布宜诺斯艾利斯 (阿根廷首都)这城市发展迅速但不臻完美 Buenos Aires is growing uncontrollably and imperfectly.
在这荒芜的土地上有着一个人口过剩的都市 An overpopulated city in a deserted country.
几千栋的建筑物一直窜升、窜升在这城市的天空 A city in which thousands of buildings rise into the sky.
毫无章法 Arbitrarily.（ CHT-sub by Losheng）
紧邻高楼旁的，是一栋小公寓 Next to a tall one, a small one.
一栋有特色的楼房，被制式大楼建物包围着 Next to a rational one, an irrational one.
在法式建筑旁的，是一个没有所谓样式 的房子 Next to a French one, one with no style at all.
这些个不规则或许正反映出，这就是全然的我们 These irregularities probably reflect us perfectly.
一种没规则可言的美学与德行 A esthetic and ethical irregularities.
这些建筑物，描绘着没有逻辑思维 These buildings, which adhere to no logic,
展现出糟糕的空间规画 represent bad planning.
就如同我们的生活一般 Just like our lives:
我们没有任何主张要这些建筑变成如何如何 We have no idea how we want them to be.
我们生活的好像把布宜诺斯艾利斯当成转机航站 We live as if Buenos Aires were a stopover.
我们创造了一个「客居文化」 We've created a "culture of tenants".
建筑物越盖越窄，同时分割的住处又更小了 The buildings are becoming smaller to make space for even smaller ones.
规画整齐画一的号码房公寓 Apartments are measured by their number of rooms
五个阳台房间排成一列 and range from five rooms with balconies,
娱乐室、仆役房、储藏室 playrooms, servants' quarters and storerooms
被并入套房组合的公寓大楼，真可谓「鞋盒式套房」 to one-room apartments also known as "shoeboxes".
像是所有的人工制品一样 Just like almost all man-made objects,
人们居住的建筑物也是有所区分的 buildings are made to differentiate between us.
有前栋、后栋；高楼层与低楼层 There's a front and a back side. High and low apartments.
幸运的、有权势的就是可以拥有独门Ａ户，甚至再多一个Ｂ户 Privileged people have the letter A or sometimes B.
糟糕的是公寓住户，要在一整个字母表列中寻找 The farther back in the alphabet, the worse the apartment.
现实条件中，很难同时找到又有景观又明亮的 The promised view and brightness rarely coincide with reality.
怎么可能期待，都市又重回到当初发展的河畔呢？ What can be expected of a city that turns its back on its river?
我确信，分手、离婚 I'm convinced that separations, divorces
家庭暴力，有线电视台播放太多这类色膻腥节目 domestic violence, the excess of cable TV stations,
乏味的传播信息，整个让人无力 the lack of communication, listlessness,
冷漠、沮丧、自杀、 apathy, depression, suicide,
神经病、恐慌发作、 neuroses, panic attacks,
肥胖、紧张、 obesity, tenseness,
不安全感、忧郁症、 insecurity, hypochondria,
压力和需要久坐的生活型态 stress and a sedentary lifestyle
要归咎于建筑师与建商 are attributable to architects and builders.
除了自杀以外，我经历这些种种的疾病 I suffer from all of these illnesses except suicide.
这就是我的套房，400平方英尺（等于11.24坪） This is my one-room apartment. 400 square feet
悲哀的是仅有一个窗对着一个呼吸困难的肺 and one miserable window for one breathless lung.
圣达菲路 1105号 Avenida Santa Fe' 1105.
四楼 H房 Fourth floor. H.
我坐在计算机前已经十年了 I sat down at my computer ten years ago
却感觉从来没有站起来过 and feel like I've never got up again.
网络是不是我的未来我不知道，但我已迷「网」多时 I don't know if the Internet is the future, but it was mine:
我设计网站，这是我的电子世界 I design websites and this is my cyberspace.
我不知道，我进入这行是来的早还是来的巧 I don't know if I'm good or just got into it early,
但总之，我很忙就是了 but I'm very busy.
因为恐慌症看病，我开始帮我的心理医生做网站 I began with my psychiatrist's website for phobics:
这就是我为什么一星期要见他两次的原因 His speciality and the reason why I visit him twice a week.
打药丸游戏 This game is a hit.
这是为了失眠病患对抗用药成瘾问题做的 It's for insomniacs fighting pill addiction.
我的心理医生告知我恐慌症复元的方法 My psychiatrist calls me a phobic on my way to recovery.
由于一再发作的恐慌症，我曾把自己锁在公寓里 Due to repeated, violent panic attacks, I locked myself in my apartment
好几年 for years.
在专家级里，我赢过17次冠军 I won 17 championships at expert level.
四次全胜；九次破纪录 Four times undefeated, nine times top scorer.
在温布尔登网球赛中，我击败网球天王费德勒四次 I beat Federer four times at Wimbledon.
我变成电影教父中的教父 I became Godfather of the Corleone family.
我完全被孤立，我恐惧着 I was totally isolated. Scared.
我的医师想了一个帮我度过难关的对策 My psychiatrist developed a strategy to help me overcome
针对我害怕恐惧的都市：去拍照 my fear of the city: Photography.
透过对这城市及人们重新认识的方式 A way to rediscover the city and people.
去发掘这城市内在的美好之处 A search for beauty where it's not apparent.
同时训练着观察力的敏锐与否 Observing is being and not being.
或者是透过别种方式来观察 Or being in another way.
但我 捆住了自己 I distracted myself.
我不搭公交车或出租车，极少次坐地铁 I don't take the bus or taxis. Much less the subway,
我从没搭过飞机，我都是用走的 and I'd never take a plane. I only go by foot
带着我的救生背包 and always have my survival backpack.
里面有：（先放了笔电）、千万像素等级的莱卡D-Lux 3相机 Contents: A Leica D-Lux 3 with 10 megapixels.
