纪录片《美国商业大亨传奇》 掌控全局(25)

The Titans weld more power than any group of men in American history and they're about to use it.

巨头们拥有的权力比美国历史上的任何组织都要强大 他们也会利用这些权力

Much appreciated.

非常感谢

This is McKinley's speech that he'll be giving at the Republican convention.

这是麦金莱在共和党全国代表大会上的演讲稿

Make sure he sees it in time.

确保他及时看到

Understood.

是

Rockefeller, Morgan and Carnegie each give over $200,000 to McKinley.

洛克菲勒 摩根和卡内基给麦金莱的钱都超过了二十万美元

The equivalent of $20 million dollars today.

那时的二十万相当于今天的两千万

The campaign is, by far, the most expensive in American history and McKinley outspent Bryan by a factor of five to one.

这次竞选是美国有史以来花费最多的 麦金莱的开支是布赖恩的五倍

But they don't just fund their candidate.

巨头们所做的不仅仅是资助候选人

The group wields¹ tremendous influence and they aren't shy about using it.

他们拥有巨大的影响力 运用起来也是毫不忌讳

Suggesting headlines and orchestrating PR campaigns that end up getting McKinley elected.

比如操纵媒体 策划公关活动 都是为了让麦金莱当选

It was easier to buy the publicity² that you wanted in those days, than it is now.

花钱买宣传在那个时候比现在要来得容易

The news media was a smaller market and it was easier to feed information to your favorite correspondents than it probably is now.

当时的新闻媒体市场较小 向你中意的记者传达信息比现在应该容易一些

1 wields   

手持着使用（武器、工具等）( wield的第三人称单数 )； 具有； 运用（权力）； 施加（影响）

参考例句：

• She wields enormous power within the party. 她操纵着党内大权。
• He remains chairman, but wields little power at the company. 他还是主席，但在公司没有什么实权了。

2 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。