Why you probably hate the sound of your own voice 为什么你可能会讨厌自己的声音 作者:Rachel Feltman @ 2015-6-16

译者:Marcel ZHANG(微博:@马赫塞勒张)

校对:沈沉(@你在何地-sxy)

来源:The Washington Post， https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/06/16/why-you-probably-hate-the-sound-of-your-own-voice/ Whether you've heard yourself talking on the radio or just gabbing in a friend's Instagram video, you probably know the sound of your own voice -- and chances are pretty good that you hate it.

不论是通过听到自己在广播上讲话,或是在朋友的Instagram视频里闲聊,你可能都已经了解了自己的声音,而且你很可能并不喜欢这个声音｡

As the video above explains, your voice as you hear it when you speak out loud is very different from the voice the rest of the world perceives. That's because it comes to you via a different channel than everyone else.

你在你大声讲话时自己听到的声音跟其他人听到的大不相同｡那是因为声音传播给其他人和传播给你自己所通过的是不同的途径｡

When sound waves from the outside world -- someone else's voice, for example -- hit the outer ear, they're siphoned straight through the ear canal to hit the ear drum, creating vibrations that the brain will translate into sound.

当从外界传来的声波(比如其他人发出的声音)抵达外耳时,鼓膜会直接通过耳道将其接收并产生震动,再由大脑将这些震动转化为声音｡

When we talk, our ear drums and inner ears vibrate from the sound waves we're putting out into the air. But they also have another source of vibration -- the movements caused by the production of the sound. Our vocal cords and airways are trembling , too, and those vibrations make their way over to auditory processing as well.

当我们讲话时,我们的鼓膜和内耳会因我们向空气中发出的声波而产生震动｡但是他们还有其他的震动源,那就是发声时触发的动作｡我们的声带和气道也在颤动,而且这些震动也同样参与到了听觉进程当中｡

Your body is better at carrying low, rich tones than the air is. So when those two sources of sound get combined into one perception of your own voice, it sounds lower and richer. That's why hearing the way your voice sounds without all the body vibes can be off-putting -- it's unfamiliar -- or even unpleasant, because of the relative tininess.

你的身体比空气更容易传递低沉浑厚的声调｡所以,当两种声源合并成为了你对自己声音的感知时,它听起来会相对更加低沉浑厚｡这就是为什么你听到自己没有通过身体共鸣的声音会感到反感､陌生甚至是厌恶了,因为那声音相对更单薄｡

The sound of your own voice isn't the only place where daily perception can butt up against the ugly truth: We often feel uncomfortable when we see our bodies as other people see them, too.

你自己的声音并不是日常认知与丑陋现实针锋相对的唯一情形｡当我们以其他人看我们的方式看到自己的身体时,时常也会觉得有点难受｡

Think about it: Chances are good that most of the times that you look at yourself, it's thanks to a mirror or some other reflective surface. But those are mirror images -- our bodies are flipped. Because most faces are pretty asymmetrical (under close observation, anyway), a flip can create really jarring changes. That's why you might wince at photos that show the real you instead of a mirror image.

大家可以想一下,我们要看到自己,大多数情况基本都要借助镜子或者其他反射面｡但这些都是镜像,我们的身体是经过翻转的｡因为大多数的人脸都是不太对称的(反正在近距离观察下就是这样的),所以一个翻转就能造成令人不快的差别｡这就是为什么你在照片中看到真正的自己而不是镜像时可能会眉头紧蹙了｡

“We see ourselves in the mirror all the time—you brush your teeth, you shave, you put on makeup,” Pamela Rutledge, director of the Media Psychology Center, told The Atlantic . “Looking at yourself in the mirror becomes a firm impression. You have that familiarity. Familiarity breeds liking. You’ve established a preference for that look of your face.”

媒体心理学研究中心(Media Psychology Center)主任帕梅拉·拉特利奇在接受《大西洋月刊》采访时说:“我们时常都会在镜子里看到自己,比如刷牙､剃须和化妆的时候｡故而镜中的自己就变成了一种固定印象｡那么你就会对其产生熟悉感,久而久之这种熟悉感就会催生出喜爱之情,这样一来你便确立了对自己的那种形象的偏爱｡”

So it should come as no surprise that being reminded that our faces -- and voices -- are slightly different than we think them to be can be a bit unnerving.

所以,当我们想起来我们的形象和声音与我们印象中的不太一致时,也难怪会感到有点懊恼｡

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