Eleanor Lawson uses ultrasound to study English phonetics.

埃莉诺·劳森用超声波习英语语音。

English is not a strictly phonetic language.

英语并不是个音形完全致语。

Well, the IPA is the international phonetic alphabet.

IPA 是国际音标。

One of the most significant is phonetics.

其中最不是语音。

I forgot to mention, here, the phonetics.

我忘了说了，发音。

But English is not a phonetic language.

但是英语不是种语音语。

The phonetic spelling of the word.

就是单词读音。

I can look at phonetics and phonology — speech sounds.

我可以研究语音和音——有语音。

So you need a phonetic script? You need something?

所以你需要注音字母？你要借助其他东西？

But English is not a phonetic language, thank God.

但英语不是种语音语。

The English letters are the same as the phonetic spelling.

英语字母跟语音拼写。

I recommend that you learn the IPA, the international phonetic alphabet.

我推荐你习国际音标。

This is something I have read in many books about phonetics, linguistics.

这是我在很多关于语音、语书中读到。

Is there something about the phonetics of the words themselves that create that association?

是不是单词本身语音造成了这种联想？

And this changed some vowels and some words and imitated earlier phonetic changes.

这改变了些元音和些单词，模仿了早期语音变化。

So, they give the phonetic spelling, they give the syllables, they give you other forms.

所以，这些网络词典会告诉你读法拼写，音节和单词另外形式。

At this point writing became phonetic, and then all kinds of new communication became possible.

这，文字变成了表音符号，所有全新交流方式都变成可能。

And it's so crazy, it has many, many, many English words and their phonetic transcript.

它真很棒，里面有很多很多英语单词和它们语音记录。

If you're familiar with phonetic symbols, you'll notice that there is no R here.

如果你熟悉音标，你会注意到这里没有 R。

Now I'm a huge fan of the IPA, the international phonetic alphabet.

我现在是国际音标表忠实粉丝。