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wǒ men de jì lù piàn cóng zhōng guó dào zhōng guó dāng zhōng
我们的纪录片《从<中国>到中国》当中
Our documentary film "From Chung Kuo to China"
shì xún fǎng sì bù
是寻访四部
Takes a journey back
céng jīng zài nián dài
曾经在70年代
To look for four directors from developed countries
lái zì fā dá guó jiā de dǎo yǎn
来自发达国家的导演
Who have made documentaries in China
guò lái zhōng guó pāi de jì lù piàn
过来中国拍的纪录片
In the 1970s
céng jīng fēi cháng fēi cháng ràng wǒ men yǎng wàng de yī xiē dà shī men zuò de zuò pǐn
曾经非常非常让我们仰望的一些大师们做的作品
Their works are highly admired
wǔ jí piàn zi zhǎo dào piàn zhōng de zhè xiē rén
五集片子，找到片中的这些人
In the five episodes, we find the people
zhǎo tā dāng shí pāi de zhè xiē dì fāng zài nǎ
找他当时拍的这些地方在哪
And the places appeared in their films
wǒ men jiù zuò le yī jiàn duì bǐ
我们就做了一件对比
And we attempted for a comparison
tā men nà gè shí hòu yǎn zhōng de zhōng guó
他们那个时候眼中的中国
Between the China they looked at
dào xiàn zài zhè gè wǒ men dāng xià shēng huó de zhōng guó
到现在这个我们当下生活的中国
And the China we are now living in
jiǎng yī jiǎng jiù shì zhè nián shì yī gè shén me yàng de gài niàn
讲一讲就是这40年是一个什么样的概念
And tried to explain the concept of 40 years
nà gè shí hòu zhōng guó hái méi yǒu wán quán dì gǎi gé kāi fàng
那个时候中国还没有完全地改革开放
At that time the reform and opening-up policy was not yet introduced
zhōng guó shì bù tài wèi shì jiè suǒ zhī de
中国是不太为世界所知的
China was lesser known to the world
dàn shì shì jiè yǒu qiáng guó
但是世界有强国
But there are powers
rì běn měi guó yì dà lì fǎ guó
日本、美国、意大利、法国
Like Japan, US, Italy, France
tā men dōu bǎ mù guāng tóu xiàng le zhōng guó
他们都把目光投向了中国
Who oriented their detectors towards China
qí zhōng yī bù shì lái zì yì dà lì de dǎo yǎn ān dōng ní ào ní pāi shè de zhōng guó
其中一部是来自意大利的导演安东尼奥尼拍摄的《中国》
One is "Chung Kuo" by Italian director Antonioni
tā duì zhōng guó de hǎo qí shì shēn rù dào wén huà céng miàn dāng zhōng de
他对中国的好奇是深入到文化层面当中的
He was deeply curious about Chinese culture
tā de nà gè jiā lǐ hái bǎi zhù jiù shì zhōng guó de yī xiē
他的那个家里还摆著就是中国的一些
He had ancient Chinese philosophy books
gǔ dài de zhé xué zhù zuò
古代的哲学著作
In his house
hái yǒu yì jīng
还有《易经》
Including "Yi Jing"
nián zhōng guó gēn yì dà lì jiàn jiāo
1971年中国跟意大利建交
The diplomatic relations were established between China and Italy in 1971
zhōu zǒng lǐ shuō nǐ men guó jiā de diàn yǐng shì yè
周总理说你们国家的电影事业
And Premier Zhou Enlai said
wén huà shì yè dōu fā zhǎn dé hěn hǎo
文化事业都发展得很好
That your country has highly developed film and culture industry
nǐ men néng bù néng yě gěi wǒ men lái zhōng guó pāi gè jì lù piàn
你们能不能也给我们来中国拍个纪录片
Would you consider making a documentary for China
zhè lǐ de zhōng guó rén cóng méi jiàn guò xī fāng rén
这里的中国人从没见过西方人
These Chinese never saw a westerner before
tā men zhàn zài mén kǒu jì jīng yà
他们站在门口既惊讶
They were surprised to see us
yòu hài xiū hé hǎo qí
又害羞和好奇
Both shy and curious
ān dōng ní ào ní hái shì zài nǔ lì dì qù pāi dào zhōng guó rén men zhēn shí de yàng zi
安东尼奥尼还是在努力地去拍到中国人们真实的样子
Antonioni made an effort in recording the reality of Chinese
suǒ yǐ tā huì bǎ jī qì fàng dào dà jiē shàng
所以他会把机器放到大街上
He did this by setting his camera on streets
qù jì lù hěn duō méi yǒu zhǔn bèi de rén de fǎn yīng
去记录很多没有准备的人的反应
To capture unprepared people
nóng cūn shén zhì shì xiǎo hái
农村、甚至是小孩
In the countryside, children
tán liàn ài de rén
谈恋爱的人
Lovers
hái yǒu shēng chǎn de rén
