♂R & G: Hi!! ♀R: From the channel:

男R & G: 嗨!! 女R: 他們的頻道是:

G: Texan in Tokyo! ♀R: Texan in Tokyo!

G: Texan in Tokyo! (德州人在東京！) 女R: Texan in Tokyo!

J: You two are so close. ♀R: They recently started their own channel

J: 你倆可真近 女R: 他們最近才籌辦起他們的頻道

and they’ve had a blog for quite a while. G: I draw comics and I do blog posts about

而且他們的博客也開了有一段時間了。 G: 我畫漫畫而且我寫博客，主要關於

being in an interracial, intercultural relationship and also just being broke newlyweds in Tokyo!

國際婚姻，跨文化感情還有東京新婚女的事！

♀R: They VERY graciously let us stay here in their apartment last night after our big

女R: 我們在東京碰面後，昨晚他們非常慷慨地

meet-up in Tokyo. G: It was so much fun!

讓我們住在他們的公寓裏。 G: 太爽了！

♀R: SO MUCH FUN omg! G: There were so many people!

女R: 爽爆了有木有! G: 好多人啊!

J: It was crazy. ♀R: And we found out we have a ton in common,

J: 都玩瘋了。 女R: 而且我們發現我們是驚人的相似

especially when it comes to being married to Japanese guys. So we’re going to talk

特別是嫁給日本男人這一點上。所以今天我們要八一八

about a few of those things today. ♀R: The number one… strangest thing, maybe…

這些男人的事兒。 女R: 第一件... 或許是最古怪的一件...

J: “Strange…” G: Sorry.

J: “古怪...” G:不好意思。

♀R: Sorry! They’re just big differences. J: It’s all right.

女R: 抱歉！他們只是很大的差異。 J: 沒事。

♀R: Feet in Japan are considered really dirty, and it’s never been a big deal for

女R: 在日本腳被認為是非常臟的(本來就很臟好嘛=.=)。然而在美國這從來

me in America. G: But when we came here, then like… When

都不是問題。 G: 但當我們來到這裏，就變成... 當我們

we first started dating, he wanted me to wipe my feet with wet wipes before I got into bed.

第一次開始約會的時候，他想讓我上床前拿濕紙巾把腳先擦幹凈。

♂R: With this! G: Omg, you brought them? Really?? And I was

男R: 用這個！ G: 我去，你還真拿來了？我當時就

just like, are you serious? I’m not… I’m just going to go to my own bed, then.

楞了，你是認真的麽？我才不... 這樣的話我就回我的床上睡了。

♀R: Right! And then we already take off our shoes here inside the house, and for me

女R: 好吧！我們在這兒既然進屋都脫鞋，對於我來說，這就像是...

that’s like… oh, this is already clean in here.

哦，這兒已經很幹凈了。

G: Especially if I took off my shoes, I’m wearing socks all day, and now you want me

G: 特別是脫了鞋後還有成天穿著襪子，現在你又想讓我

to clean my feet before I get into bed? Like… no. Sorry.

上床前擦幹凈腳？ 抱歉... 沒門兒

♀R: Jun’s the same way. Like, feet are dirty.

女R: 淳也一樣。覺得腳特臟。

J: Like, never ever have your legs on the pillow or something.

J: 比如，別拿你的腿碰枕頭之類的。

♀R: Oh yeah. And he freaks out if my feet touch the pillow.

女R: 哦對，我腳要是碰到枕頭他就發瘋了。

♂R: Oh… J: Right?!

女R: 哦... J: 對吧！？

G: There was one time I hurt my leg and I was propping it up with pillows, and he was like, “What are you doing?! Stop

G: 又一次我弄傷了腿然後拿枕頭墊在下面，他就"幹甚呢！? 拿下來!"

it!” ♀R: I’m like a monkey, so my feet are

女R：我像個猴子，腳哪裏都

everywhere. At home [America] I’m barefoot everywhere, like run outside in the yard,

隨便放。在家（美國）我從來都是光腳，滿院子跑

“WOO free!” G: But not here.

"啊！自由啊！” G: 可在這裏不行。

♀R: No, not here. G: Ahh… yeah, feet.

