布宜諾斯艾利斯 (阿根廷首都)這城市發展迅速但不臻完美 Buenos Aires is growing uncontrollably and imperfectly.
在這荒蕪的土地上有著一個人口過剩的都市 An overpopulated city in a deserted country.
幾千棟的建築物一直竄升、竄升在這城市的天空 A city in which thousands of buildings rise into the sky.
毫無章法 Arbitrarily.（ CHT-sub by Losheng）
緊鄰高樓旁的，是一棟小公寓 Next to a tall one, a small one.
一棟有特色的樓房，被制式大樓建物包圍著 Next to a rational one, an irrational one.
在法式建築旁的，是一個沒有所謂樣式 的房子 Next to a French one, one with no style at all.
這些個不規則或許正反映出，這就是全然的我們 These irregularities probably reflect us perfectly.
一種沒規則可言的美學與德行 A esthetic and ethical irregularities.
這些建築物，描繪著沒有邏輯思維 These buildings, which adhere to no logic,
展現出糟糕的空間規畫 represent bad planning.
就如同我們的生活一般 Just like our lives:
我們沒有任何主張要這些建築變成如何如何 We have no idea how we want them to be.
我們生活的好像把布宜諾斯艾利斯當成轉機航站 We live as if Buenos Aires were a stopover.
我們創造了一個「客居文化」 We've created a "culture of tenants".
建築物越蓋越窄，同時分割的住處又更小了 The buildings are becoming smaller to make space for even smaller ones.
規畫整齊畫一的號碼房公寓 Apartments are measured by their number of rooms
五個陽台房間排成一列 and range from five rooms with balconies,
娛樂室、僕役房、儲藏室 playrooms, servants' quarters and storerooms
被併入套房組合的公寓大樓，真可謂「鞋盒式套房」 to one-room apartments also known as "shoeboxes".
像是所有的人工製品一樣 Just like almost all man-made objects,
人們居住的建築物也是有所區分的 buildings are made to differentiate between us.
有前棟、後棟；高樓層與低樓層 There's a front and a back side. High and low apartments.
幸運的、有權勢的就是可以擁有獨門Ａ戶，甚至再多一個Ｂ戶 Privileged people have the letter A or sometimes B.
糟糕的是公寓住戶，要在一整個字母表列中尋找 The farther back in the alphabet, the worse the apartment.
現實條件中，很難同時找到又有景觀又明亮的 The promised view and brightness rarely coincide with reality.
怎麼可能期待，都市又重回到當初發展的河畔呢？ What can be expected of a city that turns its back on its river?
我確信，分手、離婚 I'm convinced that separations, divorces
家庭暴力，有線電視台播放太多這類色羶腥節目 domestic violence, the excess of cable TV stations,
乏味的傳播信息，整個讓人無力 the lack of communication, listlessness,
冷漠、沮喪、自殺、 apathy, depression, suicide,
神經病、恐慌發作、 neuroses, panic attacks,
肥胖、緊張、 obesity, tenseness,
不安全感、憂鬱症、 insecurity, hypochondria,
壓力和需要久坐的生活型態 stress and a sedentary lifestyle
要歸咎於建築師與建商 are attributable to architects and builders.
除了自殺以外，我經歷這些種種的疾病 I suffer from all of these illnesses except suicide.
這就是我的套房，400平方英尺（等於11.24坪） This is my one-room apartment. 400 square feet
悲哀的是僅有一個窗對著一個呼吸困難的肺 and one miserable window for one breathless lung.
聖達菲路 1105號 Avenida Santa Fe' 1105.
四樓 H房 Fourth floor. H.
我坐在電腦前已經十年了 I sat down at my computer ten years ago
卻感覺從來沒有站起來過 and feel like I've never got up again.
網路是不是我的未來我不知道，但我已迷「網」多時 I don't know if the Internet is the future, but it was mine:
我設計網站，這是我的電子世界 I design websites and this is my cyberspace.
我不知道，我進入這行是來的早還是來的巧 I don't know if I'm good or just got into it early,
但總之，我很忙就是了 but I'm very busy.
因為恐慌症看病，我開始幫我的心理醫生做網站 I began with my psychiatrist's website for phobics:
這就是我為什麼一星期要見他兩次的原因 His speciality and the reason why I visit him twice a week.
打藥丸遊戲 This game is a hit.
這是為了失眠病患對抗用藥成癮問題做的 It's for insomniacs fighting pill addiction.
我的心理醫生告知我恐慌症復元的方法 My psychiatrist calls me a phobic on my way to recovery.
由於一再發作的恐慌症，我曾把自己鎖在公寓裡 Due to repeated, violent panic attacks, I locked myself in my apartment
好幾年 for years.
在專家級裡，我贏過17次冠軍 I won 17 championships at expert level.
四次全勝；九次破紀錄 Four times undefeated, nine times top scorer.
在溫布頓網球賽中，我擊敗網球天王費德勒四次 I beat Federer four times at Wimbledon.
我變成電影教父中的教父 I became Godfather of the Corleone family.
我完全被孤立，我恐懼著 I was totally isolated. Scared.
我的醫師想了一個幫我度過難關的對策 My psychiatrist developed a strategy to help me overcome
針對我害怕恐懼的都市：去拍照 my fear of the city: Photography.
透過對這城市及人們重新認識的方式 A way to rediscover the city and people.
去發掘這城市內在的美好之處 A search for beauty where it's not apparent.
同時訓練著觀察力的敏銳與否 Observing is being and not being.
或者是透過別種方式來觀察 Or being in another way.
但我 捆住了自己 I distracted myself.
我不搭公車或計程車，極少次坐地鐵 I don't take the bus or taxis. Much less the subway,
我從沒搭過飛機，我都是用走的 and I'd never take a plane. I only go by foot
帶著我的救生背包 and always have my survival backpack.
裡面有：（先放了筆電）、千萬像素等級的萊卡D-Lux 3相機 Contents: A Leica D-Lux 3 with 10 megapixels.
