The Pittsburgh-area McDonald's franchisee who created the Big Mac nearly 50 years ago has died.
美國(guó)匹茲堡地區(qū)麥當(dāng)勞加盟商，50年前發(fā)明麥當(dāng)勞招牌漢堡包“巨無(wú)霸”的制造者去世。

Michael 'Jim' Delligatti was 98.
邁克爾·吉姆·德利加迪享年98歲。

McDonald's spokeswoman Kerry Ford confirmed that Delligatti died at home surrounded by his family on Monday night.
麥當(dāng)勞發(fā)言人克里·福特確認(rèn)，周一晚上，德利加迪在家人的陪伴下于家中辭世。

According to his son, Delligatti ate at least one 540-calorie Big Mac a week for decades.
據(jù)德利加迪兒子稱(chēng)，十幾年來(lái)，他每周至少吃一個(gè)含有540卡路里的“巨無(wú)霸”漢堡包。

Delligatti's franchise was based in Uniontown when in 1967 he invented the chain's signature burger with two all-beef patties, 'special sauce,' lettuce, cheese, pickles and onions on a sesame seed bun.
德利加迪的加盟店位于Uniontown小鎮(zhèn)，1967年他發(fā)明了一種招牌漢堡包，將兩塊牛肉餡餅，‘特殊的醬料’、生菜、萵苣、奶酪和洋蔥放在沾有芝麻的面包片上。

The Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald's resisted the idea at first because its simple lineup of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries and shakes was selling well.
起初，美國(guó)伊利諾斯州奧克布魯克麥當(dāng)勞店對(duì)這種想法表示反對(duì)，因?yàn)樗陜?nèi)那些制作簡(jiǎn)單的產(chǎn)品包如牛肉漢堡、薯?xiàng)l和奶昔賣(mài)的很好。

But Delligatti wanted to offer a bigger burger and it went over so well it spread to the rest of Delligatti's 47 stores, then went national in 1968.
但是德利加迪希望為顧客提供一種更大的漢堡包，這種漢堡包銷(xiāo)量非常好，馬上傳到德利加迪其它47家連鎖店，1968年全國(guó)都能買(mǎi)到這種漢堡包。

"He was often asked why he named it the Big Mac, and he said because Big Mc sounded too funny,'' his son Michael Delligatti said.
吉姆·德利加迪的兒子說(shuō)，“他經(jīng)常被問(wèn)到為什么起名‘巨無(wú)霸’，他說(shuō)因?yàn)榫逕o(wú)霸聽(tīng)起來(lái)很滑稽?！?/div>

To Delligatti's delight, the product was 'an immediate success,' adding that the recipe has not really changed in the 40 years.
令德利加迪感到欣喜的是，產(chǎn)品一經(jīng)上市就“馬上取得成功”，他補(bǔ)充道，這份食譜40年沒(méi)有變過(guò)。

When the burger turned 40, McDonald's estimated it was selling 550 million Big Macs a year, or roughly 17 every second. Delligatti received no payment or royalties for coming up with the burger, the company said.
在巨無(wú)霸誕生40年的時(shí)候，麥當(dāng)勞估計(jì)，它每年的銷(xiāo)量高達(dá)5.5億個(gè)，大約每秒鐘賣(mài)出17個(gè)。不過(guò)，麥當(dāng)勞公司說(shuō)，德利加迪沒(méi)有為發(fā)明這種漢堡包得到過(guò)任何酬勞或?qū)＠?/div>

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