wǒ jiào zhēn zhēn jīn nián suì

我叫真真，今年32岁

My name is Zhenzhen, 32 years old

jīn róng xíng yè bān zhuān gōng rén

金融行业搬砖工人

Work in finance

mù qián zū zhù zài běi jīng cháo yáng

目前租住在北京朝阳

Now I live in a rented apartment in Chaoyang district, Beijing

yī shì yī tīng de fáng zi

一室一厅的房子

One bedroom, one living room

guò qù nián lǐ yīn wèi xué xí hé gōng zuò de guān xì

过去10年里，因为学习和工作的关系

In the past ten years, because of work and study

wǒ huàn le gè chéng shì jū zhù

我换了4个城市居住

I lived in four different cities

dà gài bān le bā jiǔ cì jiā

大概搬了八九次家

Moved eight, nine times

qù nián dǐ wǒ yīn wèi gōng zuò yuán yīn bān huí le běi jīng

去年底我因为工作原因搬回了北京

At the end of last year, I moved back to Beijing because of work

bān huí lái le jiāng jìn yī dūn de xíng lǐ

搬回来了将近一吨的行李

Brought with me belongings weighing nearly one ton

zhī qián de fáng dōng tā bù shì hěn xiǎng yào wǒ de zhè xiē jiā jù

之前的房东他不是很想要我的这些家具

My old landlord didn't want my furniture

duì yú tā kě néng méi yǒu shén me jià zhí

对于他可能没有什么价值

It probably is worthless to him

duì yú wǒ ér yán zhēn de shì qiān jīn bù huàn de dōng xī

对于我而言真的是千金不换的东西

To me it's invaluable

suī rán shì zū fáng dàn yě zhǎo le shè jì shī bāng máng cān móu

虽然是租房，但也找了设计师帮忙参谋

Though it's a rented apartment, I asked for designer advice on the decoration

fáng zi de yìng zhuāng wǒ men wán quán méi yǒu gǎi dòng

房子的硬装我们完全没有改动

We didn't change the interior finish

gǒng mén de qiáng zhǐ běn lái shì yī gè bāo zhù de guǎn dào

拱门的墙纸本来是一个包住的管道

The wall paper of the arch was a pipeline

bǎ fáng zi běn shēn de yī gè wài guān quē xiàn

把房子本身的一个外观缺陷

We turned a flaw of the room

biàn chéng le yī gè fēi cháng yǒu qù de gǒng mén shè jì

变成了一个非常有趣的拱门设计

Into an interesting design

yíng zào chū le yī gè gèng xiàng gē jù yuàn zhè zhǒng fù gǔ de gǎn jué

营造出了一个更像歌剧院这种复古的感觉

Creating a vintage atmosphere like an opera house

zhěng gè de yī gè sè diào

整个的一个色调

The overall hue

yào bù rán gāo bǎo hé dù bǐ rú shuō mò lǜ jiǔ hóng

要不然高饱和度，比如说墨绿、酒红

Is high saturation colors like blackish green, burgundy

yào bù rán jiù shì dī bǎo hé dù

要不然就是低饱和度

And low saturation color

huī lán sè huò zhě shì dòu lǜ sè

灰蓝色或者是豆绿色

Blue grey or pea blue

zhè gè fáng zi jiù méi yǒu xuán guān

这个房子就没有玄关

The room is without a vestibule

cǎi yòng le yī gè xié guì de xíng shì

采用了一个鞋柜的形式

A shoe cabinet is installed here

zēng jiā chǔ wù kōng jiān

增加储物空间

To create more storage room

yíng zào le yī gè xuán guān

营造了一个玄关

And meanwhile functioning as a vestibule

zēng jiā le yī xiē sī mì xìng

增加了一些私密性

Allow more privacy

chú fáng xuǎn le yī kuǎn kě yǐ zhé dié de zhuō zi

厨房选了一款可以折叠的桌子

The dinning table is retractable

píng shí zhè gè zhuō zi shì bàn yuán xíng kào zài qiáng biān de

平时这个桌子是半圆形靠在墙边的

The half circle usually leans agains the wall

péng yǒu lái de huà bān chū lái bǎ tā dǎ kāi

朋友来的话，搬出来把它打开

It's pulled out only when friends come around

