Thousands of women left work at 2:38 pm in Iceland last Monday to protest the gender¹ pay gap in the country.

上周一，数千名冰岛妇女在下午2时38分准时下班，以抗议男女工资不平等。

In Iceland, women earn 14 to 18% less than men, which means on an average eight hour workday, women are essentially² working for free after 2:38 pm, according to labor unions and rights groups.

根据工会和人权组织统计，冰岛女性比男性薪酬少14-18%，这意味着按每天工作8小时计算，冰岛女性每天14时38分起就已在免费干活了。

Iceland is one of the highest-ranking countries for gender equality, according to the World Economic Forum's "Global Gender Gap Report", but the protests show the country still has ways to go to reach true equality.

世界经济论坛发布的《全球性别差距报告》显示，冰岛是性别平等程度最高的国家之一，但抗议活动显示冰岛距离实现真正的平等还有很长的路要走。

According to the report, in 170 years women worldwide will earn as much as men and account for half of the world's bosses.

报告显示，在世界范围内，女性要实现与男性薪酬平等、占据全球一半的管理者席位还需要170年。

In Iceland, it will take 52 years for women to achieve pay equality, according to trends in the past decade.

在冰岛，根据最近十年的趋势来看，实现男女薪酬平等的目标也需要52年。

Gylfi Arnbjornsson, president of the Icelandic Confederation of Labor, told that fifty years is too long to wait.

冰岛劳工联合会主席Gylfi Arnbjrnsson表示，50年等起来实在是太漫长了。

"No one puts up with waiting 50 years to reach a goal," Gylfi stated. "It doesn't matter whether it's a gender pay gap or any other pay gap. It's just unacceptable to say we'll correct this in 50 years. That's a lifetime."

Gylfi陈述道：“没有人能够忍受要等待50年来达到一个目标。无论是性别工资差距还是任何其他工资差距，我们都无法接受要花50年才能纠正它，因为这是许多人一生的时间。”