科学家在全球范围内征集'地震表情'

A worldwide design campaign aimed at finding a proper emoji to represent an earthquake has recently caught the attention of sociAl media users.

近日，一项旨在寻找象征地震的合适表情的全球性设计活动引起社交媒体用户的关注。

A group of scientists initiated the campaign in a bid to use "the world's fastest-developing language" to help better spread earthquake information and make a difference during an emergency.

为了用“世界上发展最快的语言”更好地传播地震信息，能在紧急情况下产生更大的作用，一科学家团队发起了这项活动。

"Although there is an emoji for other natural disasters and weather events, there is no universal emoji for earthquakes and ground shaking," said campaign founder Stephen Hicks.

活动发起人史蒂芬·希克斯表示：“虽然其他自然灾害和天气事件有表情符号，但地震和地面震动并没有通用的表情符号。”

The seismologist at the University of Southampton, together with seven other researchers from the US, France and Costa Rica, advertised the campaign on social media platforms including Twitter. Designs should be submitted by July 14, 2018.

这位来自南安普敦大学的地震学家，和来自美国、法国、哥斯达黎加的另外7名研究人员一起，在推特等社交媒体平台上宣传这项活动。设计作品须在2018年7月14日前提交。

A final shortlist of four emoji designs will be judged by the eight scientists based on the criteria "evocative, simple, universal and distinctive."

这8位科学家将基于“引起共鸣、简单、通用和与众不同”的标准选出最终进入决赛的4个表情。

The shortlist will be posted on Twitter so that netizens can vote for a winner.

决赛作品将会贴在推特上，以便网友能选出优胜作品。

"Having a concise, internationally-universal way of describing an earthquake that breaks language barriers could have important implications for mitigating their hazards, and maybe even saving lives," Hicks said on the main page of the campaign website.

希克斯在活动网站的主页面上写道：“用一种简洁的、国际通用的方式来描述一场打破语言障碍的地震，可能对减轻地震带来的危害有重要的意义，甚至还可以挽救生命。”