Roger Ebert: Remaking my voice

翻译人员: Jiwei Qu 校对人员: Felix Chen

Roger Ebert: These are my words, but this is not my voice.

这些是我在说话，但却不是我的声音

This is Alex, the best computer voice

这是艾力克斯，它是目前

I've been able to find,

我能找到的最好的电脑声音

which comes as standard equipment on every Macintosh.

每一台苹果电脑中都有这个功能

For most of my life,

在我一生大部分时间中

I never gave a second thought to my ability to speak.

我从来没担心过我说话的能力

It was like breathing.

就好象呼吸一样

In those days, I was living in a fool's paradise.

以前那些日子，我就像生活在一个虚幻的乐境之中

After surgeries for cancer

当癌症手术

took away my ability to speak, eat or drink,

让我丧失了语言，进食的能力之后，

I was forced to enter this virtual world

我不得不被迫进入这个虚拟的世界

in which a computer does some of my living for me.

电脑成了我生活的一部分

For several days now,

经过一段时间之后

we have enjoyed brilliant and articulate speakers here at TED.

我们可以在TED上享用这个出色的，发音清晰的发声器了

I used to be able to talk like that.

我以前也可以像这样说话

Maybe I wasn't as smart,

也许我以前没它那么聪明，

but I was at least as talkative.

但至少我还是很健谈的。

I want to devote my talk today

今天的演讲我想专注在

to the act of speaking itself,

说话这个行为本身

and how the act of speaking or not speaking

以及说话或者不说话的这个行为

is tied so indelibly to one's identity

是如何与人们的个性持久联系在一起的

as to force the birth of a new person

当这些能力被夺走

when it is taken away.

需要重新塑造一个新人的时候

However, I've found that listening to a computer voice

然而，我也发现持续听电脑的声音

for any great length of time

很长一段时间的话

can be monotonous.

会变得很无聊

So I've decided to recruit some of my TED friends

所以，我决定找来一些我在TED的朋友

to read my words aloud for me.

来帮我读出我想要说的话

I will start with my wife, Chaz.

我想从我的夫人查兹开始

Chaz Ebert: It was Chaz who stood by my side

查兹·埃伯特： "那时查兹陪着我

through three attempts to reconstruct my jaw

经历了三次修复下颚的尝试

and restore my ability to speak.

以及恢复讲话能力的过程

Going into the first surgery

第一次手术

for a recurrence of salivary cancer

是因为涎腺癌复发

in 2006,

那是2006年，

I expected to be out of the hospital

我希望可以及时出院

in time to return to my movie review show,

从而回到我所主持的电影评论节目

'Ebert and Roeper at the Movies.'

'Ebert and Roper at the Movies.'中

I had pre-taped enough shows

我已经提前录好了足够的节目

to get me through six weeks of surgery

来让我度过这6周的手术期

and recuperation.

以及恢复期。

The doctors took a fibula bone from my leg

医生从我的腿上取出一块腓骨

and some tissue from my shoulder

并且从我的肩部取出一部分细胞组织

to fashion into a new jaw.

来塑造一个新的下颚

My tongue, larynx and vocal cords

我的舌头，喉以及声带

were still healthy and unaffected.

依然良好并没有受到影响”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Laughter)

（笑声）

CE: I was optimistic,

"我那时很乐观

and all was right with the world.

一切都向好的方面发展

The first surgery was a great success.

第一次手术很成功

I saw myself in the mirror

我看着镜子中的自己

and I looked pretty good.

看起来非常好

Two weeks later, I was ready to return home.

两个星期过去了，我准备要回家了

I was using my iPod

出院之前，我用我的iPod

to play the Leonard Cohen song

放了一首莱昂纳德·科恩的歌

'I'm Your Man'

'I'm Your Man'

for my doctors and nurses.

献给我的医生和护士们

Suddenly, I had an episode of catastrophic bleeding.

