On the 17th, the story of "genius" translator Jin Xiaoyu and father Jin Sexyong swept the screen. Jin Xiaoyu injured his eye from childhood and was later diagnosed with manic depression. But in the company of his parents, he translated 22 books in a decade, spanning novels, films, music, and philosophy.
Last winter, he was admitted to the hospital because of illness and was unable to see the last side of his deceased mother, a cruel and loving story that touched countless people.
△ Jin Xiaoyu and father Jin Shengyong
After the report brushed the screen, the elderly Jin Sexyong revealed a good news: Jin Xiaoyu has been discharged home from the hospital and is working hard to translate new books.
Accidental blindness in the left eye, sudden bipolar disorder
His world was once full of darkness
"Can you write my son's story?" My son is a genius, he's in a mental hospital now, and his mom just left today. ”
Not long ago, a media in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, received a phone call from a funeral home from a father, and the real life of a little-known "genius" translator, Jin Xiaoyu, and his father, Jin Sexyong, was known.
△ Jin Xiaoyu's family photo in childhood
Jin Sexyong and his wife are from Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, both college graduates, married in 1967, and gave birth to their youngest son, Jin Xiaoyu, in 1972. When he was six years old, when Jin Xiaoyu was playing with his friends, he accidentally shot himself in the left eye by a toy pistol, and since then he has lost sight in his left eye and can only squint at things.
Jin Said that his son has been very smart since he was a child. In the first year of high school, Jin Xiaoyu was assigned to the top class, and the teacher said that he had no problem in entering the university, but suddenly one day, Xiaoyu told his parents, "I don't go to college, and I don't want to go to high school."
From then on, Xiaoyu stayed at home, his temperament changed greatly, he did not talk to his parents, as if he had completely changed into a person, "he would suddenly lose his temper and be extremely emotionally unstable." Televisions, refrigerators, washing machines, cabinets, bookshelves... The appliances and furniture at home were smashed by him.
Xiaoyu's mother asked Jin Shengyong in despair, "Is he crazy?" ”
Later, Xiaoyu suddenly said that he wanted to enter the university and entered a private university, but in the end he could not finish it because of his personal status.
After dropping out of school, Xiaoyu immersed himself in self-study for two years and got a self-examination diploma from the English Department of Zhejiang University, and his parents briefly breathed a sigh of relief.
△ Jin Xiaoyu and his father when he was a teenager
But soon after, there was a heart-wrenching situation: Xiaoyu committed suicide twice, once taking sleeping pills and once hanging.
"I am a researcher of medicine and chemical industry, and these performances of children are not personality problems." Jin Sexyong recalled that after they took Xiaoyu to several hospitals, the doctors diagnosed it as manic depression, "also called bipolar disorder, and patients will alternate episodes of depression and mania." ”
Translation unexpectedly became
His only weapon against fate
Since 1992, Xiaoyu has basically entered the hospital every year. Jin Sexyong and his wife suddenly felt that nothing mattered, they could accept it without going to college, not working, and not having a family, as long as their son lived.
Although the treatment of diseases cost money, making the family's economy difficult, Jin Zhiyong still did his best to meet Xiaoyu's requirements. His biggest request was to buy books — English, Japanese, ancient Chinese, Go, music, painting, geography, etc. More than two hundred books.
In 1993, Jin Jiyong bought Xiaoyu a computer. Since then, the computer has become another world for Xiaoyu. He also doesn't play games, he does two things: he teaches himself a foreign language, watches an acoustic movie, and watches a movie repeatedly until he fully understands it. It took him six years to teach himself German and Japanese, consolidating his English. ”
Over the years, Xiaoyu has always run to the Zhejiang Library and read all the foreign language novels in the library.
△ Jin Xiaoyu's computer
By chance, Xiaoyu began to contact translators. "Dad, rest assured, I won't be worse than others." Soon, Xiaoyu's trial translation work was recognized by the publishing house, and he began his life as a translator.
The English novel "Ship Fever", "The Seducer", the professional translation "Andrey Tarkovsky: Elements of Cinema"... In ten years, Xiaoyu translated a total of 22 books at the rate of two books per year.
