whoa how do we get here 我们怎么来这里
well that's a long story sit back relax 好吧，这是一个漫长的故事，坐下来放松
this is my life at Shaolin Temple after 这是我在少林寺的生活之后
I graduated from high school I started 我从高中毕业，我开始
an apprenticeship at a German bank 在德国银行学徒
because I knew I'd earn good money and 因为我知道我会赚到很多钱
who wouldn't want to have a stable job I 谁不想要一份稳定的工作我
had a very high GPA so I had the freedom GPA非常高，所以我有自由
to do anything but I didn't want to go 做任何事，但我不想去
to university right away because I was 因为我是马上去大学
sick of studying I wanted to make some 厌倦了学习，我想做一些
money first unfortunately the bank sent 金钱首先不幸被银行寄出
me to an office pretty far from home and 我到离家很远的办公室
I didn't and still don't have a driver's 我没有，仍然没有司机的
license so I had to make a one and a 许可证所以我不得不做一个和一个
half hour train trip back and forth to 半小时的火车来回往返
work every day which didn't help my 每天工作，这对我没有帮助
motivation so I requested to be 动机所以我要求
relocated to a more central branch they 他们搬到了一个更中心的分支
did and things became even clearer this 做了，事情变得更加清晰了
was not what I wanted to do with my life 不是我想要的生活
so I quit and now I was lost I still 所以我放弃了，现在我迷失了
didn't want to go to college but I also 不想上大学，但我也是
can't just do nothing so I went to China 我不能无所事事，所以我去了中国
for half a year to spend time with my 花了半年时间和我一起度过
family and improve my Chinese 家人和我的中国人
I always love China but after that time 我一直爱中国，但在那之后
it became my second home to this day 它成了我今天的第二故乡
Beijing is one of my favorite cities in 北京是我最喜欢的城市之一
the world and I have nothing but great 世界，我只有伟大的
memories of that place 那个地方的回忆
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six months passed and I went back home 六个月过去了，我回到了家
even though I had a great time I fell 即使我度过了一段愉快的时光
right back into my old way of thinking 回到我原来的思维方式
when I returned I was lost again this 当我回来的时候，我再次迷失了
was around May 2013 I learned so much in 是在2013年5月左右，我学到了很多东西
China yet I was still not ready to get 中国，但我还没准备好
back into my old life in Germany this 这回到我在德国的旧生活
depressed me after wasting my time for 在浪费我的时间之后压抑了我
three more months wondering what I 还有三个月想知道我是什么
should do something came to my mind 我应该做些什么
since I was about 13 years old I've 因为我大概13岁了
always had this thought of living in a 总是有这种生活的想法
monastery maybe you could call it a 修道院也许你可以称之为
dream it was never anything really 梦想它从来都不是真的
concrete though just a distant idea but 具体虽然只是一个遥远的想法，但
now things were different I had to do 现在我不得不做的事情不同了
something and I knew I didn't want to 什么，我知道我不想
stay here my options were limited is 留在这里我的选择是有限的
there even a monastery where I can find 甚至还有一个我能找到的修道院
some peace and quiet and at the same 一些和平与安静，同时
time keep fit and of course there was 时间保持健康当然有
only one possibility the ancient and 古代和古代只有一种可能性
mystical Shaolin Temple I wrestled with 神秘的少林寺我与之搏斗
that thought for a while I thought it 我想了一会儿
was outrageous like many of you I've 像我们许多人一样令人发誓
heard stories about Shaolin monks and 听过关于少林僧人的故事
watched some YouTube documentaries how 观看了一些YouTube纪录片如何
will I be able to survive there would 我会在那里生存吗？
they even take me in I'm sure there are 他们甚至带我进去，我确信有
tons of people who would like to join 很多想加入的人
them but at that point I was obsessed I 他们但是那时候我很着迷
had to know for sure and there was only 必须知道肯定而且只有
one way of doing that I had to give it a 一种方法，我必须给它一个
try and so began my three-year long 尝试，所以开始了我的三年
adventure at Shaolin Temple getting 少林寺的冒险之旅
there was no cakewalk first I flew to 我先飞到的地方没有蛋糕
Beijing then I took the fast train to 北京然后我乘坐快速列车
Gyeongju the capital of Honan then took 然后是Honan的首都庆州
