個人簡介：
Name :?Renatto Aguilar
姓名：Renatto Aguilar
Country of Origin :?Ecuador
國籍：厄瓜多爾
Occupation :?Trader
職業(yè)：商人
Years in China :?7?years
在華居住時間：7年
How did your journey in China begin?
你的中國之旅是怎樣開始的?
Back home I was working for a Chinese company, since then I started getting close to China. I decided to get my master’s degree in Xiamen after hearing some recommendations from my former colleagues. It has been a wild ride since the very beginning, there was a misunderstanding between me and the university and I received my admission notification just 2 weeks away from my deadline to arrive to the registration day. In 2 weeks I had to resign, do some paperwork, look for flights, and more. Since I didn’t have time for a proper preparation I found some bumps on the road. When I arrived to Xiamen I was relying on some apps like Google maps to move around in China, I mapped the city and marked the places I needed to go, including hotels and the university. Back then I had no clue about the restrictions on some apps?so I could not move around as I planned and I had my family worried because I could not contact them. Without even knowing how to say hello in Mandarin I was alone in China trying to communicate with locals using Pleco and with some Chinese-English paper signs that I prepared myself. I was not admitted in the hostel that I booked because foreigners were not allowed (I came on a student budget, without scholarship so I booked a nice bed and breakfast kind of place), I struggled to find a new accommodation in the middle of the night, and later to arrive to the university; one issue right after another. Things started to get smoother after I managed to arrive to the university.
在厄瓜多爾的時候，我就在一家中國公司工作，自那時起我就和中國結緣了。聽了以前同事的推薦，我決定去廈門讀碩士。從一開始，中國之旅就十分刺激。我和我的大學之間可能發(fā)生了一些小誤會，導致我在離開學注冊還剩兩周的時候才收到我的錄取通知書。我必須要在兩周內辭職、準備文件、尋找航班等等。因為準備不充分，所以來的時候遇到了一些麻煩。當我到達廈門時，我只能依靠谷歌地圖等應用程序出行，我嘗試了解這座城市，并標記了我需要去的地方，包括酒店和大學。當時我不了解一些應用的限制，所以我不能按照設想的那樣出行。家人們也很擔心我，因為我沒法聯(lián)系他們。我甚至不知道如何用普通話打招呼，只能自己一個人嘗試用 Pleco （一款漢語詞典 APP ），或是我自己準備的一些中英文紙質標牌與當?shù)厝私涣鳌Ｎ翌A定的旅店也沒有接待我，因為他們不接受外國人入住(我是靠學生預算來的，沒有獎學金，所以我預定了一個有大床和早餐的旅店)。沒辦法，我只能在半夜重新找一個新的住處。后來在去學校的路上，問題更是接踵而至。然而一切都在入學之后變得順利起來了。
What do you like most about your city and China as a whole?
你所在的城市，哪一點最吸引你？你最喜歡中國的什么呢？
Xiamen is a nice, tropical, super green place to live in. It has an interesting mix of hills, parks, lakes, coast line, track, etc. No matter where in the city, you will be just few minutes away of a nice place to have a walk, rest, chill. There are coffee shops everywhere and the weather is nice, a windy summer with a mild winter.
廈門是一個舒適的、充滿綠色和生機的熱帶城市，集聚山丘、公園、湖泊、海岸線和軌道等于一體。無論你深處廈門何處，你總是能在附近找到適合散步、放松和休閑的地方。幾乎遍地都是咖啡店！天氣也很舒適，夏季多風，冬季溫和。
What fascinated you the most about living in China?
生活在中國，最吸引你的是什么?
What I like the most about China is how safe it is, no matter the time of the day, or the place. Having the freedom to walk anywhere anytime for me is priceless. It is so easy and convenient to move around, to buy things, to order food, to pay, etc. And also, I have to mention that China’s railway and subway system blows my mind.
我最喜歡中國的一點就是，無論何時何地，在中國永遠很安全。隨時隨地出行的自由對我來說是彌足珍貴的。四處走動、買東西、點餐、付款等都是如此方便。還有，我不得不說，中國的鐵路和地鐵系統(tǒng)都讓我為之震撼！
Some background on his home country：
介紹一下Renatto的故鄉(xiāng)：
Ecuador is known for its location right in the middle of the world, there are other countries laying on the Equatorial line, but Ecuador is the highest among the others that is why it gets this distinct characteristic. In Quito you will be in one of the highest capitals in the world and you can step in the north and south hemisphere at the same time. Another interesting place about Ecuador is the Galapagos Islands, the same place that inspired Darwin to create the theory of the evolution.
厄瓜多爾以其位于世界中部而聞名，還有其他國家位于赤道線上，但厄瓜多爾是所有赤道國家中最高的，這就使得它獨具一格。在基多，你將置身于世界上最高的首都之一，你可以同時涉足北半球和南半球。厄瓜多爾另一個有趣的地方是加拉帕戈斯群島，正是這個地方啟發(fā)了達爾文創(chuàng)造了進化論。
作者：Renatto Aguilar 翻譯：余欣陽
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