【资料整理专贴1】托梅_殖民地公司系列（慢慢归集中）

cat2009

2009年7月4日，托梅接受美联社专访，是由百度的SUSAN_MARBLE网友翻译的，感谢

（这是去年底偶然找到的资料，我不肯定现在来源链接是否还可以工作）

AP Interview:迈克尔杰克逊的私人顾问托梅托梅博士打破沉默跟我们谈论他的朋友

Published 7/4/09 by
AP Recording News

By Linda Deutsch, AP

翻译:SUSAN_MARBLE

(感谢！原译文链接：http://tieba.baidu.com/f?z=638646595&ct=335544320&lm=0&sc=0&rn=30&tn=baiduPostBrowser&word=%C2%F5%BF%CB%B6%FB%BD%DC%BF%CB%D1%B7&pn=9060 9152-9156)
AP Interview: Jackson adviser Tohme breaks silence
AP Interview:迈克尔杰克逊的私人顾问托梅打破沉默

LOS ANGELES — Dr. Tohme Tohme vividly remembers the first time he met with Michael Jackson to discuss the pop star’s finances. It’s not the money talk that stays with him now, but his enchantment at entering Jackson’s world of love.
LOS ANGELES —梅博士生动地叙述了他第一次与流行天王见面与之商讨他当时面临的财务状况的情形，他强调不是为了钱才选择跟Michael Jackson 合作，MJ的爱心世界由衷打动了他由此产生一种要走进他的生活的渴望。

"I saw how kind he was and what a wonderful human being," Tohme said in an interview. "I saw him with his children and I had never seen a better father. ... I decided to do what I could to help him."
“我看的MJ是一个好人，非常非常好的人”托梅博士在采访中说到。“当Michael和他的孩子们在一起的时候，我敢说在这个世界上我从来没有见过比他更好的父亲。。。所以我决定我要尽我的一切能力来帮助他。”

Tohme, a financier with a murky past, had been contacted by Jackson's brother, Jermaine, who asked if Tohme could help to save Jackson's beloved Neverland ranch from foreclosure. Tohme said he traveled with Jermaine to Las Vegas, where Jackson was living after years of wandering the world following his acquittal on child molestation charges.
托梅博士，一个金融专家（？），有着不为人所知的过去。MJ的哥哥杰梅因联系了（也有消息称这种说法并不准确_cat注）他并且请他帮助设法解决弟弟挚爱的梦幻庄园的抵押问题。托梅告诉我们他和杰梅因一起来到拉斯维加斯，那是MJ居住的地方，栾童案胜诉以后他开始在世界各地流亡了几年，然后他回到了这里。

They bonded instantly. "For the last year and a half I was the closest person to Michael Jackson," Tohme said. He contacted Tom Barrack, the chairman of Colony Capital and a close personal friend. "He was hesitant to get involved, but I said, 'Let's go see Michael,'" Tohme recalled.
MJ和托梅一见如故（这里也可以翻译成一拍即合）“在最后的一年半时间（即2008.1-2009.6_cat注）里，我是Michael最亲近的人。”托梅如此说道。他联系了他的好朋友-殖民地投资公司的总裁Tom Barrack先生想让他出手帮助解决MJ的庄园所面临的困境，但是开始他还是感到犹豫，有些不太愿意介入。我对他说：“走吧，咱们一块儿去见见Michael。” 托梅回忆着当时的情景。

After the meeting he said Barrack, who was impressed with Jackson's "intelligence and focus," bought the note for Neverland. But that was just the beginning of a business relationship that culminated in the London concerts that were to have begun next week.
那次见面以后，托梅说Tom Barrack被MJ的天才和他的专注所打动，当即买下了梦幻庄园的一半债券，但是那只是他们之间合作的一个开始，高潮是几周后的伦敦巡回演出谈判。

Wearing a suit with no tie, Tohme, Jackson's last business manager and spokesperson, granted his first interview Friday to The Associated Press in the office of a lawyer friend.
穿西装但是没有打领带，托梅，这个杰克逊的最后一任经理人(?)和发言人星期5在他的一个律师朋友(?)的办公室里第一次接受了美联社的采访。

Tohmen, listed in public records as being in his late 50s, has been portrayed as something of a mystery man in the Jackson brain trust.
从已经透露给公众的消息来看，托梅博士，今年快60岁了，一直被MJ的智囊团描述为神秘人物。