就在那时，不幸的事情发生了

My carotid artery had ruptured.

我的颈动脉破裂了

Thank God I was still in my hospital room

感谢上帝，我当时还在医院的病房里

and my doctors were right there.

并且医生们就在我身边

Chaz told me

查兹告诉我

that if that song hadn't played for so long,

如果那首歌再短一些的话

I might have already been in the car, on the way home,

我也许已经上车，在回家的路上了

and would have died right there and then.

可能就会有生命危险

So thank you, Leonard Cohen,

所以，多谢了，莱昂纳德·科恩

for saving my life.

多谢救了我一命”

(Applause)

（掌声）

There was a second surgery --

“第二次手术 --

which held up for five or six days

大约坚持了5到6天

and then it also fell apart.

然后颈动脉又再次破裂了

And then a third attempt,

之后就是第三次尝试

which also patched me back together pretty well,

这次手术仍然十分成功

until it failed.

直到再次破裂

A doctor from Brazil said

一位来自巴西的医生说

he had never seen anyone survive

他从来没见过有哪个人

a carotid artery rupture.

在颈动脉破裂的情况下还能活下来

And before I left the hospital,

在我出院之前

after a year of being hospitalized,

我住了一年的院

I had seven ruptures

这期间我经历了7次

of my carotid artery.

颈动脉破裂

There was no particular day

没有人在某一天

when anyone told me

来告诉我

I would never speak again;

我将不能再说话了

it just sort of became obvious.

因为那根本就是很明显的事情

Human speech

人类的语言功能

is an ingenious manipulation of our breath

是我们对于气息的一种巧妙控制

within the sound chamber of our mouth

这种功能发生在类似声学实验室的口腔

and respiratory system.

和呼吸系统中

We need to be able to hold and manipulate that breath

我们需要有控制和掌握气息的能力

in order to form sounds.

从而形成声音

Therefore, the system

因此，这个系统

must be essentially airtight

理论上说必须是密闭的

in order to capture air.

从而才能获取空气

Because I had lost my jaw,

因为我已经失去了下颚

I could no longer form a seal,

所以我已经无法达到密封的要求

and therefore my tongue

因此我的舌头

and all of my other vocal equipment

和所有其他的发声器官

was rendered powerless.

就相应的失去了作用"

Dean Ornish: At first for a long time,

迪恩·奥尼什："起初的很长一段时间

I wrote messages in notebooks.

我在本上写出我的想法

Then I tried typing words on my laptop

然后我尝试着在电脑上打出我想要说的话

and using its built in voice.

然后利用电脑自带的发生器发生

This was faster,

这个方法更加快捷

and nobody had to try to read my handwriting.

对方也用必须读出我所写的东西

I tried out various computer voices that were available online,

我在网上尝试了很多种现有的电脑声音

and for several months I had a British accent,

几个月后，我有了一个英国口音

which Chaz called Sir Lawrence."

查兹称他为劳伦斯爵士"

(Laughter)

（笑声）

"It was the clearest I could find.

”那是我当时能找到的最清晰的声音

Then Apple released the Alex voice,

然后苹果公司发布了 Alex vioce

which was the best I'd heard.

它是我听过的最棒的

It knew things like the difference

它懂得很多，比如

between an exclamation point and a question mark.

惊叹号和问号之间的区别

When it saw a period, it knew how to make a sentence

当它看见以句号结尾的时候，它会懂得如何创造出一个

sound like it was ending instead of staying up in the air.

听起来像结束口吻的句子而不是那种似乎悬而未决的语气

There are all sorts of html codes you can use

它有各种各样的HTML代码供你使用

to control the timing and inflection of computer voices,

来控制电脑声音的时间以及调整语调

and I've experimented with them.

我已经试验过了

For me, they share a fundamental problem: they're too slow.

对于我来说，有一个基本的问题：它们太慢了

When I find myself in a conversational situation,

当我处在一种很健谈情况下的时候

I need to type fast and to jump right in.

