嗨！非常感謝您願意接受這次採訪。這次採訪的目的是了解性別對於擁有非傳統職涯的女性有什麼影響。在我們開始之前，可以麻煩您告訴我們您的姓名和年齡嗎？

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請問您是在什麼時候發現您對射箭的？是從幾歲開始學的？

我高中的時候，也不是對射箭有興趣 ，只是因為學校有社團 ，就開始射箭。

請問那是你幾歲的時候?

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為什麼可以一直堅射箭？它對您來說的吸引力是什麼？

射箭?為什麼...  一開始只是興趣跟好玩 , 練了1年後 去參加比賽 然後我們的教練就説我射箭還不錯可以繼續射。他也會告訴我，如果射的好可以去其他外縣市比賽，所以就是因為這樣子比賽開始慢慢越來越好，比上成績。比賽有成績就會繼續堅持然後之後就有很大的目標。

當國手是您一直以來的目標嗎？

成績好的時候，你會發現好像可以有機會選國手。後後來決定去選國手的時候，也是不小心就選中了 。

選中了之後你對自己的目標就會越來越大，也去參加國際比賽就會希望得獎。當然一開始去可能會一下就會輸掉但是慢慢就會越來越好 。

您的女性身分對您的工作有任何正面或負面的影響嗎？ 如果有，請問可以給我一些具體的例子嗎？當時的反應是什麼？

正面的影響是，在台灣來講，女生當國手而可以去參國際比的機率比較高。去參加國際比賽 ，也比較容易得獎  ， 目前台灣女生得獎的機率比男生高 。負面的影響，女性運動員，如果結婚生孩子之後，一般都會被迫離開運動 場退休, 因為要照顧孩子。這是我覺得比較負面與男性運動選手最大差別！ 要花時間照顧小孩，除非有人可以幫你顧小孩，或是你的先生願意讓你回到運動場上.

不過現實狀態，幾乎都是選擇退休。

您會給對射箭有興趣，想跟你走相同道路的女孩什麼建議？

要當運動員不管什麼項目，都是非常非常辛苦的。如果我是個學生，只要努力應該就可以拿到好成績。但是在運動裡面不一定，比賽當天都當天的狀況，如果比賽的時候不小心受傷那你的努力就有點白費了 。比賽是一個需要非常 細心想要去做這一件事情才有辦法得獎的 。

尤其是射箭是一個戶外項目， 有可能去比賽當天很冷或是很熱讓你的比賽的狀況不好。

在你的經驗中，有哪一個比賽是你表現比預期中還差嗎？

有，我有一場比賽我覺得我不會比得很差 ，但是那次的比賽我沒有選到國手 。是我當選中為一次沒有選上國手的 。

那是因為當天的狀況不好嗎？還是你表現跟你一起的沒有好？

我的表現跟我一起的不一樣 ，還有我當天表現比我預期的更差 。可能就是自己太想要贏，反而害到自己。我很想要得到100分所以我就一直專注在很小的細節裡，面害我整個比賽都比得不好。不要因為太在意了而把整個事情弄得更糟糕 。

translation: 

Hi! Thank you so much for your willingness to do this interview. The purpose of this interview is to understand how gender affects women who have non-traditional careers. Before we get started, could you please tell us your name and age?

Bijou Liu 54 

When did you first discover your interest in archery? At what age did you start learning?

When I was in high school, I was not interested in archery either, I just started archery because there was a club at school.

How old were you when you started?

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Why have you always been interested in archery? What is the appeal of archery to you?

Archery? Why...  At first it was just a hobby and fun, and after a year of practice, I went to a tournament and our coach told me I was good enough to keep shooting. He also told me that if I was good at archery I could go to competitions in other counties, so that's how I started to get better and better at competitions and get better than the results. When I got the results, I would keep going and then I would have a big goal.

Is it always your goal to become a national player?

When you got good results, you found out that you could be a national player. Then when you decided to choose a national player, you accidentally won.

After you won, your goal became bigger and bigger, and you hoped to win prizes in international competitions. Of course, you may lose at first, but gradually you will get better and better.

Does being a woman have any positive or negative impact on your work? If so, can you give me some concrete examples? What was the reaction?

The positive impact is that in Taiwan, it is more likely for a girl to be a national player and go to international competitions. It's also easier to win prizes in international competitions, and currently, girls in Taiwan have a higher chance of winning prizes than boys. On the negative side, female athletes who get married and have children are generally forced to retire from sports because they have to take care of their children. This is the biggest difference between male athletes and female athletes. You have to spend time taking care of your children unless you have someone to help you take care of them or your husband is willing to let you go back to the sport.

But realistically, it's almost always retirement.

What advice would you give to a girl who is interested in archery and wants to follow the same path as you?

Being an athlete is very, very hard, no matter what the sport is. If I were a student, I would be able to get good results if I worked hard. But in sports, it's not necessarily the case, the day of the competition, if you accidentally get injured during the competition, then your efforts will be a bit wasted. The competition is one that requires a lot of care to do this one thing to be able to win the prize.

Especially since archery is an outdoor sport, it may be very cold or very hot on the day of the tournament, making your tournament conditions bad.

In your experience, was there a tournament where you performed worse than expected?

Yes, I had one race where I thought I wouldn't do badly, but I didn't get selected as a national player for that race. It was the only time I was not selected as a national player in my election.

Was it because the conditions were bad that day? Or did you not perform as well as the ones you were with?

My performance was different from the one I was with, and my performance that day was worse than I expected. Maybe I wanted to win so badly that I hurt myself. I wanted to get 100 points so much that I focused on the smallest details, which caused me to do badly in the whole competition. Don't make the whole thing worse by caring too much.

From the interview, I learned that being a sports professional, no matter which sport requires tons of effort and practice. While being a woman made the playing field of archery easier, coach mentions the struggles woman athletes have to face after getting married, and the pressure to have children.