强效解忧剂、强效抗生素、 Rivotril drops, 2.5 mg. Amoxicillin 500.
关节止痛药、太阳眼镜、轻便雨衣、 Ibuprofen. Sunglasses. A plastic rain coat.
21种功能的瑞士刀 A Victorinox with 21 tools.
装有电池的手电筒、保险套一组三个 Flashlight with batteries. Condoms, three units.
400元的小额现钞、60G的 iPOD 400 pesos cash in small bills. An iPod with 60 GB
里面有超过 8000首歌 and more than 8,000 songs.
三片塔帝的DVD（早期法国搞笑哑剧）、笔记本和塑制纸卡… Three Tati films. A notebook. And a plastic card
上面指示如何处理意外事件的流程 about how to proceed in case of an accident
或是恐慌发作 or panic attack.
这包包重5.8公斤，是我体重的百分之 7 The backpack weighs 5.8 kg. 7% of my body weight.
我当过二年的建筑师，但什么建筑也没做过 I've been an architect for two years, but still haven't built anything.
没盖过建筑物、没盖过房子，甚至做浴室，一件也没有。 Neither a building, nor a house, nor a bathroom. Nothing.
只有设计过不能住的模型，甚至比例问题，也没真的做出来 Only models that are uninhabitable, and not only because of their scale...
我也没机会去接触其他的建造物 I didn't fare well with other constructions either:
念了四年建筑全部没用上 My four-year relationship collapsed
尽管我努力地撑着 despite my efforts to shore it up.
如果我的生命是一场纸上游戏 If my life were a game of life,
我必须退后走五格 I'd have to move back five spaces.
这就是为什么我还呆在这里 That's why I'm here:
杂乱的人生被装在 27个盒子里 With my disorderly life in 27 boxes,
坐在12公尺长卷的泡泡裹条上，跟这么多凸出的圆泡泡一起 I sit on twelve metres of bubble wrap, popping bubbles
只有我不会「砰啪」的一声爆 so that I myself don't pop.
这是我新搬入的旧「鞋盒」 This is my new old shoebox
最可笑的就是只有五个阶梯的所谓「双层公寓」 that these ridiculous five steps make into a "duplex".
很怪异的还有，半片窗、半个阳台 And this is the freakish thing, half window, half balcony,
一整年，太阳也照不进来 that the sun shuns all year long.
圣达菲路 1183号 八楼 G房 Avenida Santa Fe, 1183. Eighth floor. G
像胃发炎一样 as in gastritis.
在布宜诺斯艾利斯，这是我最爱的建筑物 This is my favourite building in Buenos Aires.
这是最好的地方 也最有趣 It's the best location and the most fun.
用我最喜欢建材做的 It's built with my favourite materials:
混凝土、钢铁和玻璃 Concrete, steel and glass.
这栋是全世界里极少数建筑使用… One of the world's few buildings
地基底用等边三角形的 with an equilateral triangular base,
它的设计是从土星及其外环得到灵感的 it was inspired by Saturn and its rings.
即使大多数人看它像个飞碟 Even if most people see a flying saucer.
我进来看，是期待着起飞离开这个世界 I enter it expecting to take off and leave this world.
但事实上，天象仪把我的方位指了出来 But in reality, the planetarium puts me in my place,
提醒我，我的世界并没有绕着我转 reminding me that the world doesn't revolve around me.
我是一颗星球里非常小的一部份 I'm a very small part of a planet
在宇宙中，在银河里的一小点 that's part of a system that's part of a galaxy
如同成千上百的银河系从宇宙分裂出的一部份 that, like hundreds of thousands of galaxies, forms part of the universe.
这提醒了我，我是永恒的、无限的整体宇宙的一部份 It reminds me that I'm part of an infinite and eternal whole.
短暂的秋天 A SHORT AUTUMN
这狗很坚定的跳楼自杀 The dog committed suicide.
很明显地，牠陪着一个四十岁的妓女 Apparently it was a 40-year-old prostitute's only companion
因为牠不能烦扰到主人接客，而被拴在外面阳台 and was locked out on the balcony so it wouldn't bother her customers.
当牠的主人被客户抚摸时，这狗狗很抓狂 The dog went mad when they touched her.
也难怪啦，牠那么坚定地往下跳 No wonder it jumped.
孤独，在如此小的阳台里 Alone, on such a small balcony.
布宜诺斯艾利斯发生一件不可思议的意外 STRANGE ACCIDENT IN BUENOS AIRES:
一狗死，二人伤 A DEAD DOG AND TWO INJURED PEOPLE
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谢谢你 Thanks.
动关节 DISCARTHROSIS
看起来很糟，但其实好的很 You look terrible, but you're perfectly healthy.
唯一奇怪的地方在脊椎骨第五与第六节处，好像出生时就连在一块儿 The only strange things are the fifth and sixth vertebrae, which you've had since birth.
否则你早就痛的大叫，但你并没有 Otherwise, you'd be screaming in pain, so it's not that.
你有头晕症状吗？ 没有 Are you dizzy? No.
在做体能训谏时或背背包时，会不会？ Just do some fitness training and lighten up your backpack.
那这没什么严重的事，没事啦 There's nothing serious, nothing at all.
你好像… You see...
那些报告都是些小朋友写的 Those reports are written by kids
检验室或医院的人在写 in laboratories or hospitals who write
都是为了保护自己 down everything to protect themselves.
这报告有点过头，但你能怎么办呢？ They're not perfect. What can you do?
如果你要紧张，尽管去，但不必要为这个检验单紧张 If you want to worry, go ahead, but not about that.
你老是摆这个脸 You're the same.
在重返建筑师工作之前，我现在在做橱窗设计师 Until I can work as an architect, I'm designing shop windows.
藉此转移我脑中纷杂的想法 It distracts me from other thoughts.
我相信这些橱窗就好像我遗失的部份 I think of the windows as lost places.
