Here is the beginning of the translation of the interview from Sport Dimanche (in the Stéphane on TV thread):
Woman: So much has happened to you in your 10 year career at the highest level! When we see these images of you in October 2008, when you announced your retirement, were you honest with yourself, when you said it was without regrets?
S: Well, it was without regrets, since my health wasn't there. However, what I can see in the footage is that passion is there, in every second of the report, and that in the end, today, I have the possibility to fight, I have the weapons to fight, and the desire is there, and that's it… I'll be there at the European Championships.
W: It's the Olympics in particular that brought you back to competition. These Olympics will be your third, since we tend to forget you were already part of the adventure in Salt Lake City, when you were 16.
S: (interrupting, nodding and smiling) Exactly!
W: So what do you think is so special about the Olympics, in one or two words?
S: Well, it's hard to explain… I think the best way to (hesitates) to know what it's like is to take part in Olympic Games because there are so many things, so many adventures , whether it was in Salt Lake City, whether it was in Turin, the Olympics were completely different for me. And that's what drives us, to want to know what will happen, and the desire to outdo yourself, to show the world what you're capable of. And at the same time, there's this “sport family” which gathers for over two weeks and this desire to move, to do well, you can feel it in the Olympic village, you can feel it in the ice rink, you can feel it in the audience, and I think that's what all the athletes want to experience, this passion for sport.
W: Turin, the silver medal, is it still vivid in your mind?
S: Well, clearly, seeing all those images again, you see the tears again, you hum… I can't hide what I feel deep down inside and I have to say that Turin will remain engraved in my memory forever. Now, the future is still up ahead and I can do it again, so I'm gonna give it all I have.
W: How about we look at a few images, because, that day, you were in a terrible state!
S: Oh yes? (laughs) Well, let's watch.
In the video: S: This was really the longest day of my life.
W from studio, talking over video : Do you remember? You had the flu and it's true it was a real fight, every second of it.
S: Well, what was also strange was that, two weeks before the Olympics I uh… (stops, doesn't know how to continue)
W: Hurt your knee.
S: Yes, I hurt my knee. I had elongated a tendon and so we had done everything we could so that I could skate without pain and we had made a (interrupts, comments image) yeah, those are sort of … (both laugh, gets back to subject) we had made a knee brace for me to train without pain and then we had realized it was really awful to have to give a performance with the knee brace so hum… Yeah, it's kind of the same situation now, where there is a lot of physiotherapy, where it is essential to be really careful about each training session, and, at the same time, there is this will behind everything。
And here's the end of the interview:
W: We saw Plushenko. You'll face him again this season. He also made his comeback.
S: That's true.
W: This confrontation, this duel, does it scare you?
S: It doesn't scare me more than other things. I mean, it's just another competition… and I'll see him again before the Olympics in Tallinn.
W: (I'm sorry, but I don't understand the name of the guy) you'll be Stéphane Lambiel's boss in Vancouver, a medal, four years later, do you believe it's possible?
The guy whose name I didn't catch: He's the boss, not me! (all laugh) Ah yes, it was like a Christmas present when he announced his comeback. I think it' great for Swiss sport, and for the entire delegation that's going to Vancouver, it means having a star in the team. We have magnificent athletes now in the Olympic team, with Cuche, Defago, Lambiel, the bobsledders, there are so many good athletes who have a chance of getting a medal in Vancouver and I think his participation is of great value. And I see the energy, it's important for me, this energy, this motivation, this passion… this is great, really!
W: Stéphane, you will present a new LP, you mentioned it earlier, a new LP at the Europeans. You will keep the Guillaume Tell SP by Rossini. However, it's the end for the tango, which we should see soon (talking about the images) , right now we're still looking at the SP. We learned Monday on your website that you will skate to La Traviata by Verdi in your new LP. You like to make your life more complicated, don't you? A new LP, just a few weeks before Europeans.
S: If I do it, it's not to complicate my life, on the contrary. This decision was taken after having given it a lot of thought. And it's true I very much enjoyed skating this tango, but I couldn't see myself skating it at the Olympics, seeing as the music... (hesitates) I don't know, it doesn't give me this freshness I need for the Olympics. I'm here, I want to do well, I want to do my best and I want to show freshness, this freshness I have in me now, so La Traviata by Verdi…
W: (interrupting) Fits better?
S: … Will fit the state of mind in which I am now a lot better.
W: You've come back to competition, but that doesn't mean you have given up exhibitions. There's a big event coming up for you, Art on Ice in Lausanne on March 8th and 9th. By the way, hurry up if you want tickets, it's already all sold out in Zurich! After all these competitions, all this energy expense of which you've just spoken, will there still be energy for shows?
S: But there will still be energy for a huge amount of things! And I think being on the ice is simply the act of filling myself up with energy, positive energy, and I hope I will be able to skate for a very long time.
W: With a podium in Tallinn.
S: With a podium in Tallinn, and, why not, a gold medal (laughs) . It would be, it would be…
Man in grey suit: Well, we hope that'll be the case. May I conclude with a “trick question”?
S: (sort of interrupting) Of course!
M: You said that…
S: (interrupting) I'm ready! (all laugh)
M: You said you were coming back to the competitive world to become Olympic champion… What if it didn't go well at the European Championships? If you end up, say 4th or 5th, could it jeopardize your Olympics? Even if you earn the right to represent Switzerland?
S: Of course not, of course not; when you take part in a competition, it means you accept that things could go wrong. And the athlete, every athlete, is ready for everything to go as planned, or for everything to go wrong. Now, what I can tell you, and what I know, is that I will do my best, I will do my best to make everything work, and if it doesn't work, I'll have no regrets: the road is great, I've spent great moments since my comeback during which we've built each piece of this Olympic preparation, and, in the end, the result isn't all that important. It's obvious that I want this medal, it's obvious that victory would be great, but the road to get there (hand gesture that says it's exquisite) is awesome!
M: Thank you Stéphane. You'll have understood that we wish you all the best at the European Championships。
大概是2010年1月10日时的一个采访，某粉用英文翻译了一下，youtube上应该能够看到这个视频采访的。
他看起来太忧郁了，不过气质是越来越好了。 |
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