你與莎士比亞之間也許只隔一款APP

A new app which adds a Shakespearean touch to your text messaging, has been launched lately to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death and as part of a tourism drive for the capital, called 'Fans of London'.
為了紀念詩人莎士比亞逝世400周年，近日推出了一款新型應用，可以給你的短信賦予莎士比亞的風格，這也是英國首都舉辦“倫敦粉絲”活動促進旅游業發展的一項舉措。

Working with VisitLondon.com, the official visitor guide for the capital, ShakeSpeak has been developed by software company SwiftKey, best known for their language prediction app. By analysing the Complete Works of Shakespeare they developed an app that helps turn your text messages into Shakespearean prose by predicting the playwright's best known phrases.
這款名為ShakeSpeak的應用由以語言預測應用著稱的軟件公司SwiftKey和倫敦官方游客指南網站VisitLondon.com合作開發而成。通過分析《莎士比亞全集》，這款應用可以預測該使用莎士比亞的哪句名言，從而把你的短信變成莎翁的詩句。

Swiftkey's app, which is available to download free of charge, allows you to simply type the first word or two of a famous Shakespearean quote and the technology will do the rest. For example:
這款應用現在可以免費下載，你只要打出莎翁名言的前一兩個單詞，技術就會幫你實現剩下的部分。比如：

To be or not to be, that is the question
That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet
All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players
如果你打出“to be or”，應用就會提醒你接下來用“not to be, that is the question”（意為生存還是毀滅，這是一個問題）。如果你打出“that which”，它就會提醒你“we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”（意為玫瑰不叫玫瑰，依然芳香如故）。
如果你打出“all the”，就會提醒你“world's a stage and all the men and women merely players”（意為整個世界是一個舞臺，所有上場的男男女女不過是演員）。

And in order to make your text messages as authentic as the Bard's language, Swiftkey's analysis of the Complete Works of Shakespeare recommends using 'Thou', 'thee' and 'thy' in your text messages, as these three words are among the most frequent Shakespeare uses compared to how we speak today.
并且，為了使你的短信盡可能地接近莎士比亞的語言，通過分析《莎士比亞全集》，Swiftkey建議在短信中使用“Thou”、“thee”和“thy”，因為莎士比亞使用這三個詞最頻繁，與我們今天的說話方式相比，最能體現莎翁特色。

The launch of the ShakeSpeak app is part of the Fans of London tourism campaign from VisitLondon.com, which is supported by the GREAT Britain Campaign, British Airways and Hilton. Fans of London celebrates the blockbuster events taking place across the capital this year, including the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's legacy, and the first ever exhibition on the Rolling Stones, EXHIBITIONISM.
推出ShakeSpeak應用是網站VisitLondon.com“倫敦粉絲”旅游宣傳活動的一部分，此活動由英國推廣活動GREAT Britain Campaign、英國航空和希爾頓酒店提供贊助。“倫敦粉絲”今年在倫敦舉辦各種大型活動，包括紀念莎士比亞逝世400周年，還有滾石樂隊的首次主題展覽EXHIBITIONISM。

Actor and director Simon Callow said: "After all this time, Shakespeare's works are still relevant to us all, and it's a delight to know that his legacy is still very much alive in London - the calendar of events to honour the Bard this year is truly spectacular."
既是演員又是導演的西蒙?卡洛說：“盡管過去了這么長時間，莎士比亞的作品仍然與我們息息相關，我很高興得知他的作品在倫敦依然煥發著勃勃生機，今年將舉辦這么多紀念莎翁的活動，真是太棒了。”

Chris Gottlieb, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer for London & Partners, said: "The legacy of Shakespeare lives on in London and in this commemorative year, there is so much to see and do across the capital for fans from exhibitions, special performances and quirky adaptations."
倫敦發展促進署市場與傳播總監克里斯?戈特利布說：“莎士比亞的遺產在倫敦得到傳承，在今年這個紀念周年，我們在倫敦各地給粉絲們提供了很多可以看可以做的事，有展覽、特別表演和離奇的改編故事。”

ShakeSpeak is available to download on Android from 9am BST on 7th April for smartphones and tablets on Google Play (search ShakeSpeak).
從英國夏令時4月7日上午9點起，ShakeSpeak即可從Google Play上下載到安卓智能手機和平板電腦上（請搜“ShakeSpeak”）。

Vocabulary

Bard: 民族詩人；英國詩人莎士比亞
BST: 英國夏令時（British Summer Time）

英文來源：prnewswire.com
譯者：實習生孫美真
審校&編輯：丹妮