Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois.

華特．伊利亞斯．迪士尼在 1901 年 12 月 5 日出生於芝加哥的伊利諾伊州。

As he moved around the Midwestern United States with his family, Walt discovered an interest in art.

當他跟著家人搬到美國中西部時，華特發現他對藝術的興趣。

By the time he entered high school, he had already sought out a correspondence course and begun to study cartooning.

當他進入高中時，就找到一個函授課程，並開始學畫漫畫。

In 1922, Walt Disney and the animator, Ub Iwerks, opened an independent art studio creating short advertisements and comedic sketches.

在 1922 年，華特．迪士尼和卡通繪製者烏布·伊沃克斯開了一間獨立的藝術工作室，製作短片廣告和喜劇草稿。

Though the venture soon shut down, Disney, his brother Roy, and Iwerks started again in California with a new studio creating animated films.

雖然這間店很快就倒了，迪士尼、他的哥哥洛伊和烏布·伊沃克斯重新在加州開了一間新的工作室，製造動畫電影。

From that studio came the idea of a new character, who would later become the iconic Disney Company spokesman, Mickey Mouse.

那個工作室創作了一個新的角色，後來還成為迪士尼公司的代言人，也就是米奇老鼠。

In 1934, Disney began work on his studio's first feature-length animated film, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", one of the first-ever projects to prove animation's capacity for long-form narrative.

在 1934 年，迪士尼開始在工作室製作第一部長篇動畫電影《白雪公主》，是有史以​​來第一個證明動畫有長篇敘事能力的項目之一。

"Snow White" was quickly followed by "Pinocchio", "Dumbo", "Bambi", and "Fantasia", and the opening of a new studio in Burbank to keep up with the demand for new releases.

緊追在《白雪公主》後的是《木偶奇遇記》、《小飛象》、《小鹿斑比》和《幻想曲》，且在柏本克開設了新的工作室，以跟上新影片的需求。

After that small feat of changing the world of film forever, Walt Disney moved to his next big project: Disneyland, a California theme park that opened in 1955.

在他改變電影世界的小壯舉之後，華特．迪士尼轉向了他的下一個大項目：迪士尼樂園，一座在 1955 年開設於加州的主題遊樂園。

Though more Disney parks followed ⏤ in Florida and overseas ⏤ Disneyland was the only one created entirely under the supervision of Walt Disney himself.

儘管在佛羅里達跟海外開設了更多迪士尼樂園，迪士尼樂園是唯一一個完全在華特．迪士尼本人監督下所創建的樂園。

Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, about a month after undergoing surgery for lung cancer.

華特．迪士尼在接受肺癌手術後的一個月，於 1966 年 12 月 15 日在加州的洛杉磯去世。

By the end of the 20th century, his company would be one of the world's largest entertainment conglomerates and regularly rank among the top 50 companies in America.

到 20 世紀末，他的公司成為世界上最大的娛樂集團之一，並經常躋身美國前 50 名公司之列。