Rogue Trader
魔鬼營業員
Part One:
Barings Bank巴林銀行
Nick Leeson
日經225
Nick Leeson
《我如何弄跨巴林銀行》
Nick Leeson對Barings Bank的介紹

【播放原聲】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
That was me lying on the floor, if you hadn't guessed.
Nick Leeson.
You've probably heard about me.
Barings was the oldest private bank in the world.
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
That's how old they were!
They even had the Queen as a customer!
I was just a humble clerk.
But not for long, I hoped.
Car crash.
I hit my head on the back of the seat and broke my nose.
Everybody else was all right cos they were wearing their, um... seat belts.
Poor chap!
And now Nick, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
We've got problems in our Jakarta office.
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
I thought that someone might be Nick Leeson?
Indonesia was one of the new ''tiger economies''.
everyone was getting so excited about.
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them,
and Barings was one of the first to see their potential.
The rewards were high.
But so were the risks.

【逐句對照】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
多虧了瑪格麗特•撒切爾開拓倫敦城，
鄙人才有機會從沃特福德來到象巴林銀行這樣一流的機構工作。

That was me lying on the floor,
if you hadn't guessed. Nick Leeson.
You've probably heard about me.
那就是我，Nick Leeson，躺在地板上，
如果你沒有猜錯的話，
你也許已經聽說過我了。

Barings was the oldest private bank in the world.
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
巴林是世界上最古老的私立銀行。
在1800年或什么時候，他們為購買路易斯安那出過資金。

They even had the Queen as a customer!
甚至女王也是他們的客戶！

I was just a humble clerk. But not for long, I hoped.
我那時只是一個地位低下的小職員，但我希望，不久就能出人頭地。

Car crash. I hit my head on the back of the seat and broke my nose.
Everybody else was all right cos they were wearing their, um... seat belts.
撞車。
我的頭撞在后車座上，傷到了鼻子。
其他每個人都安然無恙，因為他們都系了，呃，安全帶。

Poor chap! 可憐的家伙
Nick, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
We've got problems in our Jakarta office.
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
I thought that someone might be Nick Leeson?
Nick, 我知道你渴望離開后勤辦公室，到交易所去上班，
但同時，另外有件事要來了。
我們在雅加達的辦事處有了點問題，
需要有個人去那里整頓一下。
我想那個人有可能就是... ...Nick Leeson？
Indonesia was one of the new ''tiger economies'' .
everyone was getting so excited about.
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them,
and Barings was one of the first to see their potential.
The rewards were high.
But so were the risks.
印度尼西亞是新的"小虎"經濟之一，
在那種環境下，每個人都變得很激昂。
他們管這種情形叫"新興市場"，
巴林是首先看到這種經濟潛力的人之一。
酬勞很多，當然風險同樣很高。

【語言點】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
thanks與to
"由于，多虧了"，
Thanks to the English language ,we can learn a lot from the Internet.
由于英語這門語言的幫助，我們能夠從因特網上學到很多東西。
Maggie Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher，撒切爾夫人
opening up the City of London，
"開拓、發展倫敦城"
"金融大爆炸"
yours truly
"您忠實的，您真誠的"
"本人，在下，鄙人"
Watford，"沃特福德"
Barings 巴林銀行。
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
Finance
"負擔經費，為... ..提供資金"，
The government will finance the building of the new roads.
政府將為修建這條新公路提供資金。
the Louisiana Purchase
"路易斯安那購買"
Nick, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
be keen to do something
"很想做某事，渴望做某事"
The girl is keen to go to university.
這個女孩很渴望上大學。
in the meantime
"同時，與此同時"
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
sort out
"整理好，解決，整頓"，
You'd better send somebody over there to sort the situation out．
你最好派個人去那兒把情況整頓一下。
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them.
Emerging markets"新興市場"，
Nick Leeson

【重新聽一次故事原文】
It was thanks to Maggie Thatcher opening up the City of London
that yours truly from Watford came to be working for a posh outfit like Barings.
That was me lying on the floor, if you hadn't guessed. Nick Leeson.
You've probably heard about me.
Barings was the oldest private bank in the world.
They financed the Louisiana Purchase back in eighteen hundred and something.
That's how old they were!
They even had the Queen as a customer!
I was just a humble clerk. But not for long, I hoped.
Car crash.
I hit my head on the back of the seat and broke my nose.
Everybody else was all right cos they were wearing their, um... seat belts.
Poor chap!
Now nick Leeson, I know you're keen to get out of the back office and onto the trading floor,
but in the meantime something else has come up.
We've got problems in our Jakarta office.
We need someone to go out there and sort things out.
I thought that someone might be Nick Leeson?
Indonesia was one of the new ''tiger economies'' .
everyone was getting so excited about.
''Emerging markets'' they were calling them,
and Barings was one of the first to see their potential.
The rewards were high. But so were the risks.