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Denmark has some of the world's lowest income inequality. And when it comes to gender equality, women play a prominent role in business, while men get involved in childraising.
丹麦是世界上收入不平等程度最低的国家之一。关于性别平等，女性在商业中发挥突出作用，同时男性又参加养育孩子的过程。
<aside> ❕ Incorrect: 丹麦有世界上收入不平等程度最低之一。To use Denmark as the subject, have to use 国家 as the object.
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<aside> ❕ Compare: 育婴 is babysitting whereas 养育孩子 is raising children/childrearing.
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<aside> ❕ Incorrect: 平等的文化重要性
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Denmark is among the countries with the world's lowest income inequality, according to the OECD, which looks at income inequality as measured by the GINI coefficient across all 35 member states. It also has the lowest poverty rate among the OECD countries, where poverty is measured as the percentage of people who receive less than half the median national income.
根据经济合作与发展组织(OECD)，如果用基尼系数(GINI)测量35个会员国的不平等程度，丹麦是世界上收入不平等程度最低的国家之一。如果将收入不到国民收入中位数的一半的人定义为贫困，那么在OECD成员国当中，丹麦还有最低的贫困率。
→ break down the sentence into small pieces then connect. one complete sentence to define poverty, then mention denmark also has lowest poverty rate among OECD countries.
低于→ 比较正式，不到→ 口语
”会员国“和”成员国“没什么区别。
Equality is important to the Danes. The Danish governing coalition almost always includes a Minister for Equality. Culturally, equality is also a deeply ingrained value in Denmark. The fictional, but much-discussed, Law of Jante contains dictates such as "Don't think you're better than we are" and "Don't think you are anyone special." Danish schools avoid ranking students according to their achievements.
平等对丹麦人来说非常重要。丹麦执政联盟几乎总是包括负责平等的部长。在文化上，平等这个价值观在丹麦根深蒂固。虚构而被广泛讨论的詹代法則(Law of Jante)的指示包括“不要认为你比我们优秀“ 和“不要认为你有什么特别的”。丹麦学校避免根据成绩给学生排名。
负责平等的部长 = "minister responsible for equality". can't translate directly as 平等部长 because China has no such thing so this is not a term.
被 is important in 被广泛讨论的 to make the verb passive
<aside> ❕ 根深蒂固 (idiom). deep-rooted.
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而 serves as a "yet" in the sense of "fictional yet widely discussed"
Denmark scores well on the World Economic Forum's gender equality index. Women in Denmark generally work outside the home and pursue careers while raising a family, assisted by the country's generous parental leave and tax-subsidised daycare.
丹麦在世界经济论坛的性别平等指数得到颇高的评价。由于丹麦慷慨的产假和陪产假政策和税务补贴日托政策，女性一般在养家的同时还在追求事业。
Women are well-represented in Denmark's government. About 40 % of the representatives in Denmark's parliament, the Folketing, are female, and so are many of the country's ministers. Denmark's first female prime minister, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, took office in 2011.
在丹麦政府中，妇女的代表性较高。大约40%的丹麦议员是女性。女性也构成了丹麦部长们很大的一部分。第一位丹麦女性总理，Helle Thorning-Schmidt，是在2011年就职了。
<aside> ❕ In the first sentence, it would be incorrect to say 丹麦在政府工作的妇女比例相对较高, which says "within female Danes, a higher proportion work in the government of Denmark"
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<aside> ❕ 2nd sentence alt: 丹麦的第一位女性总理
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Women's influence in Danish politics is nothing new. In 1924, Nina Bang became the world’s first female minister in a country with parliamentary democracy.
女性在丹麦参政是屡见不鲜了。在1924年，Nina Bang成为了世界议会制民主国家中的第一女性部长。
Since Danish women now receive more advanced university degrees than men, their advancement seems likely to continue in the years ahead.