Could your language affect your ability to save money? | 語言影響存錢能力

When I was studying my Bachelor of Translation in the evening class, I had been asked to watch a short video a speech by Keith Chen, a behavioral economist. Keith has been known for his research on the Whorfian hypothesis. The title of this talk "Could your language affect your ability to save money?" was given by him. Here is the link to the video　(www.ted.com/talks/ke...).

當我在工餘修讀翻譯學士時，曾被要求觀看行為經濟學家 Keith Chen 的演講。 Keith 因為對Whorfian hypothesis（沃爾夫假說）的研究而聞名。本次演講的英語標題是他訂的。這是視頻的鏈接（www.ted.com/talks/ke...）。

In this speech, Keith presents the results of his research showing that people whose language is grammatically time-sensitive tend to save less money than people who speak non-time-sensitive languages. He believes that people who speak the latter language are more future-oriented and therefore have a greater sense of financial responsibility. Overall, his speech provides fascinating insights into the intersection of language and economics, and it encourages us to consider how our own language use affects our financial behaviour.

在這次演講中，Keith 介紹了他的研究結果，表明語言對語法上時間敏感的人比使用非時間敏感語言的人能積蓄的錢更少。他認為，說後一種語言的人更面向未來，因此具有更大的財務責任感。總而言之，他的演講對語言和經濟學的交叉點提供了引人入勝的見解，並鼓勵我們考慮我們自己的語言使用如何影響我們的金融行為。

By the way, TED (short form of Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a non-profit organization devoted to spreading new ideas or technologies, and usually invites experts and scholars to give short but powerful talks on a new concept. The talks often be nameed as "TED talks". Those with good English skills can use the TED website (www.ted.com) to find speeches that they are interest by entering keywords in different fields. Those with slightly lower English proficiency can also use the website to practice their English listening skills and absorb new knowledge.

順帶一提，TED（Technology, Entertainment and Design 的簡稱）是一個致力於傳播新思想或新技術的非營利組織，通常會邀請專家學者就一個新概念進行簡短而有力的演講。 這些演講通常被命名為"TED talks"。 英語程度較好的人可以利用TED網站（www.ted.com）透過輸入不同領域的關鍵字來找出自己感興趣的演講。英語程度稍低的人也可以利用網站練習英語聽力並吸收新知識。