Transcript · Chinese (China) → English
Conversation about buying a phone
- What do you want to do?
- Watch videos.
You want to buy a phone to watch videos? Yeah.
What kind of phone do you want to buy?
How much money is here?
Have you counted it?
- You haven’t counted it, right?
- Yeah. Then Xiao Zhou, help me bring these over.
- Okay. Yeah.
- This is all the money you have, right?
- Yeah. How much is this altogether?
Fix your hat.
- How old are you this year?
- Eighteen.
Twenty, forty,
sixty, eight—eighty.
This is 100 yuan.
How much do you want to spend?
You want to buy a phone with just this money, right? Yeah.
Fifteen, twenty, twenty-five,
- This is 25 yuan.
Yeah. It’s all money from selling recyclables.
- Yeah. Do you have any family now? No.
What about your parents? They’re gone. No one takes care of you
- now, right?
- Yeah. This money isn’t enough to buy a phone.
Hey, they just took one in.
Wait a moment. They took one in.
- How about this one?
- It’ll do.
You can watch videos on it.
- Do you have a SIM card?
- Yes. You have a SIM card? Oh.
You won’t need this money. Here, you won’t need
any of this money. Just keep
- 100 yuan.
- Yeah. Ah.
I’ll give it to him. Give it to him.
Do you have somewhere to get
- meals now?
- Yes. Give him some water.
Where do you eat now?
Do you cook for yourself, or does
- someone look after you?
- No one looks after me. No one.
Give it to him. Give it to him.
I’m giving you this phone. Yeah.
This phone is for you. You can watch videos
and listen to music. It’s for you.
And I don’t want this money either,
it’s all for you.
If there’s anything wrong with the phone, come see me.
If you run into any problems
- in life, you can come see me too.
- Yeah. And then, I’ll
get you a charger too, okay? Yeah.
Here. You know how to use it, right? I do.
You know how to use it.
- You’re only eighteen this year.
- Yeah. What happened? How did you end up like
this? Yeah.
Poor thing.
Uh, I’ll, I’ll, I’ll give
you a SIM ejector.
I’ll put a SIM ejector in the back for you.
If you have a SIM card,
you can put it in yourself later.
If you can’t put it in, come back. Yeah.
This phone is a gift for you.
- This charger is a gift too.
- Yeah. Here, take this water.
Oh, take everything, okay?
Okay, that’s all.
It’s a gift, you don’t have to buy it.
It’s a gift for you. Okay.
When you leave, take your own money.
Pack it up, don’t let thieves or con men
steal it or snatch it from you.
Here, I’ll give you another bottle of water. Pack it.
Get everything together, don’t let it get stolen or snatched.
If you have any problems you can’t
solve, you can come over for help.
I can help. Come over here,
and I can help you.
Ah. Mm.
- Remember, put your money away.
- Goodbye. Mm, okay, I’m leaving.
Be careful. Okay.
End of transcript · 526 words · machine translated
Original transcript (Chinese (China))
- 你要干啥？ - 看娃娃。 你要买个手机看娃娃？嗯。 你要买个啥手机啊？ 这有多少钱？
你数了没？ - 你没数是吧？ - 嗯。那小周帮我拿这些来。 - 好。嗯。 - 你一共就这些钱是吧？
- 嗯。这一共有多少钱？ 你把帽子弄好。 - 你今年多大了？ - 十八岁了。 二十，四十，
六十，八-八十。 这是一百块钱。 你要买个多少钱的？ 就这些钱买个手机是吧？嗯。 十五，二十，二十五，
- 这是二十五块钱啊。 嗯。全都是卖废品换的钱。 - 嗯。你现在还有家人吗？没有。 你爸妈呢？不在了。没人管你是 - 吧现在？
- 嗯。这些钱也买不到个手机啊。 哎，他们刚才收了一个， 等会。收了一个。 - 你看这个行不行？ - 可以。
可以看视频。 - 你有卡没有？ - 有。有卡哦。哎呀。 这些钱用不到，给，这些钱都用 不到啊，这些留一
- 百就可以了。 - 嗯。啊。 我送给他。送给他。 你现在吃饭有 - 着落吧？
- 有。给喝水哦。 你现在在哪里吃饭？ 自己做还是 - 有人管？ - 没人管。没人管。
送给他。送给他。 我这个手机送给你啊。嗯。 这个手机送给你，可以看视频， 可以听音乐啊，送给你， 然后我这个钱也不要了，
都给你，啊。 你要是手机有啥问题过来找我， 要是生活上遇到啥 - 问题也可以过来啊。 - 嗯。然后，然后我
再给你拿一套充电器好吧。嗯。 给，然后会用吧？会用。 会用啊， - 你今年才十八哈。 - 嗯。你咋回事，咋搞成这个样
子了咧？嗯。 好可怜。 呃，我我我我我我给 你个卡针啊。 我我我给你放个卡针放后头，
如果说你有卡的话， 到时候自己插一下， 如果不会插过来啊。嗯。 这个手机是送给你的， - 这个充电器我也送给你。
- 嗯。啊，给，拿着啊，这个水， 哦，你都拿着，好吧。 好，那没事了， 就送给你了，你不用买， 送给你了。好。啊。
你出去你把你把自己的钱 装好啊，别让人小偷或者骗 子给你偷了或者抢了啊。 给我再给你一瓶水，你装上。 啊，你收拾好，别被偷了抢了。
你要有啥问题解决 不了，你可以过来帮忙啊， 我可以，你到这儿来啊 ，我可以给你帮忙。 啊。嗯。
- 记得啊，把钱装好。 - 再见。嗯，好，那我走了啊。 你注意安全。好。