他们既不在里面也不在外面 They're neither inside nor outside.
一个可以抽象化和施展魔法的空间 An abstract and magic space.
他们映射了我内在的一部份 They reflect a part of me.
在此同时，这些没没无名的人能使我镇定 At the same time, the anonymity calms me.
或许有点蠢，但我深信： Maybe it's stupid, but I think:
如果有人停下来欣赏 If someone stops to look,
是因为我，才引起他们注意的 they're somehow interested in me.
我 14岁时拿到这本书 I've had this book since I was 14.
伟大的作者，请宽恕我 And forgive me, great writers,
这是一本影响我生命的关键书 but it's a key book in my life.
是我恐惧人群的原点呀 It's the origin of my fear of crowds,
这书里画的是真的存在的 which has become existential.
它戏剧性地描绘着 It dramatically represents
可想而知的恐惧是，我会是在百万人群中迷失的那一个人 the fear of knowing I'm one lost person among millions.
这么多年过去了，我仍然不能解答出谜题中的一个问题 Years have passed and I still can't solve one of the puzzles:
「威利在城里」 "Wally in the City".
我找到威利在买东西、在机场、在海滩 I found him shopping, at the airport and the beach,
但威利不在这城里 but not in the city.
或许我的焦躁遮蔽了我的视线 Perhaps my nerves have blinded me.
所以我很疑惑： So I'm wondering:
当我知道谁是我要找的那个人时，而我却找不到他。 If I can't find a person when I know who I'm looking for,
当我不知道谁是我要找的人时，我如何找到那个人？ how can I find a person when I don't know who I'm looking for?
嗨！我是苏苏，我是绒毛狗狗 "Hi, I'm Sus? part stuffed animal and part dog."
七年前，我的女朋友去看她爸妈 Seven years ago, my girlfriend visited her parents
在美国纽泽西，她想在那停留几周 in New Jersey, USA. She wanted to stay for a few weeks.
但她打电话回来，要我镇定地听、她痛苦地说 As painful as it was for her, she called me collect to say
她不会回来了！ she wasn't coming back.
美国是她的新家，而且她也体悟到她是非常美国化的 It was her new home and she'd realised she was very American.
真奸巧！把阿根廷贬下去，就觉得她很美国 Ingenious! She felt very American when Argentina was devalued.
事实上，是我和她的狗，不足以留她在这里 The truth is, there wasn't much to keep her here: Me and her dog.
为了她美好的目的，她也离开她的狗 She left her with the best of intentions too.
她认为转换语言 She claimed the change in language
对她来说很难 would be too difficult for her.
你知道坐飞机会让我紧张 You know planes make me nervous.
拿着这颗石头，我旅行都带着它 Please take the rock I travel with.
你才旅行过一次它有用啦 - You've only travelled once. - Well, it worked.
这是我的幸运石「卡巴拉」，拿着它吧！ It's my kabbalah. Do it for me.
好吧 Alright.
剎那间，我失去了我爱的那个女人 All at once, I lost the woman I loved
和我坐飞机的能力 and my ability to fly.
哈啰，我是玛莉安，『哔』声后请留话 Hello, this is Mariana. Leave a message after the beep.
喂～喂～妳在吗？ Hello, hello. Are you there?
好吧，我只是要告诉妳今天晚上 Alright. I just wanted to tell you that tonight
电视要播一部好看的片子 a great film will be on TV
比尔墨瑞的「今天暂时停止」（英译：土拨鼠日） with Bill Murray and the groundhog.
因为如果妳也在看电视，就会好像我们在一起看一样 And because you took the TV, I thought we could watch it together.
电话拿起来！我知道妳在听 Pick up. I know you're there.
妳是不是有别的男人？妳拧混了我！ Are you with a guy? You screwed me!
妳怎么可以跟别的人亲热 How can you be close to someone so different?
在一起四年，真是一个愚蠢到不行的结局 That's the stupid conclusion after a four-year relationship.
四年是48个月 Four years are 48 months.
1460天 1460 days.
35,040个小时，都跟错人了。 35,040 hours with the wrong person.
有天晚上我看着他，领悟到所有的事 I watched him one night and realised everything:
第一次感受到，他是如此的疏远 For the first time, he was distant,
好像他是一个完全不认识的陌生人 as if he were completely unfamiliar.
突然间地害怕，我怎么单独地跟一个陌生人在一起 I suddenly feared being alone with a stranger.
为什么我会在这里： And here I am:
在同屋子里，我却被遗弃似的和他生活在一起 In the same apartment that I abandoned to live with him.
在同样的镜子前，四年多了 In front of the same mirror. Four years later.
长长的冬季 A LONG WINTER
谢谢 Thanks.
网络让我接近世界，但也让我远离生活 The Internet brings me closer to the world, but further from life.
在网络里，我可以汇款、读杂志 I do banking and read magazines on the Internet,
用网络下载音乐及听电台广播 download music and listen to the radio on the Internet,
在网络点餐、在网络看片子 order food on the Internet, watch films on the Internet,
用网络聊天、用网络作研究 chat on the Internet, study on the Internet,
玩在线游戏、看情色网站，还有找… play on the Internet, have sex on the Internet and search for...
狗狗褓姆 DOG SITTER
过来，苏苏 Come here, Sus?
来这儿，苏苏，来呀 Come here, Sus? Come.
牠叫苏苏好的 - This is Sus? - Alright.
牠没跟别的狗狗一起出去过 She's not used to being with other animals.
那你最好一起跟过来看看。好的，我来牵牠 - Then you'd better come with us. - Alright, I'll take her.
麻烦你帮我从口袋拿支烟来。这里？ - Can you get me a fag from my pocket? - Here?
来支烟吗？不用谢谢。 - Got a light? - No.
从这个口袋拿出来。这里吗？ - Get it from my pocket. - Here?
用多久了？你是同志吗？ - How long? - Are you gay?
不是的。那还好 -No. -Its better.