強效解憂劑、強效抗生素、 Rivotril drops, 2.5 mg. Amoxicillin 500.
關節止痛藥、太陽眼鏡、輕便雨衣、 Ibuprofen. Sunglasses. A plastic rain coat.
21種功能的瑞士刀 A Victorinox with 21 tools.
裝有電池的手電筒、保險套一組三個 Flashlight with batteries. Condoms, three units.
400元的小額現鈔、60G的 iPOD 400 pesos cash in small bills. An iPod with 60 GB
裡面有超過 8000首歌 and more than 8,000 songs.
三片塔帝的DVD（早期法國搞笑默劇）、筆記本和塑製紙卡… Three Tati films. A notebook. And a plastic card
上面指示如何處理意外事件的流程 about how to proceed in case of an accident
或是恐慌發作 or panic attack.
這包包重5.8公斤，是我體重的百分之 7 The backpack weighs 5.8 kg. 7% of my body weight.
我當過二年的建築師，但什麼建築也沒做過 I've been an architect for two years, but still haven't built anything.
沒蓋過建築物、沒蓋過房子，甚至做浴室，一件也沒有。 Neither a building, nor a house, nor a bathroom. Nothing.
只有設計過不能住的模型，甚至比例問題，也沒真的做出來 Only models that are uninhabitable, and not only because of their scale...
我也沒機會去接觸其他的建造物 I didn't fare well with other constructions either:
念了四年建築全部沒用上 My four-year relationship collapsed
儘管我努力地撐著 despite my efforts to shore it up.
如果我的生命是一場紙上遊戲 If my life were a game of life,
我必須退後走五格 I'd have to move back five spaces.
這就是為什麼我還呆在這裡 That's why I'm here:
雜亂的人生被裝在 27個盒子裡 With my disorderly life in 27 boxes,
坐在12公尺長捲的泡泡裹條上，跟這麼多凸出的圓泡泡一起 I sit on twelve metres of bubble wrap, popping bubbles
只有我不會「砰啪」的一聲爆 so that I myself don't pop.
這是我新搬入的舊「鞋盒」 This is my new old shoebox
最可笑的就是只有五個階梯的所謂「雙層公寓」 that these ridiculous five steps make into a "duplex".
很怪異的還有，半片窗、半個陽台 And this is the freakish thing, half window, half balcony,
一整年，太陽也照不進來 that the sun shuns all year long.
聖達菲路 1183號 八樓 G房 Avenida Santa Fe, 1183. Eighth floor. G
像胃發炎一樣 as in gastritis.
在布宜諾斯艾利斯，這是我最愛的建築物 This is my favourite building in Buenos Aires.
這是最好的地方 也最有趣 It's the best location and the most fun.
用我最喜歡建材做的 It's built with my favourite materials:
混凝土、鋼鐵和玻璃 Concrete, steel and glass.
這棟是全世界裡極少數建築使用… One of the world's few buildings
地基底用等邊三角形的 with an equilateral triangular base,
它的設計是從土星及其外環得到靈感的 it was inspired by Saturn and its rings.
即使大多數人看它像個飛碟 Even if most people see a flying saucer.
我進來看，是期待著起飛離開這個世界 I enter it expecting to take off and leave this world.
但事實上，天象儀把我的方位指了出來 But in reality, the planetarium puts me in my place,
提醒我，我的世界並沒有繞著我轉 reminding me that the world doesn't revolve around me.
我是一顆星球裡非常小的一部份 I'm a very small part of a planet
在宇宙中，在銀河裡的一小點 that's part of a system that's part of a galaxy
如同成千上百的銀河系從宇宙分裂出的一部份 that, like hundreds of thousands of galaxies, forms part of the universe.
這提醒了我，我是永恆的、無限的整體宇宙的一部份 It reminds me that I'm part of an infinite and eternal whole.
短暫的秋天 A SHORT AUTUMN
這狗很堅定的跳樓自殺 The dog committed suicide.
很明顯地，牠陪著一個四十歲的妓女 Apparently it was a 40-year-old prostitute's only companion
因為牠不能煩擾到主人接客，而被拴在外面陽台 and was locked out on the balcony so it wouldn't bother her customers.
當牠的主人被客戶撫摸時，這狗狗很抓狂 The dog went mad when they touched her.
也難怪啦，牠那麼堅定地往下跳 No wonder it jumped.
孤獨，在如此小的陽台裡 Alone, on such a small balcony.
布宜諾斯艾利斯發生一件不可思議的意外 STRANGE ACCIDENT IN BUENOS AIRES:
一狗死，二人傷 A DEAD DOG AND TWO INJURED PEOPLE
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謝謝你 Thanks.
動關節 DISCARTHROSIS
看起來很糟，但其實好的很 You look terrible, but you're perfectly healthy.
唯一奇怪的地方在脊椎骨第五與第六節處，好像出生時就連在一塊兒 The only strange things are the fifth and sixth vertebrae, which you've had since birth.
否則你早就痛的大叫，但你並沒有 Otherwise, you'd be screaming in pain, so it's not that.
你有頭暈症狀嗎？ 沒有 Are you dizzy? No.
在做體能訓諫時或背背包時，會不會？ Just do some fitness training and lighten up your backpack.
那這沒什麼嚴重的事，沒事啦 There's nothing serious, nothing at all.
你好像… You see...
那些報告都是些小朋友寫的 Those reports are written by kids
檢驗室或醫院的人在寫 in laboratories or hospitals who write
都是為了保護自己 down everything to protect themselves.
這報告有點過頭，但你能怎麼辦呢？ They're not perfect. What can you do?
如果你要緊張，儘管去，但不必要為這個檢驗單緊張 If you want to worry, go ahead, but not about that.
你老是擺這個臉 You're the same.
在重返建築師工作之前，我現在在做櫥窗設計師 Until I can work as an architect, I'm designing shop windows.