女R: 在這兒不行。 G: 啊... 耶，腳

♀R: Feet. ♀R: Number 2 was telling your friends and

女R: 腳。 女R: 第二件是告訴你的親友

family that you’re in a relationship. G & ♂R: Ahh yeah.

你有女朋友了。 G 和 男R: 啊，是的。

♀R: In America people are so open with their relationships. And even if they’re not,

女R: 在美國人們對感情狀態都是公開的。 即使不是，

they’ll tell one person and then that one person will tell everyone. So everyone knows.

人們也會告訴一個人然後閑話就傳開了。然後所有人都知道了。

G: Everyone knows. ♀R: Right, there’s no such thing as a

G: 所有人都知道。 女R: 是啊，根本沒有什麽秘密戀情這種事兒

secret relationship in America. That’d be kind of weird, actually.

在美國。那會很奇怪，真的。

G: Yeah, or there’s a serious reason you’re hiding it, like they’re not your only girlfriend

G: 是啊，那樣的話原因一定很嚴重，比如那不是你唯一的女朋友之類的.

or something. ♀R: Yeah, right! Exactly. If you’re hiding

女R: 是啊！沒錯，如果你藏著掖著

it then it’s usually because you’ve got someone else…

那麽通常情況下你已經有別人了...

G: And even just telling your friends. So, he studied abroad, Ryosuke studied abroad

G: 即使是你只告訴你的朋友。所以，在他留學期間，Ryosuke跟我在同一所

at my university and so we had a lot of the same friends so a lot of his friends were my friends.

大學所以我們有同一批朋友，他的很多朋友也是我的朋友。

And they started talking to me and they were like, “Grace, it’s kind of weird. Ryosuke

他們跟我聊天就這麽問我“Grace，Ryosuke 從來不談起你，這事有點奇怪啊。

never talks about you. Are you guys okay?” And I thought that was really weird because

你們倆還好吧？“ 然後我覺得這很奇特， 因為

I talk to everyone about my relationship ‘cause like… I’m a girl, and I was so in love!

我跟誰都聊我們的感情，你懂得... 我是個女孩，而且我戀愛了！(不對，是因為你是美國人=.=)

But it’s like a Japanese thing where you don’t really talk in depth about your relationship

但是這好像是日本人才有的特征，人們不怎麽跟朋友們深談他們的情感。

to you friends. And so it was weird.

這挺奇怪的。

♀R: Yeah.

女R: 是啊。

J: Sorry.

J: 不好意思。

♀R: It took Jun a while to tell all of his friends, too.

女R: 淳也是過了好一陣才告訴他的朋友的。

♂R: It's still kind of weird for me.

女R: 對我來說是有些奇怪。

J: We don't really feel for need, for example

J: 我們不覺得那很必要，比如

like Facebook, to change the status. G: Facebook official.

像臉書，更新狀態。G: 臉書是官方通告。

J: One of my friends got married recently. I didn't even know he had a girlfriend.

J: 我們一個朋友最近結婚了。我之前都不知道他有一個女朋友。

G: Sometimes I can’t tell when my friends are dating. I was in a club and these two

G: 有時候我看不出我的朋友在約會。在一家夜店有兩個人在約會——

people were dating—I had no idea. It was when I was studying abroad in Japan. And they’d

我完全沒往那兒想。那時我正在日本留學。然後他們

been dating for three years and I was friends with her, she just never really talked about

已經約會三年了而且我還是她的朋友，她只是不怎麽經常提到

the fact that she was dating this other guy. And so it was like, “Oh… okay. Cool!”

實際上他正在跟某個男生約會。所以就很，"哦... 是嘛，挺好！"

♀R: They’re just so private about their relationships here.

女R: 他們就覺得感情狀態是很私人的一件事情。

G: Which can be good. ♀R & J: Yeah.

G: 其實可以是好事。 女R 和 J: 是啊。

J: Two more? G: Two more.

J: 還有兩個? G: 兩個.

♀R: Number 3—those were the communication issues, right? This is HUGE. This is probably

女R: 第三個—— 就是溝通問題, 對吧？ 這是個大問題。這或許

with everyone who’s in an international relationship.

