While graduates in Shanghai yearn¹ for independence, a recent survey by the Youth Daily revealed that 60 percent of them have to share accommodation² and many wind up sharing apartments with strangers.

在上海毕业生期待着走向独立的时候，由《青年报》最近做出的的一项调查显示，60%的毕业生不得不选择合租，而当中很多人要与陌生人合租。

The Youth Daily online survey involved 346 respondents from college graduates working in Shanghai.

《青年报》的在线调查共有346名在上海工作的大学毕业生参加。

Of those sharing apartments, 40 percent live with friends. Shanghai University graduate Li explained: "Renting apartments with friends can save money and we can help each other sometimes. All things being equal I enjoy living with my friends."

在合租的人当中，有40%的人同朋友合住。上海大学一位姓李的毕业生解释称：“和朋友合租房子能省钱，有时还能互相帮助。我们的东西都是公平划分的，我很享受与朋友合住。”

While sharing apartments saves money and is sociable³, finding suitable people can be difficult. And the minute a good roommate gets a new job or leaves Shanghai, the hunt for a replacement⁴ begins all over again. The survey showed that 14 percent of these young tenants⁵ share apartments with strangers they have contacted online.

虽然合租比较省钱又益于交际，但找到合适的人是很困难的。一旦室友找了新工作或离开上海，就又得重新找合适的室友。根据调查显示，14%的年轻租户与网上找到的陌生人合租房子。

And another 9 percent live in subdivided⁶ accommodation where flimsy walls have been erected⁷ to create extra rooms. This style of accommodation is cheap and that was the main attraction for Wu, a graduate of the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. With no experience at renting and not wanting to pay real estate⁸ agency fees, after scouring⁹ the Internet he found he could only afford a subdivided unit.

此外，有9%的人住在隔断间。这指的就是用隔断墙来划分房子，得以创造出更多房间。这种合租方式比较便宜，正是这一点吸引了上海理工大学的毕业生吴同学。由于租赁经验不足，也不想付租房中介费，在上网搜寻之后，他发现他只能负担得起一个隔断间。

Although these places are chancy and illegal the rent they charge is all I can afford, he said.

他说：“虽然这些地方有一定风险也不合法，但是只有他们收取的房租是我能付得起的。”

This survey revealed that none of the respondents lived in apartments owned by family or friends - some respondents suggested this sort of arrangement could easily lead to conflicts.

这项调查的结果还显示，没有受访者住在家人或朋友的房子里。一些受访者表示，原因在于这种住宿关系很容易导致冲突。

Twelve percent of those surveyed rented specially¹⁰ designed share apartments through websites. Just six respondents out of 346 rented government-backed accommodation and only 5.2 percent were living in accommodation provided by their employers.

12%的受访者通过上网找合租的房子，尤其是已经设计好的。346名受访者中仅有六人租住在政府提供的公寓。只有5.2%的人住在由雇主提供的宿舍。