还有生产的人
Women in labor
hái yǒu yòu ér yuán tā jiù huì pāi cè suǒ
还有幼儿园他就会拍厕所
And the bathrooms of kindergartens
yǎng zhí jī dì
养殖基地
Breeding bases
děng děng zhè xiē shén mì de dōng xī
等等这些神秘的东西
Things that were mysterious to outsiders
cóng běi jīng yī lù dào hé nán
从北京一路到河南
From Beijing to Henan
dào sū zhōu nán jīng
到苏州、南京
Through Suzhou, Nanjing
zài dào shàng hǎi de yī gè lǚ chéng
再到上海的一个旅程
And finally arriving at Shanghai
zài yì dà lì hěn duō rén yě méi kàn guò shì jiè
在意大利很多人也没看过世界
In Italy many people don't see the world
yě méi kàn guò zhōng guó
也没看过中国
And they don't see China
tā men jiù kàn guò ān dōng ní ào ní de zhōng guó
他们就看过安东尼奥尼的《中国》
But they see Antonioni's "Chung Kuo"
tā men jiù yǐ wèi nà gè zhōng guó hái shì xiàn zài de zhōng guó
他们就以为那个中国还是现在的中国
They think that Chung Kuo is China
dàn dāng lǎo gāo zì jǐ qīn zì lái dào zhōng guó shí hòu
但当老高自己亲自来到中国时候
But when LaoGao came to China in person
fā xiàn gēn běn jiù bù yī yàng le
发现根本就不一样了
He realized that's not the case
tā yě tè bié xiǎng zuò zhè yàng de yī gè zhuān tí
他也特别想做这样的一个专题
So he wanted to do a special
zhòng zǒu ān dōng ní ào ní de lù
重走安东尼奥尼的路
Following the footprint of Antonioni
huì dài zhù yī gè gèng xiàng ān dōng ní ào ní
会带著一个更像（安东尼奥尼）
He looked at China
dāng nián tā men de shì jiǎo lái zhōng guó xún fǎng
当年他们的视角来中国寻访
In the same way Antonioni did forty years ago
bǐ rú shuō tā qù pāi nà gè mián fǎng chǎng guó mián sān chǎng
比如说他去拍那个棉纺厂，国棉三厂
They visited the old cotton mill
biàn chéng le yī gè wén huà chuàng yì yuán
变成了一个文化创意园
Which has turned into a cultural park
gōng chǎng kàn qǐ lái dōu xiàng zì gěi zì zú de cūn zhuāng
工厂看起来都像自给自足的村庄
Factories look like self-sufficient villages
gōng rén zài nà ér jì shēng huó yòu gōng zuò
工人在那儿既生活又工作
They work and live there
nà lǐ jiù shì biān jiè
（那里就是边界）
(That's the border)
tā men shì zài shēn zhèn rù de guān
他们是在深圳入的关
They entered from Shenzhen
xiāng gǎng hé zhōng guó dà lù de biān jiè
（香港和中国大陆的边界）
(The border between Hong Kong and mainland China)
céng jīng de zhào piàn jiù shì yī piàn huāng wú
曾经的照片就是一片荒芜
In the old photo there were barren lands
xiàn zài nǐ jiù kàn jiàn gāo lóu dà shà
现在你就看见高楼大厦
But now you see skyscrapers everywhere
nà yàng de biàn huà shì tè bié zhèn hàn de
那样的变化是特别震撼的
The change is stunning
wǒ men měi yī jí zhǎo le yī gè xiāng shì de rén wù lái xún fǎng
我们每一集找了一个相似的人物（来寻访）
We found similar people for each episode
cóng máo zé dōng dào mò zhā tè zhè bù yǐng piàn
《从毛泽东到莫扎特》这部影片
The film "From Mao to Mozart"
jì lù de shì ài sà kè sī tè ēn xiān shēng tā lái dào zhōng guó zhè me yī gè lǚ chéng
（记录的）是艾萨克·斯特恩先生他来到中国这么一个旅程
Is a record of Isaac Stern's travel in China
hòu miàn dé le ào sī kǎ
后面得了奥斯卡
It won the Academy Award
nà yī jí de xún fǎng rén bù shì sī tè ēn de ér zi ma
那一集的寻访人不是斯特恩的儿子嘛
That episode follows Stern's son
dà wèi sī tè ēn
大卫·斯特恩
David Stern
ài sà kè sī tè ēn xiān shēng yǐ jīng shì yī gè
艾萨克·斯特恩先生已经是一个
Isaac Stern was a respected
xiǎng yù shì jiè de yīn lè jiā hé shè huì huó dòng jiā le
享誉世界的音乐家和社会活动家了
Musician and social activist
tā jiào le hěn duō dāng shí zài yīn lè xué yuàn xué xí de dà zhōng xiǎo hái zi men
他教了很多当时在音乐学院学习的大中小孩子们
He taught many children studying at conservatories of music 71
zěn me zhù qù yǎn zòu
怎么著去演奏
How to play
qù tū pò rén yǔ rén zhī jiān de yī zhì xìng
去突破人与人之间的一致性
To break through the spell of uniformity
biǎo dá zì wǒ de gǎn shòu
表达自我的感受