我必须快速的打字，来准确度的表达自己

People don't have the time or the patience

可是大家不会有时间和耐心来

to wait for me to fool around with the codes

等着我鼓弄那些代码

for every word or phrase.

为了每一个单词或每一个短语

But what value do we place on the sound of our own voice?

但是什么东西被附加到了我们自己的声音中呢？

How does that affect who you are as a person?

那些附加的东西是如何把你塑造成你自己而不是一个机器的？

When people hear Alex speaking my words,

当人们听到Alex说着我想说的话的时候

do they experience a disconnect?

大家会不会觉得有种分离的感觉？

Does that create a separation or a distance

这种方式是不是在人和人的交流之间

from one person to the next?

造成了一种分离感或者距离感？

How did I feel not being able to speak?

当我不能说话的时候是一种什么感觉？

I felt, and I still feel,

我感受过，并且现在依然可以感觉的到

a lot of distance from the human mainstream.

那种与人类主流之间遥远的距离感

I've become uncomfortable when I'm separated from my laptop.

当我离开我的电脑的时候，我会觉得非常不自在

Even then, I'm aware that most people have little patience

尽管那样，我还是感觉到大多数的人

for my speaking difficulties.

对我的语言障碍缺少耐心

So Chaz suggested finding a company that could make a customized voice

因此查兹建议去找个公司

using my TV show voice

以我30年来所主持的节目为素材

from a period of 30 years.

为我创造一个个性化的声音

At first I was against it.

一开始我对此持反对意见

I thought it would be creepy

因为我觉得如果我听见电脑发出我自己的声音

to hear my own voice coming from a computer.

这会让我感到毛骨悚然

There was something comforting about a voice that was not my own.

如果声音不是我自己的就会觉得还好

But I decided then to just give it a try.

但是后来我还是决定试一试

So we contacted a company in Scotland

于是我就联系了一家苏格兰的公司

that created personalized computer voices.

他们发明了很多个性化的电脑声音

They'd never made one from previously-recorded materials.

他们制造一个新的声音从来不是根据之前的所拥有的素材

All of their voices had been made by a speaker

所有他们创造的声音都对应出自一个真实的声音

recording original words in a control booth.

通过控制台收录原始的词语

But they were willing to give it a try.

但是他们愿意试试看

So I sent them many hours of recordings of my voice,

于是我发给了他们很多收录了我声音的资料

including several audio commentary tracks

其中包括了一些

that I'd made for movies on DVDs.

我为很多电影DVD做的评论音轨

And it sounded like me, it really did.

那些听起来很像我，真的确实很像

There was a reason for that; it was me.

那是有原因的; 因为那就是以前的我

But it wasn't that simple.

但是事情并没那么简单

The tapes from my TV show weren't very useful

那些录自我电视节目的带子并不是特别有用

because there were too many other kinds of audio involved --

因为其中掺杂了太多的别的杂音

movie soundtracks, for example, or Gene Siskel arguing with me --

例如电影音轨，或者是吉恩·西斯科尔和我争论的声音“

(Laughter)

（笑声）

and my words often had a particular emphasis

"并且我的话经常会出现一些特有的强调语气

that didn't fit into a sentence well enough.

这些不能够特别好的融入到一句话中

I'll let you hear a sample of that voice.

我来举个例子说明那种语气

These are a few of the comments I recorded for use

这些是我和查兹之前去参加

when Chaz and I appeared on the Oprah Winfrey program.

奥普拉·维弗瑞的节目时所录制的一些评论

And here's the voice we call Roger Jr.

这就是被我称为小罗杰

or Roger 2.0.

或罗杰2.0的声音”

Roger 2.0: Oprah, I can't tell you how great it is

罗杰2.0：奥普拉，能回来参加你的节目

to be back on your show.

简直是太棒了

We have been talking for a long time,

我们以前聊过很长时间

and now here we are again.

