Santiago Bernabéu Yeste was one of the single most important men in Real Madrid's history, and the one to whom credit can be given for transforming Real Madrid from the second most successful club in Madrid into the most successful in both Spain and Europe.
圣地亚哥·伯纳乌·耶斯特是皇马俱乐部历史中最重要的人物之一，皇家马德里这个原本只是马德里市第二成功的俱乐部，一跃成为了西班牙乃至整个欧洲最声名显赫的球会，正要归功于他。
Bernabéu was born June 8 , 1895 in Almansa , province of Albacete , Spain and died June 2 , 1978 in Madrid . He was chairman of Real Madrid from 1943 to 1978. No other president kept the job for so long or led the club for so many titles as Bernabéu did.
伯纳乌于1895年6月8日出生于西班牙阿尔巴塞特省的阿列曼萨，1978年6月2日逝世于马德里。他于1943年至1978年担任皇家马德里俱乐部的主席，在皇马历史上，从来没有一个人像他这样长久的担任着俱乐部主席并取得过如此之多的锦标。
Bernabéu first joined the club as player in 1912 . He retired from playing in 1927. In 1929 he joined the board of Real Madrid as secretary, job he would fulfill until 1935. In 1943 he was elected president, which he would remain until his death in 1978. As president of Real Madrid he is considered to have been one of the major forces behind the club's successes. He was responsible for the building of a large new stadium for the club in Chamartin. The stadium was finished in 1947 and renamed in 1953 in his honor: Estadio Santiago Bernabéu .
He was one of the creators of the European Cup, a competition which Real Madrid would dominate in its early stages thanks to the star players that Bernabéu had brought to the club. He died in 1978, while the World Cup was being played in Argentina . In his honor the FIFA decreed three days of mourning during the tournament. In 2002 he was posthumously awarded FIFA's Order of Merit.
伯纳乌先生还是欧洲冠军杯的创办人之一，皇家马德里成为了这项锦标早期的霸主，这要感谢伯纳乌引进的球星们。伯纳乌先生逝世之际正值1978年阿根廷世界杯，国际足联决定默哀三天以示悼念，在2002年，他被国际足联追认为国际足联荣誉奖得主。 Born in Almansa (Albacete), the 8th of June, 1895, Bernabéu's family moved to Madrid when he was very young, and Bernabéu himself joined the Real Madrid junior ranks in 1909 at age 14, after being a regular spectator at their matches for years.
1895年6月8日出生于阿列曼萨（阿尔巴塞特省），伯纳乌的家庭在他很小的时候就迁往了马德里，而伯纳乌在数年的观看皇马队的比赛后，于1909年他14岁的时候加入了皇马少年队。
In 1912 when the club moved to its new location on O'Donnell street, Bernabéu was one of the volunteers who helped lay the pitch and paint the fences. He went on to join the first team at age 17 and recorded over 1200 goals as a striker, as well as wearing the captain's armband for years, before retiring as a player in 1927. He continued to be associated with the club until 1935, first as a director, before becoming assistant manager and finally manager of the first team. With the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, professional football ceased to be played in Spain. During the war he fought as a solider for the nationalists under Franco and was decorated for bravery.
1912年，俱乐部迁往了在O'Donnell街的新址，伯纳乌作为一名志愿者，参与了球场的平整及围栏的油漆工作。在他17岁的时候，伯纳乌成为了皇马一线队的一员。在他1927年退役前，并作为一名前锋在各类比赛中射入了1200多球，并在数年中担任着球队队长。在退役后，他的职业生涯仍然和俱乐部联系在一起，直到1935年。首先是俱乐部董事会的一员，接着相继担任了副经理和一线队经理。在1936年西班牙内战爆发后，职业足球联赛停止了。在战争期间，伯纳乌作为一名战士在民族主义者的弗朗哥将军麾下战斗并以其英勇表现而授勋。 （Post-War Accomplishments）When the war ended and football began again in Spain, Bernabéu found in Real Madrid what was to all effects a dead club. The club's ground had been destroyed in the war; finances were non-existent; there was no team, managerial staff, or administration (several had been killed or disappeared during the war) and even some of the club's trophies from their early years had been stolen. What's more, at the time the establishment club was Atlético Madrid (re-named Atlético Aviación, the Air-Force's team) and Real Madrid received no government help in rebuilding. Bernabéu proceeded to spend the next several months finding and contacting former players, directors, and club members, eventually restructuring the club.
