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Oprah calls her "the most talented girl in the world," 
歐普拉稱她為「全世界最有才華的女孩」，

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but four years ago, Charice Pempengco could only dream that she would one day become an international star.
但四年前，夏芮絲‧潘平寇卻只能幻想著有朝一日能成為國際巨星。

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It was this voice and YouTube clips like this one 
就是這個嗓音和像這樣的 YouTube 影片，

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that attracted more than 15 million viewers and catapulted the young Filipino to fame.
吸引了超過一千五百萬名瀏覽者，讓這名年輕的菲律賓人迅速竄紅。

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At just 15, 
她年僅十五歲時，

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it was her performance on this South Korean talent show that stole the heart of one of America's most well-known talk show hosts, Ellen.
就憑著在這個南韓才藝節目中的表演，擄獲了美國其中一個最知名的談話節目主持人艾倫的心。

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Wait 'til you see. We had to bring her here all the way from the Philippines. Please welcome 15-year-old Charice Pempengco.
等你們親眼瞧瞧，我們得遠從菲律賓邀請她來，歡迎十五歲的夏芮絲‧潘平寇。

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Not long after, Oprah also had Charice wow her audiences with several performances, 
不久之後，歐普拉也請到夏芮絲帶來好幾段表演讓觀眾大為驚嘆，

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including this one, partnering her with renowned music producer David Foster.
包括這一段，她與知名音樂製作人大衛‧福斯特的合作演出。

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All the buzz landed Charice a role on the hit TV series Glee as Filipino exchange student Sunshine Corazon, 
話題不斷讓夏芮絲在熱門電視影集《歡樂合唱團》中輒上一角，飾演菲律賓的交換學生桑珊‧卡洛岑，

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firmly planting her in Hollywood as well as in the recording studio.
讓她在好萊塢和錄音室都站穩了腳步。

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Now, she has two albums to her name and has even made the U.S. Top 100 chart with this song.
如今，她已經出了兩張個人專輯，甚至以這首歌闖進全美百大排行榜。

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This week on Talk Asia, 
本週的《亞洲名人聊天室》，

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we catch up with the rising star to talk about her move into Hollywood and why she idolizes her mother.
我們採訪到這位明日之星，聊聊進軍好萊塢的計畫，以及她為什麼崇拜她的母親。

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Four years ago, you were a young singer in the Philippines whose performances were posted on YouTube. 
四年前，妳是菲律賓一位年輕歌手，妳的表演被放上 YouTube。

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Now, you are this international star who has someone like Oprah as a mentor. 
如今，妳是一位國際巨星，擁有像歐普拉這樣的良師。

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Do you sometimes just wake up and think, "Wow, this is my life?"
妳會不會有時候睡醒時想：「哇，這是我的人生嗎？」

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Yes. Yes, I still get overwhelmed. I mean, I think it happened so fast, 
會，會啊，我還是難以相信。我是說，我覺得這發生得太快了，

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but at the same time, of course, I worked hard for it, and I'm still working hard for it, 
但同時，當然，我很認真地努力朝它邁進，而且我還是很努力，

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and it's just amazing. [There are] just a lot of blessings that just all of the sudden just came into my life.
這就是很令人吃驚，很多的幸運一瞬間湧進了我的生命。

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You came from humble beginnings, growing up in the Philippines. Tell me, what was that like?
妳出身貧寒，在菲律賓長大。跟我談談那是怎麼樣的情況呢？

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Well, it was really a tough life. Not really easy, 'cause my mom's a single mom. 
那樣的生活真的很辛苦，很不容易，因為我媽媽是單親媽媽，

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She used to be my vocal coach, but I really admire...
她以前是我的歌唱教練，但我很欣賞……

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she's definitely my inspiration, and I look up to her a lot because, I mean, I decided to be a singer because of her. 
她給了我很多啟發，我也很尊敬她，就是因為她，讓我想成為一名歌手。

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It was a tough life before, but now this whole thing that happened to me really helped me a lot.
以前生活是很辛苦的，但現在我身上所發生的所有事情，真的幫了我很多。

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Your mother, Raquel, she is your role model, your inspiration. And she did introduce you to singing. 
妳的母親，拉寇兒，她是你的典範、她是鼓舞你的力量。而她確實也引領妳進入歌唱的世界，

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Tell us, how did that come about?
告訴我，那是怎麼發生的？

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Well, I really wanted to be a dancer, actually. Michael Jackson inspired me a lot. 
我其實本來想當一名舞者，麥可‧傑克森大大激勵了我。

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And I was four. And I was on top of the table, and she came home, and she saw me singing. And she told me that she was talking to my auntie, 
當時我四歲，我站在桌上，我的母親回家時看到我在唱歌，她跟我說她當時正在和我的阿姨說話，

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and she was like, "Charice can sing." And I remember I was singing a Celine Dion song, "My Heart Will Go On." 
她像這樣地說：「夏芮絲能唱耶！」我記得我當時在唱一首席林‧狄翁的歌〈愛無止盡〉，

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I was four, but she told me that it wasn't English that I was saying. It was really blurry.
我當時四歲，她告訴我，我當時說的不是英文，都很模糊。

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But she... so, at that time, she started teaching me, you know, like, all the techniques about singing and everything. 
但她……所以那時候，她開始教我所有的歌唱技巧等等。

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She taught me, like, [from when] I was four 'til six, and [at] seven I started joining amateur singing contests for a living. 
從四歲開始，她就一直教我到六歲，然後七歲的時候，我開始以參加業餘的歌唱比賽為生。

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But she didn't want it. She didn't like it, because she didn't want me to, you know, just join singing contests because, you know, for the money and everything. 
但她不想要這樣，她不喜歡，因為她不希望我這樣參加歌唱比賽，為了錢什麼的。

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She wanted me just... she wanted me to be just a normal kid, but I told her that I really wanted to help her. 
她希望我當一個普通的小孩，但我告訴他我真的很想幫她。

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So I thank her that she actually taught me. You know, this, you know, enhance[ed] this talent that God gave me, and... yeah.
所以，我很感謝她確實教我，讓神賜給我的這個天賦能更加精進，對啊。

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You are only 19 years old and yet you have crammed a lifetime into the past four years. What is next for Charice?
妳才十九歲，而妳過去這四年已經幾乎過了一輩子了。接下來妳要做什麼？

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Oh my. What's next? 
我的天，接下來？

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I actually want to be surprised. I always want to be surprised and just see what's gonna happen next. 
我其實想要有意外驚喜，我總是希望能得到驚喜，然候再看看接下來會發生什麼事。

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But definitely next year's gonna be busy, too, 
但明年絕對也會是忙碌的一年，

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because I'm gonna do my own tour early next year -- Asian tour -- definitely Singapore's gonna be part of it, the Philippines. 
因為我明年要舉行自己的巡迴演唱會，亞洲巡演，當然新加坡是其中一站，菲律賓也是。

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And then maybe do the U.S. tour and hopefully do some more movies and everything. 
或許接著是美國的巡迴，希望能再參加一些電影的演出，什麼都想嘗試。