TED演講：一名12歲APP研發(fā)者的自述

　　I've always had a fascination for computers and technology, and I made a few apps for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. I'd like to share a couple with you today.

　　我一直都對(duì)計(jì)算機(jī)與科技很入迷， 我研制了一些適用于Iphone, iTouch以及iPad的應(yīng)用。 今天，我想與大家分享一些我研發(fā)出的應(yīng)用。

　　My first app was a unique fortune teller called Earth Fortune that would display different colors of earth depending on what your fortune was. My favorite and most successful app is Bustin Jieber, which is â?? (Laughter) â?? which is a Justin Bieber Whac-A-Mole.

　　我最先研制出的應(yīng)用是一個(gè)叫Earth Fortune的運(yùn)勢(shì)測(cè)試器， 它能根據(jù)你的運(yùn)勢(shì) 呈現(xiàn)不同顏色的地球圖形 我個(gè)人最喜歡、也是最成功的應(yīng)用叫Bustin Jieber 它是一個(gè)---(笑聲) 它是一個(gè)賈斯汀·比伯攻擊器 ( Whac-A-Mole原意為“打地鼠”游戲)

　　I created it because a lot of people at school disliked Justin Bieber a little bit, so I decided to make the app.

　　在學(xué)校里， 我的很多同學(xué)都不太喜歡賈斯汀·比伯， 所以我決定開(kāi)發(fā)這樣一個(gè)應(yīng)用。

　　So I went to work programming it, and I released it just before the holidays in 2010.

　　于是我就開(kāi)始寫(xiě)這個(gè)程序， 并且在2010年圣誕假期和新年來(lái)臨之前發(fā)布了這個(gè)應(yīng)用。

　　A lot of people ask me, how did I make these? A lot of times it's because the person who asked the question wants to make an app also.

　　很多人都問(wèn)我，是怎樣開(kāi)發(fā)出這些應(yīng)用的? 很多情況下，那些問(wèn)這個(gè)問(wèn)題的人， 其實(shí)也想開(kāi)發(fā)應(yīng)用。

　　A lot of kids these days like to play games, but now they want to make them, and it's difficult, because not many kids know where to go to find out how to make a program.

　　如今，很多的孩子都喜歡玩游戲， 但是，現(xiàn)在他們也想制作游戲。 這是很困難的， 因?yàn)楹芏嗪⒆硬⒉恢?怎樣找到制作軟件的方法。

　　I mean, for soccer, you could go to a soccer team. For violin, you could get lessons for a violin. But what if you want to make an app? And their parents, the kid's parents might have done some of these things when they were young, but not many parents have written apps.

　　打個(gè)比方，你想學(xué)踢足球，那你可以加入一支足球隊(duì)。 想學(xué)小提琴，你可以報(bào)個(gè)小提琴班。 但如果你想開(kāi)發(fā)一個(gè)應(yīng)用呢? 父母?jìng)兡贻p的時(shí)候 也許踢過(guò)足球、或者學(xué)習(xí)過(guò)小提琴 但沒(méi)有多少父母寫(xiě)過(guò)應(yīng)用吧!

　　(Laughter)

　　(笑聲)

　　Where do you go to find out how to make an app? Well, this is how I approached it. This is what I did. First of all, I've been programming in multiple other programming languages to get the basics down, such as Python, C, Java, etc.

　　那么你要怎樣學(xué)習(xí)寫(xiě)應(yīng)用呢? 我是這樣學(xué)習(xí)的， 最開(kāi)始時(shí)，我學(xué)習(xí)了用好幾種語(yǔ)言來(lái)編程， 由此而掌握了編程的基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)， 例如Python語(yǔ)言、C語(yǔ)言以及Java語(yǔ)言等等。

　　And then Apple released the iPhone, and with it, the iPhone software development kit, and the software development kit is a suite of tools for creating and programming an iPhone app. This opened up a whole new world of possibilities for me, and after playing with the software development kit a little bit, I made a couple apps, I made some test apps.

　　之后蘋(píng)果發(fā)行了iPhone， 隨之還發(fā)布了iPhone軟件開(kāi)發(fā)工具， 這套軟件開(kāi)發(fā)工具是一套工具， 可用于開(kāi)發(fā)與研制iPhone應(yīng)用。 這為我開(kāi)啟了一個(gè)全新充滿可能性的世界， 在稍稍擺弄過(guò)這套軟件開(kāi)發(fā)工具之后， 我開(kāi)發(fā)出了一些應(yīng)用，以及一些測(cè)試的應(yīng)用。

　　One of them happened to be Earth Fortune, and I was ready to put Earth Fortune on the App Store, and so I persuaded my parents to pay the 99 dollar fee to be able to put my apps on the App Store.

