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Story of Chinese genius translator and family backing him to struggle with bipolar disorder touches millions of readers
中国“天才译者”和家人支持他与躁郁症斗争的故事感动了数百万读者
Jin and his family's story have been sweeping through Chinese social media platforms due to a report from Hangzhou Daily that was published on Monday.
因《杭州日报》周一发表的一篇报道，金晓宇和他家人的故事刷屏中国社交媒体平台。
The 50-year-old Jin lives with his parents in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
He lost his left eye at the age of 6 while playing with other children and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in his 20s.
现年50岁的金晓宇和他的父母住在浙江杭州。
他6岁时在和其他孩子玩耍时失去了左眼，并20几岁被诊断出患有躁郁症。
His struggles with his disorder have been difficult and prevented him from finishing high school.
他与疾病的斗争之路十分艰难，这也使未能完成高中学业。
Episodes have caused him to run wild through his home, smashing everything in sight and he has attempted suicide twice.
病情发作时他会在家里乱跑，打碎他眼前所有的东西，他还曾两次尝试自杀。
In 1993, Jin's father bought a computer for him to try to improve his mental state and the machine quickly became Jin's world.
1993年，金晓宇的父亲为他买了一台电脑，想要改善他的精神状态，这台电脑很快就成为了金晓宇的全世界。
He also began to learn foreign languages by watching foreign movies. Language learning occupied most of Jin's life. He would often go to the Zhejiang provincial library to borrow foreign novels.
他还开始通过看外国电影来学习外语。语言学习占据了金晓宇生活的大部分。他经常去浙江省图书馆借阅外国小说。
After 10 years, a new opportunity arrived. Some friends of his mother's who worked at Nanjing University Press were looking to translate eight novels from US writer Andrea Barrett.
10年后，一个新的机会到来。他母亲有一些在南京大学出版社工作的朋友，他们想要初版美国作家安德里亚·巴雷特的八部小说译作。
Hearing about his studies in foreign languages, they sent Ship Fever to give him a tryout.
听说金晓宇在学习外语，他们就发了《船热》这本书过去让他试试。
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Jin's father said that he translated the novel very quickly and it wasn't long before the publisher sent him more works.
He translated two books a year on average over the next 10 years.
Most of these versions have a higher than 8.0/10 rating on Chinese media review platform Douban.
金晓宇的父亲说，这本小说他很快就翻译完了，不久出版社就给他寄来了更多的作品。
在接下来的10年里，他平均每年翻译两本书。
大多数版本在中国书影评论平台豆瓣上的评分都高于8.0分（满分10分）。
While Jin's career was taking off, things were not as optimistic when it came to his mother's health.
Alzheimer's disease impaired her physical health as she began to forget everything and everyone around her.
就在金晓宇的事业渐渐有了起色时，母亲的健康状况却并不乐观。
阿尔茨海默病损害了她的身体健康，她开始忘记身边的一切人和事。
While struggling with his own demons due to his condition, Jin patiently took care of his mother for three years.
While translation work and caring for his mother left Jin with barely any time to even think about his mental disorder, his condition did not let him off.
金晓宇在自己本身患有疾病、与自己内心的恶魔斗争的同时，耐心地照顾了母亲三年。
虽然翻译工作和照顾母亲使金晓宇几乎没有时间去想自己的精神障碍，但他的病情却没有就此放过他。
In November 2021, Jin suffered an episode and was taken to a local hospital for treatment, causing him to miss his last chance to see his mother, who passed away on November 8, 2021.
2021年11月，金晓宇因病情发作被送往当地医院接受治疗，母亲于2021年11月8日去世，他就此错过了最后一次见到母亲的机会。