And express personal feelings
duì dāng shí de zhōng guó rén lái shuō shì yī gè hěn kāi nǎo dòng de xiǎng fǎ
对当时的中国人来说是一个很开脑洞的想法
It was mind-blowing for Chinese
dà wèi sī tè ēn
大卫·斯特恩
David Stern
yīn wèi tā gēn shàng hǎi jiāo xiǎng lè tuán hé zuò
因为他跟上海交响乐团合作
Was working with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
zài zhōng guó jǔ bàn ài sà kè sī tè ēn bēi xiǎo tí qín guó jì bǐ sài
在（中国）举办艾萨克·斯特恩杯小提琴国际比赛
To organize an Isaac Stern International Violin Competition in China
jiù shì nián de shí hòu shì yào bàn dì èr jiè
就是2018年的时候是要办第二届
And 2018 was the second year
dà wèi sī tè ēn xiān shēng gēn wǒ men shuō
大卫·斯特恩先生跟我们说
David Stern told us
zhè zhǒng liàng jí de bǐ sài zhǐ yǒu kě néng zài zhōng guó néng gòu bàn qǐ lái
这种量级的比赛只有可能在中国能够办起来
China is the only place that can hold a competition at such magnitude
nán yǐ xiǎng xiàng jiù shì xiàn zài zhōng guó gǔ diǎn yīn lè huán jìng jìng rán bǐ guó jì hǎo
难以想象就是现在中国（古典）音乐环境竟然比国际好
It's hard to believe that China is a better land than other countries for classical music
dāng shí zuò zhè yī bù jì lù piàn zuì nán de yī diǎn zhī yī ba
当时做这一部纪录片最难的一点，之一吧
One thing that was particularly difficult
zěn me qù zhǎo dào piàn zhōng de zhè xiē rén
怎么去找到片中的这些人
Was finding the people appeared in the films
zhǔ yào qú dào tè bié duō yuán
主要渠道特别多元
We tried every means
cóng máo zé dōng dào mò zhā tè nà yī jí
《从毛泽东到莫扎特》那一集
In the episode "From Mao to Mozart"
shì yīn wèi lǐ miàn yǒu yī xiē céng jīng lā qín de xiǎo hái
是因为里面有一些曾经拉琴的小孩
There were children playing the violin
tā men qí shí hòu lái chéng le shì jiè zhǔ mù de yī xiē yīn lè jiā
他们其实后来成了世界瞩目的一些音乐家
Who later became famous musicians
jiù dāng shí de nà gè
就当时的那个
The lady
gěi sī tè ēn hé zhōng guó rén zhī jiān zuò fān yì de nà wèi nǚ shì
给斯特恩和中国人之间做翻译的那位女士
The interpreter between Stern and Chinese
dāng shí kàn shàng qù yǒu gè duō suì ba
当时看上去有个30多岁吧
Who looked thirty something
jiù shì xiàn zài suàn xià lái duō suì chà bù duō
就是现在算下来70多岁差不多
And now should be in her seventies
jiù qù lǚ hòu miàn de nà gè yǎn zhí rén yuán biǎo
就去捋后面的那个演职人员表
We went through the end credits
jiù zài wǎng shàng sōu dào le yī gè jiào lǚ wǎn rú de nǚ shì
就在网上搜到了一个叫吕宛如的女士
And found a lady named Lv Wanru
rán hòu wǒ men jiù zhēn de zhè yàng zhǎo dào le tā
然后我们就真的这样找到了她
And she is her
néng zài jiàn dào nǐ zhēn shì tài hǎo le
能再见到你真是太好了
It is so lovely so see you again
wǒ de tiān nǎ
我的天哪
Oh my goodness
nǐ dōu hǎo ma
你都好吗
How are you
hěn hǎo xiè xiè
很好，谢谢
Fine, thank you
hěn duō rén jiù shì zhè yàng jiù bù tóng qú dào
很多人就是这样，就不同渠道
Just like this, through every possible channel
shén zhì yǒu de shì gé bì tóng shì de fù qīn
甚至有的是隔壁同事的父亲
Even the father of some colleague
rán hòu shuí shuí shuí zài gè zhǒng jī gòu
然后谁谁谁，在各种机构
Some guy from some organization
jiù céng céng chuán dì zhǎo dào de
就层层传递找到的
We found them
yóu lǐ sī yī wén sī xiān shēng
尤里斯•伊文思先生
Joris Ivens
tā shì cóng zhàn zhēng shí qī sì wàn wàn rén mín
他是从战争时期《四万万人民》
His documentary of China dated back to the war time
jiù kāi shǐ zài pāi shè zhōng guó de kàng zhàn
就开始在拍摄中国的抗战
"The 400 Million"
hěn duō hěn duō tā de piàn zi dōu shì zài zhōng guó wán chéng de
很多很多他的片子都是在中国完成的
Lots of his films were made in China
yú gōng yí shān jǐ hū shì gēn ān dōng ní ào ní shì tóng yī gè shí qī pāi shè
《愚公移山》几乎是跟安东尼奥尼是同一个时期（拍摄）
"Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes" was almost the same time as Antonioni's
qī zi luó lì dān qí shí yě shì dǎo yǎn zhī yī
妻子罗丽丹其实，也是导演之一
His wife Loridan was a co-director
suǒ yǐ tā dài zhù yī gè nǚ xìng de shì jiǎo
所以她带著一个女性的视角
As a woman
qù kàn zài dāng shí zhōng guó huán jìng xià de zhōng guó nǚ rén huì shì shén me yàng zi
去看在当时中国环境下的中国女人会是什么样子
She looked at the Chinese women at that time
nǐ men jué dé jié hūn yǒu le hái zi hái néng chū hǎi ma
你们觉得结婚有了孩子还能出海吗？
Do you think you will still be able to go out to sea if you are married and have children
rú guǒ yǒu xū yào wǒ men jiù qù
如果有需要我们就去
We will go to sea if necessary
zài dà yú dǎo
在大鱼岛
At Dayu Island
bù shì yǒu yī gè fù nǚ chuán ma
不是有一个妇女船嘛
There were women captains
zài nà zhī qián yǒu yī gè chuán shuō
在那之前，有一个传说
Before that legend had it
nǚ rén shì bù néng shàng chuán de
女人是不能上船的
That women can not get on a boat
huì dài lái è yùn
会带来厄运
They bring bad luck
dàn shì zài nà gè shí dài nǚ rén jiù kě yǐ shàng chuán
但是在那个时代，女人就可以上船
But at that time women can go on a boat
zhè gè duì wǔ shì wéi yī zài nà zhī hòu yě méi yǒu le
这个队伍是唯一，在那之后也没有了
But that was the only time in history
yú gōng yí shān lǐ de yī gè lǎo rén de sūn zi
《愚公移山》里的一个老人的孙子
In "Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes" there was an old man
xiàn zài hái zài zhì zuò miàn rén
现在还在制作面人
His grandson is still making dough figures
nián chū shēng de fēi cháng nián qīng
1995年出生的，非常年轻
He was born in 1995, very young
cháng shì gè zhǒng shǒu duàn qù ràng zì jǐ jiā lǐ de miàn rén
尝试各种手段去让自己家里的面人
He tried to make their dough figures accepted
néng gòu wèi xiàn zài de nián qīng rén jiē shòu
能够为现在的年轻人接受
By the young people
tā de yīng yǔ hěn hǎo
他的英语很好
He speaks very good English
tā méi yǒu chū guò guó
他没有出过国
Never been abroad
suǒ yǐ nǐ yě néng gǎn jué dào
所以你也能感觉到
You can see
jiù shì xiàn zài de yōu xiù de nián qīng rén
就是现在的优秀的年轻人
That how brilliant
zhēn de shì néng gòu dá dào yī gè shén me yàng de chéng dù
真的是能够达到一个什么样的程度
These young Chinese are
wǒ men de tuán duì shì chū qí de nián qīng
我们的团队是出奇的年轻
Our team is surprisingly young
èr shí sì wǔ suì de yī gè píng jūn nián líng
二十四五岁的一个平均年龄
The average age is twenty-four or -five
dà jiā jiù qù cháng shì zhè zhǒng bǐ jiào hóng dà de tí cái
大家就去尝试这种比较宏大的题材
Trying out on such big topic
suǒ yǐ jiù shì mō zhù shí tóu guò hé
所以就是摸著石头过河
Is a challenging experiment for us
chū zhōng shì ràng rén kàn dào zhōng guó rén de biàn huà
初衷是让人看到中国人的变化
The original intention is to show the world how China has changed
cóng zhè xiē rén de shēn shàng nǐ huì fā xiàn
从这些人的身上，你会发现
By seeing them, you will understand
zuò wèi zhōng guó rén
作为中国人
As a Chinese
bù guǎn nǐ shì nóng mín hái shì xiǎo shāng fàn
不管你是农民，还是小商贩
Whether a farmer, a small businessman
hái shì zhòng yào de rén wù
还是重要的人物
Or someone important
rén hé rén zhī jiān de qū bié qí shí shì méi yǒu nà me dà de
人和人之间的区别其实是没有那么大的
We are not so different
zhōng guó de gǎi gé kāi fàng de fā zhǎn bù shì zài yī gè
中国的改革开放的发展不是在一个
The reform and opening-up policy didn't
cóng dī dào gāo de céng miàn shàng qù dì jìn de
从低到高的层面上去递进的
Progress layer by layer
ér tā shì yī zhǒng jiù shì yún sù quán bù dào dá de zhè yàng de zhuàng tài
而它是一种就是匀速全部到达的这样的状态
It penetrated every layer of the society at the same rate
nǐ zǒu dào nǎ lǐ nǐ dōu huì jué dé shì xiāng shì de zhuàng tài
你走到哪里你都会觉得是相似的状态
Everywhere you go it's the same
wēn nuǎn kāi fàng
温暖、开放
Warm and embracing
Subtitles turned off
Wow! You're awesome!

