Anton Skakun, 26

The chair came in with a split back leg and three layers of paint. I spent the morning lifting them off with a scraper and warm water, one thin curl at a time. Underneath, the original walnut. Somebody in 1870 chose that grain. I only had to stop hiding it.译那把椅子送来时，后腿裂了，还盖着三层漆。我一上午用刮刀和温水，一层层把它们揭下来，薄薄一卷一卷。底下是原来的核桃木。一八七零年的某个人挑过这块木纹，我要做的只是不再把它藏起来。

Diego FerrerPaloi SrisukPriya NairAlben Kelmendi

Sunday I rode out past the edge of town, toward the forest on the border, with an empty rack on the back. Two hours of pedalling for a few boards from a fallen oak and one broken pallet. Nothing worth money. On the way home the light went sideways and everything smelled of wet leaves.译星期天我骑车出了城，往边境那片林子去，后架上空着。骑了两个小时，只带回几块倒下的橡木和一只散架的托盘。不值钱。回程时太阳斜过来，空气里全是湿叶子的味道。

江南雨Desislava PetkovaPriya Nair

The workshop is an old warehouse with a stove that never quite warms the far corner. In winter I work in a heavy brown jacket until noon, then take it off and forget it on a chair for a week. Wax and cut oak stay on everything, including it.译工坊是旧仓库改的，炉子烧得再旺，最远的那个角也暖不起来。冬天我穿着那件厚棕色夹克干活，到中午才脱，往椅子上一扔就是一星期。蜡和刨开的橡木的味道留在所有东西上，包括它。

Sophie van de VeldeDesislava PetkovaMbark Ould AhmedAlben Kelmendi

A woman brought her grandmother's dresser from Kobryn and asked me to make it look new. I did the joints, the drawer runners, the loose veneer. The dents I left. She ran a finger over one and said nothing for a while, then asked the price. That silence was the good part.译一位女士从科布林带来她祖母的五斗柜，让我修得像新的。我修了榫头、抽屉滑道、翘起的贴皮。凹痕我留着。她用手指摸过其中一道，沉默了一会儿，才问价钱。那段沉默是最好的部分。

Sophie van de VeldeMehmet Ali YurtJordi Casals

Black long-sleeve shirt, sixth year, elbows worn thin. It is the shirt I wear when I am gluing, because it does not show stains and I do not have to think about it. By evening it is grey with dust. I beat it on the step, hang it by the door, and it is ready again.译黑色长袖，第六年了，手肘磨得发薄。上胶的时候我穿它，因为它不显脏，我也不必去想它。到傍晚它被木屑染成灰色。我在台阶上拍一拍，挂在门边，第二天又能穿。

Nusrat JahanMaria Fernanda QuispeLuc BelangerMehmet Ali Yurt

After work I went up to the roof of the building and sat on the warm tar with tea in a tin cup. Brest is low and quiet from there: a tram, a dog, someone's television. Ten minutes is enough. Then down again, because the glue pot is still on.译收工后我爬上楼顶，坐在还温着的油毡上，用铁杯喝茶。从那里看，布列斯特低而安静，只听得见一辆电车、一条狗、谁家的电视。十分钟就够了。然后下楼，因为胶锅还热着。

林雪梨Elias TorresKim MinjunAlben KelmendiBojan Petrovic

I put on the pale blue shirt for once, because the man selling oak boards does not trust anyone who looks like he slept in a workshop. We talked an hour about drying times. I came home with three boards and his address written on the back of a cigarette pack.译难得换上那件淡蓝衬衫，因为卖橡木板的人不信任一身工坊味的人。我们聊了一个小时的干燥时间。回家时带着三块板子，还有写在一张烟盒纸背面的地址。

Alban MousaviDesislava PetkovaYassine BelkacemAlben KelmendiNaledi Morake