一條記錄德國火車晚點的圍巾拍出高價

A scarf knitted by a German woman to document her frustrations with frequent train delays has sold for 7,550 euros on eBay, as the country's biggest railway company announces plans for a punctuality tsar.

德國一位女士把火車頻繁晚點的情況全部織到了一條圍巾上面，以表達她的不滿。日前，這條圍巾在eBay網站上拍出了7550歐元的高價。同時，德國最大的鐵路公司宣佈將任命一位“準點專員”。

The "rail delay scarf" came to prominence when Sara Weber, a journalist, posted a photo of it on Twitter earlier this month.

這位德國阿姨的女兒薩拉·韋伯是一名記者，韋伯本月初將“火車晚點圍巾”的圖片發在推特上，得到了極大反響。

Her mother, a commuter in the Munich area, knitted two lines a day in 2018 to represent how long she was delayed, she explained.

她解釋說，自己的母親生活在慕尼黑地區，乘坐火車上下班，2018年，她每天都會織上兩行，以描繪當天火車晚點的情況。

The scarf is color-coded: gray wool meant her delay had been less than five minutes, pink signified delays of between five and 30 minutes, while red meant she was delayed for more than 30 minutes or had been delayed both ways.

圍巾的不同顏色代表晚點情況：灰色毛線代表火車晚點少於5分鐘；粉線代表火車晚點5-30分鐘；紅線則表示火車晚點超過30分鐘或上下班都遭遇火車晚點的情況。

The scarf, approximately 1.5 meters long, represented many Germans' frustrations with train delays, despite their country's reputation for efficiency and punctuality.

這條圍巾大約1.5米長，體現很多德國人對火車晚點不滿的情緒，儘管德國在海外以高效和準時著稱。

After it went viral on social media, Weber and her mother decided to auction the scarf off for charity.

這條圍巾在社交媒體走紅後，韋伯和母親決定將其拍賣，將拍賣所得捐給慈善機構。