a long-distance bus to dong Fong then 然后到东方的长途巴士
take another small bus to the Shaolin 乘坐另一辆小巴到少林
scenic area and then get picked up by 景区然后被接走
one of the Shaolin monks which my dad 我父亲的少林僧人之一
had gotten in touch with before through 之前我已经联系过了
his contacts 他的联系人
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what was my first impression 我的第一印象是什么？
it was midsummer it was at least 40 这是仲夏至少40岁
degrees Celsius and extremely humid I 摄氏度和极度潮湿的我
wish somebody had told me at this point 希望有人在此时告诉我
that my Western sophisticated standards 那是我西方的精密标准
are not gonna matter to anybody here and 对这里的任何人都不重要
why should they 为什么要他们
I was a spoiled unsuspecting nineteen 我十九岁时被一个被宠坏的毫无疑问
year old guy from Germany who thought he 来自德国的一岁男人，他认为他
could just join the Shaolin monks and 可以加入少林僧人和
that would be the end of it obviously 这显然是它的结束
things went very differently my first 我的第一次事情变得非常不同
day was a nightmare I was trained by one 那天是一场噩梦，我受过一次训练
of the lead warrior monks together with 领导武士僧侣和
a Chinese teenager who would come to 一个会来的中国少年
Shaolin Temple every year during summer 少林寺每年夏季
holiday it was just the two of us I had 假期，这只是我们两个人
no friends I was in the middle of 没有朋友我在中间
nowhere I was alone it sucked but during 无处不在，我独自吮吸，但在期间
these rare and quiet moments when I was 这些稀有而安静的时刻
able to take in the scenery and think 能够欣赏风景和思考
about the history of this place it was 关于这个地方的历史
magical almost overwhelming 神奇的几乎压倒性的
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the shaolin temple lies in a valley of 少林寺位于山谷中
the holy song shan mountains if you walk 如果你走路，那就是圣歌山
10 to 15 minutes up a street in front of 前面一条街上10到15分钟
the temple you'll arrive in a small 你将在一个小的寺庙到达
village called von Drago this is a tiny 村庄叫冯德拉戈这是一个小小的
place that is filled with people mostly 充满了人的地方
children and teenagers by my estimation 根据我的估计，儿童和青少年
maybe around 1,500 people in total what 可能总共约有1500人
do they do they're trained kung-fu all 他们做了他们所有的训练功夫
day every day nothing but kungfu from 每天只有功夫来自
4:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. this is their 这是他们的上午4:30到晚上9:00
life they are divided into more than a 生活中他们分为多个
dozen schools with their masters being 他们的主人是十几所学校
former or even current Shaolin monks 前任甚至现任少林僧人
maybe I should better go to one of these 也许我最好去其中一个
was my thought and as I was walking 是我的想法，当我走路时
through the Pacbell streets of andhra go 通过安德拉的Pacbell街道去
it didn't take long to see the first 没过多久就看到了第一个
western faces and that was like a gift 西方的面孔，这就像一个礼物
from God a Western face meant home I 来自上帝的西方面孔意味着我的家
quickly approached them and was brought 很快接近他们并被带来
to a school exclusively for foreigners 到专门为外国人的学校
and that's why I decided to stay for now 这就是我决定留下来的原因
this was supposed to be my transition 这应该是我的过渡
period getting used to the life there 适应那里生活的时期
while being able to spend time with 虽然能够花时间
people that I could relate to more 我可以与更多人联系的人
easily I stayed here for one month and I 我很容易在这里待了一个月
met some wonderful people still every 每个人都遇到了一些很棒的人
morning when we warmed up for training I 早上我们热身训练我
saw the actual Shaolin Temple staring at 看到实际的少林寺盯着看
me from a distance I knew that that is 我从远处知道那就是我
where I needed to go I wasn't here just 我需要去的地方我不在这里
to learn kung fu I wanted to learn about 学习功夫我想学习
Buddhist and Shaolin culture 佛教和少林文化
so eventually I came in touch with the I 所以最终我和我联系了
guess spokesperson of the Shaolin Temple 猜少林寺的发言人
who's in charge of foreigners I'm sorry 谁对外国人负责我很抱歉
I'm still not quite sure of his actual 我还不太确定他的实际情况
job description he wasn't a monk he was 工作描述他不是他的僧侣