是所有跨國戀情的人都會有的吧。

G: Or intercultural, or if there’s any language barrier.

G: 或者跨文化戀情，或者有語言障礙的戀情。

♀R: Language barrier, yeah. And apparently it seems like Japanese guys who are learning

女R: 語言障礙，是啊。然而明顯地，學習英語的日本人

English end up making the same sort of mistakes. G: Yeah.

總是會犯一些類似的錯誤。G: 是啊。

♀R: Because English phrases have specific nuances and you kind of just have to study

女R: 因為英語句子有些很特別的小細節你就必須去學習

the language and know what those nuances are. J: But you can’t really learn or study nuances

語言並且了解有哪些細微差別。J: 但是你不犯錯就學不到這些

unless you make mistakes. ♂R: True.

小差別。女R: 沒錯。

♀R: Yeah. Right. So, for example, sometimes I would call Jun, upset, on Skype. And I wouldn’t

女R: 是啊。沒錯。那麽，比如哦，有事我傷心的時候會Skype淳。我那時跟他

even be able to talk to him because I’d be so upset, I’d be crying. And then Jun,

都說都不會話了因為傷心過度，我還會哭。然後淳就，

instead of saying, “What’s wrong?” which is what we’d usually say in English, he

他不問我"What's wrong?" (怎麽了？) 這是我們英語裏經常說的，

would say, “What’s wrong with you?” Which has a completely different connotation

而是會說”What's wrong with you?“ （你想怎樣？）這個含義就完全不一樣了！

to it! If you’re not a native English speaker, “What’s wrong with you?” is angry, it’s

如果你母語是英語，"What's wrong with you" 是生氣的語氣，有指責

accusatory, right?

的意思，對吧？

G: It's like saying, "UGH Why are you so messed up?” ♀R: “Why are you being like this? Omg.”

G: 就像是說, "天，你怎麽老這麽矯情？" 女R"為什麽你總是這樣？我了個去。"

♂R: Aww, what’s wrong with you? G: So many things. So many things. And then

男R: 哦，你想怎樣？ G： 有很多。有很多。我們呢——

for us—he does this all the time, where like, even like last month he sent me a message

他總是幹這事兒，上個月他上班時候給我發了一條信息。

while he was at work. Like, oh, “Don’t plan anything tonight. I want to talk to you

這麽說的，”今晚別有別的安排了。關於一些事我想和你

about something.” And so immediately I was like, oh no! We’re going to have a huge

談一談。“瞬間我就石化了額，不要啊！今晚我回去估計得

fight tonight. And so he gets back, and I’m you know, really nice, and I’m just like,

幹一仗。他回來之後，我就服服帖帖，乖乖的，問

“Okay honey, what did you want to talk about?” He was like, “Oh, you know. Anything! I

”好吧，親愛的，你想跟我說點什麽？“ 然後他說"你懂的，隨便聊點兒！我只不過

just miss talking to you. Let’s talk about something!” And I was just like, are you

想和你說會兒話了。我們聊點兒什麽吧！” 然後我就瞬間了，你特麽在逗我...?

serious…? I have been freaking out all day. What are you doing?? Sorry, I love you.

我一整天心裏這個翻江倒海不踏實啊，你是故意的吧?? 抱歉，我愛你。

♀R: No, Jun totally does that. He still does that sometimes, “I want to talk.”

女R: 不，淳也幹這事兒。他現在還這麽說。”“I want to talk.”（我想談談。）

It’s so serious! That’s such a serious phrase, especially if you have the word “need”

超嚴肅好嘛！這措辭是很嚴肅的，尤其你要是用到"need"這個詞，

in there, like, “I need to talk to you.” It’s like you’re breaking up or something.

比如"I need to talk to you." (我需要跟你談談) 聽起來就跟你們要分手了似的。

G: Or like, “I have serious problems. You need to wipe your feet more!” or something

G: 或者 "有嚴重問題了。你需要好好擦你的腳！” 之類的。

like that. ♂R: Yeah, you have so many serious problems.

