奥林匹克运动会THE OLYMPIC GAMES
1.The meaning and the values of the Olympic Spirit are conveyed by symbols: among these are the rings, the motto and the flame. These symbols transmit a message in a simple and direct manner and they give the Olympic Movement and the Games an unique identity.
奥林匹克主义的意义与价值可以从一些标志反映出来：其中包括五环、口号和圣火。这些标志用最简单直接的方式传达出一个信息。它们成为了奥林匹克运动和奥运会的标识。



2.Outside the entrance to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne (Switzerland), the three symbols are brought together to welcome visitors from the around the world:
在瑞士洛桑奥林匹克博物馆的入口处，这三个标志汇集在一起欢迎来自世界各地的游客：
–The Olympic flag, decorated with five rings, flutters at the top of a flagpole.
旗杆上用五环装饰的奥林匹克会旗迎风摆动。
–The motto is engraved on a cauldron.
口号被刻在一个火炬塔上。
–A fire burns in the cauldron, as a reminder of the Olympic flame.
火炬塔里燃烧着一团火焰，让人想到奥林匹克圣火。

3.The five rings represent the five continents. They are interlaced to show the universality of the Olympic Spirit and the meeting of the globe’s athletes of the whole world during the Olympic Games.
五环代表五大洲。它们互相交错表示奥林匹克主义的普适性，也表示奥运会期间全世界的运动员欢聚一堂。

4.Nowadays, use of the Olympic symbol is subject to very strict rules. Graphic standards have been set down, which determine, for example, the exact position of each ring:
如今奥林匹克标志受一些规则的严格限制。比如图形标准决定了每个环的确切位置：



5.On the Olympic flag, the rings appear on a white background. The flag reinforces the idea of the Olympic Movement’s universality, as it brings together all the countries of the world.
在奥林匹克会旗上，五环出现在白色的背景之上。会旗增强了奥林匹克运动的普遍性，因为它把世界上所有的国家都聚集在一起。

6.The six colors of the flag (including the white of the background) represent all nations. It is wrong, therefore, to believe that each of the colors corresponds to a certain continent!
奥林匹克会旗的六种颜色（包括背景的白色）代表所有的国家。所以，认为每一个颜色相对应一个大陆是不正确的！



7.At the Olympic Games, the flag is brought into the stadium during the opening ceremony. It must fly in the stadium for the entre duration of the Games.
在奥运会上，奥林匹克会旗在开幕式时带进体育场。在整个奥运会比赛期间它必须一直体育场内飘扬。

8.When the flag is lowered at the closing ceremony, it signals the end of the Games.
在闭幕式上奥林匹克会旗被降下来，这标志着比赛的结束。

9.The mayor of the host city of the Games passes the Olympic flag to the mayor of the next city hosting of the Games.
奥林匹克会旗由奥运会主办城市的市长递交给下一届奥运会主办城市的市长。

10.Today the Olympic rings are one of the most easily identifiable signs in the world, and everyone immediately associates them with the Olympic Games. However, this was not always the case.
如今奥林匹克五环是世界上最容易辨认的标志之一。每个人都能立即将它们跟奥运会联系起来。然而这可不是一下就变成这样的。

11. The rings appeared for the first time on the winners’ medals at the 1924 Games in Paris (France). They reappeared on the prize medals for the Equestrian Games in 1956 in Stockholm (Sweden).
1924年巴黎（法国）奥运会的奖牌上首次出现了五环。它们在1956年斯德哥尔摩（瑞典）马术比赛的奖章上又一次出现。

12.Since the 1976 Games in Montreal (Canada) the rings have regularly featured on the winners’ medals of the Summer Games, used alone or with the Organizing Committee’s emblem. For the Winter Olympics, the rings have appeared on the medals at each edition of the Games since 1928 in St Moritz (Switzerland).
从1976年蒙特利尔（加拿大）奥运会以来，五环则单独或与组委会会徽一起规则地出现在了夏季奥运会的奖牌上。从1928年圣莫里兹（瑞士）冬奥会开始，五环以各种版本出现。



13.You can find the rings on many items and souvenirs made for the Games dating back to the 1924 Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix (France).
从1924年夏慕尼（法国）冬奥会开始，你可以在各种奥运会相关的物品和纪念品上找到五环。

14.The world of philately soon got to know the rings. They have appeared on stamps since the 1928 Games in Amsterdam (The Netherlands).
集邮界很快就知道了奥运五环标志。从1928阿姆斯特丹（荷兰）奥运会开始五环就在邮票上出现了。

