A hymen is a thin bit of skin at the opening of the vagina.

A hymen ishymen（處女膜）是a thin bit of skin一小片薄皮膚at the opening of the vagina在陰道開口處

Old books often say it belongs to girls or women who have not had sex, and that it 'breaks' the first time they do. That is the tidy story, and bodies are messier.

Old books often say舊書常說it belongs to girls or women who have not had sex它只屬於還沒有過性行為的女生或女性and that it 'breaks'而且說它會「破掉」the first time they do在第一次發生性行為時That is the tidy story那是一個講得很整齊的說法and bodies are messier但真實的身體比這個複雜得多

For most people it is not a closed door. It is more like a soft ring or a small fold, and it already has a gap, because monthly blood needs a way out.

For most people對大多數人來說it is not a closed door它並不是一扇關起來的門It is more like它比較像是a soft ring or a small fold一個軟軟的環或一個小皺褶and it already has a gap而且本來就有一個開口because是因為monthly blood needs a way out每個月的經血需要有地方流出來

Some people are born with very little of it. It can stretch or tear from sport, from a tampon, from a doctor's check, or from sex — or it may hardly change.

Some people are born with very little of it有些人天生這片薄膜就很少It can stretch or tear它可能拉伸或裂開from sport, from a tampon, from a doctor's check, or from sex因為運動、使用衛生棉條、醫生的檢查，或是性行為or it may hardly change也可能幾乎沒什麼變化

So you cannot read a person's sexual life from it, and using it as 'proof' has hurt a lot of girls. Doctors still need the word: it is a body part, not a moral test.

So you cannot read所以你沒辦法判斷a person's sexual life from it一個人的性經驗從它and using it as 'proof'而把它當作「證據」has hurt a lot of girls已經傷害了很多女生Doctors still need the word醫生還是需要用到這個詞it is a body part它是一個身體部位not a moral test不是一種道德檢驗

It is a private, medical kind of word. Speak about it calmly, never as a joke or a test of someone.

It is a private, medical kind of word這是一個私密的醫學用詞Speak about it calmly談到它的時候要平靜地講never as a joke不要拿來開玩笑or a test of someone也不要拿來測試別人