Serena Williams NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK THE MODERATOR: Questions for Serena. Q. Althea Gibson was a pioneer, strong, athletic. Could you talk about her, what your reflections are? Althea Gibson是位先驱者 他强壮 有运动天份 你可以谈一下她吗 SERENA WILLIAMS: I love Althea Gibson. For me growing up, I read a lot, I read a lot of books about Althea. I've always dreamt of being on the same level as her, you know, to have an opportunity to play tennis, for her to be the pioneer to all of tennis, not just for female tennis, but all of tennis, it's just amazing for me to be able -- to be honored to even mention her name. 我喜欢Althea 在我成长路中我读了很多关於他的书 我一直都希望能到他那样的高度 像他一样有机会打球 能当网球的先驱 对我来说能像他那样被称赞 对我来说太不可思议了 Q. What do you think it was like for her to try to break into the sport? 你觉得当他在尝试在这项运动突破时所面临的是怎样情形? SERENA WILLIAMS: I can't imagine. Like I say, I did read her books. What I read was just tear-jerking to see all the stuff she had to go through. I mean, she had to sleep in cars because they wouldn't allow her in the hotels. And that wasn't even what happened on the tour. You know, everything was just -- she just didn't even get to play professional till she was way older when she could have probably won so many more titles. I just really, really am glad I have an opportunity to be able to play. I'm happy. Althea makes me happy and excited to be black. 我不能想像 我读过他的书 我看到他所经历过的那些以後哭的一把鼻涕一把眼泪的 像是他必须睡在车上 因为他们不让他住旅馆 他甚至不能打职业赛直到她年纪比较大了 说不定早已拿到很多冠军 我真的很荣幸能有机会能打球 我很高兴 Althea让我以身为黑人自豪 Q. She had a fighting spirit, would you say? 你会说他有奋战精神吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, she had this face like she was just so -- I thought she was such a fighter. She always had this face that you couldn't break her. I thought that was interesting. Everything she would go through, you know, was like you couldn't break her. That inspires me a lot. 他是个斗士 他总是让你觉得他是不会被打倒的 这给我很大的启发 Q. Do you have any recollection of the first time you heard about her, learned about her? 你还记得你第一次知道他的事吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: No, no, not at all, not the first time. I don't remember good. 忘了耶 Q. What's the situation with your thumb injury? Do you feel it's almost a hundred percent? 你现在手指伤势怎样了? 你觉得快100%了吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Thumb's up (smiling). 不赖 (双关) Q. Even though you have no matches under your belt since Wimbledon... 你温网後没有打比赛... SERENA WILLIAMS: I'm totally fine. I'm always playing with not many matches. I've been practicing so much. I'm so excited that the US Open is here because I'm pretty much over practicing. It's dreadful. I'm ready to play matches now, yeah. 我觉得还好 我总是没打很多比赛 我已经训练很多了 我已经准备好上场了 Q. What was your reaction when you found out you'd have to play Justine in the quarterfinals? 你对於又要在八强对上Justine的反应? SERENA WILLIAMS: I didn't know that. I'm excited actually. It's time for me to I guess play her. You know me, it doesn't bother me. I'm excited. She's one of my favorite opponents to play. 我不知道耶 我其实很兴奋 那不会困扰到我 他是我最想打的对手之一 Q. Why is that? 为什麽? SERENA WILLIAMS: Because she has a good game and she brings it to you and she enjoys the battle. 他打的很棒 他会让你也打的更好 他也享受於比赛当中 Q. You and Venus have each won one Grand Slam this year. Is there a little sibling rivalry? Joking around with each other about trying to get the second one this year? 你跟Venus今年都赢了大满贯 这像是姐妹竞赛吗? 有开玩笑过谁今年能拿第二个吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Absolutely. You know, I'm hoping it's me. I'm really hoping it's me. 我当然希望是我:p Q. How do you feel to represent African Americans in tennis? 你对於作为黑人选手的代表有什麽感觉? SERENA WILLIAMS: I feel great. I feel like, more than anything, I'm not only playing for me but I'm playing for every other girl, little African American girl out there who felt that they couldn't make it or they didn't have a chance. For me to kind of be an inspiration to anyone, of any race, makes me happy. 觉得很棒 我不只是为自己打球 也为其他女孩们.