評論
打印
Can you remember this language?
你能記住這種語言嗎
It's one you've never seen or heard before.
你之前從未見過或聽過這種語言
It's been created by Simon Kirby
它是由西蒙·柯比創造出來的
and is made up of words that describe alien fruit.
用來描述一些你從未見過的水果
Kirby and his team have devised an experiment
柯比和他的團隊設計了一個實驗
where they can watch this language
使得他們能夠僅用一個下午
evolve over hundreds of years in just one afternoon.
來觀測這門語言幾百年的進化歷程
We start the experiment with this garbage language, this random language.
我們就從這種無用隨意的語言開始了實驗
In fact, to call it a language is, is in some sense misleading.
事實上 稱它作語言都是一種誤導
It's not even a language.
它連語言都不是
In the beginning, the alien words are completely random.
一開始 陌生單詞完全是隨機產生的
With no common factors between them.
彼此之間并沒有共同元素
Kirby's guinea pigs have to familiarise themselves with the new words
柯比的實驗對象得在記憶測驗之前
before being tested to see what they remember.
盡快熟悉這些新單詞
