Mehmet Ali Yurt, 41

From the roof of the lycée the sea looks like a sheet of tin somebody forgot to fold. I come up here after the last class to let my voice rest. Below, the courtyard empties in pieces. Somewhere a boy is still arguing about the borders of 1962.译从学校的屋顶看下去，海像一块被人忘了折起来的铁皮。下课后我常上来，让嗓子歇一歇。下面的院子一点一点空掉。某个角落还有个男孩在为 1962 年的边界跟人争。

Enkh BatbayarBojan PetrovicIsabella Moretti

I drew the Mediterranean on the board again and again got the Sicilian strait wrong. A girl in the back said it looked like a hand reaching for something. I let the class keep that. Sixteen years in, the back row still teaches me.译我又一次把地中海画在黑板上，又一次把西西里海峡画歪了。后排一个女孩说，它像一只伸出去够东西的手。我让全班把这个说法留着。教了十六年，最后一排仍然在教我。

Maria Fernanda QuispePaloi SrisukMbark Ould AhmedMarkus Weber

Market on the rue Larbi Ben M'hidi, linen shirt already damp at the collar by nine. I buy figs and a packet of old stamps from a man who calls me professor. He asks again when the Ottomans left. Too long a story for a pavement, I tell him. Come back tomorrow.译早上九点，拉尔比·本·姆希德街的市集上，亚麻衬衫的领子已经湿了。我买了无花果，还从一个管我叫“老师”的人手里买了一小包旧邮票。他又问起奥斯曼人是什么时候走的。我说，这故事在马路边讲不完。明天再来。

Alban MousaviElias TorresMaria Fernanda QuispeLuc Belanger

A boy asked why the harbour moved twice in a century. I said silt, then doubted myself, then promised an answer by Sunday. Saturday I sat with three books and a bad coffee. Being caught out is the best part of this job.译一个男孩问我，港口为什么在一个世纪里挪了两次位置。我先说淤沙，随后自己也不确定了，只好答应他星期天给答案。星期六我对着三本书和一杯难喝的咖啡坐了一下午。被学生问倒，是这份工作最好的部分。

Nusrat JahanAnush HakobyanMatilda HargraveKim MinjunSato Sakura

Ochre sweater, the one my sister says makes me look like a lamp. Cool enough tonight to sit on the balcony with a book about Ottoman Oran and tea going cold. A muezzin, a scooter, someone laughing two floors down. History is mostly noise like this.译穿那件赭黄色毛衣，我姐姐说它让我看着像一盏灯。今晚够凉，可以坐在阳台上，翻一本讲奥斯曼时期奥兰的书，茶慢慢凉掉。远处是宣礼声、一辆摩托，楼下两层有人笑。历史多半就是这样的杂音。

Matilda HargraveAlben KelmendiIsabella Moretti

Khaki trousers, knees dusty, a screwdriver in my hand. The cupboard in room four has been losing its door since October. The caretaker told me to leave it alone. I did not. Some things you repair because you have to look at them five days a week.译卡其色工装裤，膝盖上都是灰，手里一把螺丝刀。四号教室的柜子从十月起就一直在掉门。校工让我别管，我没听。有些东西你动手修，只是因为你一周有五天得看着它。

Farid Karimi林雪梨Elias Torres

My brother calls from Tlemcen to complain about the price of everything. I listen and mark exam papers, good answers in green. Halfway through he asks what I am doing. Grading the past, I say. He laughs, the first time in the whole call.译弟弟从特莱姆森打来，抱怨样样都涨价。我一边听一边改卷子，好答案用绿笔。说到一半他问我正在干什么。我说，在给过去打分。他笑了，那是整通电话里第一次。

Nusrat Jahan林雪梨Enkh BatbayarMaksim SkakunJordi Casals