 但他不会 我们会一起打桌球跟游戏 我们最近一起打"Metroids" 他觉得他很厉害 但我会帮他 这是个很难的游戏 我会尝试赢而不是只让他赢 Q: It seemed like this year there was an unusually high number of fashion stories that came out of Wimbledon. First it was Sharapova's Swan Lake dress. Then Golovin's red knickers and your hot pants - do you think people pay too much attention to your backside and not enough to your backhand? 今年在温网看起来有很多的时尚元素 像是莎娃的天鹅湖裙 Golovin的灯笼裤 还有你的热裤 你觉得观众花太多专注力在你的翘臀而不是反拍吗? A: I think even back in the day with Billie Jean King and Gussie Moran, who had the ruffle panties, it's been a love affair with tennis and fashion forever. It's no different now. I think certain people were really into the fashion, and some women did daring things. 我想即使Billie Jean King跟Gussie Moran蕾丝边短裤的时代都是网球和时尚永远的逸事 现在并没有差别 我想有些人会遵从时尚 而有些人会勇敢尝试 Q: Do you think the fashion overpowers the sport? 你觉得时尚主宰了这项运动吗? A: I don't think so. For me, when I'm playing well, I feel like I'm putting on a great show. Even though it's my life and my career, it's so important to me. And when I hear people say “Wow!” I know I'm putting on a great show. 嗯 我想没有 当我打的好的时候 我觉得我贡献了一场精采比赛 虽然这是我的生活我的职业 但这对我来说很重要 当我听到人们说"哇"的时候 我知道我贡献了一场精采的比赛 I hope people are talking about my fashion, for sure. But I sure hope they're talking about my forehand, too. 我当然希望他们谈论我的时尚风格 但我确定我也希望他们谈谈我的正拍 Q: It's got to be hard not to considering your Wilson Factor limited-edition racket with 22-carat gold leaf laid into the frame! Can you tell us about your Open wardrobe? 很难不去想到你的Wilson镶金限量拍 你可以告诉我们你美网的服装吗? A: No. I'm sorry. I just can't. It's a big surprise. 喔 不 对不起 这是个惊喜:p Q: Looking back, which of your crazy outfits would you rethink? 回想一下 哪套衣服是你觉得最疯狂的? A: It was the '03 Australian Open, and I was wearing this weird dress. It was white with racer stripes across the chest and it just wasn't me. I didn't design it, and I had nothing to do with it. 03年澳网 我穿着很诡异的裙子= = 完全不是我的风格 那不是我设计的= = 我跟这套衣服一点关系都没有 (极力撇清XD) Q: Do you have any wardrobe superstitions? 你有什麽穿着禁忌吗? A: I wouldn't wear yellows, red or lime green for a while because I had lost important matches in those colors. But I was just being silly. Since that time, I've started wearing them all. 我最近都不会穿黄色.红色.或是黄绿色 因为我穿着这些颜色输了一些重要比赛 The score Born: Venus Ebone Starr Williams, June 17, 1980, in Lynwood, Calif. Show them the money: Venus isn't the only tennis pro to petition for female players' rights. In 1972, legendary tennis great Billie Jean King threatened to boycott the 1973 U.S. Open if they didn't begin awarding women the same amount of prize money they awarded the men. She didn't win the following year, but Margaret Smith Court did - and she got her fair share. Top design: Venus is founder and CEO of the design firm “V Starr Interiors.” As a part of the U.S. bid package for New York to host the 2012 games, V Starr helped design the Olympic athletes apartments. -- --

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