△ Jin Xiaoyu's first translated work "Ship Fever"
"His short and prolific translation career was the rarest and happiest time for our family." Jin Said that he has become the child's best friend and assistant in this decade. "I bought a scanner, a printer, ran the post to help him receive foreign samples, bought information books, printed samples for him after translation, and then helped him proofread and send sample books... I am the first reader of every book, from sample to publication. ”
What is surprising is that 22 books, nearly seven million words, Xiaoyu's translation has never had a typo, "The head of the editorial department came to my house to see Xiaoyu, he said that Jin Xiaoyu's translated manuscript was sent to the editorial department, and everyone rushed to be responsible editor, because there were no typos, wrong sentences, and mistranslations in the whole book, and every book was selling well, and the readers responded well." Someone called to congratulate the child's mother, 'You have raised a genius!' ’”
△ Jin Xiaoyu's translated works
Except for NTU, no one in the translation community knows who Jin Xiaoyu is, and no one knows that these books were translated by a bipolar patient, but Xiaoyu has gained great joy in translation.
He once told Jin Zhiyong with a smile: "Dad, there are also books translated by me in the Zhejiang Library, and many readers have borrowed books translated by Jin Xiaoyu!" ”
At this time, Jin Sexyong could not say a word, only smiled and nodded, "Good, good."
At the end of last year, Jin Xiaoyu's condition was repeated
I didn't see my mother for the last time
In 2015, Xiaoyu's mother's health deteriorated, and then she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, and then she could not take care of herself in daily life and lay in bed for three years.
Jin Said that his mother's illness made Xiaoyu very sad. He said that I was able to translate books to my mother's credit, and every time the publisher sent ten sample books to Xiaoyu, he rushed to the bedside for the first time to tell his mother. Later, his mother began to be unable to speak and recognize her family. ”
△ Jin Xiaoyu's family photo when he was a teenager
Buy vegetables, wash dishes, wash her face, hold my mother to defecate, and my mother has been demented for several years. During this period, Xiaoyu never lost his temper with his mother, and patiently did a lot of things for his mother.
These three years are the three years of family dependence on each other, but also the sprint period of Xiaoyu's translation, in addition to Nanda, other publishing houses have also looked for him to translate, and Xiaoyu's illness has also miraculously decreased.
Taking care of his mother and turning books day and night, Xiaoyu has been quiet and hard, until last November, Xiaoyu fell ill again. Soon, someone from the hospital took Xiaoyu away. He cried out, "Daddy save me, I don't go to the hospital, don't go..."
Something that broke Jin's heart even more ensued. On the night of November 8, my wife died suddenly at home, "I don't know what to do, I am completely unprepared, she is gone, my son has no mother." ”
On the morning of November 11, 2021, Jin Sexyong put his wife's urn in the Hangzhou funeral home and stepped out of the funeral home door, Jin Sexyong couldn't help but worry about Xiaoyu, "Every time I go there (the hospital) to see him, every time I hear him crying, 'Please take me home, Daddy let's go home..."'
The story of the "genius son" brought countless people to tears
Elder Jin brought good news
After reading Jin Xiaoyu's story, many netizens expressed their willingness to provide free help and donations, and the elderly Jin Yong declined after hearing about it, "We really don't need these material help now, thank you for your concern!" ”
On the 17th, the old man also revealed a good news: Xiaoyu has been discharged home, and the long-awaited sample book of "Benjamin's Letter Collection" has also been received, and it is expected to be listed next month. He is currently working on a second book, Benjamin's book, The Arcade Project.
The story was reported, and for the old man it was more like fulfilling a wish, "I said what I said in my heart, And Xiaoyu read the report and accepted it." Because there were some words in front of Xiao Yu's face, I didn't dare to say them before. ”
△ Golden Yong old man
For the life problems that many people are concerned about, the elderly have also replied one by one: Xiaoyu's medical insurance and pension insurance have been paid, and when they reach retirement age, they can get pensions, and the disabled people's federation also has a care center, which has completed the formalities, but now does not want to go.
"After Xiaoyu went, he was lonely, I was lonely, and when I was old, I couldn't move, and when I went to the nursing home, he could also go to the care center." Now the two of us don't want to be separated. ”
Source Hangzhou Daily Voice of China
Edited by Wen Li
Reviewed by Yang Kang Xiangxiu
Executive Producer Hong Yan Liu Zheng Li Jingjing
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