If you’re the kind of person who loves travel but find it difficult to break down language barriers, you may want to check out Iconspeak, a T|shirt covered in basic pictographs ranging from clocks to bathrooms. Simply point to the symbol associated with your need, and hopefully, the person you’re talking to will understand. It’s better than having to play charades with strangers, I can tell you that.
假如你热爱旅游，却发现很难突破语言障碍，或许你会对这件“图标替你说”T恤衫有兴趣，衣服自带各种图标符号，从钟表到盥洗室，应有尽有。需要什么，轻轻一指，非常可能他们就了解了。我敢说，这比对着陌生人比划猜词要强。
Iconspeak is the brainchild of friends George Horn and Florian Nast.
“图标替你说”的点子是一对好朋友乔治·霍恩和弗罗里安·纳斯特一块想出来的。
They were traveling through Asia in 2013 and found themselves in a remote village with “noinfrastructure, zero tourism, and just some locals.” The problems they encountered while trying to communicate their needs to the locals inspired them to start working on a simple yet effective solution to the language gap. Two years later, they came up with the Iconspeak t|shirt.
2013年，他们到亚洲旅游时，过去到过一个偏远的小村子，那里“既没基础设施，也没旅游业，只有一些当地居民”，向当地人表达需要成了问题。这对好朋友从中遭到启发，开始设想一种简单有效的语言鸿沟突破策略。两年后，他们设计出了这款可以用图标说话的T恤。
“In the furthest and deepest corners of our world we were repeatedly left with no words, either inbreathtaking awe due to the sceneries or in empty silence, due to our lacking linguistic talents,” the Iconspeak website states. “Such situations got us thinking about how to bridge language barriers withutmost simplicity, on a global level. The answer came to us after a remarkable experience in the depths of Vietnamese backcountry: ICONs. Because with ICONs, you can SPEAK, you can SPEAK to the world.”
“图标替你说”网站上说：“在世界上最遥远而偏僻的角落 ，大家常常会瞠目结舌，有时是由于周围美景摄人心魄，让人惊畏，有时则是由于语言不通，不能不沉默。这样的情况促进大家考虑，怎么样才可以用最简单的方法在全球范围内突破语言障碍呢?在越南一处穷乡僻壤的奇妙历程给了大家答案：图标。有了图标，它们就能替你说话了，你就能对世界说话了。”
（编辑：何莹莹）
