AI音樂家「雅婷」
Just as the whole world is struggling with the spread of Covid-19 and most of the news we have received is unpromising, Taiwan AI Lab has comforted people with music.
正當全球正與新冠肺炎奮戰、且我們所聽到的新聞都不是那麼振奮人心時，台灣人工智慧實驗室給了一些正面消息。
Just as …連接詞片語struggle with在…之中掙扎=fight withunpromising(adj.)不樂觀的promising(adj.)給人希望的、前途看好的lab(n.)實驗室=laboratorycomfort(v.)(n.)撫慰、安慰
The lab released Taiwan’s first AI album titled “Coronavirus” and is available on KKBOX, a music streaming platform.
該實驗室推出了台灣首張人工智慧專輯「新冠肺炎」，可於音樂串流服務KKBOX下載。
release(v.)發行;推出=roll outtitled…=which is titled被取名為=(which is) called or named…streaming(n.)串流
Performed by Yating, the AI musician of the Taiwan AI Lab, the album consists of 9 songs each titled after different buzzwords frequently dominating the press during the pandemic:
這張專輯由台灣人工智慧的音樂家「雅婷」演出，共有9首歌，分別以疫情期間媒體最常用的關鍵字做歌名：
perform(v.)表演Performed by Yating…=While the album is performed by…分詞構句consist of由…組成=be made up of=be composed ofbe titled after…=be named after…是以…命名的buzzword(n.)熱門字dominate(v.)支配;主宰;佔據frequently dominating…=which frequent dominate…press(n.)媒體=media
Covid19, Infection, Travel, Entry, Confirmed, Masks, Postponed, Lockdown and Vaccine.
「新冠肺炎」、「感染」、「旅遊」、「入境」、「確診」、「口罩」、「延期」、「封城」及「疫苗」。
infection(n.)感染infect(v.)感染(be infected with Covid-19)entry(n.)進入、入口confirm(v.)確認confirmed cases確診病例postpone(v.)延後lockdown(n.)封鎖、封城vaccine(n.)疫苗
The musician first listened to millions of popular songs to learn and analyze each song’s tune and melody.
音樂家先聽過上百萬首流行歌，並學習及分析各別的曲調及旋律。
analyze(v.)分析tune(n.)曲調melody(n.)旋律
Then, it generated the 9 songs along with a respective song cover for each of them.
接著產出了9首歌曲及各自的音樂封面。
generate(v.)產生along with與…一起;連同著=together with=as well asrespective(adj.)各別的=individual
Each song has its own style; for instance, “Entry” may sound light and brisk while “Postponed” could be more peaceful and calming.
每首歌曲曲風各異，例如「入境」可能聽起來節奏比較輕快，而「延期」則較平緩。
brisk(adj.)輕快的peaceful(adj.)平靜的calming(adj.)鎮靜的
Despite the fact that there are still debates over whether artificial intelligence can create a piece of music, there’s no doubt that this album is a silver lining to this rather gloomy period of time and helps to bring people together in fighting against the virus.
雖然對於人工智慧是否能創作仍有爭議，不可否認的是，這張專輯帶來低潮時的一線希望，並讓我們能更緊密地並肩作戰。
despite the fact that S V儘管=in spite of the fact that S Vdebate(n.)辯論whether(conj.)是否artificial intelligence=AI 人工智慧there is no doubt that…=there is no question that…毫無疑問地silver lining（艱困中的）一線希望gloomy(adj.)陰鬱的;憂鬱的;灰暗的;幽暗的gloomy weather陰沈的天氣a gloomy person愁容滿面的人