QA問答：生活在第三世界國家感覺如何？

Ray Djufril, lives in Germany住在德國

I’m Indonesian. If you are educated or have a small business and live as a middle class, it is very comfortable to live in a third world country that is still a developing country. You can have a vehicle and a house. Yes, you own house. Even though it's small, it's yours. For the upper middle class you can have a bigger house. While the middle class in Europe rarely have their own property. In the third world, especially as i know in my country Indonesia. Once people have worked and have a salary of 500$, people will try to get vehicle loans and home loans. As much as possible people will have home loan from a young age so that when they have a family, they can be in a safe zone. In developing countries, people prefer to have their own home rather than rent because the house is a symbol of the family. Your children and grandchildren will come to visit you. We don't like to move places too often. In developed countries, what can you get for 500$?

我是印尼人。如果你受過教育，或者有一家小企業(yè)，而且是中產階級，那么生活在一個仍然是發(fā)展中國家的第三世界國家是非常舒適的。你可以有車和房子。是的，你有自己的房子。雖然它很小，但它是屬于你的。對于中上層階級來說，你可以擁有更大的房子。而歐洲的中產階級很少有自己的財產。在第三世界，尤其是在我的國家印度尼西亞。一旦人們有了工作，有了500美元的工資，人們就會試圖獲得汽車貸款和住房貸款。很多人年輕的時候就有了住房貸款，這樣當他們有了家庭，他們就可以生活在一個安全的空間里。在發(fā)展中國家，人們更喜歡有自己的房子而不是租房，因為房子是家庭的象征。你的子孫后代會來這看望你。我們不喜歡經常搬家。而在發(fā)達國家，500美元又能買到什么呢？

In developing countries it is very easy for you to start a small business. Whether it's in your yard, using a cart or selling online. There are no complicated regulations or high taxes like in developed countries.
And if you live as an upper class, the third world is heaven for you. Rich people from developing countries can be very crazy, more like in the movie Crazy Rich Asians.

在發(fā)展中國家，創(chuàng)業(yè)是很容易的。不管是在你的院子里，用手推車，還是網上銷售。沒有像發(fā)達國家那樣復雜的法規(guī)或高稅收。
如果你生活在上層社會，第三世界就是你的天堂。來自發(fā)展中國家的富人可能非常瘋狂，就像電影《摘金奇緣》里那樣。
如果你的教育水平低而且貧窮，那么生活在一個發(fā)展中國家是很艱難的，因為我們得不到政府的任何幫助。但是，即使是像雅加達這樣的大城市里的乞丐也能像上班族一樣掙錢。因為每個人都會把錢給他們。他們通常在自己的村子里有房子。他們看起來很窮，但事實并非如此。這是發(fā)展中國家的現(xiàn)象。

If you have low education and poor, then it's hard to live in a developing country because we don't get any help from the government. But even beggars in big cities like Jakarta can earn like office workers. Because everyone gives money to them. Usually they have house in their villages. They look poor but they are not. That is the phenomenon of developing countries.
If you look at food vendors on the roadside, they even can earn more than office workers. Don't look only at their appearance. They save money in Jakarta and have houses in their village.
But if you are uneducated and poor in the village, then you are living in hell. You don't have much choice. Many low-educated villagers become blue-collar workers or domestic helpers in other countries. It can bring fortunate because they can lift the family economy, but it could even be a disaster because many of them are experiencing torture from their employers. Return home physically disabled or even in a coffin. Or maybe you have read about people smuggling from China and Vietnam who were found dead in containers in Europe? This is the bitter and dark side of the developing world.

