【精英翻譯】的部落格

Zumba: A Dance that Puts Fun in Fitness

樂趣無窮的尊巴健身舞蹈

精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/351766/web/

Started in an aerobics classroom in Columbia, Zumba is now practiced across the globe.

源自哥倫比亞一間有氧健身教室的尊巴健身舞蹈，如今世界各地都有人在跳。

Zumba is an exercise trend that’s popular around the world. Mixing dance with exciting Latin music, it was created in the 1990s by a Columbian man named Beto Perez. Perez grew up in poverty and by the age of 14, he had taken on three jobs to help support his family. Perez loved dancing, and for one of his jobs, he worked as an aerobics instructor.

尊巴是一種在世界各地都很受歡迎的運動風潮。混和了舞蹈與激昂拉丁樂曲的尊巴是於 1990 年代、由一位名為貝托‧培瑞茲的哥倫比亞男子所創立。培瑞茲在貧困的環境中長大，而且在十四歲之前就已經做了三份工作來幫忙維持家計。培瑞茲很愛跳舞，他的其中一份工作就是擔任有氧健身教練。

Perez usually played American pop songs during his classes. However, before one class in 1986, Perez left his regular music tape at home. So, he used a tape of Latin songs that he had with him instead. The music was faster, so Perez had to adjust the usual dance moves to match the new songs. Perez told his students this was going to be a special class, but he could never have imagined how special it would be.

培瑞茲上課時通常會播放美國流行歌曲。然而在1986年某堂課上課前，培瑞茲把他經常用的音樂帶遺忘在家裡。因此，他改用了帶在身邊的一捲拉丁歌曲錄音帶。裡面音樂的節奏比較快，所以培瑞茲必須調整平常的舞步來配合這些新歌。培瑞茲告訴他的學生這會是一堂特殊課程，但是他絕對無法想像這堂課會變得有多特別。

Perez’s students absolutely loved the change of pace, and word about his new class spread quickly. Perez’s dance fitness classes soon had long waiting lists and were attracting interest from celebrities. The famous singer Shakira even hired him to train the dancers in her videos. With big dreams of becoming a star in the US, Perez founded his company Zumba Fitness in 1998.

培瑞茲的學生十分喜愛這種節奏上的變化，而有關他新型態課程的消息也迅速傳開。很快地，培瑞茲的舞蹈健身課程就有一長串等候上課的名單，並且還吸引了名人關注。知名歌星夏奇拉甚至曾聘他去訓練她音樂錄影帶裡的舞者。由於懷抱著在美國成為明星的遠大夢想，培瑞茲於1998年成立了他的尊巴健身公司。