当战争结束，西班牙足球联赛重新开始，伯纳乌发现皇家马德里俱乐部已经面目全非了。俱乐部的场地在战争中被毁，财产也不复存在，没有球队也没有管理人员及行政部门（部分俱乐部人员在战争中被杀害或是失踪了），甚至俱乐部早期获得的一些奖杯都被盗了。更重要的是，那时的马德里竞技是当局支持重建的球队（当时被改名为空军竞技，是西班牙空军财政支持的球队），而皇家马德里没有得到任何政府的帮助进行重建工作。伯纳乌在接下来的几个月时间里一直联系前俱乐部球员，官员及其他成员并最终重建了俱乐部。
In 1943, after fan violence following a Real Madrid victory over FC Barcelona the government imposed a salomonic solution, forcing the Presidents of both clubs to resign, and Bernabéu was elected President of Real Madrid - a position he would occupy until his death on June 2, 1978.
在1943年，一次皇马取胜巴萨的比赛后，发生了严重的暴力事件。当局政府采取了国王建议的两边各打五十大板的解决方法。两家俱乐部的主席都被勒令辞职。而伯纳乌则被选举为皇马俱乐部的新主席，并一直担任此职直到他1978年6月2日逝世。
Success did not come immediately, however. The club was still in very poor shape and other clubs, such as the aforementioned Atlético, Barcelona, and Athletic Club had very strong teams. In order to change this, Bernabéu began to implant his ideas, which can be described with hindsight as nothing short of visionary.
但是成功并没有随着伯纳乌的上任而立刻到来。当时皇家马德里俱乐部的规模相较于上面提到的马德里竞技，巴塞罗那，毕尔巴鄂竞技等强队而言，仍然显得很小。为了改变这种现状，伯纳乌开始宣扬他对俱乐部建设的想法，这被当时一些短视的人认为简直就是空想。
He restructured the club at all levels, in what would become the normal operating structure of professional clubs in the future, giving every section and level of the club independent technical teams and recruiting people who were ambitious and visionary in their own right, such as Raimundo Saporta.
他在各个层面上对俱乐部进行了改建，这让皇家马德里在以后成为了一家具有标准组织结构的职业俱乐部。俱乐部在各个体育项目及年龄段组建了单独的队伍，并且招揽了一大批自身有着雄心壮志及美好理想的成员，如雷蒙德.萨波尔塔。
He then endevoured to build what would become the stadium that today bears his name, at the time the largest stadium in all of Europe. At the time, it was remarked as being too much of a stadium for so little a club. The Ciudad Deportiva, built so that the players could train without destroying the stadium's pitch, was also constructed during these years. Finally, he embarked upon an ambitious strategy of signing world-class players from abroad, the most prominent of them being Alfredo DiStefano, and built the world's first truly multinational side. During Bernabéu's presidency many of Real Madrid's most legendary names played for the club, including Alfredo Di Stéfano, Gento, Molowny, Miguel Muñoz, Kopa, Joseíto, Rial, Puskas, Amancio, Pirri, Netzer, Santillana, Amancio, Juanito, Stielike, Del Bosque, Camacho and many more.
他接着倾力于修建一座如今以他的名字命名的当时欧洲最大的体育场--圣地亚哥.伯纳乌球场。当时，人们对这座体育馆的评论是：“宏伟的球场对这样一个小俱乐部来说显得太奢华了。” 而同时期 Ciudad Deportiva训练基地的建设，也让球队能够在保持正常训练的同时不会对伯纳乌球场的草皮产生破坏。最后，伯纳乌着手进行了一项极富雄心的战略，从国外签入了当时世界级的球星，他们之中的翘楚便是阿弗雷多.迪斯蒂法诺，并且真正意义上的组成了当时世界足坛上的第一支多国部队。球队历史上一系列传奇的名字都在伯纳乌担任俱乐部主席期间为球队效力，包括迪斯蒂法诺，亨托，莫洛尼，穆尼奥斯，科帕，何塞伊托，里亚尔，普斯卡什，阿曼西奥，皮里，内策尔，桑蒂亚纳，华尼托，斯蒂利克，德尔.博斯克，卡马乔等等。