a businessman which confused me a little 一个让我困惑的商人
but it shouldn't have come as a surprise 但它不应该出乎意料
since the Shaolin Temple is unesco world 因为少林寺是联合国教科文组织的世界
heritage and has become a million dollar 遗产并已成为一百万美元
industry over the past years attracting 过去几年的行业吸引力
hundreds of thousands of tourists every 每个成千上万的游客
month just among Chinese people alone it 一个月只在中国人中间
was by far not the place that I had 到目前为止不是我的地方
originally pictured when I left Germany 最初描绘的是我离开德国的时候
but I had come so far to see this 但我到目前为止看到了这一点
legendary place I wasn't about to give 传奇的地方，我不打算给
up now so I made a deal with this man 现在我和这个男人达成了协议
which brought me a lot closer to my goal 这让我更接近我的目标
I was still going to live in wrong jugo 我还是会生活在错误的jugo中
but I could train Eid and pray inside 但我可以训练开斋节并在里面祈祷
the Shaolin Temple this was huge for me 少林寺这对我来说太大了
ultimately my goal was training 最终我的目标是训练
side-by-side with the monks but those 与僧侣并排，但那些
guys have been doing kung fu since then 从那以后，伙计们一直在做功夫
little six-year-old kids in some cases 在某些情况下，小六岁的孩子
even earlier how was I ever going to 甚至更早我怎么去
catch up it seemed impossible I did some 赶上来似乎不可能我做了一些
judo when I was 12 but that's about it 柔道当我12岁但那就是它
I left the school for foreigners and 我离开学校去外国人和
started training in Shaolin Temple under 在少林寺开始训练
guidance of a senior Shaolin warrior 少林武士的高级指导
monk and I stuck to it every day train 和尚和我每天坚持训练
about 6 to 7 hours daily it was 每天约6至7小时
exhausting I was still training together 筋疲力尽我还在一起训练
with foreigners and most of the time I 与外国人和大多数时间我
was the only person who could speak 是唯一可以说话的人
Chinese so I also acted as a translator 中文所以我也担任翻译
which would help me a lot along the way 这对我很有帮助
but it wasn't only an issue of language 但它不仅仅是语言问题
the Shaolin Temple is and probably 少林寺很可能也是
always has been a turbulent place over 一直是一个动荡不安的地方
the past years it's grown vastly in 在过去的几年中，它已经大量增长
popularity Fame but also criticism now 人气成名，但现在也批评
this video isn't going to address those 这段视频不会解决这些问题
because they're mostly uttered by people 因为他们大多是人们说的
who are neither familiar with Chinese 谁不熟悉中国人
culture nor have they ever stepped foot 文化也从未步履蹒跚
into Shaolin Temple as anything other 什么其他的进入少林寺
than a tourist Shaolin Temple has become 旅游少林寺已成为
very careful and wary of who they allow 非常小心和警惕他们允许的人
to get close to them I guess this is a 接近他们我猜这是一个
normal and natural way of thinking when 正常而自然的思维方式何时
you got so many eyes on you constantly 你不断地盯着你
why do I mention this because I was 为什么我提到这个因为我是
lucky I was lucky that I look Chinese 幸运的是我很幸运，我看起来像中国人
that I had a Chinese family who visited 我有一个访问过的中国家庭
me several times and that I could speak 我几次，我可以说
Chinese it was a lot easier for them to 中国人对他们来说要容易得多
relate to me and see me as one of them 与我有关，并将我视为其中之一
even during my first two years of 甚至在我的前两年
training I had the honor and the 培训我有幸和
privilege to train among the warrior 在战士中训练的特权
amongst many times in Western countries 西方国家的很多次
we always expect regulations clarity and 我们总是希望法规明确和
bureaucracy people often struggle to 官僚主义者经常挣扎
understand how my daily routine was I 了解我的日常生活是怎样的
was 是
monk every day was different I got up in 每天和尚都不同，我起床了
the morning and didn't know what to 早上，不知道该怎么做
expect 期望
sometimes training was cancelled due to 有时候培训被取消了
a buddhist ceremony that i had to take 我必须采取的佛教仪式
part in sometimes i was called on short 有时我被称为短暂的
notice to run down to the temple quickly 注意快速跑到太阳穴
because the german ambassador from 因为德国大使来自
beijing was here and i should introduce 北京在这里，我应该介绍
myself and perform there was a lot of 我自己和那里的表演有很多