现在我们又回来了

This is the first version of my computer voice.

这是第一个版本的电脑声音

It still needs improvement,

它仍需改进

but at least it sounds like me

但至少它听起来像我

and not like HAL 9000.

而不是像HAL 9000

When I heard it the first time,

当我第一次听见的时候

it sent chills down my spine.

吓了我一跳

When I type anything,

我输入什么

this voice will speak whatever I type.

它就说出相应的话

When I read something, it will read in my voice.

我读什么 他也能用我的声音读什么

I have typed these words in advance,

我已经事先输入了这些字

as I didn't think it would be thrilling

因为我觉得看着我在这里打字

to sit here watching me typing.

不是什么让人兴奋的事情

The voice was created by a company in Scotland

这个声音是一个苏格兰的公司开发的

named CereProc.

名字叫CereProc

It makes me feel good

它让我觉得很不错

that many of the words you are hearing were first spoken

你现在听见这些词很多都是第一次说

while I was commenting on "Casablanca"

是我以前在评论 '卡萨布兰卡'

and "Citizen Kane."

和 '公民凯恩' 这两部电影的时候所说的

This is the first voice they've created for an individual.

这是他们第一次为个人专门开发声音

There are several very good voices available for computers,

有一些非常棒的声音都适用于电脑

but they all sound like somebody else,

但是它们听起来都不像我

while this voice sounds like me.

除了这个声音

I plan to use it on television, radio

我打算把这个声音用在电视，广播

and the Internet.

和网络上

People who need a voice should know

需要发声装置的人应该知道

that most computers already come with built-in speaking systems.

大多数的电脑都已经内置了发声系统

Many blind people use them

许多盲人用它们

to read pages on the Web to themselves.

在网络上帮助他们阅读网页的内容

But I've got to say, in first grade,

当时我必须要说 一开始的时候

they said I talked too much,

他们说我说的太多了

and now I still can.

但是现在我依然说的不少

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Roger Ebert: As you can hear, it sounds like me,

罗杰·埃伯特： 就像你们听到的，它听起来很像我

but the words jump up and down.

但是语速时快时慢

The flow isn't natural.

语速还不是那么自然

The good people in Scotland are still improving my voice,

苏格兰的朋友们正在帮我改进

and I'm optimistic about it.

我对此很乐观

But so far, the Apple Alex voice

当时目前为止，苹果公司的Alex的声音

is the best one I've heard.

是我听过的最好的

I wrote a blog about it

我为此写了一篇博客

and actually got a comment from the actor who played Alex.

事实上是从Alex的声音原型者那里得到了一些信息

He said he recorded many long hours in various intonations

他说他花了很长时间在录制各种语调上面

to be used in the voice.

从而可以被用在这个声音上

A very large sample is needed.

大量的样本是必须的

John Hunter: All my life I was a motormouth.

约翰·亨特：“在我人生的大部分时间中，我都是个很健谈的人

Now I have spoken my last words,

可是现在我已经不能再说话

and I don't even remember for sure

我甚至不能准确的记得我人生讲过的最后几句话

what they were.

都说了些什么

I feel like the hero of that Harlan Ellison story

我感觉就像哈兰·埃里森故事中的主人公

titled "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream."

‘我没有嘴，却又渴望呐喊’

On Wednesday, David Christian explained to us

周三的时候，大卫·克里斯蒂安向我们解释了

what a tiny instant the human race represents

人类历史的在整个宇宙的历史长河中

in the time-span of the universe.

是多么的渺小

For almost all of its millions and billions of years,

在宇宙数百万，数十亿年历史的大部分时间中

there was no life on Earth at all.

地球上根本就没有生命

For almost all the years of life on Earth,

在地球上有生命出现的历史上

there was no intelligent life.

大部分是时间是不存在高等生物的

Only after we learned to pass knowledge

只是当我们学会一代代去

from one generation to the next,

传承文化之后

did civilization become possible.