牠不是我的狗，一个朋友的，但去了美国 It's not mine. It belongs to a friend who went to the USA.
她请我帮忙照顾 She asked me to take care of it.
但她有问题不能回来 She had a problem and couldn't come back,
所以我就留着牠 so I kept it.
自从她走后，这狗狗就有点消沈 And since she left, it's... it's more depressed,
牠不叫，牠有些不安 it doesn't bark, it's insecure
牠也不想离开屋子，所以我想对牠有点帮助 and doesn't want to leave the house. So I thought it'd be good
才带牠出来见见其他的狗和人们 for it to meet other dogs and people.
我相信牠会适应的，你信吗？ I think she's adapting. What do you think?
我想你真的是同志 I thought you were gay.
我不能专心做 I can't concentrate.
或许下次有机会再说吧 Maybe another time.
好的 Alright.
嗯，再见我们该怎么做？我可以Ｃａｌｌ妳吗？ - Alright, bye. - And what do we do? Should I call you?
我明天再来好的，一切都ＯＫ吧？ - I'll be back tomorrow. - Alright. Everything okay?
多少有些啦～再见 More or less. Bye.
想吃晚餐吗？还是要我等到春天再来？ Want to eat dinner? Or should I wait until spring?
现在吗？妳有时间吗？ - Now? - Do you have time?
我想要开始去游泳，这肩有点紧绷 I wanted to start swimming. I'm tense.
就是没时间开始去游泳，哦不，从来没有时间去游 - It's not time to start swimming. - No, it's never time to swim.
那我们去吃饭吧 Then let's eat.
到了 Here it is.
来过这儿吗？ Have you been here?
我看过这栋建筑，但我不知道它是家餐厅 I've seen the building but didn't know it has a restaurant.
我以为他们是办公大楼 I thought they were offices.
我想对一个建筑师而言，会引起她的兴趣来 I thought it might be interesting for an architect.
上楼吧 Shall we go up?
我走楼梯 I'll take the stairs.
在20楼哦 It's on the 20th floor.
哦～ Well...
你或许认为我疯了，但… You'll probably think I'm crazy, but...
我有种恐惧，我不要坐电梯 I have a phobia of them. I don't use lifts.
尤其是密闭的空间 Especially when they're hermetically sealed.
我得了幽闭恐惧症 I get claustrophobia.
你住在一楼吗？ Do you live on the ground floor?
八楼。真的？ - On the eighth. - Seriously?
出入楼层要上下两次 I think twice before leaving the flat.
我一天至少走了三趟 I go up at least three times a day.
要不要跟我一起试试看 Want to try it with me?
什么？ What?
我是说坐电梯 No, I mean take the lift.
我知道有家一楼的餐厅不错 I know a good ground floor restaurant.
我很好奇从那么高的地方看这个城市是怎样的 I'm curious to see the city from so high up.
我用走的 I'll walk.
我跟妳一起。真的不用，我说真的 - I'll join you. - That's not necessary. Really.
不管怎么说，你不用这样做的 You wouldn't make it anyway.
当然我要。但是… - Of course I will. - But...
现在妳总得说「Yes」了吧 Now that you've finally said "yes".
上一次坐电梯是什么时候？ When did you last use a lift?
两年或三年前吧。有发生什么不好的事吗？ - Two or three years ago. - Did something bad happen?
不要说话，你快没气了。 Don't speak. You'll be out of breath.
调好呼吸 Administer it.
你在做事的时候曾试着闭上眼睛吗？ - Have you tried closing your eyes? - If that would only work.
上次走这么多阶梯是在众神之城的太阳金字塔（注；位于墨西哥） The last time I climbed so many steps was at Teotihuacan's Pyramid
大太阳底下，40度哦～ of the Sun. 40 degrees
而且很悲惨的，沙漠中一点云也没有 and not one miserable cloud in the middle of the desert.
260个崎岖难走的台阶 And 260 awkward steps.
他们说金字塔顶上 They say the top of the pyramid is a point
有无限大的能量帮你实现愿望 of cosmic energy that fulfils your wishes.
我的愿望就是不放弃一路走上去 My wish was not to fall on my way back down.
有些人打退堂鼓，没有走上去 Some people go back down on their arses so they don't fall.
那是独特的宗教传说，有些承诺也未必会发生 That's typical of religions: They promise the improbable
所以没有懊悔给他们要求的献金 so you don't regret the sacrifices they demand.
我希望我不要后悔爬这些阶梯 I hope I won't regret climbing these stairs.
还好吗？ Everything alright?
你要不要去坐电梯？ Don't you want to take the lift?
好吧，那样较好顶楼见啰 - Yes. That'd be better. - See you at the top.
抽烟真是要我的命 Smoking is killing me.
要不要帮点杯喝的？快去吧。 - Should I order a water for you? - Go ahead.
苏打水还是蒸馏水？蒸馏水 - Sparkling or still? - Still!
我跟聂鲁达的关系对应了我的电子年龄 My relationship with Pablo corresponded with the digital age.
在开始交往时 At the beginning,
那一年我买了相机，这四年来拍的档案数 I bought a camera that documented those four years.
第一年拍了380张 380 photographs the first year.
第二年176张，第三年97张 176 in the second. 97 in the third.
第四年，也是最后一年 And four in the last year.
简单的理论，时光不能倒流 In a simple, irreversible act,
我的四年就是38.9 Mega的档案大小 I'm doing away with 38.9 megabytes of history.
如果我的脑袋运转可以和我的Mac一样的话 If only my head worked as well as my Mac
按一个键就可以忘掉这一切 and I could forget everything with a click.
在21世纪最令人沮丧的莫过于面对一个空荡荡的电子信箱 Is there anything more discouraging in the 21st century as an empty inbox?
幸运哦，有朋友从阿曼写信给我 Luckily, a friend wrote to me from Oman.
