回收廢鐵的孩子
寮國的小孩們,必須冒著生命危險回收廢鐵來賺錢.
在貧困村中的兒童和青少年必須經常去回收廢鐵，幫助家庭收入。較好的時候, 孩子可以掙與成年人相等的工資。糟糕的時候，當他們會因誤觸炸彈和其他危險物品而失去性命。
以下為WHWV製作的影片，揭露此工作危險的現實面.
回收廢鐵的孩子 2008 James A. Harris 版權所有.
- It’s 3 o’ clock in the after noon.
“現在是下午三點”
- A scrap dealer dropped these villagers off in the morning
” 廢鐵回收商於白天將這些村民帶到這裡下車”
- Sometime In the next hour he will pick them up
“約一個小時後某個一個時間點他會再回來接他們”
- At first, these kids were shy.
“一開始, 孩子們有點害羞” (因為Jim在拍攝他們)
- Yal jokes , laughs and teases.
“所以Yal在試著逗他們笑” (Yal是Jim的助理)
- Soon, they are comfortable with our cameras.
“很快的, 他們習慣了我們的攝影”
- The detectors come from Vietnam. They cost about $16.
“這些金屬探測器是越南帶來的. 一個大約16元美金”
(金屬探測器就是他們手上拿的東西, 如果他們錢不夠買, 則會用找來的廢鐵交換)
- Yai knows to be careful.
“Yai知道要小心一點” (這已經是孩子們將廢鐵回收後)
- Sometimes the bags contain bombies and other unexploded ordnance.
“有時袋子裡面可能是裝著bombies(在寮國最常見的一種炸彈)或是其他未爆彈”
- The kids don’t know what some things are.
“有一些收集的東西孩子們也不知道是什麼”
- Luckily, these things are safe.
“很幸運, 這些東西是安全的”
- We challenge a girl to find some scrap we’ve hidden.
“我們將一個廢鐵藏了起來, 並挑戰看女孩找不找的到”
- The dealer finally arrives.
“廢鐵回收商終於回來了.”
- Everyone is eager to learn how much they have earned today.
“每個人都急切的都想知道他們到底賺了多少錢”
- They will get 2000 kip per kilo. That’s about 12 US cent per pound.
“他們會拿到一公斤約2000 kip的價錢, 1磅大約是 12美分”
- The dealer sells the scrap to a foundry for 3000 kip per kilo
“廢鐵回收商將廢鐵賣出給鑄造商則一公斤約3000 kip”
- On an average day this dealer takes in 500 kilo of scrap
“平均回收約一天可回收500公斤的廢鐵”
- On a very good day, he might get 1000 kilo or more.
“如果那天收穫不錯的話, 他可能回收1000公斤或更多”
- It’s not a good idea to be this close to someone dumping a bag of scrap.
“當有人在將一帶廢鐵放下的時候, 最好不要太靠近” (因為隨時可能有炸彈在裡面)
- After everyone has been paid the dealer sells them ice cream
“回收商將工資發完後, 開始賣冰淇淋給他們 “
- Kids who have more money than others treat their friends.
“錢賺較多孩子會買獎勵給其他朋友”
- Dealers cooperate rather than compete.
“與其競爭, 回收商選擇合作.”
- Each takes a different day of the week.
“一個禮拜選擇其中一天”
- The dealer is ready to pick up the next group waiting down the road.
“回收商已經準備好繼續往前開, 去接正在等待的下一組村民”
- Less than a week after our visit, two teenagers from this village died while collecting scrap.
“在我們去拜訪後不到一個星期, 這村落裡的兩個年輕人在收集廢鐵的時候死了”
- They did not recognize a piece of ordnance.
“他們沒認出其中一個是未爆彈”
- One of them tapped it to knock off the dirt.
“其中一人敲擊它希望能把汙泥敲下來”
- It exploded and killed them both instantly.
“炸彈引爆並當場炸死了這兩名年輕人”
- Bombs are not selfish, they share everything they’ve got with everyone around.
“炸彈並不自私,它會將它的所有分享給身邊的所有人.”
- He has made 35000 kip today. Equal to about 4 US dollars.
“這男孩今天賺了35000kip. 這等於是4塊美金”