比利時一小公司實現智能手錶的漢字輸入
Typing English on the tiny touch screen of a smartwatch is challenging enough, let alone Chinese characters. However, a small Belgian company is confident that they have come up with an ideal solution that would make smartwatch users in China hAPPy.
在智能手錶上的微小屏幕上輸入英文就已經具有足夠的挑戰性了，更不用說漢字。然而，一家小的比利時公司相信，他們想出了一個理想的解決方案，將能迎合中國的智能手錶用戶，讓他們用的開心。The name of this startup, iBeezi, resembles the sound of "yibiyizi" or "one stroke one character" in Chinese, and that is exactly the concept of the new Chinese input method it developed.
這家公司，名稱ibeezi，類似漢語的發音“yibiyizi”或“一筆一字”，它恰好就是研發這種新的中文輸入法。
On its interface, the iBeezi input allows users to type even the trickiest character with only one stroke, which makes it perfect for smartwatches and other electronic devices with small touch screens.
在它的界面上，ibeezi輸入法可以實現用戶的漢字輸入，即使是非常複雜的漢字也只用輸入一筆就能打出。這使得它能完美應用在智能手錶和其它小觸摸屏的電子設備上。
"It's currently the only solution for writing Chinese on a smartwatch," CEO of iBeezi Alexis Van Gestel told Xinhua. "When the project started, smartwatches or wearables weren't even considered a serious device category. However, as time evolves we noticed how wearables in general became a global trend."
“這是目前在智能手錶上輸入漢字的唯一解決方案，” ibeezi公司首席執行官Alexis Van Gestel告訴新華社記者。“在項目初啓動時，智能手錶或其它可穿戴電子設備甚至不被考慮在設備種類內，然而，隨着時間的推移，我們注意到可穿戴電子設備已經成爲一個全球性的趨勢。”Van Gestel used to work in Hong Kong, and the company managed to raise funding from both Belgium and China for this innovative project. The first incorporation of the input on smartwatches was made successful in August.
Van Gestel過去曾在香港工作，公司設法從比利時和中國爲這一創新項目籌集資金。首次漢字編入程序已在8月取得成功。So far the iBeezi input method has incorporated over 8,500 characters, according to de Bruyn, and the corpus is still expanding. At the moment, both free versions and paid professional versions of the input app can be downloaded for wearables as well as smartphones and tablets.
到目前爲止，ibeezi輸入法已經編入了超過8500個字符，據德布魯因講，數據庫仍在擴大。目前，輸入APP的免費版本和付費的專業版本都已經可以下載，供智能手錶、智能手機和平板電腦使用。