藉此轉移我腦中紛雜的想法 It distracts me from other thoughts.
我相信這些櫥窗就好像我遺失的部份 I think of the windows as lost places.
他們既不在裡面也不在外面 They're neither inside nor outside.
一個可以抽象化和施展魔法的空間 An abstract and magic space.
他們映射了我內在的一部份 They reflect a part of me.
在此同時，這些沒沒無名的人能使我鎮定 At the same time, the anonymity calms me.
或許有點蠢，但我深信： Maybe it's stupid, but I think:
如果有人停下來欣賞 If someone stops to look,
是因為我，才引起他們注意的 they're somehow interested in me.
我 14歲時拿到這本書 I've had this book since I was 14.
偉大的作者，請寬恕我 And forgive me, great writers,
這是一本影響我生命的關鍵書 but it's a key book in my life.
是我恐懼人群的原點呀 It's the origin of my fear of crowds,
這書裡畫的是真的存在的 which has become existential.
它戲劇性地描繪著 It dramatically represents
可想而知的恐懼是，我會是在百萬人群中迷失的那一個人 the fear of knowing I'm one lost person among millions.
這麼多年過去了，我仍然不能解答出謎題中的一個問題 Years have passed and I still can't solve one of the puzzles:
「威利在城裡」 "Wally in the City".
我找到威利在買東西、在機場、在海灘 I found him shopping, at the airport and the beach,
但威利不在這城裡 but not in the city.
或許我的焦躁遮蔽了我的視線 Perhaps my nerves have blinded me.
所以我很疑惑： So I'm wondering:
當我知道誰是我要找的那個人時，而我卻找不到他。 If I can't find a person when I know who I'm looking for,
當我不知道誰是我要找的人時，我如何找到那個人？ how can I find a person when I don't know who I'm looking for?
嗨！我是蘇蘇，我是絨毛狗狗 "Hi, I'm Sus? part stuffed animal and part dog."
七年前，我的女朋友去看她爸媽 Seven years ago, my girlfriend visited her parents
在美國紐澤西，她想在那停留幾週 in New Jersey, USA. She wanted to stay for a few weeks.
但她打電話回來，要我鎮定地聽、她痛苦地說 As painful as it was for her, she called me collect to say
她不會回來了！ she wasn't coming back.
美國是她的新家，而且她也體悟到她是非常美國化的 It was her new home and she'd realised she was very American.
真奸巧！把阿根廷貶下去，就覺得她很美國 Ingenious! She felt very American when Argentina was devalued.
事實上，是我和她的狗，不足以留她在這裡 The truth is, there wasn't much to keep her here: Me and her dog.
為了她美好的目的，她也離開她的狗 She left her with the best of intentions too.
她認為轉換語言 She claimed the change in language
對她來說很難 would be too difficult for her.
你知道坐飛機會讓我緊張 You know planes make me nervous.
拿著這顆石頭，我旅行都帶著它 Please take the rock I travel with.
你才旅行過一次 它有用啦 - You've only travelled once. - Well, it worked.
這是我的幸運石「卡巴拉」，拿著它吧！ It's my kabbalah. Do it for me.
好吧 Alright.
剎那間，我失去了我愛的那個女人 All at once, I lost the woman I loved
和我坐飛機的能力 and my ability to fly.
哈囉，我是瑪莉安，『嗶』聲後請留話 Hello, this is Mariana. Leave a message after the beep.
喂～喂～妳在嗎？ Hello, hello. Are you there?
好吧，我只是要告訴妳今天晚上 Alright. I just wanted to tell you that tonight
電視要播一部好看的片子 a great film will be on TV
比爾墨瑞的「今天暫時停止」（英譯：土撥鼠日） with Bill Murray and the groundhog.
因為如果妳也在看電視，就會好像我們在一起看一樣 And because you took the TV, I thought we could watch it together.
電話拿起來！我知道妳在聽 Pick up. I know you're there.
妳是不是有別的男人？妳擰混了我！ Are you with a guy? You screwed me!
妳怎麼可以跟別的人親熱 How can you be close to someone so different?
在一起四年，真是一個愚蠢到不行的結局 That's the stupid conclusion after a four-year relationship.
四年是48個月 Four years are 48 months.
1460天 1460 days.
35,040個小時，都跟錯人了。 35,040 hours with the wrong person.
有天晚上我看著他，領悟到所有的事 I watched him one night and realised everything:
第一次感受到，他是如此的疏遠 For the first time, he was distant,
好像他是一個完全不認識的陌生人 as if he were completely unfamiliar.
突然間地害怕，我怎麼單獨地跟一個陌生人在一起 I suddenly feared being alone with a stranger.
為什麼我會在這裡： And here I am:
在同屋子裡，我卻被遺棄似的和他生活在一起 In the same apartment that I abandoned to live with him.
在同樣的鏡子前，四年多了 In front of the same mirror. Four years later.
長長的冬季 A LONG WINTER
謝謝 Thanks.
網路讓我接近世界，但也讓我遠離生活 The Internet brings me closer to the world, but further from life.
在網路裡，我可以匯款、讀雜誌 I do banking and read magazines on the Internet,
用網路下載音樂及聽電台廣播 download music and listen to the radio on the Internet,
在網路點餐、在網路看片子 order food on the Internet, watch films on the Internet,
用網路聊天、用網路作研究 chat on the Internet, study on the Internet,
玩線上遊戲、看情色網站，還有找… play on the Internet, have sex on the Internet and search for...
狗狗褓姆 DOG SITTER
過來，蘇蘇 Come here, Sus?
來這兒，蘇蘇，來呀 Come here, Sus? Come.
牠叫蘇蘇 好的 - This is Sus? - Alright.
牠沒跟別的狗狗一起出去過 She's not used to being with other animals.
那你最好一起跟過來看看。 好的，我來牽牠 - Then you'd better come with us. - Alright, I'll take her.
麻煩你幫我從口袋拿支煙來。 這裡？ - Can you get me a fag from my pocket? - Here?
