美語情景對話 第295期:Design 設計

Todd: So, Raphael, what did you study at university?

託德：拉斐爾，你在大學主修什麼課程？

Raphael: My main specialty is stage design, but stage design is basically theater decoration, but it tends to disappear because there is not so many job in this field, so it's closely related to interior design and light design as well, so basically I'm doing light and interior design. That's my job!

拉斐爾：我的專業是舞臺設計，基本上來說舞臺設計就是劇院裝飾，不過這門課程有逐漸消失的趨勢，因爲這個領域的工作崗位不多，由於這門專業與室內設計和燈光設計有緊密的聯繫，所以我現在在做燈光設計和室內設計。這就是我的工作！

Todd: OK. Why is theater design going away? Because people are not going to the theater?

託德：好。爲什麼劇院設計會消失？因爲人們不再去劇院了嗎？

Raphael: No it's not being away, but the point is it's a difficult job because there's not so many money coming from this practice, you know, because the theater system is not, not so many people go to the theater comparing to cinema or exhibits or, you know, this kind of things, and it's quite a reserved to the highlight, and it's very difficult for the, actually, the artists who works in this area cause there's not a lot of money coming from it so just living, like designing for theater is quite difficult.

拉斐爾：不是，目前並沒有消失，但是關鍵是這是一項非常難的工作，因爲這類工作實際上掙錢不多，你知道，因爲劇院系統的情況，相比於電影院和展覽會這類的地方，去劇院的人並不是很多，那裏只是保留下來，而且在這個領域工作的藝術家也很困難，因爲掙錢不多，所以靠設計劇院爲生非常難。

Todd: Well, I can imagine. So, what kind of design would you like to do then?

託德：嗯，我可以想象。那你喜歡做哪種設計？

Raphael: Now, I'm really interested in light design. That's the reason why I came to Japan, because they have some really interesting light designer here, especially because they don't have the same strict architecture rules that we have in France, like every time you want to build something new, or just decorate a shop, anything, you need, once the project is over, everything's prepared you need to show it to an architect who specialize in this very rules. He will tell you if you can or not actually build it, corresponding to the rhythm of the existing buildings, you know the lines, the structure of everything, things like that. It's really difficult, so Japan is changing faster, they destruct, they build a new building, and they destruct, and they build something new, they don't really care about the past of the buildings so there's a lot of liberty from light designer. It's very free. They can do some really interesting things.

拉斐爾：現在我對燈光設計非常感興趣。這就是我來日本的原因，因爲這裏有一些非常引人注目的燈光設計師，尤其是因爲，我們法國有一些嚴格的建築規則，但是這裏沒有，比如說每次你想建造一些新的事物，或者是裝修店鋪或其他的東西，一旦方案完成，你要把所有的準備向一名建築師展示，這個人專攻這些規則。他會告訴你你是否能進行這項工程，要和現有建築的狀態相呼應，比如建築的輪廓、結構等等類似的事情。這非常難，可是日本的變化非常快，他們破壞，他們建造出一個新建築以後，就會進行破壞，他們建造出了新的建築，而他們並不太在意過去那些建築，所以這給了設計師很大的自由。這裏可以自由發揮。他們會做一些非常有意思的事情。

Todd: Well, what would be your dream job, if you could have any job?

託德：嗯，如果工作的話你的理想工作是什麼？

Raphael: My dream job? I wish I could make a connection between my light design skills and my taste for music, sound design. Actually it's, theater is one place where these things mix up. Cinema is one place where it mix up as well, but there's not a lot of fields where you can like think at the same time about the effect produced by the sound, and the effect produced by the light.

拉斐爾：我的理想工作？我希望我能把我的燈光設計技術和我喜歡的音樂、音效設計結合在一起。實際上，劇院就是可以把這些整合在一起的地方。當然電影院也是可以整合這些的地方，但是能同時結合音效和燈光效果的地方並不是很多。

Todd: So, it's be like a scary movie has dark lighting and dark music?

託德：那就像恐怖電影配黑暗的燈光和黑暗的音樂嗎？

Raphael: Yeah, this kind of thing. This kind of, but when you want to produce a moment because it's basically what it's about, it's producing a moment, a feeling, like you can use any media, right? Whatever it is, it's not important. The important is what are you creating, has an effect, but when you use at the same time, light and sound it's quite complement, complementary.

拉斐爾：對，大概就是這樣。類似這種，但是當你想創造出一個時刻，大概就是……創造出一個時刻，一種感覺，你可以使用各種介質，對吧？無論那是什麼，這並不是很重要。重要的是你創造出來的東西要有效果，但是當你同時使用燈光和音效的時候，就會更加完美，會產生互補的作用。

Todd: Oh, OK. Well, best of luck.

託德：嗯，好。祝你好運。

重點講解：
1. tend to do
傾向於某事；
eg. His novels tend to be very samey.
他的小說有非常枯燥乏味的傾向。
eg. Such jokes tend to reinforce racial stereotypes.
這樣的笑話容易渲染種族偏見。
2. specialize in
專門從事；專門經營；專門研究；專攻；
eg. The bakers specialize in catering for large parties.
那些麪包師專門負責爲大型宴會提供食品。
eg. Graduate students specialize in a particular field of study.
研究生專攻一個專門的學術領域。
3. correspond to
相類似；相關；相對應；
eg. Racegoers will be given a number which will correspond to a horse running in a race.
觀看賽馬比賽的觀衆將獲得一個與某一匹賽馬相對應的號碼。
eg. His expenses do not correspond to his income.
他入不敷出。
4. care about
關心；在乎；在意；
eg. Joe Sixpack doesn't care about that.
普通工人不在意那事。
eg. A selfish person does not care about other people's problem.
自私的人是不關心別人的困難的。
5. mix up
混合；融合；
eg. Part of the plan was that the town should not fall into office, industrial and residential zones, but mix the three up together.
計劃的一部分是：這座城市不應該劃分爲辦公區、工業區和居住區，而應把三個部分融合在一起。
eg. This is music from a different era. I've taken those sounds from childhood and mixed them up with other things.
這是來自另一個時代的音樂，我把兒時聽到的那些聲音和其他聲音混錄一起。
6. best of luck
祝好運；祝成功；
eg. You are a bright, shining star. Best of luck.
你是顆明亮耀眼的星星，祝你好運。
eg. I wish you the best of luck in all your endeavors.
我希望好運永遠伴隨你的左右。