女性肖像將登上新版10美元紙幣

WASHINGTON — Growing numbers of Americans are going cashless, but demands to finally put a woman on paper currency persist. And now the Treasury has announced that a portrait of a woman, to be determined soon, will grace the $10 bill.

華盛頓——愈來愈多美國人不再使用現金，但將女性放上紙鈔的呼聲仍然不絕於耳。如今美國財政部宣佈，很快就會選出一位女性人物的肖像，放上10美元鈔票。

The note will continue to have some image, also to be determined, of the current $10 honoree, Alexander Hamilton, a founding father (there were, of course, no mothers) and Treasury secretary to President George Washington (he of the $1 bill). Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew, who by law makes the selection of an honoree, will disclose his choice by the end of the year. The new note will appear in 2020 — the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.

財政部還決定保留現有的10美元鈔票人物：建國先賢之一（這一行列並不包括女性）、曾擔任財政部長的亞歷山大‧漢密爾頓(Alexander Hamilton)，但採用哪幅肖像則尚未定下來。漢密爾頓擔任財長時的上司是1美元鈔票上的喬治‧華盛頓總統。財政部長雅各布‧J‧盧(Jacob J. Lew)會依法選定獲選登上新鈔的人物，並在今年年底公佈選擇結果。新鈔會在2020年發行，以紀念給予女性投票權的第19號修正案出臺100週年。

The only criterion under law is that the chosen person must be dead, but the Treasury said Mr. Lew was looking for a woman “who was a champion for our inclusive democracy.” That would include the abolitionist Harriet Tubman, who was the top choice on social media of a campaign to put a woman on the $20 bill.

目前法律僅規定印上貨幣上的人物必須不在人世，但財政部表示，部長尋找的女性人選是“曾爲我們的包容性民主制度而奮鬥的勇士”。這樣的人選包括廢奴運動人士哈麗特‧圖曼(Harriet Tubman)。在社交媒體推動女性登上20美元鈔票的運動中，她也是人們最希望獲選的女性。

Putting a woman on paper notes is certain to be an honor more long-lived than that accorded two history-making women whose images were put on coins. Susan B. Anthony, the social reformer, appeared on silver dollars minted from 1979 to 1981, and again in 1999, and Sacagawea, the Shoshone guide to the Lewis and Clark expedition, was featured on gold-colored dollar coins from 2000. Both coins, which were often confused with quarters, proved unpopular, and production of them was stopped.

讓女性登上紙鈔的殊榮，絕對比另兩位女性歷史人物登上硬幣的經歷更具持久性。社會改革人士蘇珊‧B‧安東尼(Susan B. Anthony)曾經出現在1979年到1981年鑄造的1美元銀幣上，在1999年則再次發行；擔任劉易斯與克拉克遠征隊(Lewis and Clark expedition)嚮導的肖肖尼族女子薩卡加維亞(Sacagawea)曾出現在2000年後鑄造的1美元金色硬幣上。但兩款硬幣經常與25美分的硬幣混淆、流通不廣，都已停止發行。

Faces on bills have not changed since 1929, when Andrew Jackson replaced Grover Cleveland on the $20 note. Basic currency designs date to that time; redesigns occur every decade or so to deter counterfeiting.

紙鈔上的面孔自1929年以來不曾有過改變。當年安德魯‧傑克遜(Andrew Jackson)的臉孔代替了格羅弗‧克利夫蘭(Grover Cleveland)印上20美元鈔票。紙幣的基本設計就來自那一時期，但每十年都爲防僞而進行重新設計。

For the latest change, the Treasury has invited the public to use the hashtag #TheNew10 “to spread the word about the redesign.” Also, Mr. Lew and other officials will solicit the public’s ideas in round-table discussions and town-hall meetings.

最近財政部廣邀大衆利用#TheNew10（新版10美元）的標籤“將重新設計一事廣而告之”。財政部長與其他官員也將在圓桌討論與市政廳會議中徵詢大衆意見。

The note will include tactile features to make it easier for people who are blind or visually impaired to identify the bill.

新鈔票會印上可觸特徵，讓盲人或視力受損人士以資辨認。

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, had introduced legislation to put a woman on the $20 bill, and she wrote to President Obama this month urging him to use his power to that end. “While it might not be the $20 bill, make no mistake: This is a historic announcement,” Ms. Shaheen said in a statement.

新罕布什爾州民主黨參議員珍妮‧沙欣(Jeanne Shaheen)此前一直推動立法，讓女性印上20美元鈔票。她本月還寫信力勸奧巴馬總統動用職權，達成這一目標。她在聲明中表示：“就算不是20美元鈔票，這毫無疑問也是一個具有歷史意義的聲明。”