Aisha Rahmani, 36

Tuesday. The spine of our most-borrowed atlas gave way again, at the same page as last time. I keep a jar of glue behind the counter and mend while the fans turn. The children think repairing a book is a punishment. I think it is the closest thing to a welcome.译星期二。那本被借得最勤的地图册又散了脊，还是同一页。柜台后面我常年放一罐胶水，风扇转着，我就慢慢粘。孩子们觉得补书是惩罚。我倒觉得，这更接近一种欢迎。

Paloi SrisukEnkh BatbayarAlben KelmendiMehmet Ali YurtSato Sakura

The jetty at the water village smells of diesel and last night's rain. I go before the library opens, while the river is still grey and the boats are only beginning to move. Someone's washing hangs over the rail. I read one page, then watch the water instead. Both count.译水村的码头有柴油味和昨夜雨的味道。我总在图书室开门前去，河面还灰着，船刚刚开始动。谁家的衣服晾在栏杆上。我读一页，然后干脆看水。两样都算数。

Kim MinjunLuc BelangerAlben KelmendiJoana ManuelMehmet Ali Yurt

At the beach the sand keeps what my library cannot: no order at all. I brought a book and read four pages in an hour. A boy was building something that kept collapsing, and rebuilding it anyway. I told him his method was correct.译海滩保留着图书室留不住的东西：一点秩序也没有。我带了书去，一小时读了四页。有个男孩在堆东西，塌了就重来。我告诉他，方法是对的。

江南雨Nusrat JahanAnton SkakunSophie van de VeldeAnush Hakobyan

The air-conditioning is set to a temperature that suits nobody, so I wear the cream knit even in this heat, and keep a cardigan folded for children who arrive wet from the rain. One girl asked whether it was my uniform. I said yes. This is what a librarian looks like.译空调的温度谁都伺候不好，所以哪怕这么热，我也穿那件米白针织，另外多备一件开衫，给淋了雨进来的孩子。有个女孩问我这是不是制服。我说是，图书管理员就长这样。

Anton SkakunDesislava PetkovaEnkh BatbayarJordi Casals

I leave notes for the next reader, three lines at most. Start at chapter four if you are tired. The middle is worth it. Half of them fall out and are lost. The other half are found years later by someone who needed exactly that sentence that day.译我会给下一个读者留便签，最多三行。累了就从第四章开始。中段值得熬。一半的便签掉出来弄丢了。另一半会在几年后被人捡到，那个人那天恰好需要那一句。

江南雨Alban Mousavi林雪梨Anush HakobyanLukas Gruber

Rain came at three and the road outside turned into a shallow river. Nobody could leave, so I read aloud until the water went down. Two boys who usually fight over seats sat still for forty minutes. Weather can turn any room into a library.译三点下雨，外面的路漫成一条浅河。谁也走不了，我就一直念书，念到水退。两个平时抢座位的男孩安静坐了四十分钟。天气能让任何一间屋子变成图书室。

Maksim SkakunMariana CostaIsabella Moretti

A box of donated books arrived, half of them damp, half of them wonderful. I spent the afternoon deciding what two shelves can afford to hold. Two shelves means every book has to earn its place. It also means I know every spine by heart.译一箱捐赠的书到了，一半受潮，一半好得让人心颤。我花了一下午决定，两个书架容得下什么。两个书架意味着每本书都得自己挣位置。也意味着每一道书脊我都记得。

Anush HakobyanLukas GruberJoana ManuelMehmet Ali YurtMarkus Weber