Green-collar is a way of talking about jobs, not about a shirt.

Green-collar is a way of talking about jobsgreen-collar是一種談論工作的說法, not about a shirt不是在講襯衫。

White-collar work is office work. Blue-collar work is work with your hands in a factory, on a farm, or on a building site. Green-collar work is work that tries to help the earth, or at least hurt it as little as it can. A person who puts solar panels on a roof, who looks after a forest, who designs a bus that uses less fuel, or who checks that a factory follows clean-air rules is doing green-collar work.

White-collar workwhite-collar工作 is office work是辦公室工作。Blue-collar work is work with your handsblue-collar工作是用手做的工作 in a factory, on a farm, or on a building site在工廠、在農場，或在工地裡。Green-collar work is workgreen-collar工作是一種工作 that tries to help the earth想要幫助地球，or at least hurt it as little as it can或至少盡量少傷害地球。A person一個人 who puts solar panels on a roof在屋頂上裝太陽能板、who looks after a forest照顧一片森林、who designs a bus that uses less fuel設計一台更省油的公車, or who checks that a factory follows clean-air rules或是檢查工廠有沒有遵守空氣清潔規定的人, is doing green-collar work做的都是green-collar工作。

The word is fairly new. You meet it in the news, in government talk, and in job ads more than in everyday chat.

The word is fairly new這個字算是相當新的。You meet it你會遇到它 in the news, in government talk, and in job ads在新聞裡、政府談話裡、還有徵才廣告裡, more than in everyday chat比在日常聊天裡更常見。

People stretch it: almost any job that sounds good for the planet can get the label, even when the work is only a little greener than before.

People stretch it人們會把這個字用得很寬：almost any job that sounds good for the planet幾乎任何聽起來對地球有好處的工作 can get the label都可以被貼上這個標籤, even when the work is only a little greener than before即使那份工作只比以前稍微環保一點。

Nobody has to wear green. Though actually, the collar was never a real collar in white-collar or blue-collar either — it is just a handy label for a kind of working life.

Nobody has to wear green沒有人真的需要穿綠色的衣服。Though actually不過其實，the collar was never a real collar in white-collar or blue-collar eitherwhite-collar和blue-collar裡的「collar」也從來不是真的衣領 — it is just a handy label for a kind of working life它只是給一種工作生活方便貼上的標籤。