來支煙嗎？ 不用謝謝。 - Got a light? - No.
從這個口袋拿出來。 這裡嗎？ - Get it from my pocket. - Here?
用多久了？ 你是同志嗎？ - How long? - Are you gay?
不是的。 那還好 -No. -Its better.
牠不是我的狗，一個朋友的，但去了美國 It's not mine. It belongs to a friend who went to the USA.
她請我幫忙照顧 She asked me to take care of it.
但她有問題不能回來 She had a problem and couldn't come back,
所以我就留著牠 so I kept it.
自從她走後，這狗狗就有點消沈 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
牠也不想離開屋子，所以我想對牠有點幫助 and doesn't want to leave the house. So I thought it'd be good
才帶牠出來見見其他的狗和人們 for it to meet other dogs and people.
我相信牠會適應的，你信嗎？ I think she's adapting. What do you think?
我想你真的是同志 I thought you were gay.
我不能專心做 I can't concentrate.
或許下次有機會再說吧 Maybe another time.
好的 Alright.
嗯，再見 我們該怎麼做？我可以Call妳嗎？ - Alright, bye. - And what do we do? Should I call you?
我明天再來 好的，一切都OK吧？ - I'll be back tomorrow. - Alright. Everything okay?
多少有些啦～再見 More or less. Bye.
想吃晚餐嗎？還是要我等到春天再來？ Want to eat dinner? Or should I wait until spring?
現在嗎？ 妳有時間嗎？ - Now? - Do you have time?
我想要開始去游泳，這肩有點緊繃 I wanted to start swimming. I'm tense.
就是沒時間開始去游泳，哦不，從來沒有時間去游 - It's not time to start swimming. - No, it's never time to swim.
那我們去吃飯吧 Then let's eat.
到了 Here it is.
來過這兒嗎？ Have you been here?
我看過這棟建築，但我不知道它是家餐廳 I've seen the building but didn't know it has a restaurant.
我以為他們是辦公大樓 I thought they were offices.
我想對一個建築師而言，會引起她的興趣來 I thought it might be interesting for an architect.
上樓吧 Shall we go up?
我走樓梯 I'll take the stairs.
在20樓哦 It's on the 20th floor.
哦～ Well...
你或許認為我瘋了，但… You'll probably think I'm crazy, but...
我有種恐懼，我不要坐電梯 I have a phobia of them. I don't use lifts.
尤其是密閉的空間 Especially when they're hermetically sealed.
我得了幽閉恐懼症 I get claustrophobia.
你住在一樓嗎？ Do you live on the ground floor?
八樓。 真的？ - On the eighth. - Seriously?
出入樓層要上下兩次 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.
要不要跟我一起試試看 Want to try it with me?
什麼？ What?
我是說坐電梯 No, I mean take the lift.
我知道有家一樓的餐廳不錯 I know a good ground floor restaurant.
我很好奇從那麼高的地方看這個城市是怎樣的 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，我說真的 - I'll join you. - That's not necessary. Really.
不管怎麼說，你不用這樣做的 You wouldn't make it anyway.
當然我要。 但是… - Of course I will. - But...
現在妳總得說「Yes」了吧 Now that you've finally said "yes".
上一次坐電梯是什麼時候？ When did you last use a lift?
兩年或三年前吧。 有發生什麼不好的事嗎？ - Two or three years ago. - Did something bad happen?
不要說話，你快沒氣了。 Don't speak. You'll be out of breath.
調好呼吸 Administer it.
你在做事的時候曾試著閉上眼睛嗎？ - Have you tried closing your eyes? - If that would only work.
上次走這麼多階梯是在眾神之城的太陽金字塔（註；位於墨西哥） The last time I climbed so many steps was at Teotihuacan's Pyramid
大太陽底下，40度哦～ of the Sun. 40 degrees
而且很悲慘的，沙漠中一點雲也沒有 and not one miserable cloud in the middle of the desert.
260個崎嶇難走的台階 And 260 awkward steps.
他們說金字塔頂上 They say the top of the pyramid is a point
有無限大的能量幫你實現願望 of cosmic energy that fulfils your wishes.
我的願望就是不放棄一路走上去 My wish was not to fall on my way back down.
有些人打退堂鼓，沒有走上去 Some people go back down on their arses so they don't fall.
那是獨特的宗教傳說，有些承諾也未必會發生 That's typical of religions: They promise the improbable
所以沒有懊悔給他們要求的獻金 so you don't regret the sacrifices they demand.
我希望我不要後悔爬這些階梯 I hope I won't regret climbing these stairs.
還好嗎？ Everything alright?
你要不要去坐電梯？ Don't you want to take the lift?
好吧，那樣較好 頂樓見囉 - Yes. That'd be better. - See you at the top.
抽煙真是要我的命 Smoking is killing me.
要不要幫點杯喝的？ 快去吧。 - Should I order a water for you? - Go ahead.
蘇打水還是蒸餾水？ 蒸餾水 - Sparkling or still? - Still!
我跟聶魯達的關係對應了我的電子年齡 My relationship with Pablo corresponded with the digital age.
在開始交往時 At the beginning,
那一年我買了相機，這四年來拍的檔案數 I bought a camera that documented those four years.
第一年拍了380張 380 photographs the first year.
第二年176張，第三年97張 176 in the second. 97 in the third.
第四年，也是最後一年 And four in the last year.
簡單的理論，時光不能倒流 In a simple, irreversible act,
我的四年就是38.9 Mega的檔案大小 I'm doing away with 38.9 megabytes of history.
如果我的腦袋運轉可以和我的Mac一樣的話 If only my head worked as well as my Mac
按一個鍵就可以忘掉這一切 and I could forget everything with a click.
在21世紀最令人沮喪的莫過於面對一個空蕩蕩的電子信箱 Is there anything more discouraging in the 21st century as an empty inbox?
幸運哦，有朋友從阿曼寫信給我 Luckily, a friend wrote to me from Oman.
