But Roebling’s model also drew from cable-stayed bridges.

但罗布林的模型也借鉴了斜拉桥。

In February of 1867, the government approved Roebling’s proposal.

1867 年 2 月， 政府批准了罗布林的提议。

Roebling believed in being on-site during the construction of his bridge.

罗布林相信在他的桥梁建造过程中要在现场。

Roebling had worked very closely with his son, however (with a very American name: Washington Roebling).

然而，罗布林与他的儿子密切合作（有一个非常美国化的名字：华盛顿罗布林）。

By adding these additional cables, Roebling improved the bridge’s stability, while also reducing the weight on its anchor cables.

通过添加这些额外的电缆， Roebling 提高了桥梁的稳定性，同时还减轻了锚索的重量。

Similar designs had been used for some other bridges but the scope of Roebling’s plan here dwarfed them all.

其他一些桥梁也采用了类似的设计，但罗布林的计划范围之广令它们相形见绌。

Like his father, Washington Roebling also believed in being on-site during the construction.

像他的父亲一样，华盛顿罗布林也相信在施工期间要在现场。

Washington Roebling was also an engineer, and so he was able to take over construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

华盛顿罗布林也是一名工程师，因此他能够接管布鲁克林大桥的建设工作。

Roebling was so badly affected by this disease that he was by 1872 unable even to return to work on the bridge.

罗布林受到这种疾病的严重影响，到 1872 年他甚至无法返回桥上工作。

Architects often just give their plans to the engineers and the engineers build the building or the bridge, but Roebling wanted to be there.

建筑师通常只是将他们的计划交给工程师，然后工程师建造建筑物或桥梁，但 Roebling 想在那里。

One of the people who got sick was, of course – you guessed it – Washington Roebling, the boy who didn't learn from his father to stay away from the worksite.

其中一个生病的人当然是——你猜对了——华盛顿·罗布林，这个男孩没有从他父亲那里学到远离工地。

During construction, however, it was discovered that the company that made the steel used a kind of material that was not as good as the material that Roebling had designed the bridge for.

然而， 在施工过程中，人们发现制造钢材的公司使用的材料不如罗布林为桥梁设计的材料。