頗受歡迎的英國(guó)兒童電視節(jié)目《小豬佩奇》近日被倫敦消防局公開批評(píng)，稱該節(jié)目在提到“消防員”時(shí)使用的是fireman，而不是已經(jīng)更加普及的firefighter，是性別歧視行為。同時(shí)，倫敦消防局還對(duì)芭比娃娃提出表?yè)P(yáng)。這到底是怎么一回事呢？

Peppa Pig, the perky little porcine beloved of preschoolers across the world, is at the center of a sexism row after London's fire service accused makers of the hit show of using "out of date stereotypical gender specific wording."

活潑可愛(ài)的小豬佩奇深受全球?qū)W齡前兒童的喜愛(ài)，然而最近佩奇身陷性別歧視的風(fēng)波。英國(guó)倫敦消防局批評(píng)這部熱門兒童劇的制作人使用了“過(guò)時(shí)的刻板性別特定用語(yǔ)”。

perky['p??k?]：adj.神氣的；得意洋洋的；自信的；活潑的

The blockbuster cartoon, which airs in more than 180 countries, has faced criticism after an episode called "The Fire Engine" referred to a firefighter as a fireman.

這部熱門的兒童劇在180多個(gè)國(guó)家播放。在《消防車》一集中提到消防員時(shí)，臺(tái)詞中使用了fireman（有明確性別指向）而不是firefighter（無(wú)性別指向）。

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) tweeted: "Come on @peppapig, we've not been firemen for 30 years. You have a huge influence on kids & using out of date stereotypical gender specific wording prevents young girls from becoming firefighters. Join our #Firefightingsexism campaign."

倫敦消防局發(fā)推特說(shuō)：“可別這么說(shuō)了，佩奇，我們不當(dāng)firemen已經(jīng)有30年了。你們?cè)谛∨笥旬?dāng)中有很大影響力，使用過(guò)時(shí)的刻板性別特定詞匯會(huì)讓女孩不愿意當(dāng)消防員?？旒尤胛覀兊?消防員反性別歧視運(yùn)動(dòng)吧?！?/p>

stereotypical [,steri?'tipikl]：adj.老一套的；陳規(guī)的

The fire service also criticized Fireman Sam, another character popular with British preschoolers, while praising the makers of Barbie for producing a fire-fighting doll. The model was issued in a series of career dolls to celebrate Barbie's 60th birthday, though the first Barbie firefighter went on sale in 1995.

倫敦消防局還批評(píng)了另一檔在英國(guó)學(xué)齡前兒童中人氣很高的節(jié)目《消防員山姆》，同時(shí)還表?yè)P(yáng)了芭比娃娃制造商推出消防員玩偶。這個(gè)玩偶是為紀(jì)念芭比娃娃誕生60周年而推出的職業(yè)玩偶系列中的一個(gè)，首個(gè)芭比娃娃消防員玩偶在1995年問(wèn)世。

倫敦消防局發(fā)推文說(shuō)：“歡迎芭比娃娃加入消防隊(duì)，她將投身于消防事業(yè)，幫助女孩和男孩拓展思路，盡情設(shè)想今后自己能從事什么樣的工作?！?/p>

不過(guò)，倫敦消防局在性別平等問(wèn)題上抓住具體詞匯“較真兒”，也遭到了挖苦。著名電視主持人皮爾斯·摩根就此跟倫敦消防局杠上了。

TV presenter Piers Morgan tweeted: "If women are being 'put off' joining the fire service because Fireman Sam supposedly 'perpetuates male stereotypes' then can I politely suggest these women probably don't have what it takes to fight fires."

他在推特上說(shuō)：“如果女性不愿當(dāng)消防員是因?yàn)椤断绬T山姆》使用了不恰當(dāng)?shù)男詣e用語(yǔ)，那我或許可以臆測(cè)，這些女性根本不適合當(dāng)消防員”。

LFB hit back, saying that girls "think they can't be firefighters because children's TV continues to use outdated language".

倫敦消防局馬上懟回去說(shuō)，“女孩是因?yàn)閮和娨暪?jié)目總用過(guò)時(shí)的語(yǔ)言才認(rèn)為自己不能當(dāng)消防員的?！?/p>

"If you respect our work, then get our name right," the brigade tweeted.

倫敦消防局發(fā)推特說(shuō)：“如果你們尊重我們的工作，就應(yīng)該把我們的名稱叫準(zhǔn)確”。

但是，主持人摩根依然對(duì)倫敦消防局不依不饒，又跑到英國(guó)獨(dú)立電視臺(tái)的《早上好，英國(guó)》節(jié)目中展開辯論。這次他舉的例子是Postman，也就是“郵差”，這個(gè)詞在英文中只有男性指向的寫法，不存在中性的寫法。

Morgan continued the debate on ITV's Good Morning Britain, telling viewers: "Postman Pat - he can't be a postman any more. What is he, a postperson? Postperson Patricia?

摩根在英國(guó)獨(dú)立電視臺(tái)的《早上好，英國(guó)》節(jié)目中繼續(xù)辯論，告訴觀眾說(shuō)：“郵差派特（《郵遞員派特叔叔》是一檔兒童動(dòng)畫）》不能再當(dāng)郵差了。他是誰(shuí)？郵政人員？帕特里克郵政人員？”

摩根還引申開來(lái)說(shuō)，難道還不允許有黑白兩色的貓咪了？

"And you can't have a black and white cat because that's racist."

“說(shuō)貓咪是黑白兩色的，就是種族歧視嗎？”

The fire brigade's tweets sparked a row, with one Twitter user posting a picture of a Peppa Pig story book that clearly features several female firefighters, including Mummy Pig.

倫敦消防局的推文引發(fā)了爭(zhēng)議，一名推特用戶上傳了一張《小豬佩奇》故事書中的圖片，上面清楚地畫著幾名女性消防員，還包括佩奇的媽媽。

Another Twitter user pointed out that Fireman Sam features a woman called Firefighter Penny Morris, to which the LFB responded by saying her involvement is "completely devalued" by the show's name.

另一名推特用戶指出，《消防員山姆》中有一名女性被稱為消防員彭妮-莫里斯。而倫敦消防局回應(yīng)說(shuō)，由于節(jié)目的名稱，莫里斯在書中“存在感被大大降低了”。

The LFB says it currently employs 354 female firefighters -- 7.39% of its operational workforce.

倫敦消防局稱，目前有354名女性消防員，占到職員總數(shù)的7.39%。

According to government statistics, women represent around 5% of firefighters in England and Scotland and just 3% in Northern Ireland.

據(jù)政府?dāng)?shù)據(jù)，英格蘭和蘇格蘭的女消防員占大約5%，在北愛(ài)爾蘭這一比例僅為3%。

來(lái)源：CNN、sky.com、環(huán)球時(shí)報(bào)

翻譯&編審：yaning