美国商业大亨传奇 第75期:掌控全局(2)

Edison became very happy to help develop an electricchair,as long as that electric chair used Westinghousealternating current generators.

爱迪生很乐意帮助发明一种电椅 只要这种电椅使用威斯汀豪斯的交流电发电机

Edison devotes his lab's attention to thedevelopment of the world's first electric chair.

爱迪生的实验室开始着手开发世界上第一张电椅

It's the perfect opportunity to prove that Tesla's AC is dangerous......even deadly.

这是一个完美的机会向世人证明特斯拉的交流电有多危险 甚至能致人死亡

The prison invites the press to witness the most sensational demonstration imaginable.

监狱邀请媒体见证这次最具轰动性的演示

The world's first human execution by electricity.

人类历史上第一次用电来执行死刑

Is it ready?

准备好了吗

Yes.

好了

Goodbye, William.

再见 威廉

He's dead.

他死了

He's bleeding.

他在流血

He's breathing.

他在呼吸

I'm gonna be sick.

我感到恶心

They then essentially roasted this man alive.

他们相当于是在活着烤这个人

It was a botched execution.

死刑执行搞砸了

The gruesome act backfires on Edison.

这一做法令人毛骨悚然 爱迪生弄巧成拙

The public doesn't connect A.C. to Tesla.

公众并没有将交流电和特斯拉联系起来

All they remember is that electricity was used to kill a man.

他们只记住了电被用于杀死一个人

And that Edison was behind it.

而爱迪生就是幕后指使者

The damage to his reputation is massive.

这对他的声誉产生了巨大破坏

And J.P. Morgan endures an even worse fate.

J·P·摩根也需要忍受更糟糕的命运