[双语]横店影视城 中国好莱坞？

   
'He's a visionary,' says Bill Kong, the Hong Kong-based producer of world-wide blockbusters 'Hero' and 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' which were both shot in Hengdian. 'He's managed to turn a place in the middle of nowhere into the best studio in China.'
香港电影人江志强是电影《英雄》和《卧虎藏龙》(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)的制片人，他说，徐文荣是一个有远见的人，他成功地将一个默默无名的地方打造成了中国最好的影视城。《英雄》和《卧虎藏龙》这两部享誉世界的大片就都是在横店拍摄的。
   
Hengdian's success has come on the back of China's booming film market, expected to become the world's second-biggest market, after the U.S., by 2012. Domestic box-office revenue surged 64% to $1.5 billion in 2010, while the number of theaters has doubled in the last four years to around 6,300.
横店的成功与中国电影市场的繁荣发展是分不开的。中国有望在2012年之前成为仅次于美国的全球第二大电影市场。2010年中国国内票房收入激增64%，达到15亿美元。在过去四年间，国内影院数量也增长了一倍，达到约6,300家。
   
Increasingly, Hengdian is featured in Hollywood co-productions hoping to cash in on both U.S. and Chinese markets, such as 'Mummy 3' and 'Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.'
如今，横店越来越多地出现在那些希望从中国和美国两大市场上获利的好莱坞跨国合拍片中，例如《木乃伊3》(Mummy 3)和《雪花与秘扇》(Snow Flower and the Secret Fan)。
   
The studios also draw seven million tourists a year as a government-sanctioned 5A tourist destination. Extra entertainment comes in the form of aerial acrobatics, horse jousting and water stunts involving pirates.
作为国家5A级旅游景区，横店影视城每年还吸引着七百万游客。其它娱乐项目包括特技飞行表演、马上比武以及有“海盗”现身的水上特技展示。
   
At night, for $23 , visitors can catch the 'The Largest Volcano Performance in the World' -- a dance extravaganza with fireworks, glow-in-the-dark figurines, fire breathers and simulated lava.
到了晚上，游客可以观看“全球最大的火山实景演出”，票价23美元。这是一场盛大的舞蹈演出，其间融入了焰火、夜光塑像、火龙和模拟熔岩等元素。
   
Hengdian has its detractors. Some cast and crew members who have spent months in the remote town secretly call it 'Helldian,' for its lack of luxuries.
不过也有对横店感到厌恶的人。由于缺乏舒适奢华的生活条件，有些在这个偏远小镇待过几个月的剧组人员私下里把它叫做“Helldian”（意即地狱之店）。