birth-giving machines / Birthmachine

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面白いのは、共同通信の英文元記事が使った 'birth-giving machines'という造語です。
「産む機械」を苦心して訳したのでしょう。
それを受けて、あきれたり、ビックリした報道が目立ちます。

共同通信の元記事：
Yanagisawa calls women 'birth-giving machines'

MATSUE, Shimane Pref. (Kyodo) Health minister Hakuo Yanagisawa referred to women as "birth-giving machines" in a speech Saturday on welfare and health care.

Addressing prefectural assembly members of the Liberal Democratic Party in Matsue, the 71-year-old Yanagisawa touched on the nation's declining birthrate and said, "The number of women aged between 15 and 50 is fixed. Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all we can ask for is for them to do their best per head, although it may not be so appropriate to call them machines."

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry revised downward its population estimate in December, projecting the total population to fall around 38 million from now to 89.93 million in 2055.

Yanagisawa said at the time, "There are many young people who want to have children. In order to meet such a wish, we would like to make utmost efforts."

The Japan Times: Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007
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それを受けたUPIの記事：

Official: Women 'birth-giving machines'

TOKYO, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Hakuo Yanagisawa, the health minister of Japan's Shimane Prefecture, in a speech referred to women as "birth-giving machines."

Speaking in front of a gathering of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Saturday, the 71-year-old health official made the miscue while referring to his nation's welfare and healthcare systems, Kyodo News reported.

"The number of women aged between 15 and 50 is fixed," he said. "Because the number of birth-giving machines and devices is fixed, all
we can ask for is for them to do their best per head, although it may not be so appropriate to call them machines."

During the speech in the city of Matsue, Yanagisawa also called for future efforts to enable increased births in Japan after his ministry revealed a current downward trend last December.

"There are many young people who want to have children," he said. "In order to meet such a wish, we would like to make utmost efforts."

c Copyright 2007 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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