他刚好要去也门 He happens to be visiting Yemen
需要我去帮忙提款九千五百万元 and needs my help with drawing 9.5 million dollars
从某个地方银行 他有一阵子没写信了 from a local bank. He hasn't written for a while.
这真是一个没道理、单面向发展的朋友关系 It's an imprudent, one-sided friendship.
对不起，让个位置 Please give us some space.
在我有电梯恐惧症之前 Before I had my lift phobia,
我曾去城里的卡梵纳大楼参观 I gave tours in the Kavanagh building.
我很正常地坐电梯上到15楼 I had no problem taking the 15 lifts
这城里最美丽的超高摩天楼有31层高 through 31 floors of the city's most beautiful skyscraper:
在1930年代末，是世界上最大的建筑物 The world's largest concrete construction at the end of the 1930s.
这建物在历史上可以非常突出显著的，但它却隐蔽着 A building as striking as the history that it conceals.
可琳娜卡梵纳是一个美丽的女人 Corina Kavanagh was a beautiful woman
出身于富有的平民家庭 from a wealthy, but plebeian family
当她与一个年轻的贵族相恋时 who fell in love with a young man of nobility.
遭到安氏夫妇反对这段恋情并从中破坏 The Anchorenas opposed the relationship and broke it up.
安氏最重要的地产 Their most important possession
是山克拉门都大会堂 was the Basilica Santimo Sacramento,
他们盖了个教堂，后来变成他们安氏家族的祠堂 a temple they built which later became the family tomb.
安氏大宅院在公园的对面 The Anchorenas' palace was on the other side of the park
当他们计划盖栋新建筑紧邻着大会堂（并与大宅院相对） and they wanted a new one next to the basilica.
此时，可琳娜卡梵纳卖掉三处农场 Corina Kavanagh sold three farms
并盖了一个超高摩天楼，只为了一个理由 and had a skyscraper built for one reason:
想让安氏的大会堂见不得天日 To hide the basilica's facade
并且让安氏从大宅院处看不到大会堂 and prevent the Anchorenas from seeing it.
只能看到「可琳娜卡梵纳 巷」 It's only visible from "Corina Kavanagh" alley.
我生女儿的话，一定帮她取名叫可琳娜 When I have a daughter, I'll name her Corina.
你今天过得如何？ HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
好的，谢谢。 签这里 Great, thanks. Here!
妳在哪里？ WHERE ARE YOU?
我在电影院 I'M AT THE CINEMA
我可放点音乐听吗？可以。 - Can I put some music on? - Of course.
妳为什么不告诉我，看哪部电影？ WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME. WHAT MOVIE?
你有几千首曲子，我应该要怎么选呀？ You have thousands. How am I supposed to choose?
我都不喜欢。让我来选一首吧。 - I don't like them. - Let me choose one.
我想见妳，在出口处等妳好吗？ I WANT TO SEE YOU. WILL MEET YOU AT THE EXIT.
片子超级长，我要关手机了。 IT'S TERRIBLY LONG. I'M TURNING MY MOBILE OFF.
（传送简讯给玛丽娜） SENDING TO MARIELA
妳好像没什么味口。我晚餐都吃不多 - You hardly ate anything. - I don't eat much in the evening.
我有告诉你我正在写一部剧本吗？ Did I tell you I'm writing a play?
妳整晚都没说什么话 You've hardly said anything all night.
真的吗？不知道为什么，我的心情有点乱 Really? I'm in a weird mood, I don't know why.
我不知道妳有写 I didn't know you write.
我也不清楚 Me neither.
直到现在 Until now.
我学戏剧有一阵子了 I've studied theatre for a while.
想听听大纲吗？ Should I tell you about it?
剧名叫「残暴的女人」 It's called "Cruel Woman".
舞台上摇摇摆摆着 There's a swing on stage,
女主角跟七只达尔马提亚狗（注：带棕斑的白色短毛狗） the protagonist and seven Dalmatians.
观众用耳机听主角的内心独白 So the audience listens to a monologue with headphones,
他们会听到她的想法是什么 and what they hear are herthoughts.
她心里盘算着… She's planning
杀了这些狗狗的主人，那么她就能占为己有 to kill the dogs' owners so she can keep them for herself.
喜欢吗？ You like it?
听起来不错，但我必须先读一读 It sounds good. I'd have to read it.
我要参与演出 I act in it.
那妳要演嗑药干活的那一个 You're the one who walks the drugs?
嗑药干活？我有说「嗑药」吗？ - "Walks the drugs"? - Did I say "drugs"?
演这个好 Good one!
11个讯息 11 MESSAGES
（我要回家了） I'M GOING HOME.
不要有太虚幻的期待哦～就纯性爱而已 Don't get any false hopes. It was just sex.
从水泥墙发芽而出，在不该它们长大的地方长大 They sprout out of the cement, growing where they shouldn't.
坚韧不拔地往上长，展现出意志力与尊严 Rising up patiently with exemplary will and dignity.
这些非好种、野生的，植物学家都不知如何分类的 Without lineage, wild, unclassifiable by botanists.
却有着奇妙的、蔓生的、诡异的美丽 A strange, rampant, absurd beauty.
它们装饰了这些极灰暗的角落 They adorn the greyest of corners,
没有特别原因，也没有什么可以阻拦它们 don't own anything and nothing can stop them.
这象征着什么，失控的生活 A metaphor for uncontrollable life
这些似非而是的理论，促使我面对我的弱点 that paradoxically forces me to face my weakness.
我是玛西拉，一个心理医生，我热爱我的工作 I'm Marcella, a psychologist, and my job is my passion.
冷静冷静，我不会对你分析 Calm down, I won't analyse you.
依照规矩，我不会对朋友分析 As a rule, I don't analyse friends.
老实说，关于交朋友，我是很会过滤的 To be honest, I'm very selective regarding friendships.
我写了许多关于爱情自救的书 I write a lot and love self-help books.
