“Life-cycle servant”释义--立身期徒工

Interpretation of"Life-cycle Servant":"立身期徒工"

未成年人离家外出做"life-cycle servant"是英国乃至欧洲中世纪晚期以来普遍存在的现象,也是探究西方家庭、婚姻、人口、资本主义雇佣关系等学术问题的重要内容。然而,国内还未予以充分关注,对这一概念的释义也未取得一致认同。从这一词汇所涵盖的基本内容看,译为"立身期徒工"较为符合本义。

Minors leaving home to be"life-cycle servants"have been a common phenomenon in Britain and even Europe since the late Middle Ages.It is an important part of exploring the academic issuessuch as families,marriage,population and capitalist employment relationships in the West.However,domestic scholars have not yet paid sufficient attention to itand the interpretation of this concept has not been unanimously agreed.From the perspective of the basic content of this term,the Chinese translation of"立身期徒工"is more in line with the original meaning.