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My name is Ioannis Ikonomou. I'm from Greece, and I speak 32 languages.
我叫伊阿尼斯·伊康诺曼。我来自希腊，会说32门语言。
Russian, Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish, Hungarian, Czech, Polish--
俄语、葡萄牙语、挪威语、土耳其语、匈牙利语、捷克语、波兰语……
Ioannis is what we call a hyperpolyglot.
伊阿尼斯就是我们所说的“超语言者”。
It means he can speak a lot of languages.
意思就是他会讲很多门语言。
By the time I was 20, I had already learned some 15 languages,
20岁的时候我就已经学会差不多15种语言了，
and when I moved to Brussels and started my career at the EU Institutions, I added more of the official EU languages.
搬到布鲁塞尔在欧盟机构工作后，我又多学了几门欧盟官方语言。
See, the thing is, Ioannis, he's a quick learner.
这样的，伊阿尼斯，他学东西特别快。
This doesn't happen by just sitting at home and studying, though.
但光坐在家里学还是不够的。
The world is a big place with different cultures and, yes, different languages.
世界很大，有不同的文化，当然了，也有不同的语言。
I speak to my husband in Polish because he is Polish.
我和我丈夫说波兰语，因为他是波兰人。
I dream in all kinds of languages.
我会用各种语言做梦。
Wait, wait, before we go: if anyone knows, it's you.
等等，等等，结束之前我们还有一个问题，这个问题怕也只有你知道了。
What is the most complicated language to learn?
你觉得最难掌握的是哪种语言?
Mandarin. Mystery Solved.
普通话。谜团解开了。
