An inspector who took over a father's post in August 1978: 'like coming home' (1950s generation)

问您大概是哪一代人？

QRoughly which generation are you from?

答1950年代

AThe 1950s.

问您与鞍钢/相关单位的关系？

QWhat is your relationship to Angang / a related work unit?

答本人在鞍钢；家人在鞍钢

AI worked at Angang myself; family members did too.

问您当年大概做哪一类工作？

QRoughly what kind of work did you do back then?

答一线操作（检查工）

AFront-line operation (inspector, 检查工).

问您大概在哪个时期参加工作？

QRoughly in which period did you start working?

答1970年代

AThe 1970s.

问您愿意说说当时为什么进这个单位吗？

QWould you say why you entered this work unit?

答我是接父亲班进入鞍钢的。

AI entered Angang by taking over my father's post (接班).

问您还记得刚参加工作时的一天吗？带我从早到晚走一遍。

QDo you remember a day when you first started working? Walk me through it.

答我是1978年8月参加工作，8点上班、5点下班，和好友【化名】一起。

AI started work in August 1978 — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., together with a good friend (name withheld).

问当时学技术主要靠什么？

QHow did you mainly learn the trade back then?

答单位培训、自己摸索、同事互教；我们主要靠天天摸索。

AUnit training, own trial-and-error, colleagues teaching each other; mainly we felt our way day by day.

问您觉得当年最重要的本事是什么？

QWhat do you think was the most important skill back then?

答技术、吃苦、细心、配合、经验、判断力都勾选；主要是技术、细心、经验、判断力。

AAll were ticked — skill, endurance, care, cooperation, experience, judgment; mainly technical skill, care, experience and judgment.

问能讲一件让您觉得“这活儿只有老工人才干得好”的事吗？

QCan you tell of one job where only a veteran worker could do it well?

答书本上学不到的太多了，靠师傅的指导用心学，跟师傅学很多技术问题。

ASo much cannot be learned from books — you learn attentively under your master, and from the master you learn how to handle many technical problems.

问单位当年管的事，哪些让您印象最深？

QOf the things the work unit took care of, which left the deepest impression?

答住房、食堂、澡堂、医院、学校、退休

AHousing, canteen, bathhouse, hospital, school, retirement.

问在您心里，当年的单位更像什么？

QIn your heart, what was the work unit more like back then?

答一份工作、一个大家庭、一个社区、一种身份（均勾选）

AA job, one big family, a community, an identity — all ticked.

问1990年代末到2000年代初，您的单位有变化吗？

QIn the late 1990s to early 2000s, did your unit change?

答没太大变化；记不清

ANo major change; hard to remember clearly.

问那段时间您本人的经历是？

QWhat was your own path in that period?

答留原岗、转岗、内退/提前退休、离开原单位、已退休（均有勾选）

AStayed at the original post, changed posts, early retirement, left the original unit, now retired — several stages ticked.

问当时消息是怎么传到您这里的？

QHow did the news reach you at the time?

答开会、书面、领导口头、同事相传

AMeetings, in writing, verbally from leaders, passed between colleagues.

问那几年对家里影响最大的是什么？

QIn those years, what affected your family most?

答收入、医疗/退休、家庭、心情与身份感

AIncome, medical/retirement, the family, mood and sense of identity.

问这些变化对家里谁影响最大？

QWhom in the family did these changes affect most?

答她是一线的，没有受到影响。

AShe was front-line — she was not affected.

问转折之后您去了哪里？

QAfter the turning point, where did you go?

答留原单位、临时工作、回家（均有勾选）

AStayed with the original unit, temporary work, and home — several ticked.

问老手艺后来还有用吗？

QWere the old skills still useful afterwards?

答很有用；用处不大（两处均有勾选）

ABoth 'very useful' and 'not much use' are ticked.

问如果说“工厂教会了我们一套本事”，哪些能带走？

QIf 'the factory taught us a set of skills,' which could be carried away?

答我们的可以带到别的工作里，比如在小厂做工。

AOurs could be carried into other work — for instance working in a small factory.

问离开鞍山的人，最难适应的是什么？

QFor those who left Anshan, what was hardest to adapt to?

答有人离开鞍山去外地，去南方工厂的也有。

ASome left Anshan for other places; some went to factories in the south.

问您和老同事现在还有联系吗？靠什么维系？

QAre you still in touch with old colleagues? Through what?

答师傅/徒弟

AMaster-apprentice ties.

问单位不在了/改制了以后，大家的关系变了吗？

QAfter the unit was gone/restructured, did relations change?

答会，互相介绍。

APeople still would — introducing one another along.

问您现在的邻里/朋友圈，还有当年的“单位味儿”吗？

QDoes your neighborhood/circle today still have that 'work-unit flavor'?

答有。

AYes.

问当年师徒关系，更接近哪种？

QThe master-apprentice relationship back then was closer to which kind?

答熟人

AFamiliar/acquaintance-like.

问您现在跟年轻人谈过去的工厂生活多吗？

QDo you often talk with young people about factory life?

答偶尔

AOccasionally.

问您去过鞍钢博物馆或类似纪念场所吗？

QHave you visited the Angang museum or similar memorial places?

答去过

AI have.

问看到高炉、厂房、老照片，您能认出当年的岗位吗？

QSeeing blast furnaces, workshops, old photos — can you recognize your old post?

答能一点

AA little.

问您对现在鞍山推的“工业文化/文旅”了解多少？

QHow much do you know of Anshan's current industrial-culture tourism push?

答了解一点

AI know a little.

问您家是否保存过和鞍钢/单位有关的物件？

QHas your family kept objects related to Angang / the unit?

答没有

ANo.

问您的子女/晚辈了解您当年的工作吗？

QDo your children / the younger generation know about your old work?

答没有

ANot really.

问您希望他们进类似的大企业吗？

QWould you want them to enter a similar large enterprise?

答希望

AYes, I would.

问您会主动给他们讲厂里的事吗？

QDo you bring up factory stories with them?

答偶尔

AOccasionally.

问您最希望下一代从您这代人身上学到什么？

QWhat do you most hope the next generation learns from your generation?

答要老老实实做人。

ATo live and act honestly.

问如果他们只记住一句话，您希望是什么？

QIf they remember only one sentence, what should it be?

答我们觉得一个单位能干一辈子，年轻人不这么想。

AWe believed one work unit could hold a whole lifetime; young people no longer think that way.

问回头看，鞍钢/单位对您意味着什么？

QLooking back, what did Angang / the unit mean to you?

答像回家一样。

ALike coming home.

问用一句话总结您这代工人的经历？

QSum up your generation of workers' experience in one sentence?

答鞍钢对国家的贡献。

AAngang's contribution to the country.

问您觉得外人最容易误解你们这代工人什么？

QWhat do outsiders most easily misunderstand about your generation of workers?

答以厂为家、无私奉献的精神，是年轻人不能理解的。

AThe spirit of treating the factory as home and giving selflessly — that is what young people cannot understand.

问同意与后续（第41–44题）

QConsent and follow-up (Q41–44)

答（本节未勾选；采集者记录：受访者口头同意将去标识内容收入档案）

ALeft blank on the form; the collector records that verbal consent was given to include the de-identified content.