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I'm training a sled dog right now.
现在我正在训练一条雪橇犬。
My friend Sasha is curating a pack of cute cuddly sled dogs, that she's training to be a team.
我朋友萨沙手上有一群可爱无比的雪橇犬，她准备把它们训练成一个团队。
I was told to turn around as soon as I got to the polar bear warning sign.
我被告知，一到有这个“小心熊出没”的标志就立刻掉头。
Sasha gave me this vest and said that if you leave the settlement without a gun,
萨沙给了我这个背心，还说如果我没带枪就走出居住区的话，
you have to be wearing something bright to scare off polar bears...Okay.
就得穿上鲜艳的衣服，以防北极熊靠近。那好吧。
Now I'm running with a dog named little snowball.
现在，牵着我跑的是一条叫“小雪球”的狗。
Come on Little Snowball, let's do this.
快跑，小雪球，快跑
So it Sasha's goal to curate a group of Russian dogs.
萨沙打算训练一群俄罗斯血统的狗。
This dog is named Dan, and he's giving me a run for my money.
这只叫丹，我是给了钱才能让他带我跑步的。
Here's a tricky thing about these dogs being Russian dogs:
这些狗之所以有俄罗斯血统其实是一件很诡异的事情：
even though they have an origin in Russian traditional culture,
尽管它们是在俄罗斯传统文化里长大的，
meaning these breeds were literally created by Russian communities many years ago –
换句话说就是，这些品种的确是很多年前俄罗斯人创造出来的。
even though that's the case,
尽管确有其事，
dog breeding in the 20th century became this very official enterprise
上个世纪，养狗被划入了政府机构的职权范围，
and with that came all this authority and bureaucracy surrounding it
随之产生了相关的权威机构和官员，
these kind of international conventions and authorities to set the parameters of what is a husky? And what is a golden retriever?
类似于订立“什么是哈士奇”，“什么是金毛”相关标准的国际惯例和机构。
Excuse my ignorance I don't really know many dog breeds.
抱歉，我对狗的品种了解真的不多。
But during this time, when dog breeding became super official and international,
然而，正当养狗变得非常官方、非常国际化的时候，
the Soviet Union was isolated from the world.
苏联开始受到了全世界的孤立。
People from the Soviet Union couldn't go to dog shows in Spain and Portugal and the United States
苏联人民无法参加西班牙、葡萄牙乃至美国的犬赛，
and so because of that, the Western world kind of co-opted these breeds.
为此，西方世界开始收编这些品种的狗。
So, all these Russian dogs that we're looking at here,
所以，我们今天谈到的这些俄罗斯血统的狗，
are technically under the authority and administered by the Nordic Dog Union.
严格来说都是受北欧犬联盟管辖和管理的。
It's kind of a strange irony.
这似乎有点像某种奇怪的讽刺。
I'm not going to tell Sasha that, it might burst her bubble,
我不会告诉萨沙这些，否则她可能会接受不了，
but to me little snowball you'll always be Russian.
但对我来说，小雪球，你永远都是俄罗斯的狗狗。
Here we are again with Tor, who happens to be not only Norwegian and Nordic
现在，我们又和Tor见面了，Tor不仅有挪威血统和日耳曼血统，
but also the son of a world-renowned dog breeder and dog show judge.
也是世界知名的一位养犬人以及犬赛裁判的儿子。
So Tor, are these dogs Russian or do they belong to the authority of the Nordic Dog Union?
话说，Tor，这些狗狗属于俄罗斯还是北欧犬联盟的呢？
Yeah, so I've talked to my mom about this and she was like oh yeah they're all Nordic.
这个问题我跟我妈妈讨论过了，她觉得，当然，它们当然都归北欧犬联盟管啦。
But then I was like, but it's Siberian husky and it's Samoyed and it's from Siberia.
但是后来我又觉得，它们都是西伯利亚哈士奇或者萨摩耶，又都来自西伯利亚，
Like, clearly these are Russian. I think they're Russian.
我觉得它们明显属于俄罗斯，我觉得它们属于俄罗斯。
They're developed 3,000 years ago by Inuits and Siberian peoples
它们是三千年前因纽特人以及后来的西伯利亚人发明的品种
and then some Europeans just "discovered" them or take them away from the Communists
后来，某些欧洲人不过是“发现”了它们，或者把它们从共产主义者手里夺过来，
and just say like oh we're going to take over from here, good job.
还说，“啊，我们得把它们带走”，你们干得漂亮。
I think they're Russian.
反正我觉得他们是俄罗斯的。