Documentaries About China Made by Foreign Directors Forty Years Ago

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wǒ men de jì lù piàn cóng zhōng guó dào zhōng guó dāng zhōng

我们的纪录片《从<中国>到中国》当中

Our documentary film "From Chung Kuo to China"

shì xún fǎng sì bù

是寻访四部

Takes a journey back

céng jīng zài nián dài

曾经在70年代

To look for four directors from developed countries

lái zì fā dá guó jiā de dǎo yǎn

来自发达国家的导演

Who have made documentaries in China

guò lái zhōng guó pāi de jì lù piàn

过来中国拍的纪录片

In the 1970s

céng jīng fēi cháng fēi cháng ràng wǒ men yǎng wàng de yī xiē dà shī men zuò de zuò pǐn

曾经非常非常让我们仰望的一些大师们做的作品

Their works are highly admired

wǔ jí piàn zi zhǎo dào piàn zhōng de zhè xiē rén

五集片子，找到片中的这些人

In the five episodes, we find the people

zhǎo tā dāng shí pāi de zhè xiē dì fāng zài nǎ

找他当时拍的这些地方在哪

And the places appeared in their films

wǒ men jiù zuò le yī jiàn duì bǐ

我们就做了一件对比

And we attempted for a comparison

tā men nà gè shí hòu yǎn zhōng de zhōng guó

他们那个时候眼中的中国

Between the China they looked at

dào xiàn zài zhè gè wǒ men dāng xià shēng huó de zhōng guó

到现在这个我们当下生活的中国

And the China we are now living in

jiǎng yī jiǎng jiù shì zhè nián shì yī gè shén me yàng de gài niàn

讲一讲就是这40年是一个什么样的概念

And tried to explain the concept of 40 years

nà gè shí hòu zhōng guó hái méi yǒu wán quán dì gǎi gé kāi fàng

那个时候中国还没有完全地改革开放

At that time the reform and opening-up policy was not yet introduced

zhōng guó shì bù tài wèi shì jiè suǒ zhī de

中国是不太为世界所知的

China was lesser known to the world

dàn shì shì jiè yǒu qiáng guó

但是世界有强国

But there are powers

rì běn měi guó yì dà lì fǎ guó

日本、美国、意大利、法国

Like Japan, US, Italy, France

tā men dōu bǎ mù guāng tóu xiàng le zhōng guó

他们都把目光投向了中国

Who oriented their detectors towards China

qí zhōng yī bù shì lái zì yì dà lì de dǎo yǎn ān dōng ní ào ní pāi shè de zhōng guó

其中一部是来自意大利的导演安东尼奥尼拍摄的《中国》

One is "Chung Kuo" by Italian director Antonioni

tā duì zhōng guó de hǎo qí shì shēn rù dào wén huà céng miàn dāng zhōng de

他对中国的好奇是深入到文化层面当中的

He was deeply curious about Chinese culture

tā de nà gè jiā lǐ hái bǎi zhù jiù shì zhōng guó de yī xiē

他的那个家里还摆著就是中国的一些

He had ancient Chinese philosophy books

gǔ dài de zhé xué zhù zuò

古代的哲学著作

In his house

hái yǒu yì jīng

还有《易经》

Including "Yi Jing"

nián zhōng guó gēn yì dà lì jiàn jiāo

1971年中国跟意大利建交

The diplomatic relations were established between China and Italy in 1971

zhōu zǒng lǐ shuō nǐ men guó jiā de diàn yǐng shì yè

周总理说你们国家的电影事业

And Premier Zhou Enlai said

wén huà shì yè dōu fā zhǎn dé hěn hǎo

文化事业都发展得很好

That your country has highly developed film and culture industry

nǐ men néng bù néng yě gěi wǒ men lái zhōng guó pāi gè jì lù piàn

你们能不能也给我们来中国拍个纪录片

Would you consider making a documentary for China

zhè lǐ de zhōng guó rén cóng méi jiàn guò xī fāng rén

这里的中国人从没见过西方人

These Chinese never saw a westerner before

tā men zhàn zài mén kǒu jì jīng yà

他们站在门口既惊讶

They were surprised to see us

yòu hài xiū hé hǎo qí

又害羞和好奇

Both shy and curious

ān dōng ní ào ní hái shì zài nǔ lì dì qù pāi dào zhōng guó rén men zhēn shí de yàng zi

