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新款翻译耳机让你与老外沟通无障碍

发布时间：2019-11-09 编辑：查字典英语网小编

出去旅行常要问路又怕听不懂老外在讲啥？试试这款 It has been a staple of science fiction for decades, and could be a godsend for tourists grappling with directions to their hotel.

同声传译耳机是几十年来科幻小说的主题，可能会成为在去宾馆途中迷路游客们的福音。

An earpiece that lets its wearer understand other nationalities by instantly translating foreign languages is due to go on sale next month.

一款可以即时 The £140 device, which can decode eight languages, is inspired by translators such as the Babel fish from The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which allowed the earthling Arthur Dent to comprehend alien races on his adventures.

这款耳机售价140英镑（约合1212元人民币），可以 Lingmo International, the Australian firm behind the Translate One2One earpiece, said it would put an end to awkward international meetings between politicians and business leaders.

“ The device translates sentences in three to five seconds using IBM’s artificial intelligence language software, Watson.

这款耳机使用IBM公司的人工智能语言软件Watson，能在三至五秒的时间里 It is the first earpiece of its kind to translate languages without needing a constant connection to a mobile phone or Wi-Fi signal, and can translate between English, French, Italian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, German and Chinese.

这是首款无需一直连接到手机或无线网络信号就能 Lingmo has put the device on sale and claims it will be delivered as early as mid-July, in time for the start of the summer holidays.

Lingmo公司已开始发售这款耳机，并表示最早将于7月中旬交付使用，恰好能赶上暑期假日的开始。

There is one catch, however: the speaker and listener will have to wear a device each for the translation software to work.

但有一点：

Several technology companies are developing language earpieces aimed at making embarrassing holiday encounters a thing of the past, while Google recently upgraded its translation software so that it is able to understand full sentences, instead of converting phrases word by word.

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