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Pele, Ronaldinho, Garrincha -- the names of past Brazilian superstars -- roll off the tongue like a verse of great romance poetry. These monikers are not always formal names but instead are often nicknames adopted for soccer. 据《洛杉矶时报》报道，贝利、罗纳尔迪尼奥、加林查，这些曾经的巴西足坛巨星的名字，让人读起来朗朗上口，押韵地如同罗马诗句。这些名字其实不是他们的本名，而是他们为了足球取的“艺名”。 Pele, widely considered the best soccer player ever, is actually named Edson Arantes do Nascimento, after the American inventor Thomas Edison. Pele said he got his nickname as a kid when he mispronounced the name of Brazilian goalkeeper Bilé as Pilé. A playmate used the mistake to taunt him, and when he moved to the city of Bauru, the “Pilé!” chants evolved to Pele, the name he used to represent Brazil in four World Cups. “Thanks to that goalie Bilé, and a classmate’s little joke, I became Pele,” he wrote. “Now it’s known across the world.” 贝利被认为是有史以来最伟大的足球运动员，他的本名其实是埃德森·阿兰蒂斯·多·纳西门托（Edson Arantes do Nascimento），源自于美国发明家托马斯·爱迪生（Thomas Edison）。贝利曾说他之所以叫贝利，是因为其孩童时期误把巴西队守门员Bilé叫成 Pilé。朋友用贝利的口误来开他玩笑，当他到了巴鲁（巴西东南部的一城市）， Pilé就变成了 Pele（贝利），而他用这个名字代表巴西队出战了四届世界杯。“感谢守门员Bilé，也感谢我朋友的小玩笑，我成为了贝利，”他写道，“现在全世界都知道了贝利这个名字。” | 