人类文明的形成才变得可能

In cosmological terms,

用宇宙学的说法

that was about 10 minutes ago.

那是大约10分钟之前

Finally came mankind's most advanced and mysterious tool,

最终人类最先进最神秘的工具到来了

the computer.

它就是电脑

That has mostly happened in my lifetime.

这些大部分都在我的一生中发生过

Some of the famous early computers

一些早期很有名的电脑

were being built in my hometown of Urbana,

在我的家乡，也就是HAL 9000的诞生地厄巴纳

the birthplace of HAL 9000.

被开发出来

When I heard the amazing talk

当我周三听到萨尔曼·汗做的

by Salman Khan on Wednesday,

这个不可思议的演讲时

about the Khan Academy website

其中提到关于 Khan 学术网站

that teaches hundreds of subjects to students all over the world,

这个网站为全球的学生提供了很多科目的课程的时候

I had a flashback.

我想到了一些往事

It was about 1960.

那是在1960年的时候

As a local newspaper reporter still in high school,

那时的我还是一名高中生，兼职一个当地报社的记者

I was sent over to the computer lab of the University of Illinois

我被派去到伊利诺伊大学计算机实验室

to interview the creators

去采访

of something called PLATO.

名为PLATO电脑的发明者

The initials stood for Programmed Logic

PLATO是自动指导操作程序设计逻辑

for Automated Teaching Operations.

的简称

This was a computer-assisted instruction system,

这是一个计算机辅助教学系统

which in those days ran on a computer named ILLIAC.

用在当时名为ILLIAC的计算机上

The programmers said it could assist students in their learning.

程序员说，这个系统可以帮助学生学习

I doubt, on that day 50 years ago,

我怀疑 50年前的那个时候

they even dreamed of what Salman Khan has accomplished.

他们甚至已经梦想过现在萨尔曼·汗已经完成的工作

But that's not the point.

但那不是重点

The point is PLATO was only 50 years ago,

重点是PLATO仅仅是50年前的事情

an instant in time.

是很短的一段时间

It continued to evolve and operated in one form or another

他以各种形式不断改进，运转着

on more and more sophisticated computers,

在越来越多的高端电脑上

until only five years ago.

直到5年之前才停止

I have learned from Wikipedia

我从维基百科了解到

that, starting with that humble beginning,

开始的时候很简陋

PLATO established forums, message boards,

PLATO开发了论坛，留言板

online testing,

在线测试

email, chat rooms,

电邮，聊天室

picture languages, instant messaging,

图像语言，即时通信

remote screen sharing

远距离屏幕共享

and multiple-player games.

和多人游戏

Since the first Web browser was also developed in Urbana,

第一个网络浏览器同样在Urbana研发

it appears that my hometown

它出现在

in downstate Illinois

我伊利诺伊的家乡

was the birthplace

那里是

of much of the virtual, online universe we occupy today.

我们现在用很多虚拟网络的发源地

But I'm not here from the Chamber of Commerce.

当然我可不是他们商会派来这里的

(Laughter)

（笑声）

I'm here as a man who wants to communicate.

我作为一个渴望交流沟通的人来到这里

All of this has happened in my lifetime.

所有的这一切变革我都经历过

I started writing on a computer back in the 1970s

我开始用电脑写作要追溯的1970年

when one of the first Atech systems was installed

当第一个Atech系统安装在

at the Chicago Sun-Times.

芝加哥太阳时报的时候

I was in line at Radio Shack

我正在Radio Shack

to buy one of the first Model 100's.

买最早的100's型号

And when I told the people in the press room at the Academy Awards

当我告诉在奥斯卡的记者室告诉其他人

that they'd better install some phone lines for Internet connections,

他们最好用电话线去安装一个互联网的时候

they didn't know what I was talking about.

他们根本不知道我在说什么

When I bought my first desktop,

那时我买了自己的第一个台式电脑

it was a DEC Rainbow.

