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They have nothing to compare it to.
沒有任何比較。
When these villagers claimed their freedom,
如果這些人要為自己爭取自由，
the slaveholders burned down all of their houses.
奴隸主就燒掉他們所有的房子。
I mean, these people had nothing,
這些人一無所有，
and they were so petrified, they wanted to give up,
他們嚇壞了，他們想要放棄，
but the woman in the center rallied for them to persevere,
但是照片中間這位女士團結眾人堅持到底，
and abolitionists on the ground helped them get a quarry lease of their own,
在當地的廢奴主義者幫助他們爭取采石場的租約，
so that now they do the same back-breaking work,
這樣，他們繼續干著同樣的重活，
but they do it for themselves, and they get paid for it,
但現在是為自己而干，能拿到酬勞，
and they do it in freedom.
他們擁有了自由。
Sex trafficking is what we often think of when we hear the word slavery,
非法性交易是我們在聽到奴役時最常聯想到的
and because of this worldwide awareness,
因為全球皆知，
I was warned that it would be difficult for me to work safely within this particular industry.
我曾被警告說，若我堅持拍攝這個行業人身安全將難以得到保障。
In Kathmandu, I was escorted by women who had previously been sex slaves themselves.
在加德滿都我由一些從前是性奴的女人隨護。
They ushered me down a narrow set of stairs that led to this dirty, dimly fluorescent lit basement.
她們帶著我走下一段段狹窄的樓梯到了一個骯臟昏暗的地下室。
This wasn't a brothel, perse.
這里本身不是一間妓院。
It was more like a restaurant.
它更像是間餐廳。
Cabin restaurants, as they're known in the trade,
包廂餐廳在業內被人熟知，
are venues for forced prostitution.
是強迫賣淫的場所。
Each has small, private rooms, where the slaves,
一個個小隔間里，性奴們，
women, along with young girls and boys,
女人和小孩，
some as young as seven years old,
有些只有七歲大，
are forced to entertain the clients,
被迫取悅客戶，
encouraging them to buy more food and alcohol.
好讓他們消費更多的食物和酒。
Each cubicle is dark and dingy,
每個小隔間都很暗很臟，
identified with a painted number on the wall,
墻上畫著號碼，
and partitioned by plywood and a curtain.
由三夾板和窗簾隔開。
The workers here often endure tragic sexual abuse at the hands of their customers.
在這里工作的人通常都要忍受客人們殘忍的性虐待。
