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Go<\/em>nna lay it on a bit thick today with something nice and serious. This is an abstract of an academic paper from the Gender Studies Network authored by Zhou Ying.
Learn Chinese Characters – Academic Research Papers in Mandarin Simplified ChineseBecause this is an advanced academic abstract, you can really see how, in the upper levels of written Chinese, a ton of words that we find essential in English can be dropped from a sentence while still preserving the essence of the meaning. We tend to extend sentences with explanation, but here, I feel, is a fabulous example of how efficient Chinese can be. Because so many words have been dropped, I’ve added a whole lot of bracketed explanation and English fill-in words in the translation to better illuminate the implied meaning.
I’m not quite sure I know what a “proper role in domestic life is”, I’m fairly certain that not all policewomen feel intensely conflicted, but I do like the idea of implementing some social policies to better support working women.
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\u7981\u533a – jìn q\u016b – Forbidden region
\u8303\u56f4 – fàn wéi – Range, scope
\u6cbb\u5b89 – zhì \u0101n – Law and order
\u6253\u51fb – d\u01ce j\u012b – Crack down on
\u9762\u4e34 – miàn lín – Be faced with
\u5de5\u4f5c\u4e0e\u751f\u6d3b\u5e73\u8861 – g\u014dng zuò yú sh\u0113ng huó píng héng – Work-life balance
\u6bd4\u4f8b – b\u01d0 lì – Proportion
\u5c97\u4f4d – g\u01ceng wèi – A job
\u9650 – xiàn – Limit
\u906d\u53d7 – z\u0101o shòu – To suffer
\u5a01\u80c1 – w\u0113i xié – To threaten
\u626e\u6f14 – bàn y\u01cen – To play a role
\u51b2\u7a81 – ch\u014dng t\u016b – Conflict
\u653f\u7b56 – zhèng cè – Policy
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Police work was o<\/em>nce an occupatio<\/em>nal area forbidden to women. In the wake of [current] social development, the co<\/em>ntinuous increase in the number of policewomen and the co<\/em>ntinuous expansion in the scope of police work, policewomen have become an extraordinary force in upholding law and order and cracking down on crime. [At the same time,] this development has left policewomen faced with difficulties in [maintaining] work-life balance. On the one hand, [there are work-related issues such as] their small number in proportion [to male policemen], a limited number of posts they may accept, few opportunities for promotion or participation in decision-making, threats to their occupatio<\/em>nal safety, and so on. On the other hand, [there are perso<\/em>nal issues such as the fact that] the frenetic pace of police work makes it almost impossible to play a proper role in domestic life, creating an intense inner co<\/em>nflict in [policewomen’s] heart. In order to improve policewomen’s work-life balance, we must strive [to address] both the social and individual aspects [of this problem], particularly in the form of support through social policies.

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