Tessa gets new translation earbuds for her birthday. They translate speech into any language right away.
泰莎生日时收到了一副新的翻译耳机。它能把说的话立刻翻译成任何一种语言。
Her family is going to host an exchange student next week. His name is Rasmus. Tessa wants to practice with the earbuds first.
下个星期，她家要接待一位交换生。他叫拉斯穆斯。泰莎想先用耳机练习一下。
She puts one earbud in and turns it on. "Let's test this," she says to her cat.
她戴上一只耳机，把它打开。“我们来试试看，”她对她的猫说。
The app has a setting for "formal" and "casual" speech. Tessa picks a setting without checking it closely.
这个应用里有“正式”和“随意”两种说话方式的设置。泰莎没仔细看，随手选了一个。
Rasmus arrives on Monday. He speaks a little English. Tessa turns on her earbud to help.
星期一，拉斯穆斯到了。他会说一点英语。泰莎打开耳机来帮忙。
"Welcome to our home," Tessa says. The earbud translates her words into Rasmus's language.
“欢迎来到我们家，”泰莎说。耳机把她的话翻译成了拉斯穆斯的语言。
Rasmus looks confused and laughs nervously. He checks his phone. He shows her a translation app of his own.
拉斯穆斯一脸困惑，不好意思地笑了笑。他看了看手机，给她看他自己的翻译应用。
"It says something strange," Rasmus explains slowly in English. "It says, 'Welcome to our castle, noble guest.'"
“它说得很奇怪，”拉斯穆斯用英语慢慢地解释，“它说的是：‘欢迎来到我们的城堡，尊贵的客人。’”
Tessa checks her earbud settings and finds the problem. The setting is on "very formal," not "casual."
泰莎检查了耳机的设置，找到了问题。设置选的是“非常正式”，而不是“随意”。
She switches it to casual and tries again. "Sorry about that," Tessa says. "Welcome to our home."
她把它切换到随意，又试了一次。“对不起，”泰莎说，“欢迎来到我们家。”
This time, the translation sounds normal. Rasmus laughs and relaxes. "That sounds right now," he says.
这一次，翻译听起来很正常。拉斯穆斯笑了，放松下来。“现在听起来对了，”他说。
They both laugh about the mix-up. Tessa turns off the "castle" setting and never turns it back on.
他们俩都为这场弄混的乌龙笑了起来。泰莎关掉了“城堡”那个设置，再也没有打开过。