他剛好要去葉門 He happens to be visiting Yemen
需要我去幫忙提款九千五百萬元 and needs my help with drawing 9.5 million dollars
從某個地方銀行 他有一陣子沒寫信了 from a local bank. He hasn't written for a while.
這真是一個沒道理、單面向發展的朋友關係 It's an imprudent, one-sided friendship.
對不起，讓個位置 Please give us some space.
在我有電梯恐懼症之前 Before I had my lift phobia,
我曾去城裡的卡梵納大樓參觀 I gave tours in the Kavanagh building.
我很正常地坐電梯上到15樓 I had no problem taking the 15 lifts
這城裡最美麗的超高摩天樓有31層高 through 31 floors of the city's most beautiful skyscraper:
在1930年代末，是世界上最大的建築物 The world's largest concrete construction at the end of the 1930s.
這建物在歷史上可以非常突出顯著的，但它卻隱蔽著 A building as striking as the history that it conceals.
可琳娜卡梵納是一個美麗的女人 Corina Kavanagh was a beautiful woman
出身於富有的平民家庭 from a wealthy, but plebeian family
當她與一個年輕的貴族相戀時 who fell in love with a young man of nobility.
遭到安氏夫婦反對這段戀情並從中破壞 The Anchorenas opposed the relationship and broke it up.
安氏最重要的地產 Their most important possession
是山克拉門都大會堂 was the Basilica Santimo Sacramento,
他們蓋了個教堂，後來變成他們安氏家族的祠堂 a temple they built which later became the family tomb.
安氏大宅院在公園的對面 The Anchorenas' palace was on the other side of the park
當他們計畫蓋棟新建築緊鄰著大會堂（並與大宅院相對） and they wanted a new one next to the basilica.
此時，可琳娜卡梵納賣掉三處農場 Corina Kavanagh sold three farms
並蓋了一個超高摩天樓，只為了一個理由 and had a skyscraper built for one reason:
想讓安氏的大會堂見不得天日 To hide the basilica's facade
並且讓安氏從大宅院處看不到大會堂 and prevent the Anchorenas from seeing it.
只能看到「可琳娜卡梵納 巷」 It's only visible from "Corina Kavanagh" alley.
我生女兒的話，一定幫她取名叫可琳娜 When I have a daughter, I'll name her Corina.
你今天過得如何？ HOW WAS YOUR DAY?
好的，謝謝。 簽這裡 Great, thanks. Here!
妳在哪裡？ WHERE ARE YOU?
我在電影院 I'M AT THE CINEMA
我可放點音樂聽嗎？ 可以。 - Can I put some music on? - Of course.
妳為什麼不告訴我，看哪部電影？ WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME. WHAT MOVIE?
你有幾千首曲子，我應該要怎麼選呀？ You have thousands. How am I supposed to choose?
我都不喜歡。 讓我來選一首吧。 - I don't like them. - Let me choose one.
我想見妳，在出口處等妳好嗎？ I WANT TO SEE YOU. WILL MEET YOU AT THE EXIT.
片子超級長，我要關手機了。 IT'S TERRIBLY LONG. I'M TURNING MY MOBILE OFF.
（傳送簡訊給瑪麗娜） SENDING TO MARIELA
妳好像沒什麼味口。 我晚餐都吃不多 - You hardly ate anything. - I don't eat much in the evening.
我有告訴你我正在寫一部劇本嗎？ Did I tell you I'm writing a play?
妳整晚都沒說什麼話 You've hardly said anything all night.
真的嗎？不知道為什麼，我的心情有點亂 Really? I'm in a weird mood, I don't know why.
我不知道妳有寫 I didn't know you write.
我也不清楚 Me neither.
直到現在 Until now.
我學戲劇有一陣子了 I've studied theatre for a while.
想聽聽大綱嗎？ Should I tell you about it?
劇名叫「殘暴的女人」 It's called "Cruel Woman".
舞台上搖搖擺擺著 There's a swing on stage,
女主角跟七隻達爾馬提亞狗（註：帶棕斑的白色短毛狗） the protagonist and seven Dalmatians.
觀眾用耳機聽主角的內心獨白 So the audience listens to a monologue with headphones,
他們會聽到她的想法是什麼 and what they hear are herthoughts.
她心裡盤算著… She's planning
殺了這些狗狗的主人，那麼她就能佔為己有 to kill the dogs' owners so she can keep them for herself.
喜歡嗎？ You like it?
聽起來不錯，但我必須先讀一讀 It sounds good. I'd have to read it.
我要參與演出 I act in it.
那妳要演嗑藥幹活的那一個 You're the one who walks the drugs?
嗑藥幹活？ 我有說「嗑藥」嗎？ - "Walks the drugs"? - Did I say "drugs"?
演這個好 Good one!
11個訊息 11 MESSAGES
（我要回家了） I'M GOING HOME.
不要有太虛幻的期待哦～就純性愛而已 Don't get any false hopes. It was just sex.
從水泥牆發芽而出，在不該它們長大的地方長大 They sprout out of the cement, growing where they shouldn't.
堅韌不拔地往上長，展現出意志力與尊嚴 Rising up patiently with exemplary will and dignity.
這些非好種、野生的，植物學家都不知如何分類的 Without lineage, wild, unclassifiable by botanists.
卻有著奇妙的、蔓生的、詭異的美麗 A strange, rampant, absurd beauty.
它們裝飾了這些極灰暗的角落 They adorn the greyest of corners,
沒有特別原因，也沒有什麼可以阻攔它們 don't own anything and nothing can stop them.
這象徵著什麼，失控的生活 A metaphor for uncontrollable life
這些似非而是的理論，促使我面對我的弱點 that paradoxically forces me to face my weakness.
我是瑪西拉，一個心理醫生，我熱愛我的工作 I'm Marcella, a psychologist, and my job is my passion.
冷靜冷靜，我不會對你分析 Calm down, I won't analyse you.
