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My name is Ioannis Ikonomou. I'm from Greece, and I speak 32 languages.
我叫伊阿尼斯·伊康諾曼。我來自希臘，會(huì)說32門語(yǔ)言。
Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish, Hungarian, Czech, Polish--
俄語(yǔ)、葡萄牙語(yǔ)、挪威語(yǔ)、土耳其語(yǔ)、匈牙利語(yǔ)、捷克語(yǔ)、波蘭語(yǔ)……
Ioannis is what we call a hyperpolyglot.
伊阿尼斯就是我們所說的“超語(yǔ)言者”。
It means he can speak a lot of languages.
意思就是他會(huì)講很多門語(yǔ)言。
By the time I was 20, I had already learned some 15 languages,
20歲的時(shí)候我就已經(jīng)學(xué)會(huì)差不多15種語(yǔ)言了，
and when I moved to Brussels and started my career at the EU Institutions, I added more of the official EU languages.
搬到布魯塞爾在歐盟機(jī)構(gòu)工作后，我又多學(xué)了幾門歐盟官方語(yǔ)言。
See, the thing is, Ioannis, he's a quick learner.
這樣的，伊阿尼斯，他學(xué)東西特別快。
This doesn't happen by just sitting at home and studying, though.
但光坐在家里學(xué)還是不夠的。
The world is a big place with different cultures and, yes, different languages.
世界很大，有不同的文化，當(dāng)然了，也有不同的語(yǔ)言。
I speak to my husband in Polish because he is Polish.
我和我丈夫說波蘭語(yǔ)，因?yàn)樗遣ㄌm人。
I dream in all kinds of languages.
我會(huì)用各種語(yǔ)言做夢(mèng)。
Wait, wait, before we go: if anyone knows, it's you.
等等，等等，結(jié)束之前我們還有一個(gè)問題，這個(gè)問題怕也只有你知道了。
What is the most complicated language to learn?
你覺得最難掌握的是哪種語(yǔ)言?
Mandarin. Mystery Solved.
普通話。謎團(tuán)解開了。
