My journey to yo-yo mastery | BLACK

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Morton Bast

翻译人员: ge tang 校对人员: xueling Sun

在我14 岁的时候，

When I was 14 years old,

I had low self-esteem.

我是个自卑的人，

I felt I was not talented at anything.

我觉得自己一无所长。

One day, I bought a yo-yo.

有一天，我买了个溜溜球。

当我第一次试着玩时， 它看起来是这个样子的，

When I tried my first trick, it looked like this:

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I couldn't even do the simplest trick,

我甚至无法使出简单的招数。

but it was very natural for me,

然而，这对我来说很正常，

because I was not dextrous, and hated all sports.

因为我并不灵巧，而且厌恶所有运动。

But after one week of practicing,

但经过一个星期的练习，

my throws became more like this:

我可以做出这样的动作了，

A bit better.

稍微好了一些。

I thought, the yo-yo is something for me to be good at.

我认为，溜溜球将会是 我这辈子

For the first time in my life,

所擅长的第一样东西。

I found my passion.

我发现了我的热情。

I was spending all my time practicing.

我把我所有的时间都用在练习上，

It took me hours and hours a day to build my skills up to the next level.

每天好几个小时，

来锻炼我的技能以达到更高水平。

接着，四年后，当我年满 18 岁时，

And then, four years later, when I was 18 years old,

我站在世界溜溜球比赛的舞台上，

I was standing onstage at the World YoYo Contest.

And I won.

我赢了。

I was so excited.

我当时是如此兴奋。 “是的，我做到了！我成了英雄。

"Yes, I did it! I became a hero.

I may get many sponsors, a lot of money,

我将会有很多赞助商，会有很多钱，

tons of interviews, and be on TV!" I thought.

一堆的访谈，也可以上电视了！” 我是这么想的。（笑声）

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But after coming back to Japan,

但回到日本后，

totally nothing changed in my life.

我的生活没有任何改变。

(Laughter)

我意识到，社会不重视我的热情。

I realized society didn't value my passion.

所以我回到大学，

So I went back to my college

and became a typical Japanese worker as a systems engineer.

成为一个典型的日本劳动者，

系统工程师。

I felt my passion, heart and soul, had left my body.

我感到我的热情、理想、和灵魂 已离开我的身体。

I felt I was not alive anymore.

我丧失了活着的感觉，

So I started to consider what I should do,

所以，我开始考虑我应该做什么，

and I thought, I wanted to make my performance better,

我想我要使我的表演更好，

and to show onstage how spectacular the yo-yo could be

并在舞台上展示 溜溜球表演可以多么壮观

to change the public's image of the yo-yo.

以改变大家对溜溜球的印象

So I quit my company

所以我辞掉我的工作，

并作为一个专业的表演人， 开始了我的职业生涯。

and started a career as a professional performer.

我开始学习古典芭蕾、 爵士舞、

I started to learn classic ballet, jazz dance, acrobatics and other things

和杂技等等，

to make my performance better.

以使我的表演更好。

As a result of these efforts, and the help of many others,

由于这些努力和其他许多人的帮助，

it happened.

奇迹出现了。

I won the World YoYo Contest again in the artistic performance division.

我再次在世界溜溜球大赛

的表演艺术类别中赢得大奖。

I passed an audition for Cirque Du Soleil.

我通过了太阳马戏团（Cirque du Soleil）的试镜。

Today, I am standing on the TED stage

今天，我站在 TED 舞台上，

with the yo-yo in front of you.

带着溜溜球站在你们面前。

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What I learned from the yo-yo is,

我从溜溜球之中所学到的就是：

if I make enough effort with huge passion,

只要心怀热情，不懈努力，

there is no impossible.

就没有不可能的事。

请允许我为你们演出，

Could you let me share my passion with you

through my performance?

让我与你们分享我的热情。

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