對。 男R: 是啊，你嚴重的問題還不少呢。

G: Wow, thank you honey. J: I’ll try to be careful about the words

G: 額，謝謝，親愛的。 J: 我會小心選用這些

I choose. ♀R: Thank you. What was our number 4?

詞的。 女R: 謝謝。我們的第四個是啥來著？

G: What was our number 4? OH! People hitting on!

G: 第四個是什麽？哦! 被別人看上！

♀R: Oh, yeah! Maybe there’s also a cultural difference with how you flirt in Japan? Jun

女R: 哦，是啊！或許是文化差異吧，你們在日本怎麽調情？ 淳

is completely oblivious to flirting. And people say guys are like that everywhere, but…

對調戲啊調情啊特別神經大條。而且人們說哪裏的男人都這樣，但是...

G: He’s like REALLY oblivious. ♀R: Yeah, yeah. Jun doesn’t even know the signals

G: 他確實很神經大條。女R: 是啊是啊。淳不知道一些信號

so he unintentionally flirts with people sometimes. Like, he’ll sit at a table-

所以他無意中跟別人調情。比如，他會坐在一張餐桌前

J: That sounds horrible. ♀R: He knows now, because we talked about

J: 聽上去好糟糕。女R: 他現在知道了， 因為我們之前聊過了，

it before, because I had to tell him, “You’re flirting with people.” He would like sit

因為我必須告訴他。“你在跟別人調情。”他會坐在桌子前

at a table and like lean in while talking to someone and then drown out everyone else,

跟別人說話的時候手肘拄著身體前傾把其他人都無視掉，

and like look at them in the eyes and talk to them. It’s like such a serious connection

然後跟他/她說話的時候直勾勾的盯著對方的眼睛。看上去是很嚴肅的交心。

there. J: I just want to let the other person know

J: 我只是想讓對方知道我在聽你說話。

that I’m listening to you. That’s all. G: You are a nice person. Don’t do that

J: 我只是想讓對方知道我在聽你說話。只是這樣啊。 G: 你是好人。但是別跟女孩

with girls, though. ♀R: Right, and I think it’s also like,

這樣。 女R: 好吧，我覺得吧，也是

the trying-to-understand-the-English thing. G: Ahh, gotcha.

在努力去理解英語的姿勢吧。G: 啊，了解。

♀R: Especially when girls are flirting with him, like if they get up close, like *GIGGLE*

特別是當女孩調戲他，比如理他很近，然後"嘻嘻嘻~"

you know, or put their hand on his arms, like, “Oh, you’re so silly teehee!”

你懂得，然後把用她們的手抓住他的胳膊，然後“哦，小笨蛋，呵呵~”

G: Ryosuke doesn’t really notice when girls hit on him. I don’t know, I think he’s

G: Ryosuke也不會意識到有女孩看上他了。我不清楚，我覺得他很性感

really sexy so I’m a little bit biased. Especially when we were in America, since

其實我有點偏見。特別是我們在美國時，自從

he was studying abroad at my university, often other girls would invite him out to dinner,

他在我哪所大學留學時，就經常有女孩邀請他吃晚餐

or even just eating alone at the cafeteria or going to a movie. And him it’s like,

或者單獨在飯廳吃飯或者去看一場電影。他就會說

“Oh, yeah, sure! I’ll meet a new person!” And to me it’s like, “No, you’re not

“好啊，當然！我又多了個朋友呢~” 而對於我來說就是，"不行，你不可能

eating alone with another girl who’s not me.” Especially if I don’t even know her.

跟一個不是我的女孩單獨吃飯的。"特別是我還不認識她的情況下。

That’s a little… ♀R: Dinner and a movie is a date.

那就有點兒... 女R: 晚餐和電影算約會。

G: That’s a date! G: I think he doesn’t really notice when

G: 就是約會嘛！ G: 我覺得他意識不到有女孩

girls hit on him. To other people it’s really obvious, and he’s just like, “Oh, she’s

在追她。對於其他人，這其實很明顯，而他卻是，"哦，她是個

such a nice friend!” ♂R: Yeah, that’s how I see it. Sorry.