安东尼奥尼还是在努力地去拍到中国人们真实的样子

Antonioni made an effort in recording the reality of Chinese

suǒ yǐ tā huì bǎ jī qì fàng dào dà jiē shàng

所以他会把机器放到大街上

He did this by setting his camera on streets

qù jì lù hěn duō méi yǒu zhǔn bèi de rén de fǎn yīng

去记录很多没有准备的人的反应

To capture unprepared people

nóng cūn shén zhì shì xiǎo hái

农村、甚至是小孩

In the countryside, children

tán liàn ài de rén

谈恋爱的人

Lovers

hái yǒu shēng chǎn de rén

还有生产的人

Women in labor

hái yǒu yòu ér yuán tā jiù huì pāi cè suǒ

还有幼儿园他就会拍厕所

And the bathrooms of kindergartens

yǎng zhí jī dì

养殖基地

Breeding bases

děng děng zhè xiē shén mì de dōng xī

等等这些神秘的东西

Things that were mysterious to outsiders

cóng běi jīng yī lù dào hé nán

从北京一路到河南

From Beijing to Henan

dào sū zhōu nán jīng

到苏州、南京

Through Suzhou, Nanjing

zài dào shàng hǎi de yī gè lǚ chéng

再到上海的一个旅程

And finally arriving at Shanghai

zài yì dà lì hěn duō rén yě méi kàn guò shì jiè

在意大利很多人也没看过世界

In Italy many people don't see the world

yě méi kàn guò zhōng guó

也没看过中国

And they don't see China

tā men jiù kàn guò ān dōng ní ào ní de zhōng guó

他们就看过安东尼奥尼的《中国》

But they see Antonioni's "Chung Kuo"

tā men jiù yǐ wèi nà gè zhōng guó hái shì xiàn zài de zhōng guó

他们就以为那个中国还是现在的中国

They think that Chung Kuo is China

dàn dāng lǎo gāo zì jǐ qīn zì lái dào zhōng guó shí hòu

但当老高自己亲自来到中国时候

But when LaoGao came to China in person

fā xiàn gēn běn jiù bù yī yàng le

发现根本就不一样了

He realized that's not the case

tā yě tè bié xiǎng zuò zhè yàng de yī gè zhuān tí

他也特别想做这样的一个专题

So he wanted to do a special

zhòng zǒu ān dōng ní ào ní de lù

重走安东尼奥尼的路

Following the footprint of Antonioni

huì dài zhù yī gè gèng xiàng ān dōng ní ào ní

会带著一个更像（安东尼奥尼）

He looked at China

dāng nián tā men de shì jiǎo lái zhōng guó xún fǎng

当年他们的视角来中国寻访

In the same way Antonioni did forty years ago

bǐ rú shuō tā qù pāi nà gè mián fǎng chǎng guó mián sān chǎng

比如说他去拍那个棉纺厂，国棉三厂

They visited the old cotton mill

biàn chéng le yī gè wén huà chuàng yì yuán

变成了一个文化创意园

Which has turned into a cultural park

gōng chǎng kàn qǐ lái dōu xiàng zì gěi zì zú de cūn zhuāng

工厂看起来都像自给自足的村庄

Factories look like self-sufficient villages

gōng rén zài nà ér jì shēng huó yòu gōng zuò

工人在那儿既生活又工作

They work and live there

nà lǐ jiù shì biān jiè

（那里就是边界）

(That's the border)

tā men shì zài shēn zhèn rù de guān

他们是在深圳入的关

They entered from Shenzhen

xiāng gǎng hé zhōng guó dà lù de biān jiè

（香港和中国大陆的边界）

(The border between Hong Kong and mainland China)

céng jīng de zhào piàn jiù shì yī piàn huāng wú

曾经的照片就是一片荒芜

In the old photo there were barren lands

xiàn zài nǐ jiù kàn jiàn gāo lóu dà shà

现在你就看见高楼大厦

But now you see skyscrapers everywhere

nà yàng de biàn huà shì tè bié zhèn hàn de

那样的变化是特别震撼的

The change is stunning

wǒ men měi yī jí zhǎo le yī gè xiāng shì de rén wù lái xún fǎng

我们每一集找了一个相似的人物（来寻访）

We found similar people for each episode

cóng máo zé dōng dào mò zhā tè zhè bù yǐng piàn

《从毛泽东到莫扎特》这部影片

The film "From Mao to Mozart"

jì lù de shì ài sà kè sī tè ēn xiān shēng tā lái dào zhōng guó zhè me yī gè lǚ chéng

（记录的）是艾萨克·斯特恩先生他来到中国这么一个旅程

Is a record of Isaac Stern's travel in China

hòu miàn dé le ào sī kǎ

后面得了奥斯卡

It won the Academy Award

nà yī jí de xún fǎng rén bù shì sī tè ēn de ér zi ma

那一集的寻访人不是斯特恩的儿子嘛

That episode follows Stern's son

dà wèi sī tè ēn

大卫·斯特恩

David Stern

ài sà kè sī tè ēn xiān shēng yǐ jīng shì yī gè

艾萨克·斯特恩先生已经是一个

Isaac Stern was a respected

xiǎng yù shì jiè de yīn lè jiā hé shè huì huó dòng jiā le

享誉世界的音乐家和社会活动家了

Musician and social activist

tā jiào le hěn duō dāng shí zài yīn lè xué yuàn xué xí de dà zhōng xiǎo hái zi men