drinking tea cleaning up talking and 喝茶清理说话和
being young that I was here indefinitely 年轻，我无限期地在这里
and it was hard for people to understand 人们很难理解
that 那
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two years passed and I had made many 两年过去了，我做了很多
friends sometimes my master wouldn't 朋友有时我的主人不会
even show up on training call me up and 甚至出现在培训上打电话给我
tell me that I should fill in for him 告诉我，我应该为他填写
this happened fairly frequently and even 这发生得相当频繁甚至
I was getting sick of teaching basics to 我厌倦了教学基础知识
foreign newcomers who would go home 外国新人谁回家
again after three weeks anyways I felt 三个星期后我再次感觉到了
that it was finally time to take the 这是最后的时间
next step so one morning I walked up to 下一步所以有一天早上我走了
my master I looked him in the eye I was 我的主人，我看着他的眼睛
sweating like crazy and I asked can I 像疯了一样出汗，我可以问我
join the warrior monks looking back I 加入战士僧侣回望我
don't know why I was that nervous he 不知道为什么我这么紧张他
knew that I spent a lot of time with him 我知道我花了很多时间和他在一起
already training performing and going to 已经训练表演和去
the city together he didn't even 整个城市他甚至没有
hesitate 迟疑
he said yes sure but don't mess it up he 他说是肯定的，但不要弄乱他
trusted in me and he believed in me now 相信我，他现在相信我
that felt amazing like a new beginning 感觉像新的开始一样惊人
which it was my last year was by far the 这是我去年的最后一年到目前为止
most fun and the most painful before I 我之前最有趣，也是最痛苦的
got beaten by my master only on rare 只有在罕见的情况下被我的主人殴打
occasions if I really messed something 如果我真的搞砸了什么的场合
up now it was almost a daily occurrence 现在它几乎每天都会发生
and ten times harder because I was a 因为我是一个人，所以要难十倍
familiar face by now I think most of the 现在熟悉的面孔我认为大部分都是
time I got preferential treatment I 我得到了优惠待遇
wasn't hit as hard as the others because 并没有像其他人那样受到重创
I was still a half foreigner they know 我知道他还是一个半外国人
that in the West were not big fans of 在西方并不是大粉丝
using violence to teach but my god there 用暴力教导我的神
were some masters who just didn't care 是一些只是不在乎的大师
which I loved it made me feel even more 我喜欢它让我感觉更多
integrated although while you're getting 虽然在你得到的时候整合了
hit with a stick it's still not that 用棍子击中它仍然不是那样
great it was a learning experience and I 很棒，这是一次学习经历，我
went through a lot of ups and downs the 经历了很多起伏
living conditions would drastically 生活条件会急剧恶化
change at times going a week without 有时会改变一周没有
running water or electricity turns out 自来水或电流结果
to be quite the challenge but winter is 这是一个挑战，但冬天是
where things got really tough having to 事情变得非常艰难
go into splits early in the morning at 一大早就进入分裂
minus 20 degrees Celsius makes you 零下20摄氏度让你
rethink your life choices but of course 当然，重新思考你的生活选择
it wasn't all bad on the contrary we 相反，我们并非完全不好
also had a lot of fun goofing around and 周围也有很多乐趣
since I was shifted around different 因为我被转移到不同的地方
warrior monk training groups I got to 我得到的战士和尚训练小组
meet some of the best martial artists in 认识一些最好的武术家
the world these monks had no interest in 这些僧侣对这个世界毫无兴趣
fame it's hard to see into the heart of 成名很难看到它的核心
the myth through the fog of mystery what 通过神秘迷雾的神话是什么
Shaolin really is but I'm sure of it 少林确实是，但我很确定
some of these monks carried the true 其中一些僧侣带着真实的
legendary skill and ancient wisdom of a 传说中的技巧和古老的智慧
Shaolin warrior 少林武士
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and their teaching methods were insane 他们的教学方法很疯狂
but undoubtedly effective some days 但有些日子无疑是有效的
would have to train until at least 必须训练至少
somebody throws up and thank God I never 有人抛出，感谢上帝，我永远不会
did we learned in two weeks what people 我们在两周内学到了什么人
in the West learn in two years because 在西方学习两年因为
it was literally beaten into us 它实际上被打败了
