: Examiner.com http://0rz.tw/JB86T 也有大陆网友翻译这篇访问 A Conversation with Utada February 2, 3:58 PM by Mike Parker, Entertainment Examiner You might not recognize the name, Utada, but you soon will. Born into a musical family, Hikaru Utada had written and recorded her first song before she entered jr. high. Before she got out of junior high she had already signed her first record deal. In the past ten years all she has done is sell more than 52 million records in Japan. Utada’s new single, “Come Back to Me ” is set to impact pop radio on February 9th, and her Island Def Jam debut album is scheduled to drop in the US in late March. Will the 26 year old pop diva deliver a repeat performance of her Japanese success? After chatting with Utada on the phone, I wouldn’t bet against her. 你也许并不知道Utada这个名字，但很快你就会记住她。出生在音乐世家的宇多田光在进 入中学之前就已经创作和录制了她的第一首歌，中学毕业之前，她就签下了第一张唱片合 约。在过去的十年中，她在日本总共卖出了5200万张唱片。宇多田的新单曲“Come Back to Me"定於2月9号冲击电台的流行歌曲榜，由Island Def Jam发行的专辑计划於3月底在 美国发表。这位26岁的流行天後会重复她在日本的成功吗？在和宇多田进行了电话交谈之 後，我找不出否定的理由。 Mike Parker – There is an old saying that goes, ‘Nothing succeeds like success.’ You’re huge in Japan. Why bother trying to crack the American market? Mike Parker – 有个说法是“一事成功,万事顺利。”，你在日本已经是巨星了，为什麽 还要到美国发片呢？ Hikaru Utada – It’s something new and challenging and fun. I don’t want to be enthroned in one place and feel like there is nothing left to accomplish. I don’t want to get caught up in the unreal position that success can engender. I would rather be climbing the mountain that sitting on top of one. Hikaru Utada – 这很新奇，富有挑战性，而且很好玩。我不想定下来在一个地方然後感 觉没什麽事情做了。我不想沉溺於成功带来的虚幻的地位。我还是宁愿爬山，而不是坐在 某座山的顶端。 Parker – You come from a musical family. How much did that influence your choice to pursue music as a career? Parker – 你来自一个音乐家庭，这对你选择音乐作为事业有多少的影响呢？ Utada – As a child I really wanted to avoid choosing that career path. Watching my parents I realized at an early age that music is an unstable career. I think my mother wanted me to become a musician, so I’m not sure I had a choice (laughs). I have a choice now, of course, and I’m happy being a musician. Utada –还是孩子的时候，我是非常不想选择这条职业道路的。看到我父母让我很早就意 识到音乐是个不稳定的职业。我觉得我妈妈想让我成为音乐家，所以我不确定自己是不是 真的有选择权（笑）。当然。我现在是可以选择的，而且很开心可以做音乐家。 Parker – What kind of training get your parents give you as a musician? Parker – 你父母有给你什麽成为音乐家的训练吗？ Utada – I had no musical training when I was growing up. My training came from just living with musicians. I was an only child so I was frequently with my mother when she was traveling, performed or in the studio recording. I remember after school when I was in the first or second grade I would go straight to the studio and do my homework there. I was already living like a musician. It was all watch and learn. Utada – 小的时候是没什麽音乐训练的。我的训练只是来自於和音乐家们生活在一起。 我是家里唯一的孩子，所以我常常和妈妈在一起，不管她是旅行，表演还是去录音。我记 得，小学一年纪还是二年级的时候，我放学之後就直接去录音室，然後在那儿做作业。我 实际上过的就是音乐家的生活。我的训练全部来自於观察和学习。 Parker – Did your parents give you any advice about being a musician that you have found to be indispensable? Parker – 那你父母有给你一些关於如何做音乐家的建议麽，而且後来你发现是非常重要 必不可缺的？ Utada – I don’t think so, no. Not direct advice. I’ve mostly just watched and learned from them. They really let me grow on my own. They never made me take specific classes or lessons. They waited to see where my interest lie and then they helped me find the resources I needed to excel at that. Utada – 我想没有，没有的，没有直接的建议。