如果你看看路邊的飲食攤，他們甚至可以比上班族掙更多的錢。不要只看他們的外表。他們在雅加達攢錢，并且在村里有房子。
但是如果你生活在農村，沒有受過教育，而且很窮，那你就活在地獄里了。你沒有什么選擇。許多低學歷的農村人去了其他國家成為藍領工人或家庭傭工。這可以帶來幸運，因為他們可以提振家庭的經濟情況，但這甚至也可能是一場災難，因為他們中的許多人正遭受雇主的折磨?；丶視r身體殘疾，相當于已經躺在棺材里。也許你讀過關于來自中國和越南的偷渡客，他們被發(fā)現(xiàn)死在歐洲的集裝箱里？這是發(fā)展中國家痛苦和黑暗的一面。

So if you go to a developing country, don't you judge because you think it’s dirty when you seeing someone selling food on a cart. Or you think it’s violating if you see someone riding a motorcycle with three of them, or you see on a motorcycle carrying a lot of goods. Yes, developing countries are very chaotic. Everyone struggled to survive on their own feet. In developing countries, especially developing countries that fall into lower-middle income countries, it is still difficult for people to maintain order, because people have to be creative using various ways to make money. The level of education that is still low makes awareness also low.

所以，如果你去一個發(fā)展中國家，當你看到有人在推車上賣食物時，你不覺得這很骯臟嗎?；蛘呷绻憧吹接腥蓑T著一輛摩托車載了三個人，你看到一輛摩托車載著很多貨物，你會覺得這是違法的。是的，發(fā)展中國家非?；靵y。每個人都掙扎著自力更生。在發(fā)展中國家，特別是收入水平中等偏下的發(fā)展中國家，人們仍然很難去維持秩序，因為人們必須創(chuàng)造性地運用各種方式來賺錢。那里教育水平仍然很低，這使得人們的意識也很低。

Afiq Aziz
I can only speak about my country Malaysia, but judging from the news I read seems like other country had a pretty much similar situation. First of all, it depends on what country are we speaking off. Malaysia is a third world country but it is definitely not poor. So does Turkey for example. Third world countries like Africa has a way worse standard of living, so in terms of poverty, from where I came from, it really isn’t such a big deal. It is a big deal that when my country has not been able to transform itself from a developing to developed economy. It has been forty years or so since Malaysia had been considered a middle income country and had been unable to become a rich a country. Whereas country like Singapore or South Korea was poorer than us 40 years ago, are now much wealthier then we are. Why? Because the country is run by stupid people. First of all there is corruption. Ministers are stealing the taxpayers money and live like queens and kings. Second, the administration is terrible. I met an Australian English teacher working at a private school in Malaysia. He could live and worked in Malaysia for 3 months without a working visa. He said the process and approval are so slow, he does not understand what took them so long to process his application. He said he had once work in Singapore and it only took them a few days. In Malaysia it is already three months and the application is still in process. Also, lets face it. If he is in Singapore, and he already work without a working permit, he would long been kicked out of the country. That is how inefficient our government are. I can give you a lot of other examples. But let us just live it to that for now. Also, our politicians these days are so stupid. Their answers to reporters are so unbelievably stupid that I feel embarrassed if foreigners ever saw their interview. The level of stupidity amazed me so much. It wasn’t like this back in the 80s-90s. Back then our politicians are still ok, lately everything has started to be extremely bad. Furthermore, if you look at other developing countries, you could see how badly the country are managed. For example look at Latin America currently. That is as a result of years and years of poor economic management.

我只能談談我的國家馬來西亞，但從我讀到的新聞來看，其他國家的情況似乎也差不多。首先，這取決于我們在談哪個國家。馬來西亞是第三世界國家，但絕對不窮。例如土耳其也是如此。像非洲這樣的第三世界國家的生活水平就要差得多，所以就馬來西亞而言，貧困真的不是什么大問題。我國未能從發(fā)展中經濟體轉變?yōu)榘l(fā)達經濟體時，這才是一件大事。馬來西亞被認為是中等收入國家，卻一直未能成為一個富裕的國家，這種情況已經持續(xù)了40年左右的時間了。而像新加坡或韓國這樣的國家40年前比我們窮，現(xiàn)在比我們富裕得多。為什么？因為我們國家是由愚蠢的人管理的。首先是腐敗。部長們偷了納稅人的錢，過著女王和國王般的生活。第二，管理很糟糕。我遇到了一位在馬來西亞一所私立學校工作的澳大利亞英語老師。他可以在馬來西亞生活和工作3個月而無需工作簽證。他說，程序和審批非常緩慢，他不明白為什么他們花了這么長時間來處理他的申請。他說他曾經在新加坡工作過，這只花了他們幾天時間。在馬來西亞，已經三個月了，申請仍在進行中。還有如果他在新加坡，并且在沒有工作許可證的情況下工作，他早就被趕出了新加坡。這就是我們政府效率低下的原因。我可以給你很多其他的例子。但現(xiàn)在就讓我們得過且過吧。而且，如今我們的政客太蠢了。他們對記者的回答愚蠢得令人難以置信，如果外國人看到他們的采訪，我會感到尷尬。愚蠢的程度讓我大為吃驚。上世紀80-90年代不是這樣的，那時我們的政治家還算不錯，最近一切都開始變得非常糟糕。此外，如果你看看其他發(fā)展中國家，你會發(fā)現(xiàn)這個國家管理得有多差。
Farnaz Nasrullah, knows Urdu懂得烏爾都語