15.In December 1993, the city of Lausanne (Switzerland), which has been home to the IOC since 1915, received the title of Olympic Capital. The five rings have since been integrated into the city’s tourism logo.
洛桑（瑞士），自1915年起成为国际奥委会的家乡，在1993年12月被授予奥林匹克首都的称号。五环被整合到洛桑的旅游标志中了。

16.With the development of the Games throughout the 20th century, the five rings and the flag have become inseparable from the Olympic Movement and the Olympic Games.
通过20世纪奥林匹克运动和奥运会的发展，五环与会旗已经变得密不可分。


17.The Olympic motto is made up of three Latin words:
Which means: FASTER — HIGHER — STRONGER
奥林匹克口号由三个拉丁单词组成“CITIUS – ALTIUS – FORTIUS”，意思是“更快、更高、更强”

18. The sense of the motto is that being first is not necessarily a priority, but that giving one’s best and striving for personal excellence is a worthwhile goal. It can apply to athletes and to each one of us.
口号的含义是成为第一并不是必须的，尽自己最大努力去为个人的卓越而奋斗才是有价值的目标。这无论是对于运动员还是对于我们所有人都是同样适用的。

19. The three Latin words became the Olympic motto in 1894, the date of the IOC’s creation. Pierre de Coubertin proposed the motto, having borrowed it from his friend Henri Didon, a Dominican priest who taught sport to students.
这三个拉丁单词是在1894年国际奥委会创立的时候被确定为奥林匹克口号的。顾拜旦借用了他的好友修道院院长迪东鼓励学生时用过的这句话。

20.The Olympic flame is one of the best-known features of the Games. From the moment the flame is lit to the moment it goes out, a very precise ritual is laid down: The lighting–The relay route–and–Arrival at the stadium
奥林匹克圣火也是奥运会最著名的特色之一。从圣火点燃的时刻到它熄灭的时刻，会进行一个非常精确的仪式：圣火点燃－火炬接力－到达主体育场。

21.In memory of the origins of the Olympic Games, the flame is lit in Olympia Greece, some months before the opening of the Games. The Olympic flame can only be lit by the sun’s rays.
为了纪念奥运会的起源，圣火要在运动会开始几个月前在希腊的奥林匹亚点燃。圣火只能用太阳光点燃。



22.Carried by relay from Olympia to the host city of the Games, the flame crosses different regions, countries and continents. The passage of the flame announces the upcoming Olympic Games to the inhabitants along the route and allows those following its journey to discover it’s culture and customs.
圣火以接力的方式从奥林匹亚传送到奥运会主办城市。一路上经过不同的地区、国家和大陆。圣火的传递过程中，向沿途的居民宣布即将开始的奥林匹克运动会，同时也让一路上的跟随者们了解当地的文化与习俗。

23.On the day of the opening of the Games, the flame enters the stadium. With the lighting of the cauldron by the last relay runner the flame is transferred from the torch to the place where it will continue to burn for the entire length of the Games. The flame is extinguished on the final day of the Games at the closing ceremony.
在奥运会开始的当天，圣火进入体育场。由最后一名火炬手用火炬点燃火炬塔，圣火在整个比赛中将一直燃烧。在最后一天的闭幕式上圣火会被熄灭。

24. Olympic Image
The core essence of the Olympic Games as it is found in the thoughts and emotions of people around the world. The core brand or message of the Olympic Games, stems from elements that are either visual or verbal or both (e.g., a word, a mark, a symbol, a design, a term, or a combination of these) that communicate the identity and the image of the Olympic Games and the Olympic athletes, and that convey a set of expectations of and associations with the Olympic Games and the Olympians athletes.
奥运会形象
奥运会形象是奥运会的精髓，也是全世界人民共同的思想和情感。奥运会形象源自视觉的，或文字的，抑或图文并茂的要素(如一个字、一个标志、一种 符号、一种设计、一条术语或是所有这些的结合体)，播散着奥运会和奥运健将们的风采与形象，承载着他们的殷切期望和遐想，是奥运会的核心品牌或信息。

25. Olympic Marks
Any official trademark, design, logo, symbol, art product, term, phrase, or other distinguishing feature that serves to represent an Olympic organization or the Olympic Movement. Such features include the Olympic symbol, the Olympic flag, the Olympic motto, an Olympic emblem, and the Olympic anthem.
奥林匹克标识
奥林匹克标识是指代表奥林匹克组织或奥林匹克运动的任一正式商标、设计、会徽、标志、艺术品、术语、短语或其他特征。这些特征包括奥林匹克五环标志、奥林匹克会旗、奥林匹克格言、奥林匹克徽记及奥林匹克会歌。