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I was instructed in several traditional 我接受了几个传统的指导
and modern fist forms swords whips chain 和现代的拳头形成剑鞭链
whips double chain whip and of course 鞭子双链鞭子，当然
the most iconic weapon the staff it was 它是工作人员最具标志性的武器
important to be ready to perform in 准备好表演很重要
front of a large audience at a moment's 在片刻之前，大量观众面前
notice which happened plenty of times 发生了很多次的通知
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of course Shaolin is not merely the name 当然，少林不仅仅是名字
of the monastic order but it's also a 修道院的秩序，但它也是一个
culture a culture that is often reduced 培养一种经常减少的文化
to the sport but it's much more than 这项运动，但它远不止这些
that I don't want to get into a zat 我不想进入zat
arras ISM and Chen doctrine but I will 阿拉斯ISM和陈主义，但我会
never forget what one of the meditating 永远不要忘记冥想中的一个
monks once told me spirituality that is 僧侣曾经告诉我灵性
expressed is not spirituality 所表达的不是灵性
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this really made me think but I want to 这真让我思考，但我想
conclude this on a different note in my 在我的另一个注释中得出结论
experience behind Shaolin lies a very 少林的经历非常有用
contradictory philosophy you can ask the 你可以问的矛盾哲学
same question to two masters and you'll 同样的问题给两个主人，你会
get two completely different answers 得到两个完全不同的答案
this frustrates me to this very day but 这让我很沮丧，但是
I'm still young so maybe I'm not 我还年轻，所以也许我不是
supposed to understand it yet it 本应该理解它
wouldn't feel right to make this video 制作这个视频是不对的
without at least mentioning one of my 至少没有提到我的一个
best friends that I made a child in and 我生小孩的好朋友
that's Bruce I don't know gave him that 那个布鲁斯我不知道给了他那个
name but he was the kindest and most 但他的名字却是最善良的
loving dog I've ever met in my life 我曾经见过的爱狗
he'd even join us on training and by 他甚至会和我们一起参加培训
joining I mean napping in the shadows 加入我的意思是在阴影中打盹
while we were training under the 我们在训练的时候
scalding hot Sun sometimes he'd even run 烫太阳有时他甚至会跑
up the mountain with me Bruce was the 跟我上山布鲁斯是
best but because he didn't have a real 最好，但因为他没有真实
owner and was sort of a half wild dog 老板，有点像一只半野狗
who would also hunt on his own one day 谁也会有一天自己打猎
he disappeared 他消失了
that kind of broke my heart I really 我真的伤了我的心
loved him I have the suspicion that he 爱他，我怀疑他
was hit by a car since he loved going 因为他喜欢去，所以被车撞了
out after dark I just hope that it was a 天黑以后我只希望它是一个
painless and quick death rest in peace 无痛和快速的死亡安息吧
boos I know it's important to be humble 嘘声我知道谦虚是很重要的
but if I may just say what I'm most 但如果我可以说出我最重要的话
proud of it's not the Kong food that I 我为此感到骄傲不是香港食品
learned it's about the inside look that 了解到它的内部外观
I was granted into the lives of my close 我被授予了我的生命
friends at Shaolin Temple the 少林寺的朋友们
friendships that I have made and the 我所建立的友谊和
togetherness that I have experienced 我经历过的团结
together through blood sweat and tears 一起通过血汗和泪水
literally I don't regret a second of it 从字面上看，我不后悔其中的第二个
finally having a better understanding of 终于有了更好的理解
Chinese mentality and the Chinese way of 中国人的心态与中国人的方式
thinking I want to thank all my masters 我想要感谢我所有的主人
for their endless patience with me I am 因为我对他的无尽耐心
forever in your debt you open my eyes to 永远在你的债务，你睁开眼睛
so many things it's almost impossible to 这么多事情几乎是不可能的
put this into words everything you guys 把这些都说成你们所有人的话
have done for me without you I'd still 没有你，我已经为我做了我仍然
feel lost to this very day 在这一天感到迷茫
it was probably the greatest adventure 这可能是最伟大的冒险
of my life and I'm honored to be a part 我的生活，我很荣幸成为他的一员
of Shaolin Temple thanks for listening 少林寺感谢收听
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