My name is Samantha Brown and I am a traveler.

我的名字是珊曼莎‧布朗，我是個旅行家

I'm a host of many travel programs on the travel channel if you tune in to that.

如果你有收看旅遊生活頻道，我是許多旅遊節目的主持人

And that has been my job for 13 years, to travel and see the world.

這就是我十三年來的工作，到處旅行、看世界

I'm from..uh..New Hampshire.

我來自...新罕布夏州

I think about that for seconds. It's been a while I've lived in New York City now for over 20 years. Brooklyn.

想了幾秒鐘，我現在住在紐約市，布魯克林區有20年了

um..but I'm from New Hampshire.

但我的家鄉是新罕布夏州

I went to Syracuse University, or I majored in musical theater.

我念雪城大學，主修音樂劇

and yes you can major in that.

沒錯音樂劇可以是個主修

I moved to New York City to pursue musical theater and I was thought you needed to be what's called a "triple threat."

後來我搬到紐約，追尋我的音樂劇之夢。一開始我以為你必須要具備所謂「三項全能」

And a triple threat means you can act, sing, and dance.

三項全能的意思是你會演戲、唱歌、再加上跳舞

But when I moved to New York City, I found that I wasn't threatening at all.

但當我搬到紐約，我發現我一點都沒有競爭力

You could take out singing and you could take out dancing but I could still act.

你可以劃掉唱歌和跳舞，但我還算會演戲

But I really enjoyed comedy and sketch comedy especially so I pursued a lot more comedy work

我非常喜歡喜劇，特別是喜劇小品，所以我找了很多演喜劇的工作

improv work and of course waitressing work.

即興演出的機會，當然還有當服務生

I was a very good waitress in New York City

那時在紐約我是一個很好的服務生

But I definitely pursued it on my own. You try very hard to get an agent.

我一切都靠自己，想找到經紀人非常困難

and I couldn't for a good 8 years.

整整八年我都找不到

and waited on tables and really struggled wondering why I went to school

邊當服務生邊納悶，我究竟幹嘛去念書

for theater if this was going to be my life just you know seeing that someone wanted uh...

念戲劇，如果服務生就是我此生唯一的工作，應付客人

a slice of lemon on the side of their...your coke

想在可樂杯緣旁加片檸檬片的要求

I thought wow I've must have been so much more over qualified for this job.

我想，天啊我一定可以做比服務生更好的工作

But I did love it. Little by little you get a job here you get a job there.

不過我還是喜歡當服務生，漸漸地，更多工作機會找上門

And actually I got a job that I submitted myself for

毛遂自薦後，我得到拍廣告的工作

for commercials. And it was those commercials that the Travel Channel eventually saw

這些廣告最後被TLC頻道看到

thought I had a great personality and called me into audition.

他們覺得我個性很好，叫我去試鏡

So, all that work in waitressing slowly but surely paid off.

所以，那些當服務生的經驗沒有白費，慢慢地看到成果

The person who sought me out was from a production company

發現到我的人來自一家製作公司

Travel Channel had gone to this production company that called PineRidge Film and Television, great great company

TLC 跑去這家製作公司，很棒的公司，叫做PineRidge 電視電影公司

and they said well you know we're looking to produce a show

他們說公司即將製作一個節目

they said we think we found a really good host.

他們認為找到了很棒的主持人

and I was like what's a host

我那時的反應是，主持人是啥

I really didn't..you know this was 13 years ago. Hosts were sort of perfect women who gesticulated and pointed

我真的不..這是十三年前，當時的主持人就是神采姣好的女性，在螢幕上擺些誇張的手勢

and always had pleasant smiles on their faces and I just said well I'm not bad you know

面帶微笑，那時我想我應該不差

I really enjoy acting I love comedy and..

我喜歡演戲，喜歡喜劇

when I got the job I mean I was petrified because I really had absolutely no idea what I was doing

當我得到那份工作我嚇壞了，因為我真的不知道我在做什麼

and I remember the first day of the shoot not knowing what I was doing

我還記的開拍的第一天，我什麼都不知道

and everything is improvised there is no script it's just you go with it

一切都要即興演出，沒有腳本，只有「做就對了」

Slowly but surely you know you get your groove and

當然慢慢地，你肯定會進步，越來越得心應手

I instead of being an expert, I just kind of tapped into who I really was which was someone who got to do this for the first time.