26.Olympic Movement
The movement ‘s goal, led by the IOC, encompassing those organizations, athletes and other persons who agree to adhere to the Olympic Charter, the goal of which is to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport. This is practiced without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit and requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play.
奥林匹克运动
奥林匹克运动由国际奥委会领导，包括愿意接受奥林匹克宪章的指导组织、运动员和其他人员。 奥林匹克运动的目标是通过没有任何歧视且体现奥林匹克精神的体育运动教育青年，从而为建设一个和平、更加美好的世界做出贡献。为实现这一目标需要相互理 解，发扬友谊、团结和公平竞赛的精神。

27.Olympic Partner Programme, The (TOP)
The Olympic Partner Programme (TOP) is an international Olympic marketing programme created by the IOC, which includes the Organizing Committees of the Games, the National Olympic Committees and the TOP Partners.
奥林匹克全球合作伙伴计划
奥林匹克全球合作伙伴计划（TOP）是国际奥委会创立的国际性奥运会市场开发项目。包括奥组委、国家奥委会和奥林匹克全球合作伙伴。

28.Olympic Philately, Numismatic and Memorabilia Commission
The Olympic Philately, Numismatic and Memorabilia Commission (OPNMC) is comprised of the International Federation of Olympic Philately (FIPO), the International Federation of Olympic Numismatic (FINO), and the International Olympic Memorabilia Federation (FIMO). The OPNMC in conjunction with the FIPO, FINO, and FIMO share the same goal: to increase awareness of all Olympic collections by linking them to the cultural activities of the Olympic Movement.
奥林匹克集邮、纪念币和纪念品委员会
奥林匹克集邮、钱币和纪念品委员会(OPNMC)由国际奥林匹克集邮联合会(FIPO)、国际奥林匹克纪念币联合会(FINO)以及国际奥林匹 克纪念品联合会(FIMO)组成，并与这三个联合会秉持同一个目标，即将所有的奥运收藏活动与奥林匹克运动的各项文化活动结合起来，提升奥运收藏的知名度。

29.Olympic Photographic Archive Bureau (OPAB)
Olympic Photographic Archive Bureau, managed by Allsport, is the organization designated by the IOC to maintain and manage the Olympic Photographic Archive. Allsport is the official photography agent to the IOC (a division of Getty Images) and the organization designated by the IOC to maintain and manage the Olympic Photographic Archive Bureau (OPAB).
奥林匹克图片档案署
奥林匹克图片档案署是国际奥委会指定用来维护和管理奥林匹克图片档案的机构，由全体育图片社(Allsport)管理。全体育图片社属盖荻图片 库（Getty Images）的分支机构，是国际奥委会的官方摄影代理商，也是由国际奥委会指定来对奥林匹克图片档案署进行维护和管理的机构。

30. Olympic Programme Commission
The Olympic Programme Commission is responsible for reviewing and analyzing the programme of sports, disciplines and events, and also the number of athletes, in each sport for the Games of the Olympiad and the Winter Olympics. It is also responsible for developing recommendations on the principles and structure of the Olympic Programme for the Olympic Games and the Winter Olympics. The Commission makes recommendations in this regard to the IOC Executive Board, which shall present a report to the 114th IOC Session in November 2002 in Mexico City for the programmes of the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games and the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
奥林匹克项目委员会
奥运项目委员会负责审查和分析奥运会比赛项目中的竞赛大项、分项和小项，以及夏、冬两季奥运会每一竞赛大项的参赛运动员人数。 项目委员会还负责撰写与夏、冬季奥运会奥运项目的准则和结构体系相关的建议。 项目委员会向国际奥委会执行委员会提交建议。 后者则须在2002年11月于墨西哥城举行的国际奥委会第114次全会上就2006年都灵冬奥会和2008年北京奥运会比赛项目提交一份报告。

31. Olympic Scholarships for Athletes Programme
The Olympic Scholarships for Athletes Programme is an Olympic Solidarity programme offering funding to promising athletes, nominated by their respective NOCs, to allow them to train, compete and improve in their goal of qualification for the Olympic Games.
奥林匹克运动员奖学金计划
奥林匹克运动员奖学金计划是一项奥林匹克团结基金计划。 该计划对有潜力的运动员提供资金支持，使他们能为争取奥运会的参赛资格而不断训练、比赛和进步。各国家（地区）奥委会提名推荐本国的运动员人选。