社會分層有變動,英國社會被分七大階級

Nothing obsesses the British as much as social class e was a time when you were defined socially by your job, your education, your accent and, to some extent, how you spent your income. But today the social signifiers are far more varied and interwoven, as detailed in the publication today of the Great British Class Survey, the largest such study ever undertaken in the UK.

沒有什麼像社會階級那樣困擾英國。有段時間你被你的工作、教育、口音以及某種程度上你如何消費來進行社會分層。但是今天社會符號更加多樣且交織在一起，正如在今天出版的“英國大型階級調查”中的細分，英國有史以來進行的規模最大的此類研究。

After questioning more than 161,000 people online via a 20-minute survey, the London School of Economics' Mike Savage and the University of Manchester's Fiona Devine have concluded that we should now do away with the out-moded working, middle and upper classes and instead adopt seven new classes. They are in descending order: Elite; Established Middle Class; Technical Middle Class, New Affluent Workers; Emergent Service Workers; Traditional Working Class; and Precariat.

通過一個20分鐘的調查在線調研了161000多人，倫敦經濟學院的邁克•薩維奇和曼徹斯特大學的菲奧納•迪瓦恩認爲我們現在應該廢除無產階級、中層階級和上層階級，採用七大階級。他們都以降序排列：精英、世家中產階級、技術型中產階級、新型富有工作者、傳統型勞動階級、新興服務業工作者、不穩定型無產者。

"We asked people about their income, the value of their home and savings, which together is known as 'economic capital', their cultural interests and activities, known as 'cultural capital' and the number and status of people they know, which is called 'social capital'," explained the researchers.

“我們詢問人們關於他們的收入，他們的房屋市值以及儲蓄，這一起被稱爲“經濟資本”，他們的文化興趣和活動被稱爲“文化資本”，他們認識的人的數量和地位，這叫做“社會資本”，研究人員解釋說。

Predictably, thousands of people have already completed the BBC's Great British class calculator to see what new class they fall under. But not everyone, it seems, is convinced. I was told I'm a New Affluent Worker, but I may have confused it by saying I listen to hip-hop/rap, as well as visiting stately homes.

估計成千上萬的人已經完成了BBC的英國大型階級計算，看到他們被歸爲的新階層。但似乎不是每個人都信服。我被告知我是一個新型富有工作者，但我如果說我聽嘻哈音樂以及拜訪豪宅可能使其迷惑。

What class are you? Do you think the new classifications are fair and accurately reflect modern Britain? What extra class categories could the researchers have added? Or do surveys such as this make you want to hold your fist up high and declare class war?

你是哪個階層的？你認爲新的分層公平且準確反映了現代英國嗎？研究人員是否可以加入什麼額外類別？或做這樣的調查會讓你想握緊拳頭並宣佈階級戰爭嗎？