每日英译中，来自每日翻译

· 英译中

原文：

Or perhaps we don’t need to concern ourselves at all if fertility rates self-correct to two. But the data shows that they don’t. Births won’t automatically rebound just because it would be convenient for advancing living standards or sharing the burden of care work or financing social insurance programs. We know that fertility rates can stay below replacement because they have. They’ve been below that level in Brazil and Chile for about 20 years; in Thailand for about 30 years; and in Canada, Germany and Japan for about 50.

译文：

如果生育率自动修正到2，我们或许根本不需要担心了。但数据显示事实并非如此。出生率不会因为提高生活水平、分担照顾工作的负担或资助社会保险项目而自动回弹。我们知道生育率可以保持在更替率以下，因为它们已经做到了。在巴西和智利，这一水平已经持续了20年；在泰国大约30年；加拿大、德国和日本约50年。