性别：女 年龄：31 Gender: Female. Age: 31.
婚姻状况：单身 子女：没有 宗教信仰：佛教徒 Marital status: Single. Children: None. Religion: Buddhist.
不喝酒、微量抽烟。 大学毕业 Not a drinker. Occasional smoker. University degree.
语言能力：法语、英语、德语、意大利话 Languages: French, English, German, Italian,
葡萄牙语、希腊话、西班牙语，当然也会 Portuguese, Greek, Spanish, of course,
苏联话，一点点 and a bit of Russian.
嗜好：另类音乐、爵士乐、蓝调、拉丁音乐、 Hobbies: Alternative music, jazz, blues, Latin American,
迪斯科、八零年代音乐、电子乐、 disco, 80's, electronic,
流行乐、节奏和布鲁斯、摇滚、古典乐、 pop, rhythm and blues, rock, classical,
戏剧、芭蕾、旅行、瑜珈和冥想、 theatre, ballet, travelling, yoga, meditation,
电影、鞋子、车子、机车、健身、 movies, shoes, cars, motorcycles, working out,
写作、烹饪、网络、水上运动、 writing, cooking, Internet, water sports,
生态、政治、慈善、品酒、 nature, politics, charity, wine tasting,
登山、购物、塔罗牌、艺术、 mountaineering, shopping, tarot, art,
武术、太极拳、易经、 martial arts, tai chi chuan, I Ching,
风水、占星、新时代。 feng shui, astrology, New Age.
我会听妳说，但我不要说。我了解，但是… No, I'll listen, but I don't speak it. I understand everything, but...
我不要说 I don't speak it.
真的，我讲的很烂，我不喜欢听到我自己说啥的 No, seriously, I speak it poorly. I don't like hearing myself.
我不太会说 I have no control.
我只会说我会说的那几句 I say what I can instead of what I want to.
好吧，妳说下去 Well, you speak it.
妳的法语讲的很地道哦 Your French sounds French.
这些约会很像麦当劳大杂烩 These dates are like McDonalds combos.
拍的照片看起来很大、很美味 They look larger and more delicious in the photographs.
每次我去经历的约会 Every time I go on a date,
就像是被「大」麦克汉堡骗了一样 I suffer from the same deception as with a Big Mac.
嗯～没什么啦 No, nothing at all.
不用了，谢谢 No more, thank you.
妳一个人在巴黎做些什么？ What were you doing alone in Paris?
喔，那是一个很长很长的故事 Oh no, that's a long story.
但我可以告诉你，结局是什么 But I can tell you how it ends.
我们在戴高乐机场分手 We separated at De Gaulle.
对，13小时的飞行绝对够时间让一对情侣翻脸 Yes, a 13-hourflight is too much for a couple in crisis.
不幸中的大幸是，我们都有各带行李箱 Luckily, we both had our own luggage.
我们在机场把东西分一分 We divided up our goods in the airport.
他拿洗发精、我拿护发乳… He kept the shampoo, I kept the conditioner...
在众目睽睽下，我们撕毁一些东西 We split up the few things we had in common.
他去柏林，而我停留在巴黎 He went to Berlin, I stayed in Paris.
我哭了一整天，就是这样啰。 I cried for 24 hours and that was it.
妳还好吗？ Everything alright?
要不要帮妳买瓶水？ Should I buy you a water?
神经焦躁 Nervousness.
我有点精神不安 I'm nervous.
我需要活动活动 I need movement.
去跳舞好吗？ Want to dance?
我对交朋友有我的一套 I have a great need to communicate.
比如说，如果我们在此偶遇 For example, if we'd met here by chance
而你只会说意大利话… and you only spoke Italian...
我会说，喔～我听不懂哦～ But let's say I didn't understand it.
不这样的话，可能会痛失抓住帅哥的好机会 I would have lost the opportunity to meet a very beautiful person.
妳说啥么？ What did you say?
你猜你猜 你猜猜 Look it up.
混蛋的咧！ Bloody bastard!
你怎么可以笨成这样？ How can you be so stupid?
苏苏再见 过来，我要迟到了 再见 Bye, Sus? Come here, I'm late. Bye.
报名游泳以来，这是第15次 This is the 15th time I've signed up for swimming
但这第15次，我不要去 and the 15th time I won't go.
我爱游泳，但我讨厌游泳前跟游泳后的每件事 I love swimming, but I hate everything before and after it.
我讨厌淋浴的前前后后 I hate showering before and after.
我讨厌脱衣服、穿衣服 I hate getting undressed and dressed,
在冬天要吹干头发 drying my hair in the winter,
湿的浴巾放在包包里 a wet towel in my bag,
湿湿的泳裤、湿湿的人字拖… a wet swimsuit, wet flip-flops...
我讨厌氯的味道 I hate the smell of chlorine.
我讨厌会员卡，还有用药调查 I hate the membership card and the medical examination:
有必要让别人看我脚趾间有什么吗？ Having to show someone what's between my toes.
我讨厌有人在水中尿尿 I hate that people piss in the water.
我讨厌泳帽和蛙镜，让你戴起来一脸吃呆样 I hate caps and the amazed expression goggles give you.
而我最讨厌的，就是泳池里满满的人群 And what I hate most is the fact that it's the most complete sport there is.
累喔？ Tired?
妳累了吗？ Are you tired?
踢水的力道再小一点 You have to kick less.
两腿比手臂消耗的氧更多 Legs consume more oxygen than arms.
踢水的稳定度要比推进力多一点 Kicking is more for stabilisation than for propulsion.
事半功倍，让妳的腿再轻松一点 Stretch out and relax your legs.
手入水的时机 When your hand goes into the water,
再拖长些时间，感觉向前推进，另一只手再跟上 stretch it out, feel the impulse and the other arm follows.
手要往身体下方去 Your hands under your body.
放低妳的头，水会涌起妳的额头 And lower your head. The water should be up to your forehead.