依照規矩，我不會對朋友分析 As a rule, I don't analyse friends.
老實說，關於交朋友，我是很會過濾的 To be honest, I'm very selective regarding friendships.
我寫了許多關於愛情自救的書 I write a lot and love self-help books.
性別：女 年齡：31 Gender: Female. Age: 31.
婚姻狀況：單身 子女：沒有 宗教信仰：佛教徒 Marital status: Single. Children: None. Religion: Buddhist.
不喝酒、微量抽煙。 大學畢業 Not a drinker. Occasional smoker. University degree.
語言能力：法語、英語、德語、義大利話 Languages: French, English, German, Italian,
葡萄牙語、希臘話、西班牙語，當然也會 Portuguese, Greek, Spanish, of course,
蘇聯話，一點點 and a bit of Russian.
嗜好：另類音樂、爵士樂、藍調、拉丁音樂、 Hobbies: Alternative music, jazz, blues, Latin American,
迪斯可、八零年代音樂、電子樂、 disco, 80's, electronic,
流行樂、節奏和布魯斯、搖滾、古典樂、 pop, rhythm and blues, rock, classical,
戲劇、芭蕾、旅行、瑜珈和冥想、 theatre, ballet, travelling, yoga, meditation,
電影、鞋子、車子、機車、健身、 movies, shoes, cars, motorcycles, working out,
寫作、烹飪、網路、水上運動、 writing, cooking, Internet, water sports,
生態、政治、慈善、品酒、 nature, politics, charity, wine tasting,
登山、購物、塔羅牌、藝術、 mountaineering, shopping, tarot, art,
武術、太極拳、易經、 martial arts, tai chi chuan, I Ching,
風水、占星、新時代。 feng shui, astrology, New Age.
我會聽妳說，但我不要說。我了解，但是… No, I'll listen, but I don't speak it. I understand everything, but...
我不要說 I don't speak it.
真的，我講的很爛，我不喜歡聽到我自己說啥的 No, seriously, I speak it poorly. I don't like hearing myself.
我不太會說 I have no control.
我只會說我會說的那幾句 I say what I can instead of what I want to.
好吧，妳說下去 Well, you speak it.
妳的法語講的很道地哦 Your French sounds French.
這些約會很像麥當勞大雜燴 These dates are like McDonalds combos.
拍的照片看起來很大、很美味 They look larger and more delicious in the photographs.
每次我去經歷的約會 Every time I go on a date,
就像是被「大」麥克漢堡騙了一樣 I suffer from the same deception as with a Big Mac.
嗯～沒什麼啦 No, nothing at all.
不用了，謝謝 No more, thank you.
妳一個人在巴黎做些什麼？ What were you doing alone in Paris?
喔，那是一個很長很長的故事 Oh no, that's a long story.
但我可以告訴你，結局是什麼 But I can tell you how it ends.
我們在戴高樂機場分手 We separated at De Gaulle.
對，13小時的飛行絕對夠時間讓一對情侶翻臉 Yes, a 13-hourflight is too much for a couple in crisis.
不幸中的大幸是，我們都有各帶行李箱 Luckily, we both had our own luggage.
我們在機場把東西分一分 We divided up our goods in the airport.
他拿洗髮精、我拿護髮乳… He kept the shampoo, I kept the conditioner...
在眾目睽睽下，我們撕毀一些東西 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，就是這樣囉。 I cried for 24 hours and that was it.
妳還好嗎？ Everything alright?
要不要幫妳買瓶水？ Should I buy you a water?
神經焦躁 Nervousness.
我有點精神不安 I'm nervous.
我需要活動活動 I need movement.
去跳舞好嗎？ Want to dance?
我對交朋友有我的一套 I have a great need to communicate.
比如說，如果我們在此偶遇 For example, if we'd met here by chance
而你只會說義大利話… and you only spoke Italian...
我會說，喔～我聽不懂哦～ But let's say I didn't understand it.
不這樣的話，可能會痛失抓住帥哥的好機會 I would have lost the opportunity to meet a very beautiful person.
妳說啥麼？ What did you say?
你猜你猜 你猜猜 Look it up.
混蛋的咧！ Bloody bastard!
你怎麼可以笨成這樣？ How can you be so stupid?
蘇蘇再見 過來，我要遲到了 再見 Bye, Sus? Come here, I'm late. Bye.
報名游泳以來，這是第15次 This is the 15th time I've signed up for swimming
但這第15次，我不要去 and the 15th time I won't go.
我愛游泳，但我討厭游泳前跟游泳後的每件事 I love swimming, but I hate everything before and after it.
我討厭淋浴的前前後後 I hate showering before and after.
我討厭脫衣服、穿衣服 I hate getting undressed and dressed,
在冬天要吹乾頭髮 drying my hair in the winter,
濕的浴巾放在包包裡 a wet towel in my bag,
濕濕的泳褲、濕濕的人字拖… a wet swimsuit, wet flip-flops...
我討厭氯的味道 I hate the smell of chlorine.
我討厭會員卡，還有用藥調查 I hate the membership card and the medical examination:
有必要讓別人看我腳趾間有什麼嗎？ Having to show someone what's between my toes.
我討厭有人在水中尿尿 I hate that people piss in the water.
我討厭泳帽和蛙鏡，讓你戴起來一臉吃呆樣 I hate caps and the amazed expression goggles give you.
而我最討厭的，就是泳池裡滿滿的人群 And what I hate most is the fact that it's the most complete sport there is.
累喔？ Tired?
妳累了嗎？ Are you tired?
踢水的力道再小一點 You have to kick less.
兩腿比手臂消耗的氧更多 Legs consume more oxygen than arms.
踢水的穩定度要比推進力多一點 Kicking is more for stabilisation than for propulsion.
事半功倍，讓妳的腿再輕鬆一點 Stretch out and relax your legs.
手入水的時機 When your hand goes into the water,
再拖長些時間，感覺向前推進，另一隻手再跟上 stretch it out, feel the impulse and the other arm follows.
