永遠消失的工作

1. Rat Catcher

1.捕鼠者

Somebody paid the Pied Piper. Rat catching was actually a profitable and common job for many centuries, and while these brave souls did not play pipes, they did receive some fame. For example, one man named Jack Black claimed to be Queen Victoria's personal rat catcher.

有人會付錢給花衣魔笛手。實際上，幾世紀以來，捕鼠曾一直是一份賺錢而且普通的工作，然而這些勇敢的人並不會吹笛子，他們確實獲得了一些名聲。例如，一位名叫傑克·布萊克的男士，曾聲稱自己是維多利亞女王的私人捕鼠者。

Others made a killing by selling the rats they caught in gilded cages to wealthy ladies. Yet, the major risk was that getting bit or even simply handling the rats posed a huge risk of infection and disease. Would you risk the bubonic plague to save the city? I wouldn't.

其他人則通過將逮到的老鼠裝進鍍金的籠子中，賣給貴婦，從而賺了一大筆錢。然而，最大的風險就是被老鼠咬，甚至要處理那些帶有嚴重的感染和疾病的老鼠。你會冒着得黑死病的風險去拯救城市嗎？我是絕對不會的。

2. Night soil collectors

2.糞便收集者

Probably the most gag-inducing job on this list. If you thought your job was bad, how about gathering up night soil for a living? "Night soil" is a lovely euphemism for excrement.

這可能是這個清單中最令人作嘔的工作。如果你認爲你的工作不好，那麼這些靠着收集糞便謀生存的人呢？"夜香"是對糞便的一種委婉的說法。

Those tasked with collecting fecal matter went from privy to cesspit to chamber pot, aiming to get enough for crop fertilization. By the late Victorian period, the invention of the sewer system, as well as the realization that human poo is a health risk, put these Midnight Mechanics out of work.

這些以收集糞便爲工作的人，奔走在廁所，糞坑和夜壺之間，目的就是獲得充足的農作物肥料。在維多利亞時期的晚期，污水管道系統的發明，以及人們意識到人類便便的健康風險，致使這些午夜工人都失業了。

3. Leech collectors

3. 水蛭蒐集者

Here is another fun role (not)! Leech collectors were paid to roll up their pant legs and use their flesh as bait for leeches. Once they accumulated enough leeches on their legs, the collectors would pluck off the parasites then sell them to doctors for bloodletting and other medicinal purposes.

下面來看另一份有趣的工作（不是的）！人們付給水蛭蒐集者錢，然後要求他們捲起褲腿，用他們的血肉作爲水蛭的誘餌。一旦他們在腿上收集了足夠多的水蛭，收集者就會將這些寄生蟲從腿上撕下來，然後賣給醫生用來放血，或者其他醫療用途。

Leech collecting was a hectic job. First, the water was cold. Second, the collectors often became ill from blood loss and infections caused by the leeches. Thirdly, by 1900, the only bloodsucking leech in Britain had been decimated by the sheer amount of harvesting done, so the job soon became moot.

收集水蛭是一份瘋狂的工作。首先，水很冷。第二，收集者往往會因爲水蛭導致的失血和感染而生病。第三，直到1900年，英國唯一的吸血水蛭被一次大規模的收集，而瀕臨滅絕，因此這一工作也很快就沒什麼意義了。