Name: 樂高的故事 The LEGO® Story
Uploaded: 2013-04-24T11:23:05.000Z
Duration: 17 min 10 s

情態副詞

But have you ever wondered how it all started

Actually, the name is much older than this plastic brick.

其實，樂高這名字遠比積木悠久

there was a skilled and hard-working carpenter named Ole Kirk Christiansen.

有位勤奮又經驗老道的木匠，名爲奧里·科克·克里斯金森

Ole was a respected carpenter with his own company,

他擁有自己的工廠，且備受尊敬

but times were hard. So he didn't have much money

不過時機不好，日子過得並不充裕

奧里只好被迫辭退他最後一位員工

Worker: "I have closed down the workshop and packed my things".

員工：「我已經關閉工廠，東西也打包好了」

Ole: "Thank you. I suppose I'd better write you a paycheck".

「謝謝！我想我應該付你薪水」

I just didn't imagine that it would come to this".

「真難想像事情會發展到這一步」

Wife: "I know. It's hard to understand, but at least now it can't get much worse."

奧里太太：「我知道這令人難以接受，但至少不會再更糟了」

But it did get worse. Shortly after, Ole lost his wife.

但情況確實變得更糟-- 不久後，奧里的太太去世了

And with the responsibility of his four sons, he had to think of something.

背負著養育4個兒子的責任，奧里必須想想辦法

and for him, it never took long to put an idea into action.

對奧里而言，將想法付諸行動從不是件難事

Ole's little invention made his boys so happy that he thought maybe he should start making toys.

他的小發明逗得4個兒子好開心，他想也許可以靠賣玩具維生

Luckily, he had saved up a lot of wood from the carpentry production.

幸運地，他保留許多木匠工廠的木材

現在可以利用這些木材製作玩具

and even though Ole was a skilled carpenter and had a good eye for quality and detail,

雖然奧里的木工技藝精湛，對品質與細節的要求也獨具慧眼

Luckily, one of his sons, Godtfred, started helping out his dad after school.

幸好，歐力的其中一個兒子古弗雷德，開始在放學後幫爸爸的忙

Together, they just barely managed to keep up the production.

兩人同心協力，玩具生意勉強過得下去

Eventually, word began to spread that the wooden toys of the finest quality were being made from that little workshop in Billund.

終於，大家開始口耳相傳這家位於比隆小鎮的工廠生產最優良的木製玩具

'I heard that you are making some very nice wooden toys'

「聽說你製作的木製玩具非常精良」

The wholesaler was very impressed with all the wooden toys.

批發商對奧里的木製玩具非常滿意

Ole: 'Now there's finally someone who can see the opportunities and what we are doing'

「終於有人看見商機也看見我們的努力了」

'Look at this. The wholesaler wants to put a lot of our toys into his store for the holidays

「你瞧，這次節日他想訂購好多我們的玩具在店裡賣呢！」

it's going to be a good Christmas this year

Now, there was a lot to do with the little workshop

奧里也有能力重新雇用以前的員工

which was hand-picked and very carefully prepared

每一批都是手工挑選，並且小心翼翼的處理

They worked day and night to get the order finished

為了完成訂單，他們日以繼夜趕工

So the wholesaler could get the toys out in stores before Christmas.

好讓批發商在聖誕節前夕 將玩具放在店裡賣

Godtfred: "Is there something wrong, Dad?"

Ole: "I'm afraid that we are in big trouble".

In the middle of their work, Ole received a letter saying that the wholesaler had filed for bankruptcy

生產進行到一半，奧里收到批發商來信告知自己面臨破產

and couldn't buy the toys that he had ordered

所以無力負擔他先前訂購的玩具了

Godtfred: "What are you gonna do? What about Christmas?

「我們該怎麼辦？聖誕節怎麼過？」

「我們現在甚至買不起食物了」

Ole: "I'll do it myself. I'll drive around selling the toys"

「我自己來賣，我會開著車四處賣玩具」

There was no time to lose. Ole packed the car with all the toys and drove off.

時間所剩無幾，奧里將所有玩具放進車裡便啟程

Ole was a very good toy-maker but was not a very good salesman.

奧里擅於製作玩具，但對於如何銷售卻不怎麼在行

He didn't like praising himself or talking about how carefully the toys have been made

他不喜歡自誇玩具製作得多麼精緻

Ole: "This is going to be a blast. Is there anything you were interested in?"

「這一定會引起潮流，你有喜歡的嗎？」

'It looks exciting but i don't have a lot of money right now. Maybe we could trade in and call it even.'

「看起來令人興奮，但我現在錢不多，也許我們能以物易物」

In the end, he succeeded in selling all the toys.

結果，奧里成功地賣出所有玩具

He didn't receive as much money as he had hoped. But the family managed and they had plenty of food for Christmas

雖然錢賺的沒有預期的多，但得以維持家人生計，而且還換了許多食物過聖誕節

But the toys didn't sell as quickly as they had expected

Ole thought perhaps the company needed a good name

'What should it be? It has to be short word. I wanted to convey playing well'

「叫什麼好呢？一定要簡短，我想要傳達好玩的感覺」

In Danish, `playing well` is called `LEG GODT`

'If only i could get some sort of a sign'

As you can see, Ole himself ended up finding a very suitable name.

如你所見，奧里自己想到了一個合適的名字

But what he didn't know was that in latin, the word 'LEGO' means 'I put together'

但他不知道「LEGO」拉丁文的意思正好是「我來組合」

And the company slowly started to move forward.

Godtfred: "We have made 3000 krones this year. And we more orders than usual"

「我們今年賺了3000克朗，訂單比以往還多」

Ole: "Did you say 3000 krones. Then you need to see what i've been looking at"

「你剛剛說3000克朗嗎？那你得看看我手上的東西」

Even though Godtfred wasn't comfortable spending money on a milling machine.

雖然古弗雷德對於花大錢在研磨機上有些擔心

He could see that it was useful and that the quality of the toys improved

他明白機器的好處，能改善玩具的品質

'Could you finish the last batch and get it ready for shipping?'

「你能處理完最後一批然後裝箱運送嗎？」

'Dad.... dad, i saved a lot of money for the company today'

「爸，我今天幫公司省了一大筆錢耶」

Godtfred: "I figured we could save money in the locker. It's like only coated the duck twice instead of three times"

「我想到可以在塗料上省錢，比如說只給鴨子上兩層漆，而不是三層」

Unfortunately, Godtfred's idea didn't go over well with Ole.

很不幸地，奧里無法接受古弗雷德的點子

Ole made Godtfred unpacked all the ducks himself

奧里吩吋古弗雷德拆解那些鴨子

gave them the last layer of locker and bring them back to train station.

上過最後一層塗料之後再帶回火車站

Ole believes in high quality and not cheating his customers

when Godtfred returned, Ole explained that wasn't the way to create a good brand.

古弗雷德返家後，奧里告訴他投機無法建立好名聲

This little lesson opened Godtfred's eyes to the fact that every detail matters

這次小教訓開拓了古弗雷德的眼界，讓他明白細節不容忽視

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