"I hate the words 'mystery man,'" he said. "I'm a private man. A lot of people like the media and I don't. I respect the privacy of other people but lately nobody respects mine."
“我不喜欢神秘人物这个提法，”托梅说道 ：“我是一个非常注重隐私的低调的人，很多人喜欢媒体效应，但我不喜欢那个。我尊重别人的隐私，但是到头来别人却不尊重我的。”

As he spoke, his cell phone rang constantly. He took only a few calls, one of them from Jesse Jackson.
他的谈话不时地被手机的铃声打断，他接了几个电话，其中一个是Jesse Jackson.打来的。

He has been stung by allegations that he was involved with the Nation of Islam, which he said was untrue.
有人指责他与伊斯兰王国组织有关，他说他被深深地伤害了：“那些都不是真的。”他说道。

"I have nothing against anybody," he said, "But I don't know anyone from the Nation of Islam. When I took over Michael Jackson's affairs, I fired some people from the Nation of Islam."
“我跟任何人都不曾有有过节，”他说“当我接受MJ的事物时，我不认识任何一个伊斯兰王国组织的人，相反我还炒掉了一些Michael以前雇的人，那些人属于伊斯兰王国组织。”

It is known that he is of Lebanese descent. His double name — pronounced toh-MAY' — is not uncommon in the Middle East. But he declined to go into detail about his own life and career other than to say he is a U.S. citizen who was raised in Los Angeles and, "I'm a self-made man. I'm in the world of finance."
众所周知，托梅医生讲话带很明显的黎巴嫩口音，他的名字的发音为: toh-MAY’, 这在中东地区并不罕见。作为一个在洛杉矶长大的人，他更倾向于谈论他的工作和生活，而不太愿意卷入他是美国公民这个话题。 他对自己的评价是：“我的一切都是靠自己奋斗得来的，我活在我赖以谋生的金融世界里。”

"I don't want to talk about me," he said. "I'm a nobody. I'm not important. I want to talk about Michael Jackson."
“我不想过多地谈论我自己，我只是个小人物，我一点儿也不重要。我只想说说Michael Jackson。”

At times he appeared on the verge of tears as he discussed Jackson's death, saying, "It's unbelievable ... I'm devastated ... God bless his soul."
有几次，当他谈起MJ时似乎需要强忍住眼泪，尤其是当他说道：“这太难以置信了。。。我崩溃了。。。原上帝保佑他的灵魂。”

He said that by talking about Jackson, he was fulfilling one of the star's wishes.
"He always said to me, 'I want people to really know who I am after I'm gone.'"
托梅说提起MJ，他一定要让大家知道流行天王的愿望之一：
他总是对我说：“我希望人们能在我走后能够了解我到底是怎样的一个人。”

（待续）

cat2009

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He would only briefly discuss Jackson's finances. During his time with the superstar, Tohme said, he was paid nothing but was able to negotiate lucrative business deals that would secure the future of Jackson's children. He followed a long line of business managers and spokespeople who had come and gone from Jackson over the years. In the final year, he said he played a pivotal role in turning things around.
采访中托梅只简单地说了一下他与流行天王合作时天王的财务状况，托梅说道：“he was paid nothing but was able to negotiate lucrative business deals that would secure the future of Jackson’s children.”（这句话我不太确定能翻的确切，请楼里的高手指正：“除了那些有利于保证他孩子的未来的谈判，在我们和他合作以前，没有人在财务上给过他一分钱的支持。”）Michael的身后跟了一长串的经理人/发言人，这些人来来往往像走马丁似的换，但他们任何实质性的问题都没能帮Michael解决。托梅说只有他才是那个在最后关头帮助MJ扭住乾坤的人。


His negotiations for Jackson included a Broadway show with the Nederlander organization, an animated TV show based on "Thriller," a line of clothing including "moonwalk shoes," and more. He said he was working with others to renegotiate the terms of Jackson's main assets, his share of the Sony-ATV Music Publishing Catalog — which includes music by the Beatles — and the catalog of Mijac, the company that controls Michael Jackson's own music.
他还帮助MJ的Neverland组织与百老汇谈判，以战栗者”为原型的电视表演（？），还有服装系列- 跳太空步时穿的鞋等等。托梅说他还帮助MJ就某些事情重新谈判，包括他即将到期的主要资产抵押的谈判，他拥有的Sony-ATV 版权目录的谈判（这个目录里抱过披头士的音乐版权和Mijac的），拥有Michael自己创作的音乐的公司的谈判。(但雷蒙.贝恩声称，2007年，她刚帮MJ争取到条件非常优厚的贷款。不到一年就重起谈判？_cat注)

