| Sarah Connor was born Sarah Leve on June 13, 1980, in Delmenhorst, Germany. She was the eldest of five children (four sisters and one brother) born to parents Soraya and Michael. At age 6, Sarah joined a local gospel choir, and during her teens, she attended music school where she took classical vocal lessons. Her musical idols while growing up were such artists as Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Marvin Gaye. |
莎拉•寇娜（Sarah Connor）原名Sarah Leve，1980年6月13日出生于德國代爾曼霍斯特（Delmenhorst）。她的父母Michael和Soraya共育有四女一子，她是五個孩子中最大的。六歲時，Sarah加入了當?shù)氐母Ｒ舫姲?；十幾歲的時候，進入音樂學校學習古典聲樂課程。她心中的偶像歌手包括Aretha Franklin、Stevie Wonder、James Brown和Marvin Gaye。 |
| By the time she was 17, Sarah was convinced that she was ready to dedicate her life to music. She was picked by her music school to perform alongside Michael Jackson when he gave a huge concert in Germany, and the experience turned out to be a revelation. "I loved it," Sarah recalled, "and knew for sure then that singing was what I wanted to do." After finishing school, Sarah focused all her energy on getting her music out to the world. |
直到17歲，Sarah才認識到自己已經(jīng)做好把一生都奉獻給音樂事業(yè)的準備。邁克爾•杰克遜的世界巡演來到德國時，Sarah所在的音樂學校選中她參與了邁克爾•杰克遜的演出，這次經(jīng)歷給了她很多啟示?！拔覠釔垡魳?，”Sarah回憶說，“我很確定唱歌才是自己真正想要的。”畢業(yè)后，為了把自己的歌推向世界，Sarah傾注了她所有的心血。 |
| In the spring of 2001, Sarah released her first single, called "Let's Get Back to Bed – Boy!" which jumped to No. 2 on German singles charts and hit the Top 15 on the European Top 100. Within weeks, she had reached gold status in both Germany and Austria, and the music channel VIVA gave her a Comet award for Best National Newcomer. Another hit single, "From Sarah with Love," followed later that year. When Sarah finally released her first album, Green Eyed Soul, in November of 2001, it went on to sell more than 450,000 copies. |
2001年的春天，Sarah發(fā)布了第一支單曲《Let’s Get Back to Bed – Boy!》。這支單曲一舉榮獲德國單曲榜亞軍，躍登歐洲European Top 100排行榜前15位。幾星期之內(nèi)，她在德國和奧地利就取得了金唱片銷量的成績。音樂頻道VIVA在其一年一度的最耀眼彗星獎（Comet）頒獎典禮上給她頒發(fā)了“最佳本土新人獎”。同年，她還發(fā)布了另一首熱門單曲《From Sarah with Love》。Sarah的第一張專輯《Green Eyed Soul》最終于2001年11月問世，銷量超過了45萬張。 |
| In 2002, Sarah won a German ECHO award (for Best Female National Rock/Pop Artist). After conducting a national tour to sold-out crowds, Sarah went back into the studio. With friend and mentor Wyclef Jean acting as producer, she recorded "One Nite Stand (Of Wolves and Sheep)," which became the first single off of Sarah's sophomore release, Unbelievable. Unbelievable went gold a mere two days after being released in September of 2002. |
2002年，Sarah在德國“回聲”音樂獎（ECHO award）上榮獲年度“最佳本土流行/搖滾女歌手”獎。在結(jié)束了門票售罄、場場爆滿的全國巡演后，Sarah回歸了錄音棚。由朋友兼良師Wyclef Jean擔任制作人，Sarah錄制了歌曲《One Nite Stand (Of Wolves and Sheep)》，這也成為了她第二張專輯《Unbelievable》里推出的首支單曲?！?/span>Unbelievable》于2002年9月發(fā)布，之后兩天就榮登金唱片寶座。 |
| While working on her third album, Key to My Soul, in the summer of 2003, Sarah became pregnant with the child of boyfriend and fellow singer Marc Terenzi. Terenzi's band, Natural, had contributed to "Just One Last Dance," one of the singles from Key to My Soul. The album was released in November of that year, as Sarah was taking time off as a maternity leave. |
2003年的夏天，就在Sarah為推出第三張專輯《Key to My Soul》做準備時，她懷上了男朋友Marc Terenzi的孩子。Terenzi所在的Natural樂隊與Sarah合作過《最后一曲》（Just One Last Dance），這也是專輯《Key to My Soul》推出的單曲之一。專輯于同年11月發(fā)布，那時候Sarah正在休假待產(chǎn)。 |
| In the spring of 2004, Sarah broke into the coveted English-language market. She released her first US single, "Bounce," in April, and then a self-titled album in May. "Bounce" reached No. 11 on the US charts, No. 12 in Japan and No. 14 in the UK and Australia. Sarah's worldwide success earned her a World Music Award in September of 2004. |
2004年的春天，Sarah殺進了渴望已久的英語語言國家。4月，她在美國發(fā)布了第一支單曲《Bounce》，接著于5月發(fā)布了以自己名字命名的專輯?！?/span>Bounce》在美國排行榜上排名第11位，日本第12位，英國和澳大利亞則位列第14。Sarah在全球大獲成功，這為她在2004年9月贏得了“世界音樂獎”。 |
| In February of 2005, Sarah took home a German Golden Camera award for Best National Pop Act. She also lent her voice to the German version of the animated feature Robots (2005). |
2005年2月，Sarah在德國金相機獎（Golden Camera award）上榮獲“本土最佳流行藝人”獎。此外，她還演唱了動畫大片《機器人歷險記》（2005）德國版本的主題曲。 |
| Connor's personal life began to gain substantial media attention after her 2005 marriage to American pop-rock musician Marc Terenzi, which resulted in two children, Tyler (born in 2004), and Summer (born in 2006). |
從2005年開始，Sarah的個人生活吸引了很多媒體的目光。那一年，她嫁給了美國流行搖滾歌手Marc Terenzi。他們共育有一子一女：兒子Tyler于2004年出生，女兒Summer生于2006年。
（China.org.cn 汪瑋 譯）
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