交流T恤：用标识沟通全球

Now you can travel anywhere and be able to communicate—genius！

现在你可以走遍世界沟通无忧了——太有才了！

The new Icon Speak Global communication tee is so simple that we can’t quite believe it didn’t exist before now.

这种最新的“用标识沟通全球”交流T恤看起来如此简单，以至于你会惊叹之前它居然一直不存在。

Think about it： how easy would it be if you were on holiday in a foreign country and were just able to point to a symbol explaining the message you intend to get across， without uttering a word of failed language？

想象一下：如果你在外国度假，只要指一下T恤上对应的标识就可以表达你想要表达的信息，少了语言不通的烦恼，是不是很爽？

For example， wouldn’t it be helpful to know how to find the nearest toilet， where the airport is， what the time is or where the best restaurant is to grab a bite to eat without having to reach for your phrase book every time？

比如，想要知道怎样找到最近的厕所、机场在哪里、现在几点了或者有没有最棒的餐馆可以去吃点东西，再也不用每次都翻出词汇小本了，这是不是很有用呢？

Thanks to this ingenious T-shirt， all you need to do is to point to the symbol that best represents your problem and to hope that you can understand the gist of what the person is saying back to you.

多亏这款设计独特的T恤，你所需要做的就是指一指上面最能代表你问题的标识，并希望能弄懂对方反馈给你的主要意思即可。

Swiss friends George， Steven and Florian who are behind the brand explain on their website， “In the furthest and deepest corners of our world we were repeatedly left with no words， due to our lacking linguistic talents.”

三位瑞士小伙伴，乔治、史蒂芬和弗洛莱恩，是这款T恤的发明者，他们在自己的网站上表示：“由于我们语言天分的不足，我们经常会在世界最远最深的某个角落失语。”

“Such situations got us thinking about how to bridge language barriers with utmost simplicity， on a global level. The answer came to us after a remarkable experience in the depths of Vietnamese backcountry. Because with ICONs， you can SPEAK， you can SPEAK to the world.”

“这样的情况让我们开始思考，怎樣用极简的方式来扫除这种语言障碍，并且全球适用。当我们在越南偏远地区有了一次不同凡响的经历后，我们终于找到了答案。因为有了标识，你就可以说话了，你可以跟整个世界对话了。”

Of course， the T-shirts don’t exactly help you if you want to try and learn the language， nor will they make your travelling pictures look great if you’re wearing the same outfit every day—but there will surely be benefits along the way.

当然，如果你想试着学习当地语言，这款T恤肯定帮不了你，而且如果你要每天穿同一件T恤，你的旅游照片也会看起来不那么精彩——但它一定对你的旅行有帮助。

Vocabulary

intend v. 想要；打算

utter v. 发出声音；说；讲

ingenious adj. 设计独特的；有天才的

gist n. 主旨，要点

repeatedly adv. 反复地，重复地

linguistic adj. 语言的；语言学的

utmost adj. 极度的，最大的

remarkable adj. 卓越的；显著的

outfit n. 全套装备；一套服装

benefit n. 利益，好处