野蛮工厂富士康—今早第十二跳

The Foxconn suicide mess All started from job stress. Within half a year, there were 12 suicide attempts, with 10confirmed deaths in Foxconn’s factory in Shenzhen, China.

由于工作压力，中国深圳富士康工厂自杀事件不断，在半年时间里，已经有12人试图自杀，其中10人死亡。

In order to find out what’s really going on in that factory, the Southern Weekly, described by The New York Times as China’s most influential liberal newspaper, sent an amateur reporter to slip into Foxconn’s factory to pose as a worker and the mission is to find out the truth about the suicide cluster.

为了弄明白在工厂里面发生了什么事情。中国具有相当影响力的周报《南方周末》的一位编辑为写一份报告，乔装打扮成一位工人潜伏进工厂，试图弄明白自杀的真相。

The deaths of the workers in Foxconn have caused a lot of noise in the IT world. Macs, iPods, iPhones and iPads are all assembled in Foxconn’s factory of China. And now, without any explanations, workers who are assembling these gadgets have gone crazy and some of them killed themselves. After the sixth suicide attempt happened in April, Southern Weekly’s amateur reporter, Liu Zhi Yi, arranged to slip into Foxconn’s factory ... while another senior reporter, Yang Ji Bin, conducted interviews with the senior management. Together, they have found out the real living conditions of Foxconn workers.

富士康员工的连续自杀，引起了IT制造业的喧嚣。因为Macs、iPods、iPhones都是在富士康工厂里面装配。但是，现在，无缘无故，这些装配工人开始发疯，杀死他们自己。第六起自杀事件发生在4月份，南方周末记者刘志义说，此时他被安排进了富士康的工厂。。。而另一个资深记者--杨霁斌，也接受了富士康高级管理人员的面试。就这样，他们发现了富士康工人的真实生活条件

Every single one of the workers is living through life like a clock. They work, they get off, they go to sleep. And the next day, they repeat the same thing again. The reporter thinks that the only way to stop this cycle is for them to end their lives.

这里每个工人的生活就像一只闹钟。工作，下车、睡觉。明天，这样的事情继续重复。潜伏的记者说：结束这样单调的循环生活唯一办法就是结束他们的生命。

If you are wondering if they are happy for producing Apple products, the answer is No. They are only happy on the 10th of every month, that’s the day when they get their salaries. On the 10th, the ATM machines are fully crowded with workers and their salaries start from $900 Chinese Yuan (about $130).

如果你想知道生产苹果的产品是否快乐的话，答案是：一点也不。他们唯一的快乐时光是每月10号。这一天，他们将领到薪水。在10号，自动取款机往往很是繁忙，每月900元的薪水将从里面吐出来。

There’s one special agreement workers could choose to sign for before starting to work. The workers could sign a voluntary overtime working agreement so the factory is not responsible for their long hours of working. Anyway, they still have public holidays just like anyone.

在他们开始工作的之前，都将签署一份特别的协议，协议内容表明他们自愿加班，工厂对于超时工作不负责任。不过，他们还是有公共假期。

Next, revolutionary and magical gadgets including iPhones and iPads are assembled by these workers and almost all devices in the market come from them. Most of the workers have no comments about the popular Apple products since they have never dreamed of owning the gadgets since their salaries are only enough to buy a knockoff version. While the gadget nerds are discussing how to spend their money on Apple’s iProducts, these workers are discussing about how to spend their money on those cheap knockoff iPhones.

具有革命性和神奇的iPhones和iPads由这些工人装配而成，但是拥有任何一件对他们来说，都是奢望，他们的薪水只够买山寨产品。当发烧友在讨论怎样在苹果产品上消费的时候，这些工人在攒够足够得钱去买山寨。

This Southern Weekly reporter also had some chats with the workers during meal times. Some of them told him that they admired those workers who got sick leave approvals so they could get some rest. They also discussed their jobs to know more about the dangers. When they talked about the suicide cluster in the factory, they are speechless and some of them even made some jokes of those suicide attempts.

南方周末的记者在吃饭的时间和这些工人闲聊。有些工人告诉他，他们羡慕那些生病的工人，那样就可以得到休息的批准。他们还谈论了工作的危险性。当谈及工厂自杀事件的时候，他们一时沉默了很久，然后说了几个关于自杀的笑话。

Moreover, the workers always dream of being rich someday. To fulfill this dream, they would use part of their salaries to buy lottery tickets. They also put their hopes on horse-racing gambling too.

一般情况，所有的工人都希望变得富有。为了填充这样的梦想，他们会用工资的一部分去购买福利彩票。他们也会把他们的希望押在赌博机上。

Friendship is a big problem in the factory. There are some workers who do not know the names of their roommates even though they have worked together for a long time.

人际关系也是一个重要的问题，很多工人不知道与他们住在同一间寝室的员工的名字。

What’s more, the workers are superstitious in some ways. Previously, there have been some accidents like a worker having his finger cut-off during the production of devices. Now, a few workers in the factory think that the machines are cursed, so it’s dangerous for them to use the machines for their jobs. Also, one of the workers said that he constantly wanted to drop something on the floor so he could bend down to pick it up while working. Due to the long hours standing (up to 8 hours), if he had the chance to lie or squat down on the floor, it would be the most enjoyable moment during the work day. So, he could get the chance to rest.

还有，有一些工人会有迷信。之前，这里发生了一些事故，比如一位工人在生产过程中手指被割断。他们就认为那部机器是被诅咒了，使用它的人是危险的。有一个工人说，他经常故意把东西掉在地上，以便捡东西的时候可以休息一下。由于长时间站立(8小时)，如果他有机会卧或蹲在地上，那就是工作中的开心一刻。

With over 400,000 of workers in the Foxconn factory of China, it will be a mess if workers are mistreated badly. It’s definitely a pity for them to carry out mass production of iProducts while not being able to afford one. Some of them even killed themselves from the working pressure and I wish Foxconn could produce a better working environment like providing shopping malls, cinemas or karaoke to entertain ress rooms are probably not enough to fix their stress and I’m afraid it’s a silly idea since it may lead the stressed worker to kill someone else. Also, Foxconn needs to give more human rights to their workers and show more concern for them. Foxconn, please don’t treat your workers like dogs.

中国的富士康有超过40万员工，如果工人被虐待，那将是一团糟。这也是这个进行批量生产的工厂承担不起的。一些工人由于工作的压力杀了他们自己，我希望富士康能够创造一个更好的工作环境。比如大型购物中心、电影院、卡拉OK来满足他们娱乐需要。消除紧张的空间对减轻他们的压力还远远不够。对于富士康来说，他们应该给工人更多的人权和关切。富士康！不要像对待狗那样对待你的工人。

If Foxconn does not solve the problem, there will be more suicides. The workers definitely need beer, romance, and slightly higher pay. To put it simply, just make them happy. Let’s hope we don’t see a 13th jump…

如果富士康不能解决问题，还会有人自杀，工人需要啤酒、罗曼史和更高的薪水，简单来说，就是快乐。我们不想再看见第13跳