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1、教育部全国翻译证书考试2001年试题（中级笔译）2001年北外英语翻译资格中级笔译试题passage1artificialspeechbecausespeechisthemostconvenientformofcommunication,inthefuturewewantessentiallynaturalconversationswithcomputers.theprimarypointofcontactwillbeasimpledevicethatwillactasourwindowontheworld.youwillsim

2、plytalktoit.thedevicewillbepermanentlyconnectedtotheinternetandwillbeeprelevantinformationuptoyouasitcomesin.justhowquicklypeoplewilladapttoavoice-basedinternetworldisuncertain.manybelievethat,initiallyatleast,wewillneedsimilarconventionsforthevoicetothoseweuseatpres

3、entonscreen:click,back,forward,andsoon.butsoonyouwillundoubtedlybeabletointeractbyvoicewithallthoseit-basedservicesyoucurrentlyconnectwithovertheinternetbymeansofakeyboard.thiswillhelptheinternetservetheentirepopulation,notjusttechno-freaks.changeslikethiswillencompa

4、ssthewholeworld.becauseenglishisthelanguageofscience,itwillprobablyremainthelanguageinwhichthetechnologyismostadvanced,butmostspeech-recognitiontechniquesaretransferabletootherlanguagesprovidedthereissufficientmotivationtoundertakethework.withintenyearswewillhavecomp

5、utersthatrespondtogoal-directedconversations,butforacomputertohaveaconversationthattakesintoaccounthumansocialbehaviourisprobably50yearsoff.we’renotgoingtobechattingtothebigscreeninthelivingroomjustyet.therearethoseintheitcommunitywhobelievethatcurrenttechniqueswille

6、ventuallyhitabrickwall.personally,ibelievethatincrementaldevelopmentsinperformancearemorelikely.butit’struethatbyabout2040orso,computerarchitectureswillneedtobecomehighlyparallelifperformanceistokeepincreasing.perhapsthatwillinspiresomeradicallynewapproachestospeechu

7、nderstandingthatwillsupplantthemethodswe’redevelopingnow.smallvendorsengageinsimplespot-markettransactions,withbuyersandsellersdealingfacetofacetotradefairlystandardproductswhosequalityiseasytoverify.langemultinationalfirmsexchangemoredifferentiatedproducts,facegreat

8、erdifficultiesinverifyingquality,andmustspangreaterseparationsintimeandspacebetweenonepartofthetransactionandtheother.mosteconomies