The recent visit to China by Iceland’s prime minister and her same-sex spouse has given rise to tentative hopes among gay Chinese that widespread news coverage could be a first step towards more openness about homosexuality at home.
冰島總理與她的同性配偶最近訪問中國，讓中國的同志族群燃起一絲希望，期盼媒體的大幅報導能成為中國對同性戀者更開放的第一步。
It is not illegal to be gay in China. But it remains a largely taboo subject that baffles many in the world’s most populous nation thanks to decades of prudish Communist rule, despite numerous homosexual references in classical Chinese literature.
身為同性戀者在中國並未違法。但經過數十年來的拘謹共黨政府統治，同志在中國依舊是禁忌議題，也讓這個全球人口最多國家的許多民眾感到不解，因為中國古典文學中就有許多作品觸及同性情愛。
Scenes of Iceland’s premier Johanna Sigurdardottir thanking Chinese premier Li Keqiang for the "friendly reception" her wife received on national broadcaster CCTV’s notoriously stodgy evening news, and pictures with Sigurdardottir side-by-side with her playwright spouse Jonina Leosdottir, have virtually no precedent.
冰島總理希古爾達多蒂爾在中國中央電視台沉悶出了名的晚間新聞中，替她的妻子在此次訪問中所受到的「友善招待」，向中國國家總理李克強道謝的畫面，以及她和劇作家妻子萊茲多提並肩而坐的照片，在中國可算是史無前例。
"This visit creates a quandary for China," said Ah Qiang, a gay rights advocate in the southern city of Guangzhou. "Everyone is looking to see how the official media will cover it. They have to at least admit that this is happening."
「此次訪問給中國政府製造了難題，」廣州的同志權益倡儀人士阿強說。「所有人都在等著看官方媒體會怎麼報導這條新聞。他們至少得承認這件事正在發生中。」
"When I heard her thanking Li Keqiang for the treatment her wife received, I thought that I misheard," one commenter said on microblog Sina Weibo, referring to the CCTV footage, widely seen a a bellwether for official tolerance.（Reuters）
「當我聽到她為了妻子受到的禮遇向李克強道謝時，我還以為我聽錯了，」一名評論者在新浪微博上表示，他指的是中國中央電視台的新聞報導，這段報導普遍被視為預示著中國官方對同志議題採取較寬容立場。（路透）
新聞辭典
prudish：形容詞，指假裝規矩的、過分拘謹的，如She’s very prudish about sex.（她對性的態度非常拘謹。）
quandary：名詞，正式用語，指令人困惑、為難或陷入窘境，如He was in a quandary about which candidate to choose.（他因為不知道該投票給哪位候選人而深感為難。）
bellwether：名詞，指前導者、領頭羊，如The report is viewed as a bellwether for economic trends.（這項報告被視為指引經濟趨勢的前兆。）
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