紐約時報：Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History

 

Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. Now They’re Getting Their Due.

The day marked a profound transformation. A dangerous journey that once took months could now be completed in a week, revolutionizing the fractured country’s economy.

那一天標誌著一場深刻的變革。曾經需要耗時數月的危險旅程，如今可以在一周內完成，給這個四分五裂的國家的經濟帶來了一場革命。

The leaders of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads came together to celebrate the joining of the tracks, and Leland Stanford, the business tycoon and political leader who founded Stanford University, drove a ceremonial golden spike into a tie to unite them.

中央太平洋鐵路公司(Central Pacific)和聯合太平洋鐵路公司(Union Pacific Railroads)的領導人齊聚一堂，慶祝鐵路軌道的接通。創辦了斯坦福大學的商業大鱷、政治領袖利蘭·斯坦福(Leland Stanford)把一根儀式性的金道釘敲入枕木，將鐵軌連接了起來。

But many of the workers who had built the railroad were all but invisible at the ceremony, and in its retelling for many years afterward. They included about 15,000 Chinese immigrants — up to 90 percent of the work force on the Central Pacific line — who were openly discriminated against, vilified and forgotten.

但在儀式上，以及此後數年的敘述中，卻看不到修建鐵路的眾多工人的身影。他們包括占中央太平洋線(Central Pacific line)九成勞動力的約1.5萬名華人移民——他們受到了公然的歧視、貶低和遺忘。

全文：https://cn.nytimes.com/usa/20190521/golden-spike-utah-railroad-150th-anniversary/dual/