TranslateMom 请问一下你在香 May I ask what kind of work you do
- 港是做什么工作的？ - in Hong Kong?
- 翻地盘啊。工地吗？是的。 - Construction work. - Construction? - Yes.
- 一年大概挣多少钱呀？ - About how much do you earn a year?
- 四十两万。 - 420,000.
- 方便去你家看看吗？ - Would it be convenient to visit your home?
- OK，不塞耶。 - Sure, if you don't mind.
- 没事没事，可以吗？ - Not at all. Is that okay?
- OK啦。 - It's fine.
要是我有钱一点， If I had a bit more money,
我就住下面去了。 I would live on a lower floor.
- 这是什么？損傷啊，香港每一个 - What's this? - A mailbox. Every
屋企都会有的。哦。 household in Hong Kong has one. - Oh.
他得，真有也不会哇， If anything happens, they won't
打电话通知你，要不就是写信， call you; they'll write a letter
- 给信通知你。你在这里房租 - or mail a notice. - How much is your
- 多少钱一个月啊？ - rent here per month?
加水电那些的话， Including utilities and stuff,
- 差不多八千。 - it's about 8,000.
- 这里是趟房吗？差不多吧， - Is this a subdivided flat? - Pretty much.
- 很少没有趟的。那这一层有多 - Very few aren't. - How many households
- 少户啊？只有，有的同个两家， - are on this floor? - Only... some share two,
- 有同个三家。啊，我们到了。 - some share three. Ah, here we are.
- 啊你家有多大呀？ - Ah, how big is your place?
- 这样子就两米。 - It's two meters this way.
- 两米多。 - A bit over two meters.
- 打竖就是六米。 - Lengthwise, it's six meters.
这里我感觉也不 I feel like this place
- 是很小耶。对于香港来说， - isn't very small. - For Hong Kong,
不塞的啦。嗯。 it's not cramped at all. - Yeah.
因为在好多普通家庭的话， Because for many average families,
他这些这么大， a place this size
应该可能都会四五个人住咯。 could have four or five people living in it.
就我一个人住在这里已经算很 Living here all by myself is already
奢侈的了。香港都是比较用些 very luxurious. In Hong Kong, people use
mini一点的家 more compact, mini-sized
- 具家电啦。 - furniture and appliances.
可以看到好像所有东西都 You can see that almost everything
- 是缩小版的。这个沙发， - is a miniature version. - This sofa,
它看上去是沙发， it looks like a sofa,
但是它是沙发床来的。 but it's actually a sofa bed.
拉出来有两米耶。 When pulled out, it's two meters.
跟著，这里我是晾衣服， And then, here is where I dry clothes,
在这里啦。我这铺床呢， right here. As for this bed of mine,
是我自己在淘宝那里， I bought it on Taobao,
就是我就自己用些拉包螺丝这 and used some expansion screws
- 样拼出来耶。 - to assemble it myself.
- 可以看一下你的床铺吗？ - Can I take a look at your bed?
- 可以。这个楼梯只有一个小 - Sure. - These stairs are only as big
方块这么大。哇，我好像正 as a small square. Wow, I don't think
着上不去，我要侧着身才可以， I can go up facing forward; I have to turn sideways.
这里还是挺窄的。 It's really quite narrow here.
哇其实上面这个床还是蛮大的， Wow, the bed up here is actually pretty big.
一个人住是刚好。 It's just right for one person.
啊这里还有一个香港独有的卡 Ah, here is an air conditioner mounted on
在窗户上的这种空调。 the window, which is unique to Hong Kong.
那小姐为什么不跟家 Why don't you live with your
- 人一起住，要自己住啊？ - family instead of living alone?
因为太挤了，太多人了。 Because it's too crowded, with too many people.
一百多人恰咯，七八十人住咯。 Over a hundred eating, 70 or 80 living there.
跟他们住就是连一个门都没有， Living with them, there isn't even a door,
- 没有隐私。 - no privacy.
- 没隐私。去洗手间都 - No privacy. You even have to
- 要排队这种。你平均差 - queue up for the toilet. - You make
不多是一个月是三万多块， around 30,000-plus a month on average,
你觉得在香港 do you feel that in Hong Kong,
- 压力大不大？ - the pressure is high?
- 都大的啊。为什么会一 - It's quite high. - Why would...
个女孩子选择到香港 Why would a girl choose Hong Kong
- 来做工地啊？因为其他那些工资 - to work on construction sites? Because other wages
太低了，维持不到我的，呃， are too low to cover my, uh,
生活开支咯。收工之后我会去 living expenses. After work, I
做些part-time咯， do some part-time jobs,
有时去做一下流民啊， sometimes doing odd casual gigs,
洗一下碗啊。舒服是留给 washing dishes, and so on. Comfort is for
- 有钱人的嘛。这么多年有没有什 - the rich, after all. Over the years, do you have
- 么收获呢？就在佛山买了 - any rewards? I just bought
- 两套楼咯。 - two apartments in Foshan.
- 哇，好厉害。 - Wow, that's amazing!
好多都是找外路咯。 Many people look for other avenues.
主要要不就找个自己 Mainly, you either find someone
喜欢的香港人结婚咯， you like in Hong Kong to marry,
要不投资移民咯， or you do investment immigration,
- 看你自己喜欢哪个啦。 - depending on which one you prefer.
在香港做地盘有没 To work on Hong Kong construction sites,
- 有什么要求？有三宝咯， - are there requirements? There are "Three Treasures":
一定要有香港身份证， you must have a Hong Kong ID card,
平安卡，工作证。 a Green Card, and a worker registration card.
就是这个平安卡在这里， Here is the Green Card,
它是两个是 these two are
- 一定要的。那你在香港工 - strictly required. So on Hong Kong construction
- 地上面主要是做什么？ - sites, what do you mainly do?
什么都做的啊，老板叫做什 I do everything; whatever the boss tells me
么就做什么的啦。 to do, that's what I do.
接电啊，搭线啊，油漆啦。 Electrical wiring, cabling, painting.
- 两千块钱咯。兼职了很多嘛， - 2,000 dollars. With all these side jobs,
然后你存这么多钱以后是有什么 what is your dream after saving
- 梦想吗？我的梦想就是以后不 - all this money? My dream is not having
- 用上班。 - to work in the future.
得润。 Gotta run.