印度旅游部長(zhǎng)馬赫什·沙瑪（圖片來(lái)源：路透社）
India's tourism minister is furiously backpedaling after suggesting that women who visit India shouldn't wear skirts for their own safety.
印度旅游部長(zhǎng)日前建議前往印度的女性為了自身安全不要穿裙子，但是他隨后連忙澄清。
Mahesh Sharma made the comments over the weekend while promoting a welcome kit that will be handed out to tourists when they arrive in India.
上周末，馬赫什·沙瑪在宣傳入境游客將會(huì)拿到的歡迎禮包時(shí)做出“不要穿裙子”的評(píng)論。
"There's a card in there listing the do's and don'ts. Basic things like, 'Don't go out at night alone.' 'Don't wear skirts.'"
“歡迎禮包里有一張卡片，上面列了注意事項(xiàng)。基本的提醒有：‘晚上不要單獨(dú)外出’、‘不要穿裙子’?！?/p>
The outrage was immediate. And for good reason.
這立刻引起了印度人民的憤怒，而且合情合理。
A string of sexual assaults against foreign women has sullied India's reputation.
印度的聲譽(yù)因?yàn)橐幌盗型鈬?guó)女性被性侵的案件而受損。
The country has amended its laws to broaden the definition of rape to include any form of penetration; it lists out strict punishments not only for rape but also for sexual assault, voyeurism and stalking.
印度修訂了法律，擴(kuò)大了強(qiáng)奸的定義，把任何形式的性交都列為強(qiáng)奸。修正后的法律也列出了對(duì)于強(qiáng)奸、性侵、窺陰癖和跟蹤罪的嚴(yán)懲方式。
But still, every high-profile case -- and there have been several -- brings the question to the forefront again: Is India doing enough to protect women? Is it creating a strong enough deterrent for crimes against women?
但是多起引人矚目的案件仍然帶來(lái)質(zhì)疑：保護(hù)女性，印度做到位了么？有沒(méi)有強(qiáng)有力的措施遏制所有針對(duì)女性的犯罪？
Backlash
民眾反應(yīng)強(qiáng)烈
For one thing, India is ill-equipped to process not just sexual assaults and rape, but all kinds of crime. It has a shortage of forensic laboratories; one of the worst police-to-citizens ratios in the world, and far fewer lawyers and judges than it needs to process cases.
首先，印度不僅僅在處理性侵和強(qiáng)奸案件上能力欠缺，在各類案件處理上都能力不足。該國(guó)缺少法醫(yī)檢驗(yàn)室；警察和公民人數(shù)比是世界上最低的幾個(gè)國(guó)家之一；處理案件所需的律師和法官人數(shù)也遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)不夠。
Critics lambasted the minister, saying his comments put the onus on women, rather than on a government that ought to do a better job of improving security.
批評(píng)人士痛斥旅游部長(zhǎng)，認(rèn)為他將安全責(zé)任推到了女性身上，而不是政府。政府應(yīng)該為提高安全性做出更多的努力。
"Sir please give us bad women a lecture on Indian Culture. We are getting outta control N need to be harnessed!" said Sapna Moto Bhavnani, in one of many similar tweets taking the minister to task.
推特上有許多人批評(píng)這位部長(zhǎng)。薩普納 莫托 巴夫南尼寫(xiě)道：“先生，請(qǐng)給我們這些‘壞女人’上一節(jié)印度文化課。我們已經(jīng)失去控制了，現(xiàn)在需要你來(lái)治理一下?！?/p>
Backpedal
澄清
On Monday, Sharma tried to clarify what he meant.
周一，沙瑪試圖澄清他的意思。
"I am a father of two daughters...I would never tell women what they should wear or not," he told reporters.
他對(duì)記者說(shuō)：“我是兩個(gè)女孩的父親。我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)告訴女性她們應(yīng)該或不應(yīng)該穿什么?！?/p>
"Such a ban is unimaginable, but it is not a crime to be cautious. Different countries issue advisories from time to time, but I never said change anyone's way of dressing."
“這樣的禁令是難以想象的，但謹(jǐn)慎一點(diǎn)總沒(méi)有錯(cuò)。各國(guó)時(shí)不時(shí)都會(huì)發(fā)布安全建議，但我從未說(shuō)過(guò)要改變?nèi)魏稳舜┮碌姆绞?。?/p>
This isn't the first time, however, that Sharma has stoked controversy with his comments on how to ensure the safety of women.
不過(guò)，這已經(jīng)不是沙瑪?shù)谝淮我驗(yàn)榫腿绾未_保女性安全發(fā)表意見(jiàn)而引發(fā)爭(zhēng)論了。
Last year he said Indian women shouldn't go out at night.
去年他說(shuō)印度女人晚上不應(yīng)該出門(mén)。
"Girls wanting a night out may be all right elsewhere but it is not part of Indian culture," he said.
他說(shuō)：“其他國(guó)家女孩晚上想要出去是可以的，但是在印度，這是不行的?！?/p>
By the way, the pamphlet that Sharma referred to makes no mention of skirts.
順便說(shuō)一句，沙瑪提到的安全手冊(cè)上并沒(méi)有提到裙子。
英文來(lái)源：CNN
翻譯：王慧雯（中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)愛(ài)新聞iNews譯者）
編審：Helen/yaning
