英國年輕人的夢想職業

Twenty-five years ago, most young Britons wanted a career in law, to be a doctor, or, if they were creatively minded, to take up singing. But today, things stand differently.

25年前，大多數英國年輕人都想成爲律師或者醫生，如果他們富有創造力的話，或許還想從事歌唱事業。但如今，情況卻完全不同了。

According to a survey by Tesco Mobile, a UK telecoms company, the “dream job” of young people aged between 16 and 25 in the UK is a video blogger, or “vlogger”. The survey, carried out among 1,002 people, found that as much as 40 percent of them put vlogger as their number one choice on a list of ideal careers.

據英國電子通信公司樂購移動的一份調查顯示，英國16-25歲年輕人的“夢想工作”是成爲一名“視頻博主”。該調查在探訪了1002名年輕人後發現，有40%的人在自己的理想職業列表上，將視頻博主放在了第一位。

The single factor contributing to this change is undoubtedly the internet and social media. They have made it so much easier to reach a global audience, without having to enter a career in show business the traditional way.

出現這一變化毫無疑問是由於互聯網和社交媒體的原因。有了它們，出現在全球觀衆的視線中就變得容易多了，無需再通過傳統途徑進入演藝界。

“In years gone by, the biggest stars were groomed and trained by the Hollywood studios; now, anyone with a computer camera can become an icon,” a Tesco Mobile spokesperson said in a news release. “From fashion to comedy, these self-made stars document their hobbies to an adoring fan-base. Vloggers are the big stars of today because they are normal people interacting with their fans about everyday life.”

“過去的這些年間，巨星們都由好萊塢製片公司進行培養和訓練；而如今，只要有電腦攝像頭，任何人都可以成爲一名偶像，”樂購移動發言人在一份新聞稿中表示。“從時尚到喜劇，這些白手起家的明星們爲崇拜自己的粉絲們記錄着自己的興趣愛好。視頻博主是如今的巨星，因爲他們都是普通人，和粉絲們交流着日常生活。”

However, what people see is only the bright side of being a vlogger and they ignore the fact that only those who are successful gain fame and fortune. For every success there are a hundred others who never get off the starting block. There are the dreams that come true and the dreams that are destined to remain dreams.

然而，人們只看見了視頻博主們光鮮的一面，卻忽略了只有成功的人才獲得了名望和財富的事實。一個成功博主之外還有100個博主的事業毫無起色。有人夢想成真， 也有人的夢想註定只是個夢想。

This is why despite the popularity of vloggers, some young people chose to follow careers that don’t necessarily earn them fame, but allow them to make good use of the internet to share their hobbies. Young Israeli David Leshaw, for example, runs a business called the Finishers Club. It’s an online platform for runners to keep a record of their races. He told the career website Zippia that his job allows him to express his passion, and is always a learning experience. And that’s enough for him.

因此，儘管視頻博主大火，一些年輕人卻選擇了不會成名、卻能在網上分享自己興趣愛好的職業。例如，以色列年輕人David Leshaw經營着一家名爲the Finishers Club的公司。這是個跑步記錄的線上平臺。他在接受職業媒體網站Zippia採訪時表示，他的工作能讓他表達自己的熱情，並且總能從中有所收穫。對他來說，這就足夠了。

“Generations of today have so many more options and opportunities than older age groups and the internet and development of technology have aided that growth,” Phil Samuels, spokesperson for UK tech retailer Currys, told the Mirror.

“如今的幾代人比老一輩擁有更多的選擇和機會，而互聯網和科技的發展也讓選擇和機會更多了，”英國科技產品零售商Currys的發言人菲爾·塞繆爾斯在接受《鏡報》採訪時表示。