手要往身體下方去 Your hands under your body.
放低妳的頭，水會湧起妳的額頭 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.
以後妳會划的更少次，這樣比較不會累 You'll do fewer strokes and tire less.
照這方法，妳會游的很輕鬆 You'll swim in a more relaxed way.
划水三次換氣一次，去吧，我來數 And try breathing every third stroke. Go ahead, I'll count.
可以嗎？ 可以 - May I? - Yes.
如何？ 你說的對，我沒那麼累耶 - And? - You were right, I'm not as tired.
划了30次，每趟要再少2次，身體必須再低點 30 strokes. Two fewer per lap and you can get even lower.
你是教練嗎？ 我是上癮的泳者 - Are you a teacher? - I'm a compulsive swimmer.
一天不游個一小時，我會睡不著覺 I can't sleep if I don't swim an hour a day.
真的嗎？游到精疲力竭就無敵了 Really? Exhaustion from swimming is unrivalled.
沒有什麼可以累得倒我的 Yes, nothing else tires me out.
你叫什麼？ 若華，妳呢？ - What's your name? - Rafa. And you?
瑪莉安 Mariana.
這是什麼，混蛋！ What's it, asshole?
讓我過去！ 去呀去呀！ - Let me past! - Go ahead!
你這個小丑！ 該死的你在做什麼？ - You're a clown! - What the hell are you doing?
白癡！ Idiot!
你也一樣！ 操你的！ Always the same! Screw you!
別碰我！ 別碰我！ Don't touch me! Don't touch me!
我還要游30趟，我是會員，我有繳錢耶 I still have 30 laps! I'm a member and I paid my fee!
我想像這也可以讓你放鬆 要活的健康也是一種壓力 - This is supposed to relax you. - Living healthily is stressful.
對每件事保持神志清醒才能活的長一點 Being conscious of everything only to live a bit longer
這是我們可以做，也是最值得做的事 is the worst thing we can do.
這裡每個人來游泳不是為了好玩，是為了計算游幾趟 None of us come here for fun. We come to count laps.
為什麼你會睡不著？ 我想你已經知道為什麼了 - Why can't you sleep? - I thought you'd know already.
我的腦袋沒有開關可以關機 There's no switch to turn off my head.
你有去看心理醫生嗎？ 我本身就是心理醫生 - Have you seen a psychologist? - Yes, I am a psychologist.
所以游泳是唯一有效的囉？ So swimming is the only thing that works?
如果可以的話，我會在我的床邊游泳 If I could, I'd swim to my bedside.
28次 讚啦！ - 28! - Very good!
明天我不行游泳 Tomorrow I can't swim.
我必須看病到晚上十點，所以之後我沒辦法睡覺 I've got patients until 10 p.m., so I won't be able to sleep.
我們可以去吃點或喝點什麼的 We could go and eat or drink something.
我要讓你可以睡覺嗎？ 剛好相反哦～ - Shall I put you to sleep? - On the contrary.
為了解救你，那麼，好吧！ What a relief. Then yes.
脫掉泳帽和蛙鏡，好讓我們彼此認清楚長相 Let's take off our caps and goggles so we'll recognise each other.
不要，我會這樣來見你 No, I'll come like this.
沒關係啦，我不會在意的 It doesn't matter, I don't care.
你弟還好嗎？ Everything's alright.
這明亮的晨光 The brilliant morning light
讓我看見更明確的映象 let me see the reflection clearly.
稍晚，和往常一樣的在櫥窗裡，我體悟到我是什麼了 Late, as always, I realised it was me in the window.
一個人型模特兒 Like a mannequin.
不動、沈默和冷漠 Motionless, silent and cold.
春天到來 SPRING AT LAST
亳無疑問的，所有的建築都有沒有用的、沒用處的一面 Absolutely all of the buildings have a useless, purposeless side.
不是在前面，就是在後面 It's neither the front nor the back:
公用牆或邊牆 The "medianera" or "side wall".
大面積的表面外觀隔開我們的視野，在瞬間的視線中飄過的 Enormous surfaces that divide us, reminding us of passing time,
破亂的和煙霧狀霉斑 smog and filth.
「公用牆」展現出我們最惡劣的特質 "Medianeras"show our worst attributes.
他們反映出容易變質的、會破裂的 They reflect inconstancy, cracks,
不長久的解釋 provisional solutions,
像是我們從地毯下掃出來的髒東西 and the dirt we sweep under the carpet.
唯一能回憶的，就是這些都是很優的建案蓋出來的 We only remember them in exceptional cases
壞天氣侵蝕多時後 when, during bad weather,
這些牆像是在廣告濾網一樣 its ads filter through.
「公用牆」被用來當做廣告的另種媒介 "Medianeras" have changed into another medium for ads
好看的廣告並不多 that are seldom beautiful.
通常，這些廣告可以指點我們距離還有多遠 Generally, they indicate how far we are
超市：往下走、再往下走，速食店：在這邊左轉 from supermarkets and fast food.
樂透廣告給我們中大獎的希望 Lottery ads that promise a lot for little.
可以租的廣告空間 AVAILABLE
最近，這提醒了我們從沒想過的入帳機會 Recently, they've reminded us of the economic crisis that left us
閒置的空間 unemployed.
有個方法可以解脫住在鞋盒式套房的壓迫感 There's one way out of the oppression that results from living in a shoebox.
一個逃生路線 An escape route:
所有的逃生路線都違反了規定 Illegal, like all escape routes.
但都市計畫章法有規範必須清除違規的地方 In clear violation of urban planning norms,
一些很小的、違建的、不安全的窗口 there are a few tiny, irregular, irresponsible windows
也可創造奇蹟般的日光浴，讓光明 that let a few miraculous rays of light
照進我們的黑暗 into our darkness.
讓我試試？ May I?
什麼時候我們才能變成沒有電線的都市 When will we be a wireless city?