很好的朋友啊！" 男R: 是啊，我覺得就是這樣，抱歉。

♀R: I’m glad you’re so excited about making friends.

女R: 我很高興你交朋友都這麽興奮。

♀R: It’s interesting we’ve had all these same experiences.

女R: 我們有這麽多類似的經驗也是醉了哦。

G: Yeah! And don’t get me wrong. I love my husband to death, even if he does weird

G: 是啊~ 別理解錯。我愛我老公到死，即使他做一些奇怪的

stuff. I think it’s entertaining. ♀R: It’s all interesting. It’s all a

事情，我覺得很歡樂啊。都很有意思，每次都能

new learning experience. G: Yeah!

學到些新東西 G: 沒錯！

♀R: And I mean, you have the same kind of stuff in a non-interracial relationship, where

女R: 我是說，你即使不是跨國戀也會有這些東西，比如溝通

there’re communication problems, too. But it’s fun being with someone from another

問題。但是跟另一個文化的人在一起就很有樂趣啊

culture. There’s so much more to learn. You’re always learning something. It’s

有木有。可以學習這麽多新東西。每天都在學習。每天都是

always exciting. G: Yeah! And if you sat Ryosuke in front of

激動人心的一天。G: 是啊！如果你讓Ryosuke坐在

a camera and asked him all the problems he has with me because I’m American, trust

相機前問他關於我是美國人的一些毛病，相信我。

me. There would be a really long list. ♀R: Yeah.

肯定是很長一大串兒。女R: 是啊。

J: Ryosuke, we have to make the guy’s version next time.

J:Ryosuke, 我們下次一定要做一個男生版。

♂R: Ah! G: No! Don’t talk about my bad characteristics.

男R: 啊！ G: 不！別聊我的那些缺點。

♀R: Yeah, let’s not do that. All right, well thanks for watching guys! I’m going

女R: 是啊，咱別做那個了。好吧，謝謝各位觀賞！我們把

to link to her channel down in the description as well as her blog, so please go check that

他倆頻道和博客的鏈接付在下面的描述裏了，請各位賞個臉！

out! G: Yay!

G: 液~

♀R: It’s really interesting. And like I said, she’s another American woman married

女R: 真是太好玩兒了。像我剛才說的，另一個美國女人嫁給了一個

to a Japanese guy, which is always really exciting to meet here in Japan. I’m really

日本男人，在日本碰到總是令人激動呢。遇到你們

excited I got to meet you! G: Yeah! It was really fun! Thank you so much!

我真的特激動！ G: 是啊! 超好玩的！謝謝你們！

J: No, thank you so much. ♀R: Thanks for watching, guys!

J: 不，谢谢你们。女R: 各位，谢谢收看！

Everyone: Bye!!

大家: 拜拜~

G: The first time his parents knew about me

G: 第一次他知道父母知道我

was he skyped his parents and was like, “Oh, by the way, she’s going to come stay with

是他skype他父母的時候，"那個，順便一提，那個Grace,

us for the summer, and I’m dating this girl named Grace!” like yaaay!

我約會的女孩她暑假會來咱家住一段時間~" 太棒了！

♂R: Yay! ♀R: Ours was like the same exact thing.

男R: 液~ 女R: 我们也基本上如出一辙。

Jun wasn’t planning on telling his parents about us for a long time, after I had already

淳有很長一段時間沒打算告訴他的父母，當我已經見過他後

gone back to America after meeting him, I found really cheap tickets, like suddenly,

又回到美國，我發現特別便宜的廉價機票，然後瞬間

out of the blue, for Christmas vacation. It was only a week away and I was like, “Jun!

我聖誕節假期就飛過去了。還有一周的時候我就說，"淳！

I’m going to come visit you!” And he was like, ‘I haven’t even… my parents…

我要過去看你啦！” 而他則是這麽回答，"其實我還沒有... 我父母

I don’t know…” And so he told his parents literally a week before I went and stayed

我不知道...“然後就在我要去他家住上一個月的一周之前,

with them for a month. So that was probably a bad way for me to meet my future in-laws…

他才告訴他的父母。所以可能這並不是見未來親家的最佳方式吧。