野蠻工廠富士康—今早第十二跳
The Foxconn suicide mess all started from job stress. Within half a year, there were 12 suicide attempts, with 10confirmed deaths in Foxconn’s factory in Shenzhen, China.
由於工作壓力，中國深圳富士康工廠自殺事件不斷，在半年時間裏，已經有12人試圖自殺，其中10人死亡。
In order to find out what’s really going on in that factory, the Southern Weekly, described by The New York Times as China’s most influential liberal newspaper, sent an amateur reporter to slip into Foxconn’s factory to pose as a worker and the mission is to find out the truth about the suicide cluster.
爲了弄明白在工廠裏面發生了什麼事情。中國具有相當影響力的週報《南方週末》的一位編輯爲寫一份報告，喬裝打扮成一位工人潛伏進工廠，試圖弄明白自殺的真相。
The deaths of the workers in Foxconn have caused a lot of noise in the IT world. Macs, iPods, iPhones and iPads are all assembled in Foxconn’s factory of China. And now, without any explanations, workers who are assembling these gadgets have gone crazy and some of them killed themselves. After the sixth suicide attempt happened in April, Southern Weekly’s amateur reporter, Liu Zhi Yi, arranged to slip into Foxconn’s factory ... while another senior reporter, Yang Ji Bin, conducted interviews with the senior management. Together, they have found out the real living conditions of Foxconn workers.
富士康員工的連續自殺，引起了IT製造業的喧囂。因爲Macs、iPods、iPhones都是在富士康工廠裏面裝配。但是，現在，無緣無故，這些裝配工人開始發瘋，殺死他們自己。第六起自殺事件發生在4月份，南方週末記者劉志義說，此時他被安排進了富士康的工廠。。。而另一個資深記者--楊霽斌，也接受了富士康高級管理人員的面試。就這樣，他們發現了富士康工人的真實生活條件
Every single one of the workers is living through life like a clock. They work, they get off, they go to sleep. And the next day, they repeat the same thing again. The reporter thinks that the only way to stop this cycle is for them to end their lives.
這裏每個工人的生活就像一隻鬧鐘。工作，下車、睡覺。明天，這樣的事情繼續重複。潛伏的記者說：結束這樣單調的循環生活唯一辦法就是結束他們的生命。
If you are wondering if they are happy for producing Apple products, the answer is No. They are only happy on the 10th of every month, that’s the day when they get their salaries. On the 10th, the ATM machines are fully crowded with workers and their salaries start from $900 Chinese Yuan (about $130).
如果你想知道生產蘋果的產品是否快樂的話，答案是：一點也不。他們唯一的快樂時光是每月10號。這一天，他們將領到薪水。在10號，自動取款機往往很是繁忙，每月900元的薪水將從裏面吐出來。
There’s one special agreement workers could choose to sign for before starting to work. The workers could sign a voluntary overtime working agreement so the factory is not responsible for their long hours of working. Anyway, they still have public holidays just like anyone.
在他們開始工作的之前，都將簽署一份特別的協議，協議內容表明他們自願加班，工廠對於超時工作不負責任。不過，他們還是有公共假期。
Next, revolutionary and magical gadgets including iPhones and iPads are assembled by these workers and almost all devices in the market come from them. Most of the workers have no comments about the popular Apple products since they have never dreamed of owning the gadgets since their salaries are only enough to buy a knockoff version. While the gadget nerds are discussing how to spend their money on Apple’s iProducts, these workers are discussing about how to spend their money on those cheap knockoff iPhones.
具有革命性和神奇的iPhones和iPads由這些工人裝配而成，但是擁有任何一件對他們來說，都是奢望，他們的薪水只夠買山寨產品。當發燒友在討論怎樣在蘋果產品上消費的時候，這些工人在攢夠足夠得錢去買山寨。
This Southern Weekly reporter also had some chats with the workers during meal times. Some of them told him that they admired those workers who got sick leave approvals so they could get some rest. They also discussed their jobs to know more about the dangers. When they talked about the suicide cluster in the factory, they are speechless and some of them even made some jokes of those suicide attempts.
南方週末的記者在吃飯的時間和這些工人閒聊。有些工人告訴他，他們羨慕那些生病的工人，那樣就可以得到休息的批准。他們還談論了工作的危險性。當談及工廠自殺事件的時候，他們一時沉默了很久，然後說了幾個關於自殺的笑話。
Moreover, the workers always dream of being rich someday. To fulfill this dream, they would use part of their salaries to buy lottery tickets. They also put their hopes on horse-racing gambling too.
一般情況，所有的工人都希望變得富有。爲了填充這樣的夢想，他們會用工資的一部分去購買福利彩票。他們也會把他們的希望押在賭博機上。
Friendship is a big problem in the factory. There are some workers who do not know the names of their roommates even though they have worked together for a long time.
人際關係也是一個重要的問題，很多工人不知道與他們住在同一間寢室的員工的名字。
What’s more, the workers are superstitious in some ways. Previously, there have been some accidents like a worker having his finger cut-off during the production of devices. Now, a few workers in the factory think that the machines are cursed, so it’s dangerous for them to use the machines for their jobs. Also, one of the workers said that he constantly wanted to drop something on the floor so he could bend down to pick it up while working. Due to the long hours standing (up to 8 hours), if he had the chance to lie or squat down on the floor, it would be the most enjoyable moment during the work day. So, he could get the chance to rest.
還有，有一些工人會有迷信。之前，這裏發生了一些事故，比如一位工人在生產過程中手指被割斷。他們就認爲那部機器是被詛咒了，使用它的人是危險的。有一個工人說，他經常故意把東西掉在地上，以便撿東西的時候可以休息一下。由於長時間站立(8小時)，如果他有機會臥或蹲在地上，那就是工作中的開心一刻。
With over 400,000 of workers in the Foxconn factory of China, it will be a mess if workers are mistreated badly. It’s definitely a pity for them to carry out mass production of iProducts while not being able to afford one. Some of them even killed themselves from the working pressure and I wish Foxconn could produce a better working environment like providing shopping malls, cinemas or karaoke to entertain ress rooms are probably not enough to fix their stress and I’m afraid it’s a silly idea since it may lead the stressed worker to kill someone else. Also, Foxconn needs to give more human rights to their workers and show more concern for them. Foxconn, please don’t treat your workers like dogs.
中國的富士康有超過40萬員工，如果工人被虐待，那將是一團糟。這也是這個進行批量生產的工廠承擔不起的。一些工人由於工作的壓力殺了他們自己，我希望富士康能夠創造一個更好的工作環境。比如大型購物中心、電影院、卡拉OK來滿足他們娛樂需要。消除緊張的空間對減輕他們的壓力還遠遠不夠。對於富士康來說，他們應該給工人更多的人權和關切。富士康！不要像對待狗那樣對待你的工人。
If Foxconn does not solve the problem, there will be more suicides. The workers definitely need beer, romance, and slightly higher pay. To put it simply, just make them happy. Let’s hope we don’t see a 13th jump…
如果富士康不能解決問題，還會有人自殺，工人需要啤酒、羅曼史和更高的薪水，簡單來說，就是快樂。我們不想再看見第13跳
