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This story takes place in London, in the neighborhood of Islington,
故事发生在伦敦的伊斯灵顿地区
behind door number seven on Bouverie Mews, where 15 people are working hard to keep one handmade tradition alive.
布维里缪斯大街7号的大门内。那里，有15个人正在努力传承一种手工传统。
Globes. Globes, globes, globes!
地球仪。地球仪，地球仪，还是地球仪！
Some of the world's last handmade globes get made under the guidance of this guy, Peter Bellerby.
世界上手工制作的最后一批地球仪中有一部分是在这位哥们儿的指导下完成制作的。他就是彼得·贝勒比。
Let's begin.
那我们就开始吧。
"Here's our team.
“这是我们的团队。
There's me, Peter Bellerby, and I'm the owner, and I have a hand in all the large globes.
一个是我，彼得·贝勒比，我是这儿的老板，所有的大地球仪都要经我的手。
There's our woodworking team. They make and finish all our bases.
这是我们的木工团队。他们负责制作我们所有的底座。
Our globe makers, they turn blank spheres into globes.
我们的地球仪制造小分队，他们负责把空白的球变成地球仪。
Then there's Leah, our cartographer. She customizes all our maps.
这是利亚，我们的制图师。我们所有的地图都是她定制的。
Our painters, they bring our globes to life.
我们的绘画小分队，是他们赋予了我们的地球仪以生命。
And Leo, our apprentice.
还有我们的学徒利奥。
There's a reason why we're one of the last.
我们是最后一批手工制作地球仪的人是有原因的。
Makin globes is extremely complicated.
因为制作地球仪特别特别复杂。
So, ready?
大家准备好了吗？
We make the globe.
我们先做一个球。
We draw positioning lines.
接着画定位线。
We apply the paper to the sphere. that's the hardest part.
然后把地图纸贴到球上。这是最难的环节。
We paint the globe.
再然后给地球仪上色。
We varnish the globe.
还要上漆。
We ship the globe."
发货。”
"And then it's done?"
“这就完了吗？”
"Yeah. Um, yeah.
嗯。嗯，是的。
Yeah, that's it.
是的，就完了。
From start to finish, for a small globe, it takes a month.
从开始到结束，制作一个小地球仪需要1个月。
For a large globe, it'll take six to eight months.
制作一个大地球仪则需要6~8个月。
I mean, when I started, I gave myself three months, and it took two years.
起初，我给自己定的时间是3个月，结果却一做就做了两年。
It is crazy.
太可怕了。
If I'd known how difficult it was in the beginning, I'd never have done it.
要是当初我知道干这个有多难的话，我是绝对不会开始的。
It's not logical, it's not theoretical, there are no books.
一没有逻辑，而没有理论，三没有参考书。
It's just about patience, practice, and perfection. "
全部要靠耐心、练习，极致的手艺。”
"Do you love it?"
“那你喜欢这份工作吗？”
"I completely love it."
“绝对喜欢啊。”
"We grow up with globes. we see a globe, we ask our parents, where are we from, what is it all about?
“地球仪一直伴随着我们的成长。看到地球仪，我们就会问父母，我们在哪个位置，地球仪是什么？
They show us and you see this massive expanse, and you're just a tiny little dot that's not even there.
他们就会指给我们看，你会发现它是那么大，你只是上面的一个小点，一个小到标都没法标的点。
It can help you dream of things, it can help you imagine things.
所以，它能激发你的梦想，激发你的想象。
The only thing in life that's a necessity is food and water.
生活中唯一不可或缺的东西是食物和水。
But if I was going to surround myself with, with things that meant something to me, a globe would be high on that list."
但如果我要在我身边放些什么东西，放些有意义的东西的话，地球仪的排名肯定是非常靠前的。”
