DIY

Why Do It Yourself ?
为什么要自己动手（以下简称DIY）
By Martin Carvey The reasons why people engage in DIY have always been numerous and complex. For some, DIY has provided a rare opportunity for creativity and self-expression. For others it has been an unwelcome necessity, driven purely by economic considerations. Then there has been a group which feels that a building can never become a home unless it has been altered and modified to reflect a change of occupancy. A final group has traditionally taken the line that if you want a job done well, you must do it yourself.
人们从事DIY的理由总是多样且复杂的。

对于一部分人来说，DIY为他们提供了一个难得的展示创意与表达自我的机会。

而对于一部分人来说，DIY是迫不得已而为之的，纯粹出于经济节省考虑。

因此有产生了另外一群人，他们认为一个建筑物只有经过改造装修反映易主才算得上真正意义的家。

最后一些人则固守原则，那就是：自己做的才是最好的。

DIY as necessity
There is a significant number of young homemakers for whom there is no option but DIY. Their new home, whether bought on a mortgage which consumes a major slice of their income, or rented at similarly challenging rates, will often require essential refurbishment and even structural repair.
有相当一部分是除了DIY便别无选择的年轻的家务操持者。

他们的新房子——无论是花费一大半工资抵押贷款买来的，还是用同样高昂的代价租来的——都是经常需要必要的修整甚至是结构上的维修的。

DIY as territorial marking
Even those who have bought a brand new home, the type which increasingly proliferates around the edges of our towns and cities, will feel compelled to add personal touches of a less dramatic kind to disguise its otherwise bland and expressionless nature by putting a ‗personal stamp‘ on the place.
甚至，那些在城镇边缘激增（的开发地）买了全新的的房子的人也会感到有必要加一点不太明显的个人风格来遮盖其原本枯燥而呆板的本来面目。

DIY as self-expression
Many young people today are frustrated that their latent creativities just wait for the chance to reveal themselves. There are also those seeking opportunities for a sense of achievement and personal fulfillment. DIY provides such opportunities for the overwhelming majority of young people.
现在许多年轻人因为他们藏在心底的等待时机宣泄自我的创造性得不到展现而郁郁不得志。

也有一些人寻找机会来获得成就感和自我满足。

DIY为绝大多数那样的年轻人提供了机会。

DIY as perfection-seeking
Most first-time DIYers distrust builders and decorators. They feel that most are ‗cowboys‘ and even the more reputable ones are very unlikely to have the some
loving attention to the detail and care as themselves. Therefore they keep the final ‗perfecting‘ to themselves and let the ‗cowboys‘ take care of the basic or structural work, such as plastering.
很多的初次DIY者是因为不相信建筑师和舍内设计师。

他们觉得这些人大部分是“奸商”，即便是那些更享有声誉的人也不太可能像他们一样对细节和琐事悉心关注。

因此，他们把最后的“精益求精”留给自己，让那些“奸商”去完成一些基础或结构上的工作，比如抹灰。

DIY as leisure activity
For a minority of first-timers, DIY is seen as a novel and entertaining pastime, infinitely preferable to the dull routine work. It is not real work, but something akin to entertainment, shared by both parents and even the children in a young family.
对于小部分的初试者来说，DIY是一种新颖有趣的消遣，尤其和枯燥的平时工作相比，它并不是真正意义上的工作，而是一种在有幼儿的家庭中父母子女能共同参与的娱乐活动。

DIY as therapy
―It‘s therapeutic, isn‘t it? I‘m always in my own little world when I‘m doing DIY—it‘s great.‖ So said a young man of 27. For him it was his way of getting rid of stress after a good day‘s work – a way of switching off and using the repetitive nature of many DIY tasks as a way of relaxing. Others hinted as a similar process, where DIY was an end in itself, rather than just a means to achieve better homes.
“这是治愈系的，难道不是吗？当我从事DIY时，我总是沉浸在自己的小世界里——那棒极了。

”一个27岁的年轻男子如是说。

对他而言，这是他在整整一天工作后摆脱压力的方法——一种停下休息并且利用许多DIY活动的高重复性来放松的方法。

其他人暗示了一个相似的过程，DIY本身就是他们的目的，而不仅仅是获得一个更好的家的途径。