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Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.
我只知道我在报纸上读到的。
All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
我所知道的只是我在报纸上看到的，这是我无知的一个借口。
It's extremely difficult to get these jobs because you can't get a job on a ship unless you have seaman's paper's, and you can't get seaman's papers unless you have a job on a ship. There had to be a way to break through the circle, and he was the one who arranged it for me.
得到这些工作是极其困难的，因为你不能在船上找到工作，除非你有海员证，你也不能得到海员证，除非你在船上有工作。必须有办法突破这个圈子，而他是为我安排的。