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進入《中英文對照新聞》挪威內閣部長連請育嬰假，總理樂透 Paternity leave hits Norway cabinet, PM thrilled
Norway’s governing cabinet is seriously undermanned; and Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg couldn’t be happier.
挪威的執政內閣正嚴重人手不足，但總理史托騰柏格卻高興得不得了。
One of his signature issues has been expanding the "father quota" in Norway’s parental leave program, encouraging dads to stay home with their babies for at least 10 weeks at full pay.
史托騰柏格所提出的招牌政見之一，就是要延長挪威育嬰假計畫中的「爸爸配額」，鼓勵爸爸們至少休10週的全薪假在家陪小寶寶。
Now that his justice minister and family affairs minister have joined Oslo’s parade of male pram pushers on the state payroll, Stoltenberg is no less enthusiastic about the program.
現在他的司法部長與家庭事務部長都已帶薪加入奧斯陸推娃娃車的老爸行列，史托騰柏格對這項計畫的熱情不減反增。
"I miss them," he told journalists outside a cafe where the three leaders and the two babies were about to meet for the first time in 2011. "But it can’t be that men are more indispensable to the workplace -- or to the government -- than women."
「我很想念他們，」他在一家咖啡館外告訴記者們，這3位官員將帶著2個小寶寶在2011年首度碰面。「但不論在職場或在政府內部，男性都不應該比女性更不可或缺。」
Both parents in this country get an automatic two weeks off after a birth. Then they are offered a combined 46 weeks of fully paid leave or 56 weeks at 80 percent of their normal pay.
目前挪威的父母在寶寶出生後都可自動獲得2週休假。然後雙親可共同休46週的全薪育嬰假，或56週的8成薪育嬰假。
Ten weeks are reserved for the father and are lost if he remains on the job. Like the two ministers, many fathers take more for themselves as their wives head back to work.
育嬰假中有10週是專門保留給爸爸，但如果他選擇工作就等於自動放棄這10週假期。跟這2位內閣部長一樣，許多挪威爸爸都會休更長的育嬰假，好讓妻子們可以回去工作。
Later this year the maximum leave will expand to 57 weeks, with 12 weeks to the father, and the government intends to expand the father quota to 14 weeks later.
挪威政府今年將把育嬰假的上限延長至57週，爸爸可獲得12週假期，政府還打算在日後把爸爸的育嬰假配額延長至14週。
新聞辭典
undermanned：形容詞，指人手不足的，例句：The construction crew was undermanned and overworked.（建築工班人手不足、工作量又過重。）同義字則為understaffed、short-handed。
signature：名詞，指人或物的識別標誌、特徵，例句：A surprise ending is the signature of an O. Henry short story.（出人意表的結局是歐亨利短篇故事的特徵。）
payroll：名詞，指薪水帳冊、薪資名單，亦可指（應付）薪水總額，例句：He’s the manager of a baseball team with a $50 million payroll.（他是棒球隊經理，薪水高達5000萬美元。）