那是DEC公司的Rainbow

Does anybody remember that?"

还有谁记得吗？

(Applause)

（掌声）

"The Sun Times sent me to the Cannes Film Festival

”太阳时报派我去报道嘎纳电影节

with a portable computer the size of a suitcase

我带着一个手提箱大小的便携式电脑

named the Porteram Telebubble.

它叫做 Porteram Telebubble

I joined CompuServe

我加入了Compuserve 公司

when it had fewer numbers

那时它的会员人数

than I currently have followers on Twitter.

还不如我现在Twitter上的粉丝多“

(Laughter)

（笑声）

CE: All of this has happened

CE:"所发生的这一切

in the blink of an eye.

都是在转眼之间

It is unimaginable

真是很难想象

what will happen next.

以后还会发生什么

It makes me incredibly fortunate

能生活在历史长河中的现在这个时代

to live at this moment in history.

让我觉得十分幸运

Indeed, I am lucky to live in history at all,

的确，能生活在这样的历史之中真的非常幸运

because without intelligence and memory

因为如果没有智慧和传承

there is no history.

就没有历史

For billions of years,

在数十亿年的时间里

the universe evolved

宇宙在不知不觉中

completely without notice.

不断进化演变

Now we live in the age of the Internet,

现在我们生活在互联网的时代

which seems to be creating a form of global consciousness.

它创造了一个全球化意识形态

And because of it,

正因如此

I can communicate

我才能还像从前一样

as well as I ever could.

和大家交流

We are born into a box

我们每个人都像在一个

of time and space.

时间和空间的容器中

We use words and communication

我们运用语言和交流

to break out of it

去打破它的禁锢

and to reach out to others.

并且去接触到其他的个体

For me, the Internet began

对我来说，网络开始的时候

as a useful tool

就像一个有用的工具

and now has become something I rely on

现在它已经变成一个我需要依赖的

for my actual daily existence.

真实的一种生活方式

I cannot speak;

我无法说话

I can only type so fast.

我只能快速的打字

Computer voices

电脑的声音

are sometimes not very sophisticated,

有时并不是那么精密

but with my computer,

但是在电脑的帮助下

I can communicate more widely

我可以更广泛的交流

than ever before.

这是从前任何时候所没有的

I feel as if my blog,

我感觉它就像我的博客

my email, Twitter and Facebook

我的电邮，Twitter和Facebook

have given me a substitute

已经取代了

for everyday conversation.

我的一些日常交流方式

They aren't an improvement,

它们并不是一种进步

but they're the best I can do.

但是他们是我所能做到的最好

They give me a way to speak.

他们重新赋予了我说话的能力

Not everybody has the patience

在现实世界中，不是所有的人

of my wife, Chaz.

都像我夫人查兹那样有耐心

But online,

但是 在网络世界中

everybody speaks at the same speed.

每个人都用同样的速度交谈

This whole adventure

这一整个艰难的过程

has been a learning experience.

已经变成了一段学习的经历

Every time there was a surgery that failed,

每经历一次手术然后失败

I was left with a little less flesh and bone.

我的身体就会承受一次痛苦

Now I have no jaw left at all.

直到现在，我已经失去了我的整个下颚

While harvesting tissue from both my shoulders,

和肩部的一些细胞组织

the surgeries left me with back pain

手术给我留下了背痛的后遗症

and reduced my ability to walk easily.

并且也让我失去了自如行走的能力

Ironic that my legs are fine,

虽然我的双腿依然是完好的

and it's my shoulders that slow up my walk.

我的肩部导致了我走路的缓慢

When you see me today,

大家今天看到的我

I look like the Phantom of the Opera.

就像电影歌剧魅影中的主人公“

But no you don't.

不！你不是的！

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

It is human nature to look at someone like me

当人们看到像我这样的人的时候

and assume I have lost some of my marbles.