I am a Pakistani citizen.
Before I answer this question, I wish to question an assumption made within it.
This question seems to assume a label attributed to certain countries as being relevant in today’s world. It is not. Third world, does not apply in today’s world.
Pakistan is a country of 200 million people, of different ethnicities, races, religions and traditions, living across a large country with geographic diversity.

我是巴基斯坦公民。
在回答這個問題之前，我想對其中的假設提出質疑。
這個問題似乎似乎給某些特定的國家貼上了與當今世界相關的標簽。事實并非如此。第三世界，不適用于今天的世界。
巴基斯坦是一個有2億人口的國家，他們有不同的種族、民族、宗教和傳統(tǒng)，生活在一個地理分布多樣的大國。

Living in Pakistan, therefore, feels something like this:
1. No matter where you live in the country, you will find yourself interacting with different languages: people in Pakistan speak a number of languages, and most areas of Pakistan are multilingual.
2. You will experience all four seasons of the weather: Pakistan is one of the few countries where all four seasons of the weather are found.
3. You will find multiracial, multi ethnic people: Pakistan is home to a number of people who belong to more than one race, as interracial and inter ethnic marriage has increased over the last few decades.
4. You will experience a love for different professional sports: sports are widely played, especially popular sports such as Cricket, field Hockey, Badminton, Squash, and Table Tennis.
5. You will always find someone to do something with: Pakistan is full of communities at the neighborhood level, street level, school level, university and work level. There is always someone to do something with.
6. You will have a range of foods to try out: Pakistan is home to a wide variety of foods which are made up of different spices, vegetables, meats, pulses, nuts and even fruits.
7. You will experience different kinds of natural environments: Pakistan is home to hills and mountains, rivers and lakes, coastal regions and glaciers, as well as numerous valleys. You will experience different kinds of environments from living in Pakistan.
Pakistan, is a country which offers a unique set of experiences for its’ residents. Residents of Pakistan have access to a diverse range of options in terms of nature, food, people, activities and climate.

因此，生活在巴基斯坦會有這樣的感覺：
1、無論你住在這個國家的哪個地方，你都會發(fā)現(xiàn)自己在與不同的語言交流：巴基斯坦人會講多種語言，巴基斯坦大部分地區(qū)都是多語種。
2、你將體驗到四季分明的天氣：巴基斯坦是為數(shù)不多的四季分明的國家之一。
3、你會發(fā)現(xiàn)多種族、多民族的人：巴基斯坦有許多人，他們不止有一個種族，因為種族間和種族間通婚的現(xiàn)象在過去幾十年中有所增加。
4、你將體驗到對不同職業(yè)運動的熱愛：體育運動廣泛開展，尤其是板球、曲棍球、羽毛球、壁球和乒乓球等流行運動。
5、你總會找到一個可以跟你一起做點什么的人：巴基斯坦到處都是社群，包括鄰里、街道、學校、大學和職場?？傆腥丝梢愿阋黄鹱鲂┦裁础?br /> 6、你可以嘗試各種各樣的食物：巴基斯坦有各種各樣的食物，包括不同的香料、蔬菜、肉類、豆類、堅果甚至水果。
7、你將體驗不同類型的自然環(huán)境：巴基斯坦有丘陵和山脈、河流和湖泊、沿海地區(qū)和冰川，以及眾多山谷。在巴基斯坦，你將體驗到不同的環(huán)境。
巴基斯坦是一個為其居民提供獨特體驗的國家。巴基斯坦居民可以在自然、食物、人、活動和氣候等方面獲得多種選擇。
Ram Kumar, former Consultant (2015-2020)前顧問（2015-2020）

