Mother 苛刻母亲
Interviewer: And how does your family react to your success? They gotta be happy for you, right?
Nina: Yeah, yeah, my…I have a great family, and my mom's actually backstage—she's here…
Interviewer: Yeah.
Nina: …supporting.
Interviewer: Yeah, that's nice. Is she your manager too? No.
Nina: No, no. My parents, my family, nobody has anything to do with the business. I was kinda the one who wanted to become an actress, so I drove and took the bus 45 minutes to auditions, and just…I did everything on my own: they just supported me throughout.
Interviewer: Is Bulgarian, like…like a Latino family where they necessarily wouldn't complement you but tell you in another way that's kind of a complement but it's not?
Nina: My mom…
Interviewer: Like they'll say, “You did good that time, the other time not so much.” Like that kinda stuff.
Nina: Yeah. I mean, my mom is my hardest critic. She's really like she's my toughest critic and she will tell me if I do something that she doesn't like. She'll be, like, “I saw you, you were acting in that moment,” like, “you weren't being real.” So she'll…she's…she's honest with me, which is what I love.
Interviewer: Yeah. So you have a job where you…your mom is your toughest critic…
Nina: Mm hmm.
Interviewer: You have a job where you drink blood and you have to kill people…
Nina: Mm hmm.
Interviewer: And you have a language that you speak fluently and “no” means “yes.” I want to make you an honorary Latina. It's very rare that I meet people. Congratulations! You have all the qualifications.
Nina: Thank you.
Interviewer: You're actually over-qualified.
Nina: Ah haa!
采访者：你的家人对你的成功有什么反应？他们也替你感到高兴，对不？
妮娜：是，是的，我的……我的家人都很好，我妈妈其实就坐在后台——她今天也来了……
采访者：是啊。
妮娜：……来支持我。
采访者：对，那样很好。她也是你的经纪人吗？不是吧！
妮娜：不，不是。我的父母、我的家人，没有人从事与演艺事业相关的工作。我是唯一一个想当演员的。于是我开车又转公交，花了45分钟路程去参加试镜，就是……我一切都得靠自己努力，家人只是默默支持我。
采访者：保加利亚人，是不是像拉丁美洲的家庭那样，他们不会直接称赞你，而是用貌似赞赏、实质不然的话来告知你他们的感受？
妮娜：我妈妈……
采访者：像有的人会说“你那次干得不错，但另一次则差劲了点儿了”这样的话。
妮娜：是的。我的意思是，对我最严格的人是我妈。她确实是我最苛刻的批评者，她会告诉我哪些地方她觉得不满意。譬如她会说，“我看到你那会儿在故作姿态”，“你演绎得不够真实”。所以说，她对我很坦诚，这点我很喜欢。
采访者：那是。那么说你拥有一份你妈妈充当你最挑剔的评委的工作……
妮娜：嗯。
采访者：你拥有一份你得嗜血杀人的工作……
妮娜：嗯。
采访者：你会说一口流利的“心是口非”的语言。我要封你为荣誉拉丁美洲人。我所遇到的人当中很少会让我有这冲动的。恭喜你！你实至名归。
妮娜：谢谢！
采访者：事实上你是实力超标了。
妮娜：哈哈！
Hotlanta 热特兰大
Interviewer: The Vampire Diaries—I found this interesting—it's filmed in “6)Hotlanta.”
Nina: Mm hmm.
Interviewer: Is that what they call it—“Hotlanta?”
Nina: I don't know how to answer that because…if I were to go there 7)unaffected, I would say it is hot! But 8)Tyler Perry tells me not to say that. Tyler Perry wants to convince everyone to stop calling it “Hotlanta” because he doesn't want it to have that association. But it's hot. So I'm sorry Tyler Perry, it's “Hotlanta.”
Interviewer: (Laughing)
Nina: But it's like a hundred degrees outside and humid: it's hot! Like it's just what it is, you gotta live with it.
Interviewer: Do you like filming in Atlanta?
Nina: I do, I do love filming in Atlanta 'cause the food is good.
Interviewer: Yeah,it's deep fried, though: everything…
Nona: Everything is deep fried, they put 9)grits on everything, cheese…oh, it's so good.
Interviewer: And that's how you roll, you like deep fried? 10)Latina!
Nina: Haa!
Interviewer: I told you!
采访者：我觉得这很有趣，《吸血鬼日记》是在“热特兰大”拍摄的吧。
妮娜：嗯。
采访者：他们是不是这样说的——“热特兰大”？
妮娜：我不知道如何作答，因为如果要我直说的话，我会说那儿的确热！但泰勒·佩里叫我不要那么说。他想说服大家不要再称它为“热特兰大”了，因为他不想人们有那样的联想。但那儿的确是热！抱歉，泰勒·佩里，确实是“热特兰大”。
采访者：（大笑）
妮娜：那里的室外温度有差不多100华氏度（约等于37.7摄氏度）啊，且又潮湿，真的很热！就是那样子，你得学会适应。
采访者：你喜欢在亚特兰大拍摄吗？
妮娜：喜欢！我的确喜欢在亚特兰大拍摄，因为那里的食物太美味了。
采访者：对，尽管一切都是油炸的……
妮娜：一切都是油炸的，他们什么食物都撒上玉米粉，芝士什么的……太美味了。
采访者：那就像样了，你喜欢油炸食物？不愧是拉丁美洲后裔！
妮娜：哈哈！
采访者：都说了你是拉丁美洲血统的啦！
翻译：韩颖