照我的方法去做，划水32次 You're doing 32 strokes. Try what I'm saying.
以后妳会划的更少次，这样比较不会累 You'll do fewer strokes and tire less.
照这方法，妳会游的很轻松 You'll swim in a more relaxed way.
划水三次换气一次，去吧，我来数 And try breathing every third stroke. Go ahead, I'll count.
可以吗？可以 - May I? - Yes.
如何？你说的对，我没那么累耶 - And? - You were right, I'm not as tired.
划了30次，每趟要再少2次，身体必须再低点 30 strokes. Two fewer per lap and you can get even lower.
你是教练吗？我是上瘾的泳者 - Are you a teacher? - I'm a compulsive swimmer.
一天不游个一小时，我会睡不着觉 I can't sleep if I don't swim an hour a day.
真的吗？游到精疲力竭就无敌了 Really? Exhaustion from swimming is unrivalled.
没有什么可以累得倒我的 Yes, nothing else tires me out.
你叫什么？若华，妳呢？ - What's your name? - Rafa. And you?
玛莉安 Mariana.
这是什么，混蛋！ What's it, asshole?
让我过去！去呀去呀！ - Let me past! - Go ahead!
你这个小丑！该死的你在做什么？ - Ｙｏｕ＇ｒｅａｃｌｏｗｎ！- Ｗｈａｔｔｈｅｈｅｌｌａｒｅｙｏｕｄｏｉｎｇ？
白痴！ Idiot!
你也一样！ 操你的！ Always the same! Screw you!
别碰我！ 别碰我！ Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
我还要游30趟，我是会员，我有缴钱耶 I still have 30 laps! I'm a member and I paid my fee!
我想象这也可以让你放松要活的健康也是一种压力 - This is supposed to relax you. - Living healthily is stressful.
对每件事保持神志清醒才能活的长一点 Being conscious of everything only to live a bit longer
这是我们可以做，也是最值得做的事 is the worst thing we can do.
这里每个人来游泳不是为了好玩，是为了计算游几趟 None of us come here for fun. We come to count laps.
为什么你会睡不着？我想你已经知道为什么了 - Why can't you sleep? - I thought you'd know already.
我的脑袋没有开关可以关机 There's no switch to turn off my head.
你有去看心理医生吗？我本身就是心理医生 - Have you seen a psychologist? - Yes, I am a psychologist.
所以游泳是唯一有效的啰？ So swimming is the only thing that works?
如果可以的话，我会在我的床边游泳 If I could, I'd swim to my bedside.
２８次赞啦！ - 28! - Very good!
明天我不行游泳 Tomorrow I can't swim.
我必须看病到晚上十点，所以之后我没办法睡觉 I've got patients until 10 p.m., so I won't be able to sleep.
我们可以去吃点或喝点什么的 We could go and eat or drink something.
我要让你可以睡觉吗？刚好相反哦～ - Shall I put you to sleep? - On the contrary.
为了解救你，那么，好吧！ What a relief. Then yes.
脱掉泳帽和蛙镜，好让我们彼此认清楚长相 Let's take off our caps and goggles so we'll recognise each other.
不要，我会这样来见你 No, I'll come like this.
没关系啦，我不会在意的 It doesn't matter, I don't care.
你弟还好吗？ Everything's alright.
这明亮的晨光 The brilliant morning light
让我看见更明确的映象 let me see the reflection clearly.
稍晚，和往常一样的在橱窗里，我体悟到我是什么了 Late, as always, I realised it was me in the window.
一个人型模特儿 Like a mannequin.
不动、沉默和冷漠 Motionless, silent and cold.
春天到来 SPRING AT LAST
亳无疑问的，所有的建筑都有没有用的、没用处的一面 Absolutely all of the buildings have a useless, purposeless side.
不是在前面，就是在后面 It's neither the front nor the back:
公用墙或边墙 The "medianera" or "side wall".
大面积的表面外观隔开我们的视野，在瞬间的视线中飘过的 Enormous surfaces that divide us, reminding us of passing time,
破乱的和烟雾状霉斑 smog and filth.
「公用墙」展现出我们最恶劣的特质 "Medianeras"show our worst attributes.
他们反映出容易变质的、会破裂的 They reflect inconstancy, cracks,
不长久的解释 provisional solutions,
像是我们从地毯下扫出来的脏东西 and the dirt we sweep under the carpet.
唯一能回忆的，就是这些都是很优的建案盖出来的 We only remember them in exceptional cases
坏天气侵蚀多时后 when, during bad weather,
这些墙像是在广告滤网一样 its ads filter through.
「公用墙」被用来当做广告的另种媒介 "Medianeras" have changed into another medium for ads
好看的广告并不多 that are seldom beautiful.
通常，这些广告可以指点我们距离还有多远 Generally, they indicate how far we are
超市：往下走、再往下走，快餐店：在这边左转 from supermarkets and fast food.
乐透广告给我们中大奖的希望 Lottery ads that promise a lot for little.
可以租的广告空间 AVAILABLE
最近，这提醒了我们从没想过的入账机会 Recently, they've reminded us of the economic crisis that left us
闲置的空间 unemployed.
有个方法可以解脱住在鞋盒式套房的压迫感 There's one way out of the oppression that results from living in a shoebox.
一个逃生路线 An escape route:
所有的逃生路线都违反了规定 Illegal, like all escape routes.
但都市计划章法有规范必须清除违规的地方 In clear violation of urban planning norms,
一些很小的、违建的、不安全的窗口 there are a few tiny, irregular, irresponsible windows
也可创造奇迹般的日光浴，让光明 that let a few miraculous rays of light
照进我们的黑暗 into our darkness.
让我试试？ May I?
什么时候我们才能变成没有电线的都市 When will we be a wireless city?
怎样的天兵才会堵死河流，并把房屋跟天空布满电线 What geniuses blocked the river with buildings and the sky with wires?