I can not help but feel the arrogance in this question. The person who asked is anonymous but we can guess which country he might be from which is why the person is anonymous and that also shows this question is not asked with the best of intentions.
This question is dripping with the assumption that the lives of the people in the THIRD WORLD COUNTRY has to be so different than the one he is living in that he HAS to know that. I am sure he or she must have thought at least once in his life time, “Do THIRD WORLD COUNTRY people also breathe Oxygen as WE do?”. This is like an Earthling asking a Martian, “How is it there?”
Dude, life in any country is different from yours or any other country on the planet as very country has its own culture. You start your day with a burger, in other countries some with an omelet, some with roti, some with bread, some with spaghetti, some with noodle, some with tea, some with rice, so on.

在這個問題上，我不禁感受到了傲慢。問這個問題的人是匿名的，但我們可以猜出他可能來自哪個國家，這就是為什么這個人是匿名的，這也表明這個問題的提出并不是出于善意。
這個問題充斥著這樣一個假設，即第三世界國家的人民的生活必須與他所生活的國家大不相同，他必須知道這一點。我敢肯定他或她一生中至少有一次想過，“第三世界國家的人民也像我們一樣呼吸氧氣嗎？”這就像一個地球人問火星人：“那里怎么樣？”
伙計，任何一個國家的生活都不同于你的生活，或者不同于地球上任何其他國家的生活，因為每個國家都有自己的文化。你的一天從漢堡開始，在其他國家，有的是煎蛋卷，有的是烤面包，有的是意大利面，有的是面條，有的是茶，有的是米飯，等等。

You wear shoes in your bedroom, many don’t.
You never say thank you, some do it every time.
You have better roads, other have clean homes.
You might be proud of being cocky, others take pride in being humble.
You can spend your entire day listening rap, others love classical music and reading books.
You take pride in the tall buildings you have, others have beautiful mountains and valleys to look towards.
You might have less pollution and more crime, many have none of both.
You pay 3$ for a coffee while many pay 10 cents.
The biggest “I did it” moment of your life might have been when you got admission in your university using your parent’s money while others are earning more than you just based on their online MBA.
So to answer your question and more, life in any country is far far , and far different than yours.

你在臥室里穿鞋子，很多人不穿。
你從不說謝謝，有些人每次都這么做。
你有更好的道路，其他人有干凈的家。
你可能為自己的傲慢而自豪，其他人則以謙遜為榮。
你可以整天聽說唱，其他人喜歡古典音樂和看書。
你為自己擁有的高樓大廈而自豪，其他人擁有美麗的山巒和山谷可供觀賞。
您的污染可能更少，犯罪卻更多，很多人兩者都沒有。
你花3美元買一杯咖啡，而很多人只花10美分。
你一生中最偉大的“我做到了”的時刻可能是當你用父母的錢被大學錄取時，而其他人僅僅憑他們的在線MBA文憑，收入就比你高。
所以，對你問題的回答是，任何國家的生活都同你的生活相去甚遠。
Jiwan Pokhrel, I lived in maany countries in the world (extra a was intended)我在世界上許多國家都住過（我故意多加了個“a”）

I have lived more than half of my life in third world countries: Nepal and India. I AM writing all my experiences and feelings here.
Childhood days: I used to wake up early in the morning. Light a kerosene lantern and study. My mum and dad used to wake up, milk buffalo and make tea. We used to have tea at about 7 am and our usual lunch+ breakfast time used to be at 9 am. Then, I used to go to school and return home at 5 PM. There used to be nothing to eat in between. I was the lucky ones and well off for that poor village. Many kids were shephard, or just go hunting birds all day. Some used to help their parents in the farm field by looking after their younger sibling. Some kids used to go to the nearby jungle to fetch firewoods. We also had a shepherd who used to look after our buffaloes and goats. He was few years younger to me. I used to feel sorry about him because he was not able to go to school. I also used to to look after cattles. But that was usually in the weekends. Usually, I used to take books with me. I remember one day I was reading an English story loudly and the fellow kid started giggling by hearing the strange language and sound. He requested me to read again and again. He found that incomprehensible language really funny.

