本文为国外采访稿译文，采用中英对照方式，希望对大家有所帮助。

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　　Today Grain Edit is proud to present Blanca Gómez of Cosas Minimas. Blanca is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator based in Madrid, Spain.

　　 You may remember her work as featured on Grain Edit’s on-going poster pick series. We like her clean and simple style and took some time to talk to Blanca about her work and creative process. We hope you’ll enjoy it.

　　今天我们荣幸采访到来自西班牙马德里的插画家 Blanca Gómez。我们喜欢她干净和简洁的画风，现在我们就来看看她是如何进行这个富有创造性的工作的吧！希望你会喜欢！

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　　Where are you from originally?

　　I am originally from Madrid and that is where I currently reside. I am always saying that I’d like to move somewhere else for at least a while, but here I am. I suppose underneath it all Madrid isn’t so bad.

　　你祖籍哪里？

　　我来自马德里，这是我目前居住的地方。我总是说我想到其他地方看看，但我还是在这里。可能是我觉得马德里还可以吧。

　　Tells us a bit about your art/design background. Where did you study?

　　When I was little I would draw all day long like many kids do and my parents enrolled me in a painting academy. I would always say that I wanted to be a painter, but as I grew older I didn’t see it as a feasible option and the idea faded.

　　When it was time to head to college I wasn’t clear what I wanted to do with my life. I had always considered drawing a hobby, but never imagined it as one that could earn me a living.

　　Instead I chose to study Publicity because I thought it would lend itself to creativity and aide in my professional development, but I soon realized that Publicity was not for me.

　　I continued my studies, but explored other alternatives like photography and film through my fourth year, which I spent in Milan. It was in Milan that I became interested in graphic design.

　　I remember attending an eye-opening exhibition of Milton Glaser’s work and somehow finally figuring out what I should do. When I returned to Madrid I enrolled in evening classes at a design school while I wrapped up my publicity studies. I was in classes all day until 11 P.M. and it was very exhausting but well worth it in the end.

　　One month after finishing college and my design coursework I began working for a small graphic design studio that was mainly dedicated to the production of business literature. That is where I learned to work in a very rigorous and precise manner. I’ve been working for graphic design studios for seven years now.

　　和我们分享一下你的教育背景吧，比如你在哪里上的学？

　　小时候我像其他很多小孩一样整天画画，我的父母就把我送进了一所绘画院校。我总是说我想成为一名画家，等我慢慢长大，我发现这有点不切实际，这个想法慢慢就淡化了。

　　在我上大学的时候，我很迷茫，不知道今后会做什么。我一直认为画画最多只能算个爱好，不可能成为我的职业。于是，我选择了学习宣传， 因为我觉得他会对我的创造力有帮助，但我很快意识到，宣传并不适合我。

　　我一边继续我的学业，一边学习一些其他的东西，比如摄影、电影之类的，就这样我在米兰度过了我大学的4年。正是在米兰，我开始对平面设计感兴趣。我记得参加了Milton Glaser的作品展，这个展览让我大开眼界，不管怎样我终于找到了我的方向。我结束我的宣传学业后，我回到了马德里并且报了一个设计院校的夜班，我拼了命的学习，每天基本都是晚上11点才走。但是现在想想那是必要的而且是值得的。

　　大学毕业后一个月，我在一个小工作室工作，主要做一些商业书记的生产。那里教会了我严谨、细致的工作方式。现在我已经在工作室工作了7年。