外國人最想和你聊的時事話題：數(shù)字的秘密

     That number meant "woman" in the secret language of American Revolutionary War spies.
     在美國革命戰(zhàn)爭間諜們的秘密語言中，這個數(shù)字的意思是"女人"。
     And you need maybe a secret word or a secret number to get in, but we say a password, it's the word that lets you pass in, so you would need a password, which of course also might be anything.
     (上網(wǎng)時）你可能還需要有一個秘密的單詞或數(shù)字，我們稱它們?yōu)?quot;password"。有了密碼你才能進入網(wǎng)絡(luò)，你可以選任何數(shù)字字母或詞匯作為你的密碼。
     Because messages are encoded numbers, you could think of this problem as having the five couriers share the secret of a number.
     由于訊息已經(jīng)編碼成數(shù)字，你可以將這個問題想成有五名情報員要分享一個秘密數(shù)字。
     The seemingly simple numbers contain profound mystery.
     一個個看似簡單的數(shù)字中蘊含著深刻的奧秘。
     The various features presented by numbers make people exclaim over the mystery of nature and express more admiration for its secret.
     數(shù)字展現(xiàn)的各種特點，令人在對大自然的奧秘感嘆玄妙之余，更多了一份敬佩。
     It embeds a secret voice into a digital audio signal in order to communicate secretly.
     它把秘密語音嵌入到數(shù)字音頻信號中實現(xiàn)保密通信。
     The secret of numbers is gradually discovered and attracted more and more attention.
     數(shù)字的秘密逐漸被解釋并受到越來越多的關(guān)注。
     The mysterious numbers themselves belong to an extremely counting signal. It is initially remarked by the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches, and then Arabic numerals are universally used around the world.
     神奇的數(shù)字本身屬于一個極為簡單的記數(shù)符號，中國最早用天干地支表示，后來全世界通用阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字。
     Many people believe that the numbers can divine good or ill luck, and forecast fortune.
     很多人認為數(shù)字可以占卜吉兇，預(yù)測運勢。
     Digital watermarking techniques can be used for purposes such as label, authentication, control and dada hiding etc, by embedding a secret imperceptible signal directly into the data to be protected.
     數(shù)字水印技術(shù)通過向被保護的多媒體數(shù)據(jù)中加入透明的秘密信息，來達到標(biāo)識、鑒別、控制或隱藏信息等作用。
     Generally speaking, image, audio and video watermarking are comparatively similar in algorithm realization, with their redundancy and the trait of HVS (Human Video System) or HAS (Human Audio System), in which we can embed watermark. But other than the aforementioned, there is no redundancy to transfer secret info in text document.
     一般來說，圖像、音頻、視頻等數(shù)字水印在實現(xiàn)算法上比較相似，主要是利用圖像、音頻、視頻的冗余信息和HVS(Human Video System)、HAS(Human Audio System)的特點來加載水印，但是文本數(shù)字水印和前面這幾種水印不同，文本中基本上不包含用于秘密信息傳遞的冗余信息。
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     Stiffen: Thanks for sparing time to have lunch with me, Smith. I know how busy you are.
     史蒂芬：謝謝您趕來與我共度午餐，史密斯，我知道你很忙。
     Smith: Well, you know, Steven, it is a better way to negotiate at table because the atmosphere is relaxing and can ease the tension.
     史密斯：唔，史蒂芬，飯桌上談判是一個好辦法，因為氣氛輕松，能緩解壓力。
     Stiffen: Smith, I have been told there is a slight problem over price.
     史蒂芬：史密斯，我聽說價格上出了點小問題。
     Smith: I don't think it's a big problem. William simply told me that he didn't have the right to make a decision.
     史密斯：我并不覺得那是什么大問題。威廉只是說他沒有作決定的權(quán)力。
     Stiffen: Yes, I understand. Money issues must be determined by the boss in general.
     史蒂芬：是的，我知道?？梢赃@么說，錢的問題一向是由老板定奪。
     Smith: I see. Don't you feel negotiating is a lot slower in this way?
     史密斯：原來如此。但你不覺得這樣會使談判進度變慢嗎？
     Stiffen: Maybe short of efficiency, I admit.
     史蒂芬：我承認可能會缺乏效率。
     Smith: Well, to put it in a simple way, we feel we should be rewarded with a big discount for wholesales.
     史密斯：好吧，簡單地說，我們應(yīng)該享有批發(fā)的折扣。
     Stiffen: Sounds reasonable. Can you provide some numbers for me?
     史蒂芬：聽起來很合理。你可否給我具體的數(shù)字呢？
     Smith: If A.J. is to be your only agent in North America, a discount of 10％ per quarter is acceptable, the more we order, the more discount we should enjoy.
     史密斯：如果A.J.日后成為貴公司在北美的獨家代理商，我想每季度九折是可以接受的。訂貨量越多折扣也就越大。
     Stiffen: I think it is no problem, if you really feel you can sell so many.
     史蒂芬：如果你真的認為貴公司能夠銷售這么多的貨，我想應(yīng)該沒問題。
     Smith: I believe so. You have got a first-class product line.
     史密斯：我相信我們辦得到。因為你們有一流的生產(chǎn)線。
     Stiffen: I can give you the discounts if you agree to a commission of 15％ of the price.
     史蒂芬：如果你同意把傭金訂為價格的百分之十五，那我就同意你要求的折扣。
     Smith: 18％ and you've got yourself a deal.
     史密斯：百分之十八，咱們成交。
     Stiffen: How about 16％?
     史蒂芬：百分之十六如何？
     Smith: OK, I think we can accept the 16％ commission.
     史密斯：好吧，可以接受凈價百分之十六的傭金條件。
     Stiffen: Good. And can we agree to pay once a month?
     史蒂芬：好。我們每月付款一次可以嗎？
     Smith: We'd prefer to make payment per quarter. With such large orders, it would be bad to our cash-flow if we paid out so much before sales began.
     史密斯：我想每季度付一次比較好。由于我們下的訂單這么大，在進賬之前就要付出這么大筆的款項將有損我們的現(xiàn)金流量。