"I am not in the music business. I'm a stranger to this business," Tohme said, noting that he had stiff competition from others who wanted to take over Jackson's finances.
我并不擅长经营音乐界的生意，在这方面我是个门外汉。”（那么托梅先生与谁合作，处理MJ的版权贷款事宜呢？为什么Mj要把版权问题交给找梅这个门外汉呢_cat）托梅说道：“太多的人想要插手MJ的财政事务，跟这些人周旋比我以前处理的任何事都难。”

"I built a fence around Michael to keep people out," he said, acknowledging that he cut costs by firing many members of the Jackson staff, including security guards. And he twice fired the children's nanny, Grace Rawaramba, on Jackson's orders.
托梅还说：“我在MJ的周围筑起一道围栏，把那些人挡在外面。”(传言被证实了_cat)托梅还承认为了节约开支他炒掉了MJ以前雇的许多员工其中包括一些保安，而且他在MJ的授意下两次炒掉了孩子们的保姆Grace Rawaramba.

"I was trying to do what we could to maximize his profits and minimize spending. I wanted to find a way to reel in all the loans he had.
“我尽所能做到最大限度扩大利润和减少开支。我想找到一种方法，让他手中所有的贷款都滚动起来。（翻的不是太准确）

"We had an agreement," Tohme continued. "I would never interfere with his creative decisions and he wouldn't interfere with my business decisions."
“我们已经达成协议，”托梅继续说。 我从来不会干涉他的创作的决定，他不会干涉我的商业决策。” (why!!!!!!!!!!!_cat)

Tohme said he abandoned everything he was doing in his own life to concentrate his time and effort on Jackson's affairs. He points with pride to the crown jewel of his and the new Jackson team's efforts: the contract with AEG for concerts at the 02 arena in London.
托梅说他放弃了原来生活中的所有一切，专心致志的跟随MJ并帮他打理一切。他骄傲地表明能够帮助MJ与AEG成功地签约伦敦02谢幕演出是他事业中最得意的一笔，就好比皇冠上的明珠.（我可以表示我的愤怒吗  CAT）

He said Jackson was looking forward to the concerts because he wanted his children to see him perform.
他还说MJ对演出非常期待，因为他想他的孩子们能够亲眼看到他的表演。

Like others before him, Tohme was caught up in the excitement of Jackson's world. He traveled with him to London, where they saw the play "Oliver" and were mobbed by fans. "I had never seen fans who loved anyone so much and he loved them just as much," Tohme said.
就像在他之前的所有人一样，托梅同样感受到了那种跟MJ在一起所要面对的疯狂和骚动，她、他跟他一起到伦敦旅行，在那里，他们一同观看了“雾都孤儿”，被成千上万的歌迷包围，托梅说：“我从来没有见过任何别明星的粉丝像MJ的歌迷这样爱他们的偶像，MJ爱他的歌迷就像歌迷爱他一样多。”托梅说。

Tohme uses the title "Dr." and apparently has a medical degree, though there is no record that he has practiced in the United States. He said he was convinced that Jackson was in perfect health the last time he saw him, two days before he died. He said the star kept himself and his children on a healthy diet, never ate red meat, didn't drink and, as far as he knew, never took drugs.
托梅使用Dr。的头衔，乍听起来好像是医生的称谓（在英文里博士和医生都叫：Dr。），尽管没有任何记录可以证明他曾美国行医。但是他说他确信当他最后一次见到Michael的时候Michael的健康看起来没有任何问题，他们两个最后一次见面的时间是在他去世的前两天。托梅说：流行天王和他的孩子们健康地控制饮食，从不吃红肉，没见他饮酒，而且据他所知，Michael没有药物问题。

He said he is disappointed that Jackson won't be buried at Neverland but hopes that may change: "He deserves to be buried in the wonderful world he created."
他说他对MJ没有被安葬在梦幻庄园感到遗憾，而且希望日后能有机会改变。托梅说：“他应该安睡在他亲手缔造的梦幻世界。”

In Jackson's final months, Tohme said they talked about his wish to create "a special place ten times bigger than Graceland" where fans could come to see Jackson's memorabilia and awards. Jackson even talked about creating a veritable city for children.
在MJ生命中的最后几个月，他们曾经谈论过他的一个愿望，就是建一个十倍于猫王的“雅园”的去处，在那里歌迷们可以参观MJ的奖杯，有人给大家讲解MJ的生平大事。。。流行天王甚至说起他要给孩子们建一座真正适合他们的城市。

