X-Posed:The Interview-Part 1

M: Hello
你好
AL: Hi
嗨
M: How are ya?
你怎麼樣
A: Good. How are you?
棒棒噠，你怎麼樣
M: I am feeling well. I've got a present for you, first of all.
我感覺棒棒噠。首先，我有個禮物要給你
A: Yes!
好耶
M: I don't know how often you get back to Canada, so here is a gift for you from home
我不知道你多久會回到加拿大，所以這是一份從家鄉帶來的禮物
A: Ah, ah, that's awesome.
啊太棒了
M: You like it?
喜歡嗎
A: Thank you so much! That's just great!
太謝謝你了！真不錯！
M: You're welcome. Excellent. I'm glad you like it.
不客氣，真好，很高興你能喜歡
A: I love this kind of stuff.
我喜歡這種東西
M: It's all about comfort, right? (As comfortable as possible)
都是為了舒適，對吧（盡可能舒適）
A: Oh, absolutely! Thank you!
確實！謝謝你！
M: You're welcome. You're welcome.
不客氣
I remember the last time I talked to you years ago in New York at the second album. It's been a long time.
還記得上次和你談話是幾年前二專時在紐約，過去很久了
Tell me about the process that took you from there to here.
告訴我你從那裡到這的路程
A: Well, I took a year off after my tour. Got married.
巡演結束後我請了一年假，結了婚
Hung out here in L.A.
在洛杉磯閒逛
And um…the past six months I've been working on the record,
還有......我製作專輯的六個月
and It's, really really fun
它真的有趣
M: I know, we were listening to, like, to see how excited you were, and your face were.
我知道，我們聽它，像是看到你有多興奮和你的臉
Tell me about this album.
告訴我這張專輯相關
A: Well, it's just like all really, and it's really up-tempo, and it's energetic, it's young,
嗯，這很，節奏很快，很有活力，很年輕
And it's like ****y, and playful, and *****y, and bratty,
很頑皮淘氣
But it's all liking good fun and it's gonna be like,
但一切都很有趣
it gonna make the best live show
這將會是最好的演出
M: Were you thinking that
你是這樣想的
A: Yes. Absolutely. 'cause like on my last tour, my songs,
確實是，因為就像我上次巡演，我的歌曲
I started to realize it that my songs were kinda like slower,
我開始意識到我的歌有點慢
and the fun ones were like Ski8 Boi, He Wasn't,
有趣的幾首如Sk8er Boi，He Wasn't
And I find myself like playing these songs in piano
我發現我像是在鋼琴上演奏這些歌
Like, for God, I love this song
天啊，我喜歡這些歌
But like, every night there are like, so dark
但像是，每晚都像這樣，太黑暗了
I was like, oh, man, I know what I'm doing for my next record
我想，我知道下張專輯要做什麼了
I just gonna make it like, really fun
我就要讓它，真的有趣
So, I did.
我就這麼做了
M: In the first album where (on top in,) having all these commercial successes, your monster successes.
在第一張專輯，所有商業的成功，你奇幻的成功
How do you define success?
你如何定義成功？
In this one you have to sell a ton of records or is it just as simple as, you're just loving the record for being successful
在這張專輯中，你必須賣出大量的唱片，或者說，這很簡單，你只是喜歡成功的唱片
A: it's been a little bit both,
兩者都有一點
No1.being that I love it, 100%, you know,
因為我喜歡它，100%，你知道
And, something I am really proud of.
有些東西我真的很自豪
I'm really excited to play for people.
我真的很興奮能為人們演奏
And then No.2, I mean, success is like, you know,
第二，我是說，成功就像，你知道
doing well and going everywhere with your friends and stuff like that.
做得好，和你的朋友去任何地方之類的
As far as records sells go, records don't really sell that much these days, so… um…
就唱片銷量而言，現在唱片銷量並不高，所以…嗯…
Thank God I do, you know, I have a lot of people come out to myconcerts, cause'
謝天謝地，我有很多人來聽我的音樂會，因為
No matter what, always be on the play show, and do that whole tour thing
不管怎樣，都要參加表演，做巡迴演出
M: Let's rewind a bit and talk about what's happened over the past years.
