I'm just the dogsbody in this office.

我只是这办一个打杂的。

The son of a poor rickshaw-puller who is taken out of school as a boy and put to work in a teashop, Balram nurses dreams of escape.

他是一个贫穷车夫的儿子。年幼时，他中途辍学，到一家茶社打杂，他一直梦想逃离这种生活。