Thousands of female students are paying off loans and fees by signing up to a dating website where they are paired off with rich men.

成千上萬的女大學生通過注冊交友網站和有錢人配對，來償還貸款和學費。

They are signing up to the "sugar daddy" dating website in a bid to find a wealthy suitor to pay their tuition fees in return for "companionship".

她們注冊交友網站“甜心干爹”，以“做伴”為答謝，尋找有錢的追求者為她們付學費。

The girls, known as "Sugar Babies", are promised the opportunity to earn up to ￡3,000-a-month to accompany men - some older than their fathers - to restaurants and functions, as well as on weekends away and nights in hotels.

這些女孩被稱為“甜心寶貝”，被許諾有機會一個月能賺到3000英鎊，她們要做的就是陪伴男性出入飯店、聚會，還有周末出行并在酒店過夜，其中一些人比她們的爸爸還大。

Brandon Wade, the founder of Seeking Arrangement, claims 1.4 million profiles on his website belong to students worldwide, with the University of Westminster being the top college for new British sign-ups last year.

“Seeking Arrangement”網站的創始人布蘭登?韋德稱，該網站的注冊用戶中有140萬為世界各地的學生，而去年英國新注冊用戶中，排名榜首的學校為威斯敏斯特大學。

Speaking to student newspaper The Tab, Mr Wade said: "Love is a concept made up by poor people."

在接受校刊The Tab采訪時，韋德先生表示：“愛情不過是窮人編造出來的概念罷了。”

"At a time when graduates are guaranteed debt rather than a well-paying job, or even employment for that matter, Sugar Daddies are sought out for opportunity and not just financial stability."

“當畢業生負債累累，卻找不到報酬豐厚的工作，甚至無法就業時，她們想到‘甜心干爹’，尋找機會，而不僅為了穩定的收入。”

"Four in ten graduates struggle to find work, while three-quarters won't be able to pay off debt."

“40%的大學畢業生找工作有困難，同時3/4的大學畢業生無法償還貸款。”

"Sugaring not only aids in the cost of pursuing an education, but a large majority of these men and women will have a more solid financial situation upon graduation-maybe even a job."

“找干爹不僅可以給學生在追求教育的成本上提供幫助，而且其中大部分人能在畢業時擁有更厚實的經濟條件，或許還能有份工作。”

According to their figures, the average sugar baby spends their allowance on rent, books and tuition fees.

根據他們的數據，“甜心寶貝”一般會把零用錢花在租金、書籍和學費上。

Vocabulary

companionship: 陪伴

sign-up: 注冊

guarantee: 保證

pay off: 付清

allowance: 零用錢

（譯者：實習生陳思迪 編輯：王偉）