"He wanted to be remembered as a great human being and he wanted to create as many happy places for the children of the world as he could," said Tohme.
托梅说：“他希望他被人们记住，他是一个尽自己最大力量给全世界的孩子建造乐园的人。”

The day Jackson died, as Tohme rushed to the hospital unsure if his friend was alive or dead, he said he remembered precious moments: Jackson bringing his children to Tohme's house for Thanksgiving dinner; Jackson and his children singing "Happy Birthday" to Tohme on the phone; the last time he saw Jackson at Staples Center, rehearsing for his big comeback.
杰克逊死亡的当天，托梅匆匆赶到医院，那时候他还不能确认他的朋友的生死。他说他永远记得他跟MJ相处的珍贵瞬间：感恩节的时候，Michael带着他的孩子们到他家吃晚餐。。。Michael和他的孩子们在电话里唱生日歌给他庆祝生日。。。还有最后一次他在Staples中心看他为自己的回归演出彩排。。。

And he remembered Jackson's last words to him that day: "I love you."
还有他记得Michael最后一次对他说的话是：“我爱你。”

cat2009

2009年7月4日，托梅接受美联社专访，cat2009 发表于 2010-7-21 21:52

叹一句：这个世界上最了解你的人不是你的朋友，而是你的敌人！

飞扬清婉

谢谢 bestMJ

我一会儿，把你的译文贴到4楼

谢谢 飞扬清婉
可你的楼里也有大量英 ...
cat2009 发表于 2010-7-21 20:45

那些我没打算翻译，只准备作为原始资料放着。
需要翻译的部分我已经摘要翻译了。

AEG与殖民地公司两大财团压着,MJ要昭雪真的非常难。他们应该从一开始就计划好了的。
还没有带SONY的一些帮凶作用。MJ与SONY恩怨已久，虽然MJ离开，SONY受益最多，但SONY还没那么大驱动这么迫切要了MJ的命。
但AEG与殖民地公司真的有直接动机谋害MJ。殖民地公司拿了Neverland, AEG则收预售演出票，卖TII排练录象，卖追悼会转播权。
遗产管理中Neverland是由John Branca负责的，这么长时间他也没什么动静，Branca也算是有能量的人，看样子水太深，搞不定。

cat2009

旧闻：Jesse Jackson 曾是MJ的财务和心灵顾问

        周日（2007.6.17），黑人民权运动家Jesse Jackson牧师对《芝加哥论坛报》说，自从2005年娈童案以来，他就一直在担当流行之王Michael Jackson的财务和心灵顾问。他说他从Jackson 5时代就认识这位歌王了。 “他要下的决定太多了，”Jesse Jackson告诉说，“我只是能够让他听见的声音之一。我不把自己看做为拥有决定性影响力的声音。” Jesse Jackson说他曾经代表这个艺人去和银行家见面，他也说自己曾建议Jackson减缩开支，并开放Neverland庄园，收取入园费。而当某些人催促Michael卖掉音乐版权来还债时，Jesse Jackson说他敦促Michael不要这么做。 他说Michael Jackson和索尼公司的合资音乐出版公司是Jackson最有价值的长期资产。 “我会竭尽全力保证这个和索尼的合资公司能够继续下去，我认为对双方都有利，”Jesse Jackson说，“它的成功对全世界都有影响。” 2005年6月，圣玛利亚的陪审团判定Michael Jackson完全无罪。 根据法庭记录，《纽约每日新闻》之前报道说，该歌星曾转向Jesse Jackson和亿万富豪Ron Burkle（记住他，这个名字还会在别的文章里出现_cat）寻求帮助，因为他怀疑其他顾问打算从他身上榨取利益。 “Michael的资产是丰厚的，”Jesse Jackson说，“哪里有钱，哪里就有掠夺和贪婪。” Jesse Jackson说是他把Michael介绍给Burkle的。（《纽约每日新闻》则说是Burkle把Jesse引荐进来） 因为“Burkle很有能力，很有信誉，也很诚实，他不需要从Michael身上榨取利益。”他说。 Jesse Jackson补充说，这段时间里，Michael Jackson正“专注于生意上的事情”，而且很快就会推出“新作品”。不过他拒绝细说。 （迈克尔·杰克逊中文网 by Keen 2007年6月18日）

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