“Go Ahead” is a splendid piece of television art that is sure to delight you! Everything is exquisitely presented, beautifully shot, written, and acted. The format and style conform to international production standards of TV series, always entirely Chinese in feeling, mood, and psychology.

《以家人之名》是一部精彩的电视剧，一定会让您满意！ 一切都精美呈现，从拍摄，剧本和表演，到感觉、情绪和心理上完全中国化，但这并不影响这部电视剧在制作和风格上，符合国际电视剧制作的高标准。

The series tells the story of three non blood-related kids who became each other's family. It premiered on Hunan TV. And showed widely in China, Vietnam, on YouTube, Netflix, and other networks.

该剧讲述了三个没有血缘关系的孩子成为彼此家人的故事，在中国湖南卫视首播，并在越南、YouTube、Netflix 和其他网络上上线。

My own personal taste in TV series is for The Sopranos and The Wired. I usually prefer spicier fare than Go Ahead. This series is a high-octane, super sweet confection. I got seriously hooked. It tugs at your heart strings. I felt deeply moved by the story, and felt close to the characters. The heavy emotional overlay draws the viewer into a marvelous world. It is filled with deep emotions, extremely warm people.

其实我喜欢《黑道家族》和《火线》这类，风格比《以家人之名》更“刺激”的电视剧，但《以家人之名》像是一种高热量、高甜度的甜品，让我上瘾了！ 它时时刻刻都在牵动着你的心弦，我被故事深深地打动了，对主人公们有了亲近感，复杂的情感叠加在一起，将观众带入一个奇妙的世界，它充满了浓郁的情感，温暖人心。

Characteristics we recognize everywhere are just as evident in this view of China, from crass commercialism, deep love, dirty tricks, kindness and hatred. Just like anywhere.

我们所熟悉的各种情感都在这部剧的价值观中体现出来，从粗暴的商业主义、真挚的爱、卑鄙的伎俩、到善良和仇恨，就像世界上任何地方一样。 

What I disliked in the series was the intrusive music. The music often disturbed me, making fun of certain situations, intruding in the events, heavy-handedly telling the viewer what to think. I would have asked the editor to use real sound and skip the super sweet “commentary” music.

我不是很喜欢这部电视剧的配乐，具有侵入性，经常打扰我的观影，配乐要么跳脱出剧情，要么介入事件，意图告诉观众应该怎么想，如果问我的意见，我会要求音乐编辑使用真实声音并跳过刻意的“解说”音乐。

The views of Chinese life are exquisite, shocking and astonishing. I visited China eight times in the 1980s so I was especially surprised and impressed by seeing it now. The series is based in a big city, where everything gleams of international box culture.

中国人的人生观，精妙绝伦，震撼人心，令人叹为观止。我在上个世纪 80 年代曾多次访问中国，这部剧向我展示了当代中国的发展，我感到特别惊讶和印象深刻，该剧以一座大城市为背景，那里的一切都闪耀着人类共同文化的光芒。

The central character is a master cook, who is the basis of the new family. Food is the essence of his love and nurture. He is the most likable character in the series. The nonstop flow of amazing dishes on screen makes me hungry over and over! And the profession of master cook is shown with great love and respect.  

本剧的主角是一位大厨李海潮（涂松岩饰），他是新家庭的中心，食物是他给予的营养和爱，他也是该系列中最讨人喜欢的角色，屏幕上不断涌现的美味佳肴让我一遍又一遍地感到饥饿！李海潮“大厨”的职业受到极大的爱戴和尊重。

The three young people are all superstar actors, and they grace the screen with their presence. I love the young girl star who plays Jian Jian. She is entirely natural, outspoken, immensely attractive. The young actress who plays her in early childhood is also perfectly cast and an excellent actress in her own way.

剧中的三个年轻演员在中国都是家喻户晓的明星，他们的出现让银幕熠熠生辉，我喜欢扮演李尖尖的年轻女星（谭松韵饰），她完全自然，直率，极具吸引力，李尖尖的童年饰演者也是完美的演员，相信她会以自己的方式成为一名优秀的女演员。

Especially revealing for the non-Chinese audience is the open showing of some less admirable characteristics. Many of the persons we meet are cruel and despicable. The neighborhood gossipers are cruel. The beautiful film actress girl is nasty. We see family strife, a husband beating his wife, children being abandoned, pretty women lured to Singapore for a “better life” with a Mercedes-driving sugar daddy. People strike each other frequently, fall down stairs, get violently ill, and too many scenes are before the door to the Emergency Room. There is no attempt to pretty up these ugly sides of life in China. It is refreshingly honest that China can be so open about shortcomings and difficulties.

对于非华人观众来说，这部剧真正揭露了一些不那么令人钦佩的社会现象，毕竟我们在生活中遇到的许多人都是残忍和卑鄙的，比如邻里间直白的八卦，令人讨厌的电影女演员，我们还看到家庭的纷争，丈夫殴打妻子，孩子被遗弃，漂亮女人被引诱到新加坡与开奔驰的大款“过上更好的生活”，打架、摔楼梯、重病，急诊室门前的场景也有很多，主创们没有试图美化生活中的这一面，这也是本剧最令人耳目一新的一面，中国的创作者们可以坦诚面对缺点和困难。

The plot seems to slow down. Everything is presented with gobs of sweetness, and there are few ongoing plot lines. Every character presented seems to have a backstory stained by divorce, death, betrayal. As the story goes on, the characters all get older, and their relationship goes through trials and even fist fights.

本剧的剧情张弛有度，甜蜜的意味充斥着全剧，每个人的故事交叉上演，每个角色都有复杂的背景故事。随着故事的进展，角色们都变老和长大了，他们的关系也在磕磕碰碰中经历住了考验。

The same ongoing themes are accompanied by the same sweet background music. It seems the composer got more serious and inserts much “joking” musical commentary. Just like life itself, the series seems to go up and down with mild perturbations. Otherwise, there are no driving themes, just the kindness of the lead character, the cook, who finally finds love and marriage.

    本剧的主题和背景音乐一样温馨而甜美，作曲家似乎没有那么的严肃，他插入了很多“温暖”的音乐评论。就像生活本身一样，这部电视剧随着轻微纷乱而上下起伏，一切都自然发生，当然，只有主角的善良是不行的，欣慰的是，李海潮最终找到了专属于他的爱情和婚姻。