It's a Small World After All: Restoring a Lost Art (Human Interest) 再失傳的地球儀工藝
精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/udnpaper/POH0062/326013/web/
Learn about how one man came to rule the world of globes.
來瞧一瞧這位男子究竟是如何主宰地球儀的世界。
In 2008, London's Peter Bellerby made an unusual decision. He decided to become a globemaker. Bellerby came up with the idea while shopping for his father's 80th birthday present. He wanted to buy him a globe, but he wasn't happy with the choices that he found. They were either poorly made or expensive antiques. He thought making his own globes would be easy, but instead, it made his head spin.
2008 年，英國倫敦的彼得‧貝勒比做了一個與眾不同的決定。他決定親手做地球儀。貝勒比是在挑選父親八十歲生日禮物時想出這個點子。他原本想買一個地球儀給父親，但他對自己找到的選擇都不太滿意。它們不是製作的品質拙劣就是昂貴的骨董。他以為親手做地球儀會很簡單，結果卻弄得自己暈頭轉向。
First, he needed to find a good map. However, finding one without mistakes that would fit onto a round object took him months. Next, he had to have the globe designed. To get the perfect sphere, he went to a company that designs Formula One cars. What he thought would only take a few months ended up being a two-year project that cost him nearly ?200,000 to produce.
首先，他得找到一張完美的地圖。然而，找尋一張沒有錯誤又可以貼合一個球狀物的地圖就花了他數個月。再來，他必須把球體設計出來。為了取得完美的地球儀球體，他找了一家設計一級方程式賽車的製造商。他原本以為只需幾個月的事情最後卻變成了為期兩年的計畫，還花了他二十萬英鎊來製作。
After this expensive education, he decided to set up his own studio—Bellerby & Co. His studio is one of the last in the world that makes high-quality globes. Since then, he's sold his globes to TV programs, famous celebrities, and Hollywood filmmakers. Bellerby hopes to pass down his globe-making skills to others and keep this lost art alive for the future.
經過這次所費不貲的經歷後，他決定要創立自己的工作室 ── Bellerby & Co.。他的工作室是世界上屈指可數製作高品質地球儀的公司之一。自那時起，他將地球儀販售給了電視節目、名流和好萊塢製片。貝勒比希望將他製作地球儀的技藝傳承給他人，讓這項失傳的藝術在未來也能永垂不朽。
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