我主要还是观察和从他们身上学习。他 们真的是让我按自己的意愿发展的。他们从来没带我去上过什麽特别的课程之类的。他们 是看我的兴趣究竟在哪儿，然後帮助我找寻需要做好那件事的资源。 Parker – You were born and raised in Manhattan. Why did you decide to pursue your pop music career in Japan? Parker – 你是在曼哈顿出生和长大的。为什麽回到日本开始你的流行音乐事业呢？ Utada – It wasn’t a conscious choice on my part. It didn’t matter to me, it just happened that way. I made an album in English when I was in my early teens, but there were some complications at the label and it never came out. But EMI Japan heard it and when they realized I was Japanese they encouraged me to do an album in Japanese. Things just took off from there. Utada – 这不是我自己决定的，这件事情和我没什麽关系，就这麽发生的。十几岁的时 候我做了一张英文专辑，但因为厂牌的某些原因专辑从来没发表过。但是日本的EMI听到 了，当他们知道我是日本人的时候就鼓励我做一张日语专辑。一切就是从那里起步的。 Parker – At age 26 you’ve already had a career that far eclipses most recording artists. Are there challenges that you still look forward to facing? Parker – 26岁的你已经有了超越大多数歌手的辉煌事业，还有什麽你很期待的挑战吗？ Utada – I get excited about everyday things like cooking, or making sure my room is humidified. Just daily living. Little things excite me. Utada – 日常的事情会让我兴奋的，比如做饭，让房间湿润。就是过日子。小事情让我 兴奋。 Parker – In addition to being a recording artist you also write your own music and have had a pretty large role in producing. What is your favorite part of the creative process? Parker – 除了是歌手，你还自己创作和参与制作。在创作过程中哪个部分是你最喜欢的 呢？ Utada – I can’t chop up the process into little pieces. It is all one process for me. I can’t do an autopsy and take out one part. Creativity is one organism for me and I love the whole process. Utada – 我不能把这个过程分裂成小块的。对我来说这是个完整的过程。我没办法解剖 然後拿出一小块来。对我来说创作是个有机体，我喜欢整个的过程。 The Seven Questions 七个问题 1. What’s your favorite sound? 1. 你最喜欢的声音？ Utada – An MRI. I love the sound I hear when I am inside it. I wish I could sample it. MRI（磁共振）的声音。我爱躺在里面时听到的声音。我希望把它录下来。 2. What makes you happy? 2. 什麽让你幸福？ Utada – Being grateful. Being appreciative. 做个感恩的人。做个懂得感激的人。 3. What makes you angry? 3.什麽让你生气？ Utada – People who are not professional on their job. It doesn’t matter what the job is, you can be a waitress or a CEO, if you are good at your job I admire that. If you are not, it irritates me. And people standing around in doorways. It’s a doorway. Don’t stand there. 那些不专业的人。这和什麽工作没关系，你可以是服务员或是CEO，如果你做得很好，我 会仰慕你的，如果做得不好，会惹毛我。还有就是喜欢站在门口的人，这是门口，不要站 在那儿。 4. What is the secret of success? 4. 成功的秘诀是什麽？ Utada – It is to not know the secret; to be unaware on some level. 就是不要知道秘诀，某种程度上不要注意秘诀这种东西。 5. If you could have dinner with anyone in history, living or dead, who would it be? 5. 如果你可以和历史人物一起吃饭，活着的或是死去的，你会选谁呢？ Utada – Roald Dahl, the author. Roald Dahl（罗尔德‧达尔本是英国写侦探小说的大师，曾三度荣获爱伦‧坡奖，他的短 篇小说被认为不逊於欧‧亨利、莫伯桑和毛姆，在欧洲有“英国的欧‧亨利”之美誉。後 来，他致力於儿童文学的创作，他也因此荣获英国儿童文学最高奖——英国“白面包奖” 。也是《查理与巧克力工厂》那部电影的作者） 6. What is the epitaph that is written on your tombstone? 6. 你的墓碑上会写什麽样的墓志铭呢？ Utada – I see no epitaph. Just my name and the years. Very simple. Nothing elaborate. 我不会要墓志铭，只有名字和生卒年月，非常简单。没什麽详细说明的东西。 7. When you get to heaven, what is the first thing you want to hear God say to you? 7. 当你去了天堂，你希望上帝对你说的第一句话是什麽？ Utada – ‘Oh, you again.’ “哦，又是你！” --

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