曼纳

曼纳•伊奥尼斯古经营着芝加哥一家数字营销公司LightspanDigital。

Mana Ionescu runs lightspan digital , a Chicago-based digital marketing company .

他们1比10输给了当时的南斯拉夫（Yugoslavia）。虽然正值7月，但是曼纳好几个队友一场比赛下来还是得了冻疮。

but several players still got frostbite as they lost 1-10 to Yugoslavia , even though it was July .

关于曼纳和公主的谈话，民间有各种传言。有的说，曼纳告诉公主“是意志的力量”。其他版本说，英王乔治六世（GeorgeVI）让曼纳卷起裤管，要看看他的腿是不是钢做的。

Myths gathered round that conversation . Some said Manna-da had told the princess that " Strength is in the mind . " Others said that the king , George VI , had made him roll up his trousers to see if his legs were made of steel .

在加尔各答市中心广阔的麦丹（Maidan）公园的草地稀疏炙热，在那里赤脚踢球尚无大碍。曼纳的球队莫罕巴干俱乐部（MohunBaganAC）在那里训练，最倒霉不过是踩到山羊粪或者玻璃碴儿。

Bare feet were all very well on the thin , baked surface of the vast Maidan at the centre of Kolkata , where his club , Mohun Bagan AC , had its playing field , and where the worst hazards were straying goats and glass .

他赤脚足球原因是各种各样的，甚至曼纳脑子里也有多种版本。

The reasons for the naked feet varied , even in his own mind .

动物庄园乔治·奥威尔故事发生在曼纳庄园里。

Animal Farm by George Orwell

在曼纳的带领下，印度又在1951年的亚运会上第一次在国际赛事中摘得足球项目的金牌。

Under his captaincy , it won its first international football gold medal at the Asian games in 1951 .

曼纳在莫罕巴干俱乐部没有工资，他的茶色和绿色条纹队服也是用自己的血汗钱买的。

Mohun Bagan did not pay him , and he had to buy the maroon and green strip with his own hard-earned cash .

曼纳的球迷普遍认为他一生都是赤脚踢球的，而他的任意球更是灵活熟练，足以给对手致命一击。

And to his fans Manna-da seemed to play barefoot - agile , skilful and deadly on the free kicks - all through his career .

曼纳平息了两万名观众的怒火，并绅士般地祝对手决赛好运。

Manna-da calmed down the furious crowd of 20000 who had come to see the game , and then wished BSF good luck for the final .

1948年伦敦奥运会上，凭借后卫线上身高体壮的曼纳（图中左起第三），新近独立的印度险些击败法国。

With Manna-da - third from left above - tall and strong in defence , newly independent India almost beat France at the London Olympic games in 1948 .