我不是什麼專家，而就只是我自己而已，一個第一次接主持棒的人

and that really became what they wanted.

但這反而成為他們想要的特質

They realized that, the Travel Channel, no we don't want an expert

TLC了解到：不我們不想要一個專家

we like you. You're the girl next door experiencing it for the first time like most of the people who are watching the show

我們喜歡妳，你就是那種鄰家女孩，第一次體驗出遊的一切，就像大部分的觀眾一樣

You know keep, keep doing that and that approach had just...

我就繼續保持這種特質，這也成為..

uh I have no idea what I'm doing but I really enjoy meeting these people and I enjoy where I am

呃我根本不知道我在做什麼，但我很享受去不同的地方看到的人事物

and let's just go with that.

也就這樣繼續下去

That became really...I don't want to say shtick because that wasn't put on it was just really what was happening.

這變成...我不想說是什麼特殊才能，就只是自然而然的發展而已

I started back in 1999 with Great Vacation Homes

我主持的節目始於1999年的《Great Vacation Homes》

and then from there went to Great Hotels...

接著是《豪華大飯店》

let's see um...Passport to Europe, Passport to Latin America, Passport to China

接著..是《暢遊歐洲》、《暢遊拉丁美洲》、《暢遊中國》

Girls Meets Hawaii was back there somewhere. There were 3 years of Great Weekends

《Girls Meets Hawaii》也在這些節目之中，也包含三年的《珊曼莎的悠閒週末》

and then my last series was all shot in Asia.

最後是《珊曼莎暢遊亞洲》

I never ever in a million years thought I would have a job that was better than the one that I actually dreamed of for myself.

我從來不曾想過，有一天我會找到比我夢想中的工作還要更棒的職業

I mean I thought I was going to be on Broadway

我以為我會在百老匯演戲

I thought I was in my wildest dreams I'd go to Los Angeles and be in the sitcom...

或也曾幻想去洛杉磯演情境喜劇

But I never thought someone would see those talents and say, hey, you actually be good travelling around the world

但我從沒想過會有人看到我的才華，然後說：嘿，你其實是個很棒的旅遊專家

even today I can't believe it it's my job.

直到今日我還是不敢相信這是我的工作

For a half hour episode we are there for four days and for an hour, eight.

為了拍一集半小時的節目，我們會在當地待四天，一小時的節目則是待八天

but usually 10 because of travel in and out so we're there 10 days for an hour episode.

但通常是待十天，因為旅途前後總要去頭去尾

When I arrive in another country or even in another state in the United States I always have one day off before we start to shoot

當我抵達一個國家，或在美國就是另一州時，我總會在節目開拍前放一天假

and that gives me time to sort of get my bearings and also gives you time to adjust to a different time zone.

這可以讓我調整不乏，適應新的時區

but that is my day where I have to kind of get a grasp on where I am not just the city but the country and the culture

那是屬於我的一天，我必須用那段時間了解我在的地方，不只是那個城市，還有那整個國家、文化

and so I use that day wisely.

所以我得聰明運用那天

Everyone wants my job until they hear actually how much effort goes into it.

所有人都羨慕我的工作，但他們聽到實際上要投入多少心力就卻步了

uh..usually 230 days out of a year. So you're on the road most of the time.

通常一年要工作230天，所以大部分時間你都在旅行

Being on the road easily can disconnect you from home.

身在旅途中，很容易讓你和家脫節

That's why there's a lot of difficulty with the job. You are so focused on where you are

這也是為什麼這份工作有很多困難處，你往往專注於此時此刻的所在地

um..I'm in Singapore I'm in Nicaragua I'm in Cambodia and you're

我在新加坡、我在尼加拉瓜、我在柬埔寨

you just want to do a good job by the country, by the people, so you immersed yourself completely

你想好好在那個國家、那群人身旁完成工作，所以你會完全沉浸在那個環境

and then at the end of a 14-hour day there's very little energy, at least I have very little energy

最後在工作14小時候，你所剩的力氣不多，至少我是這樣

to get on the phone and make sure you know... my husband is doing alright, how's my mom, my sisters, you missed birthdays

我沒力氣再打電話，看看我的老公、媽媽、姊妹們過得好不好；你會錯過生日

you miss weddings, you miss reunions.

