You are a German living in Berlin. One day you’re walking down the street, minding your own business, when suddenly a stranger approached with a smile on his face. After stopping you, he holds a small electronic device close to his face and speaks slowly into it, saying, in English: “Can you tell me where I can buy some sauerkraut?” What should you do? (a) Run away; (b) Call the police; or, (c) Listen closely for the device to say, in German, “Konnen Sie mir bitte sager, which Sauerkraut Kaufen Kann?”
你是住在柏林的德国人。有一天，你正走在街上，想着自己的事，突然一个陌生人面带微笑地走近。拦住你后，他把一个小电子设备放在脸上，对着它慢慢地说，用英语说：“你能告诉我在哪里可以买到酸菜吗？”你该怎么办？（a） 逃跑；（b） 报警；（c）仔细听设备用德语说：“Konnen Siemir bitte sager，which Sauerkraut Kaufen Kann？”
The most appropriate response would be (c) because the person in front of you is only a tourist trying to enjoy himself. The device is said to he the world’s first portable transistor - a hand-held microcomputer that - at the same time converts one spoken language into another.
最恰当的回答是（c），因为你面前的人只是一个试图愉悦自己的游客。据说这种设备是世界上第一个便携式晶体管——一种手持微型计算机，可以同时将一种口语转换为另一种口语。
The four-pound battery-operated product is called the Voice, and it is the creation of Advanced Products and Technologies an American electronics company. When the Voice is introduced in the United States in late April—at a price of $1,500—it will be capable of converting spoken English into Italian, German, French and Spanish. The product comes with separate cartridges for each of the four languages, which can be changed when the user travels from one country to another. The item will be sold in Europe soon after the U.S. Introduction, with cartridges that covert Italian, German, French and Spanish into English.
这款四磅重的电池驱动产品被称为Voice，它是美国电子公司Advanced Products and Technologies的产物。当美国之声于4月底以1500美元的价格在美国推出时，它将能够将英语口语转换为意大利语、德语、法语和西班牙语。该产品为四种语言中都配备了单独的存储器，当用户从一个国家旅行到另一个国家时，可以对其更改。该产品在美国推出后不久将在欧洲销售，可以将意大利语、德语、法语和西班牙语转换为英语。
The Voice uses a microchip and artificial Intelligence to translate Languages. It is started by voice command and produces voice output through a built-in speaker. Then the user makes a statement or asks a question, the Voice immediately repeats what has been said in another Language.
Voice使用芯片和人工智能翻译语言。它由语音命令启动，并通过内置扬声器产生语音输出。然后用户发布指示或提出问题，Voice会立即用另一种语言重复所说的内容。
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