The rise of the emoji
[00:00.13] Happy, angry, amazed – these are some of the emotions we like to express these days when we're sending a message on our smartphones!快乐、愤怒、惊讶——这些是我们现在在智能手机上发送信息时喜欢表达的一些情绪！
[00:09.96] That's why many of us now add little pictures to our texts to brighten up someones mobile screen but we're also using them as a quick way of telling someone how we're feeling.这就是为什么我们中的许多人现在在我们的文本中添加小图片以照亮某人的手机屏幕，但我们也使用它们作为告诉别人我们感受的快速方式。
[00:21.12] Yes, emojis have become a vital tool for communication.是的，表情符号已经成为一种重要的交流工具。
[00:26.70] Let's clear one thing up first – there are emojis and emoticons.让我们先弄清楚一件事——有表情符号和表情符号。
[00:32.01] The latter are little images made using normal keys on a keyboard.后者是使用键盘上的普通键制作的小图像。
[00:37.06] For example, a colon, two dots, followed by the curved line of a close brackets is a 'smiley face'. 例如，一个冒号，两个点，后跟一个右括号的曲线就是一个“笑脸”。
[00:44.76] But as technology has become more sophisticated, pre-made images have been created that can be simply added to your messages, which is great!但是随着技术变得更加复杂，已经创建了可以简单地添加到您的消息中的预制图像，这太棒了！
[00:55.39] The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the word 'emoji' comes from the Japanese words for 'picture' and 'character'.表情符号最初是在 1990 年代后期在日本发明的，“表情符号”这个词来自日语中的“图片”和“角色”。
[01:05.74] The number of different images has dramatically increased since then and now we have a picture for every mood or situation.从那时起，不同图像的数量急剧增加，现在我们为每种情绪或情况提供了一张图片。
[01:13.71] So now we have the option to give this new creation the visual 'thumbs-up' but have you thought (puzzled face) why we've become so addicted to using emojis? 所以现在我们可以选择给这个新作品视觉上的“竖起大拇指”，但你有没有想过（困惑的脸）为什么我们如此沉迷于使用表情符号？
[01:26.20] Professor Vyv Evans, has written a book called ‘The Emoji Code’ – he says "increasingly, what we’re finding is that digital communication is taking over from certain aspects of face-to-face interaction… Vyv Evans 教授写了一本名为《表情符号代码》的书——他说：“我们越来越多地发现，数字通信正在取代面对面互动的某些方面……
[01:42.93] one of the reasons emojis are so interesting is that they really do enable us to express our emotional selves much more effectively."表情符号如此有趣的原因之一是它们确实使我们能够更有效地表达我们的情感自我。”
[01:52.23] So emojis are a sort of substitute for the visual signals or non-verbal cues we normally give when we speak to someone face-to-face.因此，表情符号是我们在与某人面对面交谈时通常给出的视觉信号或非语言暗示的一种替代品。
[02:02.32] Another advantage of emojis is that they are an international language – they don't use words but tell a message in pictorial form so they can be easily interpreted whatever your native language. 表情符号的另一个优点是它们是一种国际语言——它们不使用文字，而是以图片的形式传达信息，因此无论您的母语如何，它们都可以很容易地被解释。
[02:16.13] However, the emojis you send need some thought as they can sometimes be misinterpreted – if a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer, you may think he is angry when really he is saying he has hurt himself or he is clumsy!但是，您发送的表情符号需要深思熟虑，因为它们有时会被误解 - 如果朋友给您发送锤子的表情符号，您可能会认为他很生气，而实际上他是在说他伤害了自己或他很笨拙！
[02:32.07] Emojis are a good way for showing empathy – they are a virtual hug or a flirtatious tease. 表情符号是表达同理心的好方法——它们是虚拟的拥抱或调情的挑逗。
[02:38.18] But as linguist Neil Cohn says, "to many, emoji are an exciting evolution of the way we communicate; to others, they are linguistic Armageddon." 但正如语言学家尼尔科恩所说，“对许多人来说，表情符号是我们交流方式的激动人心的演变；对其他人来说，它们是语言世界末日。”
[02:49.87] It does show there is a lot more to our communication than words alone but does this mean the decline in traditional writing?它确实表明我们的交流不仅仅是文字，但这是否意味着传统写作的衰落？
