《爱乐之城》发生在当代的洛杉矶，寂寥的小演员米娅的志向是女演员兼剧作家，她沉迷老明星。随着这样的背景发展出了一系列的爱情故事。
爱乐之城英文台词
Mia:
Here's to the ones who dream
Foolish, as they may seem
Here's to the hearts that ache
Here's to the mess we make
I trace it all back, to that
Her, and the snow, and the Seine
Smiling through it She said she'd do it, Again
米娅：
致拥有梦想的傻瓜，
也许他们看起来疯癫;
致支离破碎的心;
致我们闯的祸。
多年之后当我回望，
我想起她、那雪、塞纳河，
她带着笑回忆，
说她仍会再次跳入河中。
Seine：塞纳河。
2
City of stars
Are you shining just for me?
City of stars
There's so much that I can't see
Who knows?
I felt it from the first embrace I shared with you
That now our dreams
They've finally come true
繁星之城，
你是否只为我闪耀?
星光璀璨之城，
有太多我看不到的，
谁能知晓?
第一次与你拥抱，
我就已经感觉到
我们的梦想，
终于成真。
3
Mia: Maybe I'm not good enough!
Sebastian: Yes, you are.
Mia: Maybe I'm not! It's like a pipe dream.
Sebastian: This is the dream! It's conflict and it's compromise, and it's very, very exciting!
米娅：也许我不够好!
塞巴斯汀：你很好了。
米娅：也许我并不够好!这就像是个白日梦!
塞巴斯汀：这就是梦想!有冲突也会有妥协，而且非常非常振奋人心。
pipe dream: a hope, wish, or dream that is impossible to achieve or not practical。不切实际的梦想，白日梦。
4
Keith: How are you gonna be a revolutionary if you're such a traditionalist? You hold onto the past, but jazz is about the future.
基思：你如此墨守成规，又怎能成为革新者呢?你死守过去，但爵士乐是关于未来。
5
And when they let you down You get up off the ground. Cause morning rolls around and it’s another day of sun.
当他们让你失望时，你应该振作起精神。因为早晨会照样来到，又是阳光灿烂的一天。
6
Sebastian: That’s L.A. They worship everything and they value nothing.
塞巴斯汀：这就是洛杉矶。他们崇拜一切，却什么都不珍惜。
7
Mia: It's pretty strange that we keep running into each other.
Sebastian: Maybe it means something.
米娅：很奇怪，我们总是能碰上。
塞巴斯汀：也许这就是缘分。
run into meet by chance;偶然碰见，巧遇。
8
Sebastian: I'm letting life hit me until it gets tired. Then I'll hit back. It's a classic rope-a-dope.
塞巴斯汀：我任由生活打击我，直到它疲惫无力。然后我会回击。这是典型的以逸待劳。
rope-a-dope：拳击比赛中抓住机会靠在围栏上短暂休息，以伺机反攻;比喻以逸待劳。
In competitive situations other than boxing, rope-a-dope is used to describe strategies in which one contender lets opponent fatigue themself by drawing non-injuring offensive actions.
9
Mia: People love what other people are passionate about.
米娅：人们喜爱别人倾注热情所做的事情。
10
Mia: I'm always gonna love you.
Sebastian: I'm always gonna love you, too.
米娅：我会永远爱你。
塞巴斯汀：我也永远爱你。