錯過婚禮、錯過大小聚會

All the things that make you, you know, a sister, a wife, a good daughter, a great friend disappears

所有那些姊妹、妻子、孝順的女兒該做的事你都沒做到

and that can be a big challenge to the job.

這會成為這份工作很大的挑戰

For the other 135 days at the year I stay home. I don't come here in airports.

在一年之中剩下的135天，我待在家，不去機場

I don't even like to get into a taxi. I order in Chinese.

甚至連計程車也不想搭，我也會叫中國菜外送

Watch good television. I basically become a real homebody

看電視上優質的節目。基本上我變成一個「宅女」

a real homebody which it's easy to do in the New York City in Brooklyn and so we've got great neighborhoods of fabulous ethnicity everywhere

在紐約很容易當個愛家的人，在布魯克林我們有很棒的生活圈，處處可見不同種族的人

so even though I am staying home I'm you know you're at home in the world.

所以就算我待在家，我也像在環遊世界

People are surprised to know that hotel rooms can actually be my nemesis. um you know and people see the hotel rooms I stay in

當人們發現飯店房間對我來說是種折磨時，總是很驚訝，他們看到我住的房間

they're 5 star, the top of the line but I live in hotels

往往是五星級，世界數一數二，但是我「住」在旅館裡

and just to get a sense of what it's like to live in hotels,

想嘗嘗住在旅館裡是什麼滋味嗎

imagine someone coming into your bedroom and rearranging the contents of the furniture every 2 days

請想像每兩天就有人跑進你的房間，改變家具的配置

and not just like big things like your bed and your bureau but little things like electrical sockets, you know light switches

且不只是床、櫃子等大的東西，還有像插座、電燈開關等細節

where's the light switch this time, is it by the bed is it by the doors is it by the bathrooms

這次的開關又在哪了？是在床旁邊、門旁邊還是廁所旁？

is the light switch on the bulb on the base on the cord

是在燈泡上、底座上還是電線上？

you know you're constantly rebooting the minutia of your life every 2 days

你要每兩天重新熟悉一次生活中的枝微末節

and it will slowly drive you insane

這會漸漸讓你抓狂

One time actually a hotel room broke my nose and this is a true story

有一次一間房間還弄斷了我的鼻子，這可是真實故事

I got up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom but I had the floor plan of the hotel I stayed in the night before

我半夜爬起來想去廁所，但腦袋裡還想著前一天的房間配置

which had a little hallway off my bed and you know bathroom to the right

從床舖離開，廁所就在一條走道的右手邊

in this one it was just a wall and I walked you know walked right into BANG a wall

但那晚的房間只有一面牆，所以我直接砰地撞上牆面

heard this crunch and luckily I hit the wall head-on so there's no displacement

馬上我就聽到我鼻樑斷了，幸運的是我正面撞上牆壁，鼻樑沒有易位

but I had black eyes and a swollen nose and what's the worst thing you can do when you're on camera and break your nose

但我還是落得黑眼圈、腫脹的鼻子的下場。當你在攝影機前最糟糕的事情是什麼？撞斷鼻子！

but yeah it can be violent even 5 star luxury hotels can beat the crap out of me

最高級的五星級飯店也能很暴力，狠狠修理我一頓

First time they asked me to be in a bathing suit

第一次他們要求我穿泳裝

you know it was just kind of an obvious choice I was in Hawaii

這個選項非常明顯，畢竟我當時在夏威夷

and so you know that that's going to be a part of your wardrobe and you're going to be on the beach

所以你知道泳衣一定是你服裝的一部分，大概有

you know 82 percent of the time

82%的時間都會待在海灘上

so it wasn't something that I wasn't expecting

所以這在我的預料之中

I knew it and

我早猜到

I knew that you know because well at the time I was in my early 30s so I thought well I should I be in a bikini