都会觉得我肯定头脑不正常，这是人之常情

People --

人们--“

(Applause)

（掌声）

People talk loudly --

”人们大声说--“

I'm so sorry.

对不起

Excuse me.

不好意思

(Applause)

（掌声）

People talk loudly and slowly to me.

”人们大声并且慢慢的对我说话

Sometimes they assume I am deaf.

有些时候他们觉得我是个聋子

There are people who don't want to make eye contact.

还有些人不想与我进行目光的交流“

Believe me, he didn't mean this as --

相信我，这不是他的本意

anyway, let me just read it.

好吧，不管怎样，我继续读下去

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You should never let your wife read something like this.

你真不应该让你的夫人读这个

(Laughter)

（笑声）

It is human nature

因为疾病而被疏远

to look away from illness.

这是人之常情的事情

We don't enjoy a reminder

我们会很伤感于

of our own fragile mortality.

生命的脆弱

That's why writing on the Internet

这就是为什么在网络上写作

has become a lifesaver for me.

就像给予了我第二次生命

My ability to think and write

因为我的写作和思考的能力

have not been affected.

并没有收到影响

And on the Web, my real voice finds expression.

所以在网络上，我真实的声音可以得以表达

I have also met many other disabled people

我也见过许多

who communicate this way.

像我这样进行交流的残疾人

One of my Twitter friends

我在Twitter上的一位朋友

can type only with his toes.

只能用脚趾打字

One of the funniest blogs on the Web

网络上一个非常有趣的博客

is written by a friend of mine

是出自我的一位朋友

named Smartass Cripple.

他叫Smartass Cripple”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Google him and he will make you laugh.

”Google一下，你会觉得非常有趣

All of these people are saying, in one way or another,

所有的这些朋友，都在用这样或者那样的方式进行交流

that what you see

你所得到的要远远多于

is not all you get.

你所看到的

So I have not come here to complain.

因此我来这里并没有抱怨

I have much to make me happy and relieved.

我尽力让自己感到愉快和宽慰

I seem, for the time being,

我看起来，至少现在看起来

to be cancer-free.

还没有患上癌症

I am writing as well as ever.

我还能像以前那样写作

I am productive.

我是个多产的作家

If I were in this condition at any point

如果我一直保持在像

before a few cosmological instants ago,

以前那样的状态

I would be as isolated as a hermit.

我将会向隐士那样孤僻自己

I would be trapped inside my head.

我将会把自己束缚在自己的世界里

Because of the rush of human knowledge,

但是因为有了人类文明的飞速发展

because of the digital revolution,

因为有了数字化革命

I have a voice,

我现在又拥有了声音

and I do not need to scream.

我也不必叫喊了

RE: Wait. I have one more thing to add.

RE:等一下 我还有件事要说

A guy goes into a psychiatrist.

有个人去看精神病医生

The psychiatrist says, "You're crazy."

医生说：”你简直疯了“

The guy says, "I want a second opinion."

那个家伙说，”我还想听听你的第二个想法“

The psychiatrist says, "All right, you're ugly."

医生又说：”好吧，你只是很难看而已“

(Laughter)

（笑声）

You all know the test for artificial intelligence -- the Turing test.

大家都知道人工智能测验--图灵测试

A human judge has a conversation

一个人类的测试员

with a human and a computer.

与一位人类被测试者和一个自认为有人工智能的电脑进行非面对面的交流

If the judge can't tell the machine apart from the human,

如果测试员不能分辨出谁是人类谁是电脑

the machine has passed the test.

那么这台电脑就通过了测试

I now propose a test for computer voices -- the Ebert test.

我现在打算为电脑声音做个测试--我称它为埃伯特测试

If a computer voice can successfully tell a joke

假设用电脑的声音可以成功的讲一个笑话

and do the timing and delivery as well as Henny Youngman,

并且笑点和语气拿捏的和汉尼·杨曼一样好的话

then that's the voice I want.

那么，那就是我想要的声音

(Applause)

（掌声）