比利時一小公司實現智慧手錶的漢字輸入
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.
在智慧手錶上的微小螢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，將能迎合中國的智慧手錶使用者，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.
在它的介面上，ibeezi輸入法可以實現使用者的漢字輸入，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慧手錶和其它小觸控式螢幕的電子裝置上。
"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."
“這是目前在智慧手錶上輸入漢字的唯一解決方案，” ibeezi公司執行長Alexis Van Gestel告訴新華社記者。“在專案初啟動時，智慧手錶或其它可穿戴電子裝置甚至不被考慮在裝置種類內，然而，隨著時間的推移，我們注意到可穿戴電子裝置已經成為一個全球性的趨勢。”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為這一創新專案籌集資金。首次漢字編入程式已在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.
到目前為止，ibeezi輸入法已經編入了超過8500個字元，據德布魯因講，資料庫仍在擴大。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，供智慧手錶、智慧手機和平板電腦使用。