kě yǐ zuò sì wǔ gè rén

可以坐四五个人

It sits four to five people

shè jì zhè gè jiā lǐ miàn dōng xī de pái liè de shí hòu

设计这个家里面东西的排列的时候

When designing the furnishing

dì yī gè biāo zhǔn jiù shì tā yī dìng yào hé wǒ yǒu qíng gǎn lián jié

第一个标准就是它一定要和我有情感联结

My priority was to have things emotionally related to me

lā le yī zhāng qīng dān

拉了一张清单

I had a list

jié hé yī gè yǒu xiàn de kōng jiān

结合一个有限的空间

Considering the limited room

qù zuò yī gè shōu cáng pǐn de fēn bù

去做一个收藏品的分布

To distribute my collection

chéng zhǎng guò chéng zhōng liú xià de dōng xī

成长过程中留下的东西

Items from my childhood

wǒ de dì yī gè fā kǎ

我的第一个发卡

My first hairpin

tóng xué gěi wǒ xiě de liú yán zhǐ

同学给我写的留言纸

Notes from my classmates

shōu cáng de měi shǎo nǚ zhàn shì de huà piàn

收藏的美少女战士的画片

My Sailor Moon collection

dōu méi yǒu diū diào

都没有丢掉

They are all kept intact

chàng piàn lǐ miàn mǎi de zuì zǎo de yī zhāng shì nián de

唱片里面买的最早的一张是2000年（的）

The earliest CD was bought in 2000

dāng shí shì kuài qián yī zhāng

cd当时是40块钱一张

It cost me 40 yuan

hěn dà yī bǐ líng yòng qián

很大一笔零用钱

A big fortune to me at that age

jiù zài jiā lǐ miàn zuò jiā wù shuā wǎn

就在家里面做家务刷碗

I had to do a lot of housework

qù mǎi le yī zhāng xiào bāng de

去买了一张肖邦的cd

To buy this CD of Chopin

xiàn zài hái shì néng tīng de

现在还是能听的

I still listen to it from time to time

gōng zuò zhī hòu jīng cháng huì dài jiā rén chū qù wán

工作之后经常会带家人出去玩

I travel with my family a lot after graduation

wǒ huì gěi jiā rén mǎi gōng wù cāng rán hòu wǒ zì jǐ zuò jīng jì cāng

我会给家人买公务舱，然后我自己坐经济舱

I'd buy business class for my family and economy for myself

lǚ tú zhōng táo dào de yī xiē

旅途中淘到的一些

These are objects I found during my trip

qí shí dān jià bìng bù shì hěn gāo de xiǎo wù jiàn

其实单价并不是很高的小物件

They didn’t cost much

zhè gè zhǎn shì guì yě shì táo de yī jiàn zhōng gǔ jiā jù

这个展示柜也是淘的一件中古家具

The cabinet is a pre-owned piece of furniture

zhè tiáo xiàng liàn shì zài mò xī gē zuò yì gōng de shí hòu

这条项链是在墨西哥做义工的时候

The necklace was bought in Mexico when I volunteered there

dāng shí shì zhù zài mò xī gē yī gè běn dì jì sù jiā tíng de jiā lǐ

当时是住在墨西哥一个本地寄宿家庭的家里

I lived in a Mexican host family

tā men jiā lǐ jiù shì zuò yī xiē zhè zhǒng běn dì shǒu gōng yì xiàng liàn

他们家里就是做一些这种本地手工艺项链

They make this kind of local craft

zhè gè jiǔ sāi shì wǒ dài jiā rén chū qù lǚ yóu de shí hòu

这个酒塞是我带家人出去旅游的时候

The cork is from a bottle of wine

gēn wǒ bà bà zài hé biān hē le yī píng jiǔ

跟我爸爸在河边喝了一瓶酒

That I shared with my father during a trip

xiǎng yào qù jì zhù dāng shí liǎng gè rén hù xiāng lǐ jiě de xīn qíng

想要去记住当时两个人互相理解的心情

I wanted it to remind me how we understood each other

gèng xiǎng shòu qù mǎi yī xiē piān lǎo yī diǎn de dōng xī

更享受去买一些偏老一点的东西

I prefer old stuff

shén zhì shì yǐ jīng lǎo dào gù zhàng de dōng xī dōu méi yǒu guān xì

甚至是已经老到故障的东西都没有关系

It doesn’t matter if it’s broken

