引言
我們生活中時常會用到藍牙耳機、藍牙鍵盤、藍牙滑鼠或是其它電子產品。
但你知道藍牙這個名字是怎麼來的嗎?
它的標誌又代表了什麼呢?
藍牙是指藍色的牙嗎?
Bluetooth is a technology that lets you connect your phone or computer to other devices. The word "Bluetooth" looks interesting because you can easily tell that it means "blue" and "tooth.” However, the name comes from a real person.
藍牙是一種可以將手機或電腦連接到其他裝置的技術。「藍牙」這個詞看起來很有趣，因為你能容易地看出它的意思是「藍色」和「牙齒」。然而，這個名字卻來自一個真實存在的人。
藍牙的主人是誰?
A long time ago, there was a king named Haraldr blátǫnn Gormsson. He was widely known for two things. One was that he joined Denmark and Norway into one country in 958 BC. The other was that he had a tooth which looked dark blue, so people used to call him Bluetooth.
很久很久以前，有位名為Haraldr blátǫnn Gormsson的國王。他因兩件事而廣為人知。一是西元前958年，他將丹麥和挪威合併為一個國家。另一個原因是他的牙齒是深藍色的，所以人們稱他為藍牙。
1996年科技公司決定使用這項科技
In 1996, three big technology companies—Intel, Ericsson, and Nokia—worked together. They wanted to make a new way for phones and computers to talk to each other without wires. At a meeting, Jim Kardach from Intel had an idea to use Bluetooth.
1996年，三大科技公司——英特爾、易立信和諾基亞——攜手合作。他們希望創造一種新的方式，讓手機和電腦能夠無線地互相通訊。在某次會議上，英特爾公司的 Jim Kardach 提出了使用藍牙的想法。
藍牙本來可能是另一個名字
He said, "King Harald Bluetooth united the north. We want to unite phones and computers just like he did." Later, they thought about changing the name to RadioWire or PAN (Personal Area Network). PAN was more popular then. But when they checked the internet, they saw that many people already knew the name Bluetooth. For that reason, they decided to follow suit.
他說：「國王Haraldr blátǫnn 統一了北方。我們希望像他一樣，將手機和電腦統一整合起來。」後來他們又想到把名字改成RadioWire或PAN（個人區域網路）。當時 PAN 更受歡迎。但當他們查看網路時，發現很多人已經知道藍牙這個名字。因此，他們決定從善如流。
關於藍牙的圖示
Another fun fact is about how the Bluetooth logo gets its shape.
It's made from two old Viking letters:
ᚼ (H) and ᛒ (B). These are the first letters of King Harald's name.
另一個有趣的事是關於藍牙標誌為何是這個形狀。它由兩個古老的維京字母組成：
ᚼ（H）和ᛒ（B）。這是國王Haraldr blátǫnn名字的首字母。
