There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk's voice as she completed the form, stood up, and personally ushered me to the door.

那名办事员在填完表格后，站起来，亲自把我送到门口。在这个过程中，她说话时流露出一股敬意。

As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants - ages 13, 7, and 3. Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model, (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.

我回到家，把车停在家门前的车道时，还对自己响亮的头衔觉得飘飘然。我那三名年龄分别为13岁、7岁、3岁的实验室助手正在等着我，从楼上传来我们的新实验模特儿（六个月大的婴儿）的声音，她正放开嗓门，测试着新的声音模式。

I felt triumphant! I had scored a beat on bureaucracy! And I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable to mankind than "just another mother."

我感到欢欣鼓舞！我竟然打败了官僚机构！如今，在官方的纪录上，我成了人类超群出众、不可或缺的人物，而不仅仅是一位母亲。

Motherhood ... What a glorious career! Especially when there's a title on the door.

母亲……这是多么光荣的职业啊！特别是现在这已经成为官方记录了。

Does this make grandmothers "Senior Research Associates in the field of Child Development and Human Relations" and great grandmothers "Executive Senior Research Associates"? I think so!!!

这是不是说奶奶和姥姥就是“资深儿童发育和人类关系研究员”，而曾祖母则是“高级研究员”呢？我想是这样的！

I also think it makes Aunts "Associate Research Assistants". 

我想，小姨子也因此成了“研究员助理”。

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