「汪星人的卡奴日記」- Pets with Credit: A Dogumentary

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Pets with Credit
卡奴寵物

A Dogumentary
一部汪錄片(註一)

So, this is the card. I mean, Max just spends and I'm left cleaning up the mess.
所以，就是這張卡。我是說，麥斯就一直花錢，然後留我去擦屁股。

Max, Credit Card Holder
麥斯，信用卡持有狗

Well, at first I thought it was kinda funny—here's my eight-year-old, 40-pound Australian shepherd with my credit card. But I thought, Oh, this is so funny because maybe he can get himself little doggy things, like a little sweater or a little treat...but it got out of hand. One day I went to the fridge, and it was crammed top to bottom... with Kobe beef sliders. I'm talking massaged cow. I don't know how he got online, but he did, and he ordered himself bones, balls, clothes. He bought a fur coat! He already has a fur coat! It was how much?! No, you do not need a leather jacket!
嗯，一開始我覺得這樣有點好玩－－我那八歲大、四十磅重的澳洲牧羊犬帶著我的信用卡。不過我想，噢，這真有趣，因為他搞不好可以替自己買些小狗狗玩意，像是小毛衣或小點心...但一切失控了。有一天我走去冰箱，然後冰箱被塞滿，整個被塞滿...一堆神戶牛小漢堡。我說的是被馬殺雞過的牛喔。我不知道他怎麼上網的，不過他就是做到了，然後他替自己訂了骨頭、球球、衣服。他給我買了件毛皮大衣!他已經有毛皮大衣了啊!這件多少？!不，你不需要一件皮夾克!

It can be quite frightening for people when they get into too much credit trouble. They try to hide it. Then there's gonna be collection agencies after you.
當人們陷入太多債務麻煩時，那對他們來說可能很嚇人。他們嘗試隱瞞。然後就會有討債公司追著你。

"If you don't call us back, you're going to go into repossession. Call us now..."
「如果你不回電給我們，你就會走到物品被取回那步。現在就打給我們...」

I mean, Max used to be so carefree and happy. It really changed him.
我是說，麥斯以前是這麼無憂無慮又開心。卡債真的改變了他。

Credit card debt can have a real serious and profound effect on people's health— decreased appetite, feelings of hopelessness, defeat, lack of interest in things we previously enjoyed.
卡債可以對人的健康造成非常嚴重深遠的影響－－食慾下降、絕望的感受、挫敗、對以往喜愛的事物興致缺缺。

Once the credit card debt started mounting, he became a changed dog. When he went to pay for his heartworm medication, his credit card got declined.
一旦債台開始高築，他就成了一隻截然不同的狗。當他去付犬心絲蟲治療費用時，他的卡被拒刷了。

Don't dig yourself into a hole.
別挖坑給自己跳。

Pay with Interac Debit.
使用 Interac 金融簽帳卡付費。

Max is doing amazing. He buried the card in the backyard, and he's slowly paying it off. He actually started his own dog walking service—mostly he just walks himself.
麥斯現在很好。他把信用卡埋到後院，然後他慢慢在還清債務了。他其實還開創了自己的遛狗事業－－大多時候是自己遛自己。

Be in the black.
拒當負債族。

註一：原文的 dogumentary 是取 documentary (紀錄片) 的諧音來表現創意。

「清除、整理」- Clean Up
I mean, Max just spends and I'm left cleaning up the mess.
我是說，麥斯就一直花錢，然後留我去擦屁股。
「起初、起先」- At First
Well, at first I thought it was kinda funny—here's my eight-year-old, 40-pound Australian shepherd with my credit card.
嗯，一開始我覺得這樣有點好玩－－我那八歲大、四十磅重的澳洲牧羊犬帶著我的信用卡。
「失去控制」- Get Out Of Hand
Oh, this is so funny because maybe he can get himself little doggy things, like a little sweater or a little treat...but it got out of hand.
噢，這真有趣，因為他搞不好可以替自己買些小狗狗玩意，像是小毛衣或小點心...但一切失控了。
「支付...的費用」- Pay For
When he went to pay for his heartworm medication, his credit card got declined.
當他去付犬心絲蟲治療費用時，他的卡被拒刷了。
「償清債務」- Pay Off
He buried the card in the backyard, and he's slowly paying it off.
他把信用卡埋到後院，然後他慢慢在還清債務了。
「有盈餘」- In The Black
Be in the black.
拒當負債族。