In late March, the actor Daniel Dae Kim posted a video on Instagram revealing that he had tested positive for Covid-19. Back then Kim, best known for memorable roles on 「Lost」 and 「Hawaii Five-0,」 was one of the early well-known carriers of the coronavirus, having potentially contracted it while filming his NBC medical drama 「New Amsterdam」 in New York City. He documented his recovery process online while most Americans were just beginning to comprehend the impact of the pandemic.
3月下旬，演員金大賢(Daniel Dae Kim)在Instagram上發布了一段視頻，透露其Covid-19檢測呈陽性。金大賢曾因在《迷失》(Lost)和《天堂執法者》(Hawaii Five-0)中扮演令人印象深刻的角色而聞名，他是較早染上新冠病毒的名人之一，可能是在紐約市拍攝NBC醫療劇《醫院革命》(New Amsterdam)時感染的。當大多數美國人才剛剛開始了解疫情帶來的影響時，他就已經在網上記錄了他的康復過程。
Since then, Kim has felt close to normal, despite some lingering effects — the occasional disappearance of his senses of smell and taste, some issues with focus. He has continued to be active in the fight against the virus and its fallout, donating his plasma, raising money for health care professionals and condemning the anti-Asian xenophobia and attacks that have been on the rise in the age of the coronavirus.
從那以後，金大賢感覺恢復得差不多了，儘管有一些遺留的症狀——他的嗅覺和味覺偶爾會消失，還有一些注意力集中的問題。他繼續積極抗擊病毒及其造成的波動，捐贈血漿，為醫療保健專業人員籌集資金，並譴責新冠病毒時代日趨增多的反亞裔的仇外心理和襲擊行為。
「I don’t necessarily see my activity as a responsibility,」 Kim said in an interview. 「My only goal was to be informative and helpful for those who were fearful or had no reference point.」
「我並非要把我做的事情看成是履行責任，」金大賢在接受採訪時說。「我唯一的目標是為那些恐懼或沒有頭緒的人提供信息和幫助。」
Kim, though, was largely uninterested in talking about himself during a recent Zoom call. Instead, he wanted to discuss 「Asian-Americans,」 the new documentary series he narrates with the actress Tamlyn Tomita. Premiering Monday on PBS, the five-part special is the most ambitious documentary project ever to chronicle the history of the Asian-American community. It is arriving with an unanticipated relevance, amid the surge of racism toward Asian-Americans during the pandemic.
不過在最近的Zoom通話中，金大賢並不願談論自己，而是想討論與女演員富田譚玲一起擔任旁白的新紀錄片系列《亞裔美國人》(Asian-Americans)。這部由五個部分組成的特別節目周一在美國公共電視網(PBS)首映，是有史以來最雄心勃勃的記錄亞裔美國人歷史的紀錄片項目。巧的是，該系列紀錄片的播出恰逢新冠疫情期間，針對亞裔的種族歧視激增。
Beginning in the 1850s and continuing into the present, the series covers an expansive arc that has often been ignored within America’s self-concept: from Angel Island to the impact of the Filipino-American labor movement, from the radical third world movement to the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982. It is a story of discrimination, marginalization and violence — and an affirmation of a community that persistently rose in the face of hardship.
從1850年代到現在，該系列涵蓋了美國的自我概念中經常遭到忽略的一段漫長的歷史弧線：從天使島到菲裔美國人勞工運動的影響，從激進的第三世界運動到1982年陳果仁遇害事件。這是一個關於歧視、邊緣化和暴力的故事，也是對一個在困難中不斷成長的群體的肯定。
Kim spoke about the documentary’s lessons for today, what it means to be considered 「American」 and what his fight with coronavirus revealed to him about the country. Here are edited excerpts from the conversation.
金大賢談到了該紀錄片對今天的啟示、被視為「美國人」的意味，以及與新冠病毒的鬥爭所揭示的這個國家的一些本質。以下是經過編輯的對話摘錄。