讓我們回顧一下過去幾年發生的事情
Congratulations on getting married.
恭喜你結婚了
A: Thanks!
謝謝！
M: How is it?
怎麼樣？
What kind of wife are you?
你是什麼樣的妻子？
A: Um…I mean, in an awesome way
嗯…我是說，以一種很棒的方式
I am a really good cook. And…I am fun
我是個很好的廚師。而且…我很有趣
M: what’s your favorite things to cook?
你最喜歡做什麼菜？
A: Like cooking vegetarian dishes.
喜歡做素菜
I can cook really good Italian.
我能做很好的意大利菜。
Everything, actually.
事實上，一切
M: what is the one thing you've learned about Deryck, since been married to him that you didn't know before.
你從Deryck身上學到的一件事是什麼，自從你和他結婚後，你以前不知道的
A: Um…Is that kinda personal?
嗯？這是不是有點私人？
M: I don't know, maybe, tell me, tell me
我不知道，也許，告訴我，告訴我
A: I don't really talk about the personal stuff.
我真的不談私人的事情。
M: Fair enough. Fair enough.
我接受
But, let's talk about mixing the personal with the professional.
但是，讓我們來談談個人和事業的結合
Was there…cause' you worked with Deryck on this album.
因為你和Deryck合作過這張專輯
Were you nervous about sort of working together?
你對一起工作感到緊張嗎？
A: No, I had two songs that I wrote with Evan,
不，我和Evan寫了兩首歌
one of my old guitar players. He's my best friend.
我的一個吉他手。他是我最好的朋友
And I just like, who should produce these.
我只是想，誰來製作這些
we should ask Deryck to do it,
我們應該讓Deryck來做
cause' Deryck is producing sum 41 record right now
因為Deryck現在正在製作sum 41唱片
And he's really, talented, so…um…I gave two tacks to him.
他真的很有天賦，所以…嗯…我給了他兩首曲子
They are more like rocking tracks
它們更像是搖滾樂
Like he's like, giving that kind of stuff.
就像他在說，給那種東西。
And, it was just nice to have him on the record.
而且，他被收錄在專輯真是太好了。
We didn't like, write together or anything, but it's good to have him involved somewhere.
我們不喜歡一起寫什麼的，但是有他在某個地方也很好
M: You 've been in the spot like, for a few years now.
你已經在這里呆了好幾年了
Are you comfortable being in that spot? Are you comfortable with people…um…well, the paparazzi in the city, this whole (being) different.
你在那個地方舒服嗎？你和別人在一起舒服嗎...嗯……好吧，城裡的狗仔隊，這一切都不同了
Are you comfortable with that being part of your life now?
你對現在成為你生活的一部分感到滿意嗎？
A: I deal with it. And I deal with it, you know,
我來解決，你知道
Well, like, I don't, I stay away from where I know they are going to be,
嗯，就像，我遠離我知道他們會去的地方，
I don't get a lunch on the eye view, or stuff like that, so (n?)
我可沒吃過視線的午餐，所以
I would be so nervous when I went there
我去那兒的時候會很緊張
M: Exactly, you only go there if you wanna get
沒錯，你只去想去的地方
A: Yeah, it's kind of like a bit of a game
是啊，有點像個遊戲
It's like…Some people love the paparazzi,
就像…有些人喜歡狗仔隊，
And like (s? with them), like play with them and um…
就像...和他們一起玩
They go to where they are . But like, with me…
他們去他們在的地方。但就像，和我在一起
Darke and I…We don't really like that so much. We are low-key.
我們不太喜歡這樣，我們很低調
We like just kinda do our thing and stay away from that.
我們喜歡做自己的事，遠離它
In some circumstances, you can't really control it.
在某些情況下，你無法真正控制它
Like they just sneak up on you or they find you somehow.
好像他們只是偷偷接近你或者他們不知怎麼找到了你
Not too bad in our case. It could be a lot worse.
對我們來說還不錯。情況可能更糟
Paparazzi are like (s?) the earth