几公里长的电线把我们捆在一起了 Are all those kilometres of wire there to unite us
还是把我们隔离？因为每个人都在自己的地方 or to divide us? Everyone in his own place.
手机通讯大举入侵这个世界，还允诺我们随时可以联机 Cellular telephony invaded the world promising to always keep us connected.
文字信息 Text messaging:
新型10键输入法 A new ten-key system
把最美妙的语言转换成信息 that reduces one of the most beautiful languages
取代了原始的、有限的、母语字汇 to a primitive, limited and guttural vocabulary.
我们的未来在光纤网络，说起来还真梦幻 The future is in fibre optics, say the visionaries.
他们宣称，未来我们可以在办公室操控家中的暖器机 They've announced that we'll be able to heat our homes from our workplaces.
没错！当我们回家时，也没半个人在等门 Right! And no one will be waiting for us when we get home.
欢迎来到虚拟人际关系的年代。 Welcome to the era of virtual relationships.
这是你第一次来聊天室吗？ Is this your first time chatting?
你注意到啰？ Yes. Did you notice?
非常注意到。你还没有注明你是「M」还是「W」 Very much so. You have to begin with M or W.
那是什么？ What's that?
「男人」或是「女人」 Man or woman.
女的，一直以来都是，不对吗？ Woman. A broad term, isn't it?
你呢？男的 - And you? - Man.
我能相信你吗？很容易查证的 - Do I have to believe you? - It's easy to verify.
我写的像个男，想法也像男 I write like a man, think like a man,
行为更像男人 and act like a man.
怎样？ And?
什么？ What?
换妳了，在下方处 Your turn. In the arse.
我不知道怎么聊 I don't know what to say.
跟陌生人聊天很奇怪 我不知道 It's strange talking to someone I don't know.
什么是妳想知道的？ What do you want to know?
我甚至不知道从哪里开始讲 I don't even know where to begin.
我要脱机了，再见 I'm taking off. Bye.
等一下，别下线，妳还在吗？ Don't leave! Wait! Are you still there?
我会给妳一串问题 ： I'll give you a list of questions:
妳几岁？妳的特征是什么？ How old are you? What sign are you?
妳听什么音乐？妳相信上帝吗？ What music do you listen to? Do you believe in God?
你今天做了些什么？ What did you do today?
被妳骗了 That's cheating.
这是一个问题 It's a question.
好吧。我12点起床，因为我5点才上床 Okay. I woke up at twelve because I went to bed at five.
我应该去游泳的。我 1点才吃早餐 I should start swimming. I ate breakfast at one.
我在吃关节炎止痛药 I took an ibuprofen.
两点开始工作，我是网站设计师 At two I started work. I do web design.
五点吃午餐，八点要去复健 At five I ate lunch. At eight I went to therapy.
我吃了第二颗止痛药 I took my second ibuprofen.
电话铃响，谁找我让我高兴一下 Then the telephone rang, which made me happy.
打错号码的。 现在我在吃晚餐 Wrong number. Now I'm eating dinner.
聊完天后，我要重敲脑袋，然后可以昏睡 After chatting, I'll whack myself on the head so I can fall asleep
明天要开始去游泳 and start swimming tomorrow.
妳脱机了吗？ DID YOU TAKE OFF?
是的 YES!
很好。妳今天做了什么事？ Good. What did you do today?
心情调适中，被甩了又开始单身生活 Adaptation. Getting used to being single again.
这个我很有经验，都可以写本书了 I'm an expert. I could write a book.
我是那种活在当下的…保罗科尔贺（注：牧羊少年奇幻之旅作者） I'm a kind of depressed Paulo Coelho.
今天很不好 I didn't have a good day.
心情很悲的 I'M SO SAD.
我有个方法，天生就会的 I have a method. Absolutely involuntary.
我有遗传到佛教徒的基因，就是乐不要太乐 A kind of Buddhist gene that makes my happy days not so happy
悲不要太悲（弘一法师遗嘱：悲欣交集） and my sad days not so sad.
一种精神的自动调节器 A spiritual thermostat.
如果它没作用呢？ And if it fails?
我就吃「利福全」（抗焦虑安眠药） I down a Rivotril.
不敢相信我今天笑的出来 I didn't think I'd laugh today.
回原题，我想知道的，妳几点要起床？ In return, do me a favour. When do you wake up?
9点 Nine.
给妳的我的电话号码，9点叫我起来激励我去游泳 I'll give you my number. Call me at nine and motivate me to swim.
为什么不要现在？ Why not now?
不要这么做，这是一种交换 No, that won't do. It's a deal.
给我你的电话号码 Give me your number.
混蛋的咧！干什么的！ Bloody bastard! Fucking hell!
混蛋的咧！ Bloody bastard!
为什么我要做这些鸟事？ Why do I keep all this shit?
等等，苏苏，我马上回来 Wait Sus? I'll be right back.
有卖蜡烛吗？有的，等一下… - Do you have any candles? - Yes, wait a minute...
我去右边拿给你 I'll be right with you.
4块钱 Four pesos.
有蜡烛吗？应该还有，我找一下… - Any candles left? - I think so. Let me look...
喔，吓我一跳嗯，我也吓一跳 - I got a shock. - Yeah, me too.
那是手电筒吗不知道，但有点重量 - Probably the flashlight . - I don't know, but it was heavy.
蜡烛在这儿，最后一个，今天算妳好运 Here they are, the last ones. Your lucky day!
对，谢谢知道了 Right, good to know.
多少钱？４块 - How much? - Four pesos.
我的好运就值这点钱嗯～ - My luck's a bit expensive. - Yeah.
这个多少钱？９块钱 - How much for this? - Nine.
谢谢 再见 Thanks. Bye.
还要别的吗？ Something else?
有 1块钱可以找开吗？ What do you have for a peso so we can round it up?
(中译：Losheng)
玛莉安和马汀