Today I'm talking to Desmond Butler, Managing Director of Klikset, the construction toy which every youngster wants. Welcome Desmond.

今天我要和Klikset公司的总经理德斯蒙德·巴特勒谈话。欢迎你，德斯蒙德。

Hello Jenny. So, how did it all start?

你好，珍妮。那么，是怎么开始的呢？

I'd been running my father's plastic component business and I'd taken it as far as I could, and was bored.

我一直在经营我父亲的塑料部件生意，我尽了最大的努力，但感到厌倦。

We were producing make-up cases you know, eye shadow, lipstick，mascara cases and so on.

我们生产化妆品盒子，你知道，如眼影，口红，睫毛膏等等。

It was a steady market, although very competitive, but I needed a new challenge. I was getting quite a good income from it, but money isn't everything.

这个市场很稳定，虽然竞争非常激烈，但我需要一个新的挑战。我的收入相当不错，但钱不是万能的。

So what gave you the idea for Klikset?

那么是什么给了你创立Klikset的灵感呢？

I was at a wedding party, sitting in a corner toying with plastic drinking straws on my table thinking about the manufacturing process that made them.

我参加了一个婚礼，坐在一个角落里摆弄着桌子上的塑料吸管，想着制作这些吸管的过程。

I began piecing them together and managed to build a small flat structure.

我开始把它们拼凑在一起，做成了一个小的平面结构。

I realised that with the right connectors I could build some impressive objects and I thought this might be the seed idea for a new toy.

我意识到，有了合适的连接器，我可以制造一些令人印象深刻的物品，我认为这可能是研发新玩具的种子想法。