Becoming a geisha is now entirely voluntary, and women who are not the children of geisha can now become geisha.

如今，想成为艺妓完全是凭自愿原则，而那些非科班从小入行的女性也能成为一名艺妓。

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The training involved in becoming a Geisha is very rigorous14), and because of this the numbers of Geisha are declining.

成为一名艺伎需要接受非常严苛的训练，也正是因为如此，艺伎的人数正在不断减少。

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