wǒ kě yǐ huí lái bǎ tā xiū fù

我可以回来把它修复

I can fix it

dé lǜ fēng gēn chàng shōu yī tǐ jī

德律风根唱收一体机

Telefunken

nián zuǒ yòu de

1955年左右的

Produced in 1955

zài èr shǒu diàn bǎi le hěn jiǔ gēn běn mài bù chū qù

在二手店摆了很久，根本卖不出去

It didn’t sell for a long time

tái huí lái zhī hòu

抬回来之后

I brought it home

bǎ hòu miàn de diàn zi guǎn dōu chāi chū lái

把后面的电子管都拆出来

Striped the tubes

bǎ shàng miàn de xiù zhī zhū wǎng dōu cā diào

把上面的锈、蜘蛛网都擦掉

Cleaned the machine

zuò le yī gè zhěng tǐ de fān xīn

做了一个整体的翻新

Now it’s good as new

zhè fú pīn tiē huà

这幅拼贴画

The pasteup

jiù shì yī xiē kàn guò zuì xǐ huān de yǎn chū de piào gēn

就是一些看过最喜欢的演出的票根

Was made from ticket stubs from shows I’ve been to

mǎ lā sōng de hào mǎ pái

马拉松的号码牌

Marathon plate

yǎo yá pǎo zhè gè xiǎo shí pǎo dào kuài kū le

咬牙跑这5个小时跑到快哭了

I almost cried running for 5 hours

xīn lǐ miàn dà gài xiǎng fàng qì xiǎng le duō cì

心里面大概想放弃，想了2000多次

For about 2,000 times I thought about giving up

kè tīng de luò dì dēng bāo kuò wò shì de dǐng dēng

客厅的落地灯，包括卧室的顶灯

The floor lamp in the living room and the ceiling lamp in my bedroom

dōu shì zài jīng dōu de shí hòu

都是在京都的时候

Were customized in an old washi store

ǒu rán fā xiàn le yī gè dà gài sān sì bǎi nián de hé zhǐ lǎo diàn

偶然发现了一个大概三四百年的和纸老店

That I came across in Kyoto

kě yǐ dìng zuò zhǐ dēng

可以定做纸灯

It’s a century-old shop

qián qián hòu hòu gōu tōng le yǒu yī gè duō yuè de shí jiān

前前后后沟通了有一个多月的时间

I spent a month on communicating my requirements with the store

gè yuè de shí jiān cái dào wǒ de shǒu lǐ miàn

5个月的时间才到我的手里面

And received the lamps five months later

dà bù fēn shí jiān dōu zài gōng zuò

大部分时间都在工作

Most of my time is dedicated to work

kě néng zài nǐ xiǎng dào guò de rèn hé dì fāng dōu huí fù guò yóu jiàn

可能在你想到过的任何地方都回复过邮件

I’ve replied emails in the weirdest place you can imagine

kàn yǎn chū de bàn tú bào zhù diàn nǎo chōng chū dà tīng

看演出的半途抱著电脑冲出大厅

Half way through a show I stormed out the hall with my laptop

dūn zài mén kǒu qù huí fù yóu jiàn

蹲在门口去回复邮件

Squatting at the door replying emails

hěn nán yù jiàn dào liǎng sān nián shén zhì sān wǔ nián zhī hòu

很难预见到两三年甚至三五年之后

I don’t know where I will live

wǒ huì zài shén me dì fāng

我会在什么地方

Three or five years later

jiā duì yú wǒ ér yán

家对于我而言

For me

shì yī gè zhōng jí de qíng xù bǎo lěi

是一个终极的情绪堡垒

Home is my ultimate feeling fortress

wú lùn shì qù shén me yàng de dì fāng

无论是去什么样的地方

Wherever I go

wǒ jué dé wǒ kě néng dōu huì dài zhù wǒ zhè xiē

我觉得我可能都会带著我这些

I’d bring the stuff

duì wǒ yǒu yì yì de guò wǎng de dōng xī

对我有意义的过往的东西

That meant something to me in my life

jiù hěn xiàng shì yī gè mǎ xì tuán dà péng chē yī yàng

就很像是一个马戏团大篷车一样

Like a circus wagon

lā zhù wǒ de shī zi lā zhù wǒ de lǎo hǔ

拉著我的狮子，拉著我的老虎

Carrying my lions and tigers

jiù wǒ dài zhù wǒ suǒ yǒu de guò wǎng wǒ men yī zhí zài lù shàng

就我带著我所有的过往，我们一直在路上

With all my past, on the road