如果你经常刷TikTok,可能对Yuji Beleza的短视频不陌生。
他是外网人气极高的街头采访博主,年仅27岁但已经在Instagram 上坐拥270万+粉丝,TikTok粉丝更是超过 360 万。
但真正让他出圈的,不只是镜头感,而是——他的语言能力。
在街头随机搭话时,Yuji Beleza能迅速切换多种语言,与来自不同国家的路人自然交流,日语、英语、俄语、德语、土耳其语……都达到了流利水平。
这种“即兴、多语、真实对话”的能力,让无数人好奇:他究竟是如何一步步成为多语言者(polyglot)的?
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多元文化背景
He grew up in Kyoto, Japan, with an Irish mother who taught English and spoke four languages — English, Irish, Japanese and Spanish — and a Japanese father who worked as a security guard.
他在日本京都长大。母亲是爱尔兰人,从事英语教学工作,能说英语、爱尔兰语、日语和西班牙语四种语言;父亲是日本人,职业是一名保安。
“My sister and I learned early on how to switch between languages,” he recalls.“And I think I had a pretty broad perspective from a young age because I was always curious and eager to learn about the world.”
他回忆道:“我和姐姐从很小的时候就学会了在不同语言之间自由切换。正因为如此,我从小就拥有相对开阔的视角,对世界充了好奇,也非常渴望去了解和学习更多的东西。”
At 16, Beleza spent a formative year abroad in Tipperary, in the heart of Ireland, to connect with his mother’s culture.
16岁那年,他前往爱尔兰腹地的蒂珀雷里,度过了对他影响深远的一年,以此更深入地了解母亲的文化背景。
His experience in Ireland inspired Beleza to study Russian in college and spend a student-exchange year in St. Petersburg.
这段在爱尔兰的经历,激发了 Beleza 对语言和世界的更大兴趣。上大学后,他选择学习俄语,并以交换生身份前往圣彼得堡学习一年。
While overseas, he dove into a few more languages — German, Turkish and Serbian — each one offering a new window into another culture.
在海外求学期间,他又陆续投入多种语言的学习,包括德语、土耳其语和塞尔维亚语。每掌握一门新语言,仿佛都为他打开了一扇通往不同文化的窗口。
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语言学习方法
When learning new languages, Beleza draws on a mix of strategies, from watching videos online to jotting notes in his notebooks, practicing with friends, listening to voice memos on his phone, and studying traditional textbooks.
在学习新语言时,Beleza会灵活运用多种方法:从观看在线视频、在笔记本里记录要点,到和朋友练习对话、反复听手机里的语音备忘录,再到系统学习传统教材。
“Whenever I get a chance to speak in a different language, I always take the chance to practice,” he says. “I have to alwaystrain my brain all the time by just talking, talking, talking.”
他说:“只要有机会用另一种语言开口说话,我一定会抓住机会练习。对我来说,就是要不断通过说、说、再说,来持续训练大脑的语言反应能力。”
He now speaks five languages fluently (Japanese, English, Russian, German and Turkish), plus he’s conversational in about 10 more and can greet people in dozens more.
如今,他已经能流利使用五种语言——日语、英语、俄语、德语和土耳其语,此外还能用大约十种语言进行日常交流,并且能用几十种语言打招呼。
Watching his videos, it’s striking how quickly he recognizes and responds to languages — often within seconds — whether it’s Lithuanian, Lingala, Tunisian Arabic, Slovak, Slovenian, Swahili, Malinké or Armenian.
看他的视频,你会被他的反应速度惊到:无论是立陶宛语、林加拉语、突尼斯阿拉伯语、斯洛伐克语、斯洛文尼亚语、斯瓦希里语、马林克语还是亚美尼亚语,他几乎都能在几秒钟内认出并作出回应。
These days, it’s rare for him to be stumped, though he admits crossing paths with fellow polyglots can be humbling.“Every conversation reminds me how much I still have to learn,” he says.
现在,他很少会遇到完全难住自己的语言,但他也坦言,遇到其他多语言者时仍会感到谦逊。他说:“每一次对话都提醒我,还有很多东西需要学习。”
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