因為當時我30出頭，所以我想，我該穿個比基尼

If I'm gonna be in a bathing suit, I'm gonna be in a bikini

都要穿泳衣了，那就要穿比基尼

so I put a lot of that pressure on myself

所以我給自己不少壓力

yeah now I don't do any bikini work it's done

現在我可不穿比基尼了，那都結束了

I've retired. The bathing suits have all you know they're all

我退休了，比基尼再見，比基尼全都進了

with Smithsonian I think this is going to be a you know

史密森尼博物館，展覽名稱就叫

Travel Channel Bikini Retrospective

《旅遊生活頻道比基尼回顧展》

Anthony Bourdain has a bikini there. It's pretty hot and Andrew Zimmern and mine

安東尼·波登也有穿比基尼，頗性感，安德魯·席曼也有穿，還有我

What I love about my job and how I approach it is that I get to spend time in other people's lives

我最愛我的工作之處在於，我可以花時間過其他人的生活

and I get to learn from them and about myself in the process

我可以向他們學習，也在過程中更了解自己

and I love that. I love just someone's everyday life and understanding where they come from

我很喜歡這樣。我喜歡別人的日常生活，看看他們從哪來

and when you're in another part of the world, someone's everyday life is extraordinary

當你在世界的另一端時，別人的日常生活可能非常精彩

and then you think how extraordinary your own life is so it's really reciprocal, it's great felling.

接著你就會想到你自己的人生其實也很精采，因此這是互惠的經驗，很棒的感覺

Traveling all throughout the world and meeting women all around the world.

在旅行各地的過程中，我也碰到世界各地的女人

We certainly have very different concepts of beauty, what makes us beautiful.

我們的確對美的概念很不同

We have different concepts of work, being professional

我們對工作、專業的態度也不一樣

The overall sense of being kind and generous is the same,

但整體來說對和善、大方的概念是一樣的

and I'm usually alone on my days off.

當我沒工作的時候，通常都一個人

Other women I can see will take care of me.

這些婦女就會照顧我

There is sort of an acknowledgement of who we are and who we are in the whole world

過程中也會有種了解到我們是誰、在世界上扮演的角色的認知

and that's been a real joy to discover.

這種發現是非常愉快的

The least appealing thing about my job has to be managing loneliness

我的工作最不討喜之處應該是孤獨

and it is a job. It is a part of my job because I'm essentially alone.

面對孤獨是個工作，是我工作的一部份，因為基本上我都是一個人

You wake up alone, you go back to hotel alone.

你一個人起床，一個人回飯店

Of course I have my crew, but they have their lives and I have mine

當然我有我的團隊，但他們有自己的生活，我也有我的

And no matter where you are you're 10 thousand miles away, you're 5 thousand, 2 thousand, 2 hundred miles away from

不管你在哪裡，你總是距離愛你的人、讓你成為你的人一大段距離

the people who love you who truly make you who you are.

一萬公里、五千公里、兩千、兩百...

So loneliness becomes difficult to manage but it's a part of the job.

所以孤獨是很難面對的，但這就是我工作的一部份

Success I mean that is..

成功？我是說...

it has to be a combination of doing what makes you happy

成功必須要是建立在做讓自己快樂

makes you passionate. Certainly being with people and that is it.

讓自己充滿熱情的事上。我的話就是和人群相處

I love being with people. That is my passion.

這是我熱愛的事

I could do it anywhere. I love the fact travel is a part of it but I love being with people

我在哪都可以和人相處，我很高興旅行是其中的一部份，但我真的很愛接觸新朋友

and it sounds very tried but be yourself.

或許這聽起來很老生常談，但，做自己

That really started me on my path.

這讓我走出自己的路

At first I thought I'm not a travel expert. I don't know what I'm doing

一開始我不是旅行專家，我不知道自己在幹嘛

I've never traveled. How could I possibly have this job

我根本沒旅行過，怎麼能接下這份工作

And instead of fighting that just thought well this is me

但與其糾結在那裏，我就想，這就是我

and I'm just gonna make mistakes like a real person

我要像一般人一樣犯錯

and luckily that just became what people were really interested in.

幸運地，這也就成為人們感興趣的地方

So you know the idea of making mistakes, be yourself, don't try to be somebody else

所以成功的秘訣是勇於犯錯、做自己、不要做別人

and just really be true to who you are. I think that is absolutely the key, absolutely.

忠於自我，我想這肯定是關鍵