他教了很多当时在音乐学院学习的大中小孩子们

He taught many children studying at conservatories of music 71

zěn me zhù qù yǎn zòu

怎么著去演奏

How to play

qù tū pò rén yǔ rén zhī jiān de yī zhì xìng

去突破人与人之间的一致性

To break through the spell of uniformity

biǎo dá zì wǒ de gǎn shòu

表达自我的感受

And express personal feelings

duì dāng shí de zhōng guó rén lái shuō shì yī gè hěn kāi nǎo dòng de xiǎng fǎ

对当时的中国人来说是一个很开脑洞的想法

It was mind-blowing for Chinese

dà wèi sī tè ēn

大卫·斯特恩

David Stern

yīn wèi tā gēn shàng hǎi jiāo xiǎng lè tuán hé zuò

因为他跟上海交响乐团合作

Was working with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

zài zhōng guó jǔ bàn ài sà kè sī tè ēn bēi xiǎo tí qín guó jì bǐ sài

在（中国）举办艾萨克·斯特恩杯小提琴国际比赛

To organize an Isaac Stern International Violin Competition in China

jiù shì nián de shí hòu shì yào bàn dì èr jiè

就是2018年的时候是要办第二届

And 2018 was the second year

dà wèi sī tè ēn xiān shēng gēn wǒ men shuō

大卫·斯特恩先生跟我们说

David Stern told us

zhè zhǒng liàng jí de bǐ sài zhǐ yǒu kě néng zài zhōng guó néng gòu bàn qǐ lái

这种量级的比赛只有可能在中国能够办起来

China is the only place that can hold a competition at such magnitude

nán yǐ xiǎng xiàng jiù shì xiàn zài zhōng guó gǔ diǎn yīn lè huán jìng jìng rán bǐ guó jì hǎo

难以想象就是现在中国（古典）音乐环境竟然比国际好

It's hard to believe that China is a better land than other countries for classical music

dāng shí zuò zhè yī bù jì lù piàn zuì nán de yī diǎn zhī yī ba

当时做这一部纪录片最难的一点，之一吧

One thing that was particularly difficult

zěn me qù zhǎo dào piàn zhōng de zhè xiē rén

怎么去找到片中的这些人

Was finding the people appeared in the films

zhǔ yào qú dào tè bié duō yuán

主要渠道特别多元

We tried every means

cóng máo zé dōng dào mò zhā tè nà yī jí

《从毛泽东到莫扎特》那一集

In the episode "From Mao to Mozart"

shì yīn wèi lǐ miàn yǒu yī xiē céng jīng lā qín de xiǎo hái

是因为里面有一些曾经拉琴的小孩

There were children playing the violin

tā men qí shí hòu lái chéng le shì jiè zhǔ mù de yī xiē yīn lè jiā

他们其实后来成了世界瞩目的一些音乐家

Who later became famous musicians

jiù dāng shí de nà gè

就当时的那个

The lady

gěi sī tè ēn hé zhōng guó rén zhī jiān zuò fān yì de nà wèi nǚ shì

给斯特恩和中国人之间做翻译的那位女士

The interpreter between Stern and Chinese

dāng shí kàn shàng qù yǒu gè duō suì ba

当时看上去有个30多岁吧

Who looked thirty something

jiù shì xiàn zài suàn xià lái duō suì chà bù duō

就是现在算下来70多岁差不多

And now should be in her seventies

jiù qù lǚ hòu miàn de nà gè yǎn zhí rén yuán biǎo

就去捋后面的那个演职人员表

We went through the end credits

jiù zài wǎng shàng sōu dào le yī gè jiào lǚ wǎn rú de nǚ shì

就在网上搜到了一个叫吕宛如的女士

And found a lady named Lv Wanru

rán hòu wǒ men jiù zhēn de zhè yàng zhǎo dào le tā

然后我们就真的这样找到了她

And she is her

néng zài jiàn dào nǐ zhēn shì tài hǎo le

能再见到你真是太好了

It is so lovely so see you again

wǒ de tiān nǎ

我的天哪

Oh my goodness

nǐ dōu hǎo ma

你都好吗

How are you

hěn hǎo xiè xiè

很好，谢谢

Fine, thank you

hěn duō rén jiù shì zhè yàng jiù bù tóng qú dào

很多人就是这样，就不同渠道

Just like this, through every possible channel

shén zhì yǒu de shì gé bì tóng shì de fù qīn

甚至有的是隔壁同事的父亲

Even the father of some colleague

rán hòu shuí shuí shuí zài gè zhǒng jī gòu

然后谁谁谁，在各种机构

Some guy from some organization

jiù céng céng chuán dì zhǎo dào de

就层层传递找到的

We found them

yóu lǐ sī yī wén sī xiān shēng

尤里斯•伊文思先生

Joris Ivens

tā shì cóng zhàn zhēng shí qī sì wàn wàn rén mín

他是从战争时期《四万万人民》

His documentary of China dated back to the war time

jiù kāi shǐ zài pāi shè zhōng guó de kàng zhàn

就开始在拍摄中国的抗战

"The 400 Million"

hěn duō hěn duō tā de piàn zi dōu shì zài zhōng guó wán chéng de

很多很多他的片子都是在中国完成的

Lots of his films were made in China

yú gōng yí shān jǐ hū shì gēn ān dōng ní ào ní shì tóng yī gè shí qī pāi shè

《愚公移山》几乎是跟安东尼奥尼是同一个时期（拍摄）

"Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes" was almost the same time as Antonioni's

qī zi luó lì dān qí shí yě shì dǎo yǎn zhī yī

妻子罗丽丹其实，也是导演之一

His wife Loridan was a co-director

suǒ yǐ tā dài zhù yī gè nǚ xìng de shì jiǎo

所以她带著一个女性的视角

As a woman

qù kàn zài dāng shí zhōng guó huán jìng xià de zhōng guó nǚ rén huì shì shén me yàng zi

