It is the ultimate sign of our obsession with technology: the 'word' of the year chosen by Oxford Dictionaries is not a word at all – but this picture of a yellow smiley face.
牛静词典所选的年度“词”根本就不是词汇,而是这个黄色的笑脸符号图像,这标志着我们对科技的痴迷达到了极致。

The image, one of a range of icons called 'emoji' used to express emotions in text messages or online, was picked as the word or expression that best captured the ethos, mood and preoccupations of 2015.
这一图像是一系列被称为”颜文字”的图标之一,用以短信和网上信息交流时表达情感。此番被选作为词汇表达方式充分体现了2015年的风尚、兴致及关注焦点。

Known as 'face with tears of joy', it was the most widely used emoji this year. The judges said emoji 'embody a core aspect of living in a digital world that is visually driven, emotionally expressive and obsessively immediate'.
这一表情笑脸即“喜极而泣”,是今年最广为应用的表情。评审称颜文字“代表了数码世界的核心,即受视觉驱动、情感丰富表现力强、分分钟要求单刀直入”。

Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Dictionaries, said: 'You can see how traditional alphabet scripts have been struggling to meet the rapid-fire, visually focused demands of 21st century communication.
牛津词典主席卡斯帕·格拉斯沃说道:“你会发现,传统文字书写已经很难适应21世纪快速交流、直击视觉的要求了。

'It's not surprising that a pictographic script like emoji has stepped in to fill those gaps - it's flexible, immediate, and infuses tone beautifully. As a result emoji are becoming an increasingly rich form of communication, one that transcends linguistic borders.“
“也难怪这一形象生动的颜文字应运而生填补了空白,灵活机动、直截了当、与语气完美融合。于是,颜文字在交流中越发丰富,超越了语言学的界限。”

Mr Grathwohl said 'face with tears of joy' captured a sense of 'playfulness and intimacy that embodies emoji culture itself'. He added: 'Emoji culture has become so popular that individual characters have developed their own trends and stories.
格拉斯沃称”喜极而泣“的笑脸”抓住了‘诙谐和亲昵’的特征,这本身就代表了颜文字文化。他补充说,“颜文字已如此风靡,文字个体已经形成了自己的流行风尚和历史故事。” 

小编吐槽:牛津词典这次可玩大了!你虽然解释的振振有词,但是这TM就不是一个词啊!!众多外国网友纷纷发言,评论区已经炸了——

@Scotty 2 Hotty

This symbol depicts crying with laughter... not tears of joy!
这个符号明明是笑中含泪……哪里是喜极而泣!

@BJ1974

It's not a word; you can't speak it.
这不是一个单词啊!你怎么发音啊!!

@acquiesce

Soon we will regress to using pictures instead of words like ancient Egyptians. 
我们马上就要和古埃及人一样,倒退成不用文字交流而是靠图画了!

作家们这样表达他们的愤怒

牛津词典公布了年度热词,每一个人是开森的——是个颜文字啊颜文字!!!还不是个啥好的颜文字!

除了笑哭还有哪些颜文字?它们的含义你都知道吗?
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