　　Earth Fortune便是其中之一。 在我準(zhǔn)備好要將這個(gè)應(yīng)用放到App store上去時(shí)， 我說(shuō)服我的父母為我支付了99美元的費(fèi)用， 這樣我就能讓這個(gè)應(yīng)用在App Store上上線了。

　　They agreed, and now I have apps on the App Store. I've gotten a lot of interest and encouragement from my family, friends, teachers and even people at the Apple Store, and that's been a huge help to me.

　　他們同意了，于是現(xiàn)在App Store上便有了我開(kāi)發(fā)的應(yīng)用。 我的父母、朋友和老師 給了我很多靈感與鼓勵(lì)， 甚至連App Store的用戶都給了我許多鼓勵(lì)， 這些對(duì)于我來(lái)說(shuō)都是莫大的幫助。

　　I've gotten a lot of inspiration from Steve Jobs, and I've started an app club at school, and a teacher at my school is kindly sponsoring my app club.

　　我也從喬布斯那里得到了很多的啟發(fā)。 在學(xué)校里，我建立一個(gè)app社團(tuán)， 學(xué)校里的一名老師支持著我的這個(gè)社團(tuán)。

　　Any student at my school can come and learn how to design an app. This is so I can share my experiences with others.There's these programs called the iPad Pilot Program, and some districts have them.

　　學(xué)校里學(xué)生 都可以來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)如何設(shè)計(jì)應(yīng)用。 這樣我就能與其他人一起分享我的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。 目前有一系列叫做Pilot Program的應(yīng)用程序， (為各大學(xué)校利用iPad教學(xué)提供技術(shù)支持的應(yīng)用軟件) 有些地區(qū)可下載使用這些程序。

　　I'm fortunate enough to be part of one. A big challenge is, how should the iPads be used, and what apps should we put on the iPads?

　　幸運(yùn)的是，我所在的地方正是這些地區(qū)之一。 而我們目前面臨的挑戰(zhàn)是應(yīng)該怎樣利用iPad， 以及iPad上應(yīng)該有哪些應(yīng)用程序。

　　So we're getting feedback from teachers at the school to see what kind of apps they'd like.

　　所以我們對(duì)學(xué)校教師進(jìn)行了調(diào)研， 獲得了關(guān)于他們喜歡什么樣應(yīng)用的反饋。

　　When we design the app and we sell it, it will be free to local districts and other districts that we sell to, all the money from that will go into the local ed foundations.

　　當(dāng)我們?cè)O(shè)計(jì)完這些應(yīng)用并將其出售時(shí)， 當(dāng)?shù)氐膶W(xué)?？梢悦赓M(fèi)使用， 而從收費(fèi)地區(qū)獲得的收入， 則會(huì)捐贈(zèng)給當(dāng)?shù)氐慕逃龣C(jī)構(gòu)。

　　These days, students usually know a little bit more than teachers with the technology.

　　如今，學(xué)生們所掌握的科技通常 會(huì)比老師多那么一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)。

　　(Laughter)

　　(笑聲)

　　So --

　　所以--

　　(Laughter)

　　(笑聲)

　　-- sorry -- (Laughter) --

　　抱歉--(笑聲)

　　so this is a resource to teachers, and educators should recognize this resource and make good use of it. I'd like to finish up by saying what I'd like to do in the future.

　　所以這對(duì)老師而言是一種資源， 教育工作者們應(yīng)該了解這些資源， 并充分地利用它們 最后，我想談?wù)勎椅磥?lái)的計(jì)劃。

　　First of all, I'd like to create more apps, more games. I'm working with a third party company to make an app. I'd like to get into Android programming and development, and I'd like to continue my app club, and find other ways for students to share knowledge with others.

　　首先，我要開(kāi)發(fā)出更多的應(yīng)用、更多的游戲， 目前我正在與一個(gè)第三方公司合作開(kāi)發(fā)App， 我想開(kāi)始安卓系統(tǒng)應(yīng)用的編程與開(kāi)發(fā)， 同時(shí)，我也要繼續(xù)我的app社團(tuán)， 為同學(xué)們找到其他的方式， 共同分享知識(shí)。

　　Thank you.

　　謝謝!

　　(Applause)

　　(掌聲)