Who wouldn't want to stay in the Scottish Lowlands? In a quaint¹ village near a forest? Where the Gulf² Stream keeps the climate pleasant, whisky is sipped³, and salmon⁴ is nibbled⁵?

在苏格兰低地，古老的村庄倚靠森林，峡谷的溪流让人怡然，小口啜饮着威士忌，细细品味鲑鱼，试想谁会不向往待在这里?

An upstairs studio let in Wigtown, you can live this Scottish Dream for just ￡28 a night. Sounds too good to be true.

在威格敦，一层位于楼上的工作室，你就可以以每晚28欧元的价格，来享受你梦寐以求的苏格兰风情。听起来有点好得不真实。

And it is, in a way. Guests, while afforded the charm and tranquility⁶ of rural Scottish life for the same price as half a tank of petrol, are required to play bookkeeper. Yes, those who stay are tasked with running the bookshop downstairs.

事实上，有个条件，除了用相当于半桶汽油的价钱来享受这优美舒适苏格兰乡村生活，你还必须做书店管理员。书店就在住宿的楼下，管理书店就是住客的任务啦。

This won't be for everyone – but for those willing to recommend Harry⁷ Potter to visiting kids and ring through a few sales, a remarkably⁸ low-cost holiday is possible.

当然不强制每个住客都必须履行，但是对于那些愿意向入住的孩子们推荐哈利波特系列丛书，或者帮忙销售一些书的住客，可以享受额外低的假日住宿花销。

Adrian Turner, director of the Wigtown book festival, said of the idea: “I wouldn’t call it a working holiday. It’s a particular kind of holiday [for people] who don’t feel that running a bookshop is work. "It’s not about cheap labour – it’s about offering people an experience … It’s one of those great fantasies.”

威格顿图书节的总策划，Adrian Turner, 对于这个举措表示，对于那些愿意帮忙管理书店的人来说，这不算是一种假期工作，也不是充当廉价劳动力，他们收获的是一种经历，而且是生平美好经历中最获益匪浅的。

Apparently⁹, locals are inclined to invite guests round to dinner, too. Which helps. As do the pubs about the place, Galloway Forest Park, the nearby coast, and golf – no, nothing to do with Donald Trump¹⁰.

当地人还喜欢邀请游客共进晚餐。这也会带动当地酒吧，Galloway 森林公园，附近海滩还有高尔夫等产业。当然这样的经营理念不是受特朗普的影响。

Unlike its Welsh equivalent, Wigtown's status was planned – the proliferation of bookshops came following the closure of its creamery and distillery, which were by far the main employers for locals.Books have helped regenerate¹¹ Wigtown. It's worth mentioning that a new distillery called Bladnoch has opened, though. Everything's fine.

与威尔士不同，威格顿的现状是提前规划的，书店的兴起，导致了大部分当地人从事的乳品业和酒业倒闭。图书业重振了威格顿，还有值得一提的是，一家名叫Bladnoch新的酒厂已经开业。终于，万物并育而不相害了。

The let first came to the limelight back in 2015. It was noticed by the Guardian¹², naturally. And American couple Lee and Janet Miller¹³, from Massachusetts, who once ran a bookstore, spotted¹⁴ the listing, went, and blogged about the experience.“Today reminded both of us of why we so loved being booksellers. It is of course dealing¹⁵ with books, which we love," they wrote.“But it is also the social interaction. As a bookseller, you are available to the world, and people come by for business and also just to connect."

这家住宿的出名还要从2015年说起，《卫报》首先对其进行报道。一对来自美国马萨诸塞州的夫妇，李和珍妮特，曾经营一家书店，他们看到报道，然后前往，并在博客上分享了他们的体验。“今天我们重燃了作为一个书商的热情，我们喜欢与书打交道。作为一个书商，世界向你敞开，经营书店更加需要互动，人们到这里不光体验做生意，而是成为（书与人、人与人之间的）沟通纽带。”