那些觉得自己没什麽机会的小女孩们 对我来说能激励其他人让我也感到快乐 Q. How wide open do you feel the Open is this year? Does it seem wide open to you? 你觉得这次竞争有多广? SERENA WILLIAMS: Why would it be wide open? ? Q. A lot of contenders this year versus some other years. 今年比前几年有更多的热门 SERENA WILLIAMS: I don't understand your question. I'm sorry. I don't understand, how can it be wide open? 我不太懂耶 为什麽会很广? Q. In previous years it looked like maybe one person had a strong record coming in, were favored to win. This year it looks like there's a lot of players that can win. 前几年看起来会有一个选手有很强的纪录 很被看好赢球 今年看起来很多人都能赢 SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, okay. I think there's a lot of players who can win. Obviously I want it to be me. I'm thinking it's going to be me. So I'm thinking positive, sending positive vibes my way. 我想今年是很多人可以赢 我当然希望是我 我也觉得会是我 所以我努力的往积极面想 Q. Do you think too much is made of being match-ready for a Grand Slam? 你觉得多思考有助於准备比赛吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Totally. I totally think so. I think it's definitely important to have matches and to play matches. But I also think it's important to have faith in your game and have faith -- I've been playing for I don't know how long. I should be match-ready. I've played a lot of matches in my career. That's how I like to think about it. That way I can just be like, okay, Serena, you've played a lot of matches, you are match-ready so just go out there and do what you need to do, as opposed to, I'm not match-ready. I think for me it's almost an excuse. 当然 我觉得热身很重要 但思考也很重要 这样你才能有信念 我已经打很长的时间了 我会准备好的 相反的 我也可以把没有准备好当藉口 Q. We saw a picture in Jane Magazine last week. Can you talk about your photo in there, why you did it, your thoughts on that? 我们看到你在上周Jane杂志的照片了 为什麽要这样拍呢 SERENA WILLIAMS: This week? 这周? Q. Just saw it this week. 这周才看到 SERENA WILLIAMS: Oh, my gosh, you guys are so late. Dude, that's so old, please. That is so late. I'm a little disappointed. You could have done better (smiling). 哈哈 你们看太晚了 已经很久罗 我有一点小失望 你们应该早点看到的 Q. What about the ad campaign you're doing that promotes women's sports. Can you talk about your motivation to get involved in that? 你可以谈一下现在你推出的推广女子运动的广告吗? Q. Mary Carillo said the other day she thought the Williams sisters should have dominated more for 10 years, like always be in the finals, change tennis history. It almost seemed to maybe undervalue what you two have accomplished. She feels you have been a little too inconsistent, considering the potential. Do you have any response? Do you feel you two have changed tennis history, reached potential? Carillo说他觉得威家姐妹可以多主宰女网十年 永远都在决赛 改变网球历史 你们现在甚至低就了 你有什麽反应吗? 你觉得你们已经改变历史了吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Well, I think I've had a little more effect on tennis history than she has. I'm pretty excited about that. 嗯 我想我比他在网球多点影响 我已经足够高兴 Q. Night matches at the Open. There's a lot of electricity at night. Can you talk about your experiences in night matches at the Open. 夜场会开很多灯 你可以谈一下你打夜场的经验吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, I've always played on opening night. I love them. I prefer to play at 11 because it's like you play at 11, you get your match over, you have the rest of the day, the next day off, it's perfect. I'll play at night. I like it. 我常常打夜场 我喜欢打夜场 我喜欢11点打球 早上整天都休假 隔天又没比赛 太完美了 Q. Speaking of the electricity in New York City, what's your favorite thing to do here? 你在纽约有什麽喜欢做的事? SERENA WILLIAMS: My favorite thing is the restaurants, yeah. I'll say that. 去餐厅 Q. Is there a genre you like? 有你特别喜欢的吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: Yeah, the Pink Elephant Restaurant. Pink Elephant Restaurant Q. Are you embarrassed by that photo? 你会因为那张照片尴尬吗? SERENA WILLIAMS: No, not at all. I thought it was a great photo. It was for a great cause. I thought it was simply divine personally. I've gotten a lot of great compliments on it. Thank you. 不会 我觉得拍的蛮棒的 我个人觉得这张拍的超棒的 我得到很多称赞 谢谢 -- --

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