The longer women like Venkatesh wait to have a child, the fewer children they're likely to have.

像文卡塔斯一样，女人生孩子的年龄越大，生的孩子就会越少。

When Venkatesh was younger, she says, she imagined having three children. Now she thinks one, down the road, is more realistic.

文卡塔斯说，她年纪更小的时候，曾想过要生三个孩子。 但是现在她认为，未来还是生一个更加现实。

Like many working women, Venkatesh worries about losing income if she leaves work to have a child, and she worries about the cost of child care.

像许多职场女性一样，文卡塔斯担心如果离开岗位去生小孩会失去收入，也担心无力承担养育小孩的花销。

The calculations made by Dr Venkatesh and Dr Becker rely on a model developed by the World Health Organisation and already in use in America, France, South Africa and elsewhere.

Venkatesh博士和Becker博士在计算时使用的是由世界卫生组织所创建的一种模型，该模型已在美国、法国、南非以及其他一些地区得到应用。

Venkatesh says she's moving up the career ladder really quickly. So when she thinks of having a child, she worries it might hurt her advancement. She says she couldn't even imagine taking 10 or 12 weeks off for a new baby.

文卡塔斯说她目前在职场上升得很快。 所以当她考虑生孩子的时候，担心这会影响她的升迁。 她说她没法想象为了生孩子，请十到十二周的假。