英文原文

【英文原文】

A law banning women from wearing trousers in Paris may finally be lifted more than two centuries after first being enforced。

　　The curious rule was first introduced in late 1799 by Paris' police chief, and stipulated than any Parisienne wishing to "dress like a man" must seek special permission from the city's main police station。

　　But a group of ten French MPs has now submitted a draft bill to parliament to remove the law, which has survived repeated attempts to repeal it。

　　The latest attempt to remove the outmoded rule was in 2003, when a Right-wing MP from President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party wrote to the minister in charge of gender equality. The minister's response was: "Disuse is sometimes more efficient than (state) intervention in adapting the law to changing morays."

中文译文

【中文译文】

　　巴黎拥有一条禁止女性穿裤子的法律。现在，这项实行了200多年的禁令终于有望解除。

　　这条奇特的法规最初是巴黎警察局长在1799年制定的。它规定，任何想要“像男人那样穿着的”巴黎女性必须获得巴黎警察局特批。

　　现在，10名法国议员向议会递交了要求废除该法的议案。

　　人们曾一再试图废除这项法律，但它还是多次逃过劫难。最近一次要废除这条过时法规的努力发生在2003年。一位议员就废除该法写信给负责性别平等问题的部长，后者的答复是：“在使法律适应不断变化的现实状况方面，把过时法律束之高阁有时比(国家)干预更为有效。”