去看在当时中国环境下的中国女人会是什么样子

She looked at the Chinese women at that time

nǐ men jué dé jié hūn yǒu le hái zi hái néng chū hǎi ma

你们觉得结婚有了孩子还能出海吗？

Do you think you will still be able to go out to sea if you are married and have children

rú guǒ yǒu xū yào wǒ men jiù qù

如果有需要我们就去

We will go to sea if necessary

zài dà yú dǎo

在大鱼岛

At Dayu Island

bù shì yǒu yī gè fù nǚ chuán ma

不是有一个妇女船嘛

There were women captains

zài nà zhī qián yǒu yī gè chuán shuō

在那之前，有一个传说

Before that legend had it

nǚ rén shì bù néng shàng chuán de

女人是不能上船的

That women can not get on a boat

huì dài lái è yùn

会带来厄运

They bring bad luck

dàn shì zài nà gè shí dài nǚ rén jiù kě yǐ shàng chuán

但是在那个时代，女人就可以上船

But at that time women can go on a boat

zhè gè duì wǔ shì wéi yī zài nà zhī hòu yě méi yǒu le

这个队伍是唯一，在那之后也没有了

But that was the only time in history

yú gōng yí shān lǐ de yī gè lǎo rén de sūn zi

《愚公移山》里的一个老人的孙子

In "Comment Yukong déplaça les montagnes" there was an old man

xiàn zài hái zài zhì zuò miàn rén

现在还在制作面人

His grandson is still making dough figures

nián chū shēng de fēi cháng nián qīng

1995年出生的，非常年轻

He was born in 1995, very young

cháng shì gè zhǒng shǒu duàn qù ràng zì jǐ jiā lǐ de miàn rén

尝试各种手段去让自己家里的面人

He tried to make their dough figures accepted

néng gòu wèi xiàn zài de nián qīng rén jiē shòu

能够为现在的年轻人接受

By the young people

tā de yīng yǔ hěn hǎo

他的英语很好

He speaks very good English

tā méi yǒu chū guò guó

他没有出过国

Never been abroad

suǒ yǐ nǐ yě néng gǎn jué dào

所以你也能感觉到

You can see

jiù shì xiàn zài de yōu xiù de nián qīng rén

就是现在的优秀的年轻人

That how brilliant

zhēn de shì néng gòu dá dào yī gè shén me yàng de chéng dù

真的是能够达到一个什么样的程度

These young Chinese are

wǒ men de tuán duì shì chū qí de nián qīng

我们的团队是出奇的年轻

Our team is surprisingly young

èr shí sì wǔ suì de yī gè píng jūn nián líng

二十四五岁的一个平均年龄

The average age is twenty-four or -five

dà jiā jiù qù cháng shì zhè zhǒng bǐ jiào hóng dà de tí cái

大家就去尝试这种比较宏大的题材

Trying out on such big topic

suǒ yǐ jiù shì mō zhù shí tóu guò hé

所以就是摸著石头过河

Is a challenging experiment for us

chū zhōng shì ràng rén kàn dào zhōng guó rén de biàn huà

初衷是让人看到中国人的变化

The original intention is to show the world how China has changed

cóng zhè xiē rén de shēn shàng nǐ huì fā xiàn

从这些人的身上，你会发现

By seeing them, you will understand

zuò wèi zhōng guó rén

作为中国人

As a Chinese

bù guǎn nǐ shì nóng mín hái shì xiǎo shāng fàn

不管你是农民，还是小商贩

Whether a farmer, a small businessman

hái shì zhòng yào de rén wù

还是重要的人物

Or someone important

rén hé rén zhī jiān de qū bié qí shí shì méi yǒu nà me dà de

人和人之间的区别其实是没有那么大的

We are not so different

zhōng guó de gǎi gé kāi fàng de fā zhǎn bù shì zài yī gè

中国的改革开放的发展不是在一个

The reform and opening-up policy didn't

cóng dī dào gāo de céng miàn shàng qù dì jìn de

从低到高的层面上去递进的

Progress layer by layer

ér tā shì yī zhǒng jiù shì yún sù quán bù dào dá de zhè yàng de zhuàng tài

而它是一种就是匀速全部到达的这样的状态

It penetrated every layer of the society at the same rate

nǐ zǒu dào nǎ lǐ nǐ dōu huì jué dé shì xiāng shì de zhuàng tài

你走到哪里你都会觉得是相似的状态

Everywhere you go it's the same

wēn nuǎn kāi fàng

温暖、开放

Warm and embracing

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