This is Jacques Bailly, the official pronouncer of the National Spelling Bee.

这位就是Jacques Bailly，全美拼字大赛的官方读词考官。

Before Jacques' days as the world's foremost pronouncer of persnickety words, he began a spelling career on the other side of the microphone.

在Jacques成为世上首屈一指的难词朗读专家之前，他也曾站在话筒的另一边接受挑战。

GIF. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Before Jacque's days as the world's foremost pronouncer of persnickety words, he began a spelling career on the other side of the microphone.

GIF。在Jacque成为世界上最爱挑剔发音者的发音之前，他就开始了麦克风另一端的拼写生涯。

In the finals, to be held this week in Maryland, contestants listen to an official pronouncer read a word, then have 90 seconds to spell it correctly.

在本周将于马里兰州举行的决赛中，参赛者要听官方发音员朗读一个单词，然后有90秒的时间将其拼写正确。

Another fortunate terminologist hit upon the word " psychical" — the p might be sounded or not, according to the taste and fancy of the pronouncer — and the fashionable children of a scientific age were thoroughly at ease.

另一位幸运的术语学家偶然发现了“psychical”这个词——根据发音者的品味和幻想，p 可以发或不发——科学时代的时髦孩子们完全放心了。