我大半輩子都生活在第三世界國家：尼泊爾和印度。我會把我所有的經歷和感受寫在這里。
童年時代：我通常很早就會起床，然后點一盞煤油燈學習。我父母醒來后會喝水、牛奶和泡茶。我們通常在早上7點左右喝茶，而早午餐的時間通常是上午9點。然后，我就會去上學，下午5點回家。這期間沒有東西吃。我是個幸運兒，對那個貧窮的村莊來說，我的生活是相對富足的。很多孩子都是牧羊人，或者整天去獵鳥。有些人會幫在農場干活的父母照顧弟弟妹妹。有些孩子則到附近的叢林去拾柴火。我們還有一個牧羊人，他曾經替我們照顧水牛和山羊。他比我年輕幾歲。我常常為他感到遺憾，因為他不能上學。我以前也照顧過牛。但那通常是在周末。我一般會帶著書。我記得有一天，我在大聲朗讀一個英語故事，那個孩子聽到奇怪的語言和聲音，開始咯咯地笑。他要求我一次又一次地閱讀。因為覺得那種令人費解的語言很有趣。

Our plays were limited. Usually, it was a football made from socks or running. We rarely got new clothes or gift.
There was no clean drinking water for 5 years. (Later we had deep well water). My mum use to walk 2 km to reach to the nearest stream and fill the water. We somehow managed to survive with that water. But the incidence of diarrhoea and cholera used to be more frequent in rainy seasons. On top of that, many villagers used to die from Japanese Encephalitis which is transmitted by mosquitoes. The used to be so many communicable diseases like Trachoma, Viral fever, Dysentery, Typhoid, Jaundice (Viral Hepatitis).
I had never imagined that first world countries are so different. I had some ideas that they have big buildings and cars. After coming to the first world countries, now I know how privileged are these I-pad babies.

我們的娛樂方式很有限，通常是踢用襪子做成的足球，或者跑步。我們很少有新衣服或禮物。
那里五年來沒有干凈的飲用水（后來我們有了深井水）。我媽媽過去常常步行2公里到最近的小溪邊打水。在某種程度上，我們是靠著那水活下來的。但是在雨季，腹瀉和霍亂的發(fā)病率會比平時更高。除此之外，許多村民曾經死于由蚊子傳播的日本腦炎。過去有很多傳染性疾病，如沙眼、病毒性發(fā)熱、痢疾、傷寒、黃疸（病毒性肝炎）。
我從來沒想到第一世界國家會如此不同。我曾認為他們有大型建筑物和汽車。來到第一世界國家后，現(xiàn)在我知道這些玩著iPad的孩子有多幸運。

Anonymous
It doesn't feel that bad. Infact it feels great sometimes. Life is easy.
I live in a third world country, India. To make things even worse, I live in one of the least developed states of India. And in that “one of the least developed states” I live in a small town.
It feels like as if I am living among losers. Maybe, if I were in some developed country, or even in some Indian metropolitan cities like Mumbai, I would have been a loser there. I meet people from Mumbai, Banglore, Delhi who earn several times more than me, but they live paycheck to paycheck. They don't even own a house and if they have a car they can't drive because the streets are extremely crowded.

