荷兰一名69岁的男子发起了一场法律诉讼，要求改变自己的年龄。
埃米尔•拉特尔班德想把自己的生日从1949年3月11日改为1969年3月11日，他说："在我们生活的时代，你可以改名字，改性别，那为什么我不能改年龄？
"他希望能把年龄改小20岁，原因是他感觉自己因为年龄受到了歧视，这影响了他的就业机会和约会的成功率。
他还说，如果能改变出生日期，他愿意放弃享受养老金的权利。
报道称，针对这个案件，有的法官认为目前的法律机制不允许一个人改变出生日期。
其中一名法官想知道少的这20年要怎么办，比如，你父母那时候照顾的是谁？
以前的那个小男孩是谁？
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 荷兰 | Hé lán | Holland; the Netherlands |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 名 | míng | classifier for people |
| 岁 | suì | classifier for years (of age) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 男子 | nán zǐ | a man; a male |
| 发起 | fā qǐ | to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 场 | cháng | classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout |
| 法律 | fǎ lǜ | law |
| 诉讼 | sù sòng | lawsuit |
| 要求 | yāo qiú | to request / to require / to stake a claim / to ask / to demand |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 年龄 | nián líng | (a person's) age |
| 埃米尔•拉特尔班德 | Āi mǐ ěr Lā tè ěr bān dé | Emile Ratelband, a person's name |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 生日 | shēng rì | birthday |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 改 | gǎi | to change / to alter / to transform / to correct |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live |
| 时代 | shí dài | age / era / epoch / period (in one's life) |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 性别 | xìng bié | sex; gender |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 感觉 | gǎn jué | to feel; to perceive |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 歧视 | qí shì | discrimination |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | to influence / to affect / to disturb |
| 就业 | jiù yè | employment |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 约会 | yuē huì | appointment / engagement / date |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | success |
| 率 | lǜ | (bound form) ratio; rate; proportion |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 出生 | chū shēng | to be born |
| 日期 | rì qī | date |
| 愿意 | yuàn yì | to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth) |
| 放弃 | fàng qì | to renounce; to abandon; to give up |
| 享受 | xiǎng shòu | to enjoy / to live it up |
| 养老金 | yǎng lǎo jīn | pension |
| 权利 | quán lì | right / (classical) power and wealth |
| 报道 | bào dào | report |
| 称 | chēng | to state |
| 针对 | zhēn duì | to target; to focus on; to be aimed at or against; in response to |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 案件 | àn jiàn | case / instance |
| 有的 | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) |
| 法官 | fǎ guān | judge (in court) |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 机制 | jī zhì | mechanism |
| 允许 | yǔn xǔ | to permit / to allow |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 少 | shǎo | to lack / to be missing |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 照顾 | zhào gù | to take care of / to show consideration / to attend to / to look after |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 以前 | yǐ qián | before / formerly / previous / ago |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |