Derrick Allard
1. When I’m out field recording the outfit I feel most “at home” in derives from the aesthetic pleasure I get from wearing the clothes themselves and has little to do with the practicality of its relation to the environment. So usually this means I’d be wearing a pair of boots, levis 501s and a vintage sweater or button-up, which is a bit of a uniform for myself these days.
1. 當我外出進行田野錄音時，讓我感到最有「歸屬感」的穿著，來自於我對服裝本身帶來的美感愉悅，而與它是否適合環境、是否實用其實關係不大。通常我會穿一雙靴子、一條 Levis 501 牛仔褲，再搭配一件古著毛衣或復古襯衫——這幾乎已經成為我近來的制服。
2. Not particularly in the way I listen or move but if I don’t like or feel comfortable in the outfit I’m wearing it makes it difficult to enjoy or feel motivated to go out and record in the first place.
2. 雖然這不會特別影響我聆聽或移動的方式，但如果我不喜歡或對所穿的衣服感到不舒服，那麼我一開始就很難享受錄音的過程，也提不起動力出門錄音。
3. There is one instance when I was recording at dawn on Mount Mingus (which is located in the black hills mountain range of central Arizona) I was able to capture the delicate sound of the first snowfall of the season. The only article of clothing I remember wearing was a 70s era Sears cable knit wool sweater.
3. 有一次我在亞利桑那州中部的黑丘山脈中的明格斯山（Mount Mingus）清晨錄音時，錄到了那一季第一場雪落下的細膩聲響。我唯一記得自己當時穿著的是一件 1970 年代 Sears 出品的粗織羊毛毛衣。
4. If I was to create my dream field recording outfit it would be modeled after 1950s hunting attire, which in my opinion perfectly balances form, function and organic materials.
4. 如果要我打造一套夢想中的田野錄音服裝，我會以 1950 年代的狩獵裝為設計藍本。在我看來，那種服裝完美地平衡了造型、功能與天然材質。
5. For me the act of field recording is a practice of being present. I’ll often use the documentation component as a form of accountability to myself to be still and quiet for as long as possible in order to have less effect on the environment I’m recording.
5. 對我來說，田野錄音是一種活在當下的練習。我經常將錄音這個紀錄動作視為一種對自己的約定——提醒自己儘可能安靜與靜止，以減少我對正在錄音的環境所造成的影響。