In the public glare, its leaders tone down their language.

万众瞩目下，他们的领导人故意让自己的语气缓和。

Diana, before we start, what exactly is a tone language?

JAD：戴安娜，在我们开始之前，语气语言到底是什么？

I would probably tone down the language a little bit, and just ratchet it back.

我可能会把语言调低一点，然后再恢复。

And it's your hunch that the the difference is because they speak a tone language?

JAD：你的预感是，差异是因为他们说的是语气语言？

In tone languages, words take on different meanings depending upon the tones in which they are enunciated.

在声调语言中，单词根据其发音的声调而具有不同的含义。

She's recently been looking at tone languages.

JAD：她最近一直在研究声调语言。

And it didn't matter whether the parents spoke a romance language or a tone language, everywhere she went, below the words she heard consistently the same melodies.

无论父母说的是浪漫语言还是声调语言，无论她走到哪里，她听到的话语下面始终都是相同的旋律。

DIANA DEUTSCH: Given the evidence on absolute pitch, one could speculate further and say well maybe other features of music are also enhanced for individuals who start off learning tone language.

戴安娜·德奇：鉴于绝对音高的证据，人们可以进一步推测并说，对于开始学习音调语言的人来说，音乐的其他特征也许也会得到增强。

DIANA DEUTSCH: It is a boring theory, and furthermore we don't have to assume that knowing what we do about exposure to tone language in very early childhood as a ... JAD: Ah, it's just not fair!

DIANA▁DEUTSCH: 这是一个无聊的理论, 此外, 我们不必假设知道我们在童年早期接触音调语言时所做的事情......▁JAD: 啊, 这不公平!