感覺沒那么糟。事實上有時候感覺很棒。生活很輕松。
我生活在第三世界國家印度。糟糕的是，我住在印度最不發(fā)達的邦之一，我住在一個小鎮(zhèn)上。
這感覺好像我生活在失敗者之中。也許，如果我在某個發(fā)達國家，甚至在孟買這樣的印度大都市，我在那里也會是個失敗者。我遇到過一些來自孟買、班加羅爾、德里的人，他們的收入比我高出好幾倍，但他們都是月光族。他們甚至沒有房子，如果他們有車，他們也不能開車，因為街道非常擁擠。
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But since I live among losers, I feel like a winner. I feel like a king who is smarter and more successful than majority of the people around me. I live better life than majority of people who live in developed countries. I own a house that people in Mumbai, earning similar income as me, can't even think to buy even in their dreams.


但即使我生活在失敗者中間，我依然覺得自己是個贏家。我感覺自己像一個國王，比周圍的大多數(shù)人更聰明，更成功。我的生活比大多數(shù)生活在發(fā)達國家的人都好。我有一棟房子，而那些在孟買收入和我差不多的人做夢都買不到一棟房子。

There are however some downsides also.
1. Having so many stupid people around yourself is no fun. Sometimes it can get irritating.
2. In case of medical emergency, you'll need to be transferred to some bigger cities and that increases your medical risks.
3. Very little source of entertainment. If you can spend your evening, sitting idle in your home, browsing Internet or watching TV then it is good. If not then you'll be bored to death.
4. Poor infrastructure can irritate you. Fortunately, I live in a town where Infrastructure is good, but that is not always true for other towns.
5. You won't meet many people who can understand your big dreams of life.
6. If you want to start a business, you won't find competent employees or partners.
7. The whole atmosphere is such that it suppresses big ideas and innovation. To think big and do big, I advise people to be among Intelligent people. Living among stupid people can seriously affect your thinking ability and confidence.
8. As long as your needs are fulfilled by the local economy, you'll enjoy the benefits. But as soon as you want to buy something international, you will start to feel your low purchasing power.
9. All forms of interesting development in the world arrive very late at your place.
10. You'll live a life that is 10 years behind the rest of the world. We have jungles where some people are living lives that is 100 years behind the rest of the world.
11. Very hard to find a girlfriend as there are very few places where you can hang out with opposite gender, and girls always have a guardian with them.
12. Being among stupid people means you'll also be subjected to many of their stupid beliefs. In India, some of the stupid beliefs are caste system, patriarchy, preventing girls from meeting guys etc.
If you are a loser then you'll enjoy your stay in a third world country but if you are a winner, then stay away from third world countries.

然而，也有一些缺點。
1、身邊有這么多愚蠢的人可不是一件有趣的事。有時候這會讓人惱火。
2、如果發(fā)生醫(yī)療緊急情況，就需要轉移到一些更大的城市，這會增加你的醫(yī)療風險。
3、娛樂來源很少。如果你能依靠閑坐在家里、上網或看電視度過一個晚上，那很好。否則你會無聊得要死。
4、糟糕的基礎設施會讓你感到惱火。幸運的是，我住在一個基礎設施很好的城鎮(zhèn)，但其他城鎮(zhèn)并不一定是這樣。
5、你無法遇到能理解你人生夢想的人。
6、如果你想創(chuàng)業(yè)，你找不到合適的員工或合伙人。
7、整個氛圍壓抑了偉大的思想和創(chuàng)新。為了有遠見卓識，我建議人們要和有才華的人待在一起。生活在愚蠢的人中間會嚴重影響你的思考能力和信心。
8、只要當?shù)亟洕鷿M足了你的需求，你就會享受到其中好處。但一旦你想買一些國際商品，你就會感覺到你的購買力很低。
9、世界上所有有趣的發(fā)展事物都來得很晚。
10、您的生活將比世界其他地區(qū)落后10年。在叢林中，有些人的生活甚至要比世界上其他地方落后100年。
11、很難找到一個女朋友，因為很少有可以和異性交往的地方，而且女孩總是有監(jiān)護人陪著。
12、和愚蠢的人在一起意味著你也會受到他們愚蠢觀念的影響。在印度，有一些愚蠢的觀念，包括種姓制度、父權制、阻止女孩與男人約會等等。
如果你是一個失敗者，那么你會享受在第三世界國家的生活，但如果你是一個贏家，那么就遠離第三世界國家吧。