怎樣的天兵才會堵死河流，並把房屋跟天空佈滿電線 What geniuses blocked the river with buildings and the sky with wires?
幾公里長的電線把我們捆在一起了 Are all those kilometres of wire there to unite us
還是把我們隔離？因為每個人都在自己的地方 or to divide us? Everyone in his own place.
手機通訊大舉入侵這個世界，還允諾我們隨時可以連線 Cellular telephony invaded the world promising to always keep us connected.
文字信息 Text messaging:
新型10鍵輸入法 A new ten-key system
把最美妙的語言轉換成信息 that reduces one of the most beautiful languages
取代了原始的、有限的、母語字彙 to a primitive, limited and guttural vocabulary.
我們的未來在光纖網路，說起來還真夢幻 The future is in fibre optics, say the visionaries.
他們宣稱，未來我們可以在辦公室操控家中的暖器機 They've announced that we'll be able to heat our homes from our workplaces.
沒錯！當我們回家時，也沒半個人在等門 Right! And no one will be waiting for us when we get home.
歡迎來到虛擬人際關係的年代。 Welcome to the era of virtual relationships.
這是你第一次來聊天室嗎？ Is this your first time chatting?
你注意到囉？ Yes. Did you notice?
非常注意到。你還沒有註明你是「M」還是「W」 Very much so. You have to begin with M or W.
那是什麼？ What's that?
「男人」或是「女人」 Man or woman.
女的，一直以來都是，不對嗎？ Woman. A broad term, isn't it?
你呢？ 男的 - And you? - Man.
我能相信你嗎？ 很容易查証的 - Do I have to believe you? - It's easy to verify.
我寫的像個男，想法也像男 I write like a man, think like a man,
行為更像男人 and act like a man.
怎樣？ And?
什麼？ What?
換妳了，在下方處 Your turn. In the arse.
我不知道怎麼聊 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.
什麼是妳想知道的？ What do you want to know?
我甚至不知道從哪裡開始講 I don't even know where to begin.
我要離線了，再見 I'm taking off. Bye.
等一下，別下線，妳還在嗎？ Don't leave! Wait! Are you still there?
我會給妳一串問題 ： I'll give you a list of questions:
妳幾歲？妳的特徵是什麼？ How old are you? What sign are you?
妳聽什麼音樂？妳相信上帝嗎？ What music do you listen to? Do you believe in God?
你今天做了些什麼？ What did you do today?
被妳騙了 That's cheating.
這是一個問題 It's a question.
好吧。我12點起床，因為我5點才上床 Okay. I woke up at twelve because I went to bed at five.
我應該去游泳的。我 1點才吃早餐 I should start swimming. I ate breakfast at one.
我在吃關節炎止痛藥 I took an ibuprofen.
兩點開始工作，我是網站設計師 At two I started work. I do web design.
五點吃午餐，八點要去復健 At five I ate lunch. At eight I went to therapy.
我吃了第二顆止痛藥 I took my second ibuprofen.
電話鈴響，誰找我讓我高興一下 Then the telephone rang, which made me happy.
打錯號碼的。 現在我在吃晚餐 Wrong number. Now I'm eating dinner.
聊完天後，我要重敲腦袋，然後可以昏睡 After chatting, I'll whack myself on the head so I can fall asleep
明天要開始去游泳 and start swimming tomorrow.
妳離線了嗎？ DID YOU TAKE OFF?
是的 YES!
很好。妳今天做了什麼事？ Good. What did you do today?
心情調適中，被甩了又開始單身生活 Adaptation. Getting used to being single again.
這個我很有經驗，都可以寫本書了 I'm an expert. I could write a book.
我是那種活在當下的…保羅科爾賀（註：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.
我有個方法，天生就會的 I have a method. Absolutely involuntary.
我有遺傳到佛教徒的基因，就是樂不要太樂 A kind of Buddhist gene that makes my happy days not so happy
悲不要太悲（弘一法師遺囑：悲欣交集） and my sad days not so sad.
一種精神的自動調節器 A spiritual thermostat.
如果它沒作用呢？ And if it fails?
我就吃「利福全」（抗焦慮安眠藥） I down a Rivotril.
不敢相信我今天笑的出來 I didn't think I'd laugh today.
回原題，我想知道的，妳幾點要起床？ In return, do me a favour. When do you wake up?
9點 Nine.
給妳的我的電話號碼，9點叫我起來激勵我去游泳 I'll give you my number. Call me at nine and motivate me to swim.
為什麼不要現在？ Why not now?
不要這麼做，這是一種交換 No, that won't do. It's a deal.
給我你的電話號碼 Give me your number.
混蛋的咧！幹什麼的！ Bloody bastard! Fucking hell!
混蛋的咧！ Bloody bastard!
為什麼我要做這些鳥事？ Why do I keep all this shit?
等等，蘇蘇，我馬上回來 Wait Sus? I'll be right back.
有賣蠟燭嗎？有的，等一下… - Do you have any candles? - Yes, wait a minute...
我去右邊拿給你 I'll be right with you.
4塊錢 Four pesos.
有蠟燭嗎？ 應該還有，我找一下… - Any candles left? - I think so. Let me look...
喔，嚇我一跳 嗯，我也嚇一跳 - I got a shock. - Yeah, me too.
那是手電筒嗎 不知道，但有點重量 - Probably the flashlight . - I don't know, but it was heavy.
蠟燭在這兒，最後一個，今天算妳好運 Here they are, the last ones. Your lucky day!
對，謝謝知道了 Right, good to know.
多少錢？ 4塊 - How much? - Four pesos.
我的好運就值這點錢 嗯～ - My luck's a bit expensive. - Yeah.
這個多少錢？ 9塊錢 - How much for this? - Nine.
謝謝 再見 Thanks. Bye.
還要別的嗎？ Something else?
有 1塊錢可以找開嗎？ What do you have for a peso so we can round it up?
(中譯：Losheng)
瑪莉安和馬汀