The washing machine has had a greater liberating role for women than the pill, the official Vatican daily said in an International Women’s Day commentary.
梵蒂岡官方報紙在一篇國際婦女節的評論指出，洗衣機比避孕藥扮演更大的婦女解放角色。
"The washing machine and the emancipation of women： put in the powder, close the lid and relax," said the headline on the article in Osservatore Romano.
「洗衣機與婦女的解放︰放進洗衣粉，關上蓋子，然後放輕鬆」，羅馬觀察家報該篇文章的標題寫道。
"In the 20th century, what contributed most to the emancipation of western women?" questioned the article. "The debate is still open. Some say it was the pill, others the liberalisation of abortion, or being able to work outside the home. Others go even further： the washing machine," it added.
「在20世紀，什麼對西方婦女的解放貢獻最卓著？」該文提問。「這項爭議仍懸而未決，有些人說是避孕藥，另有人說是墮胎的自由化或能走出家庭工作，其他人甚至說是洗衣機。」文章補充說。
The long eulogy to the washing machine -- for which the first rudimentary models appeared in the 18th century -- highlighted "the sublime mystique to being able to ’change the sheets on the beds twice a week instead of once’," quoting the words of late American feminist Betty Friedan.
對洗衣機的長篇褒揚—該機器最初模型出現在18世紀—凸顯出「『能夠每週換兩次而非一次床單的』極致秘訣」，文章引述已故美國女性主義者貝蒂．傅瑞丹的說法。
While the machines were at first unreliable, technology has developed so quickly that now there is "the image of the super woman, smiling, made-up and radiant among the appliances of her house," wrote Osservatore.
雖然洗衣機一開始性能不可靠，然而科技發展如此迅速，以致現在存在「超級婦女的形象；這個婦女露出微笑、化好妝，同時容光煥發地周旋在家裡的電氣用品之間。」觀察家報寫道。
新聞辭典
emancipation︰名詞，解放。比如︰Emancipation Proclamation（解放宣言；美國總統林肯於1862年頒布的解放奴隸法令。）
eulogy︰名詞，頌詞、悼詞、讚美。例句︰The Prime Minister pronounced a eulogy upon the firefighting heroes.（總理向打火英雄致上頌詞。）
rudimentary︰形容詞，基本的、初步的、早期的。例句︰Her grasp of rudimentary English allowed her at least to do the shopping.（她對基礎英文的掌握，讓她至少可以購物。）
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