中國高科技再次震驚外媒！這次竟然是廁所？

The effort, which began in 2015, brings a slew of cutting edge technologies to public restrooms across the country, including turbo toilets, Wi-Fi, television screens and ATMs.

2015年中國開始把大量前沿技術應用到全國的公共廁所中，其中包括渦輪增壓廁所、無線網絡、電視屏幕和自動取款機。

In some cases, bathrooms are even being outfitted with facial recognition systems to prevent greedy patrons from nabbing extra toilet paper.

某些公廁甚至還裝上了面部識別系統，防止貪婪的客人取走額外的廁紙。

Two cities in China have installed the technology, which gives a person between 40cm and 80cm of toilet paper after they scan their face.

目前中國有兩座城市已經應用了這項技術，當人們掃描面部的時候，他們就可以得到40～80釐米長的廁紙。

Facial recognition systems were placed in Changsha in China's Hunan province, as well as in southwest China's Chongqing, where users scan a code on a machine with their phone to receive toilet paper.

中國湖南省長沙市和中國西南部的重慶市已經採用了面部識別系統，當地的用戶用手機掃描機器上的一個編碼就可以取用廁紙。

If a user needs more toilet paper than the allotted amount, they have to wait as long as nine minutes.

如果一名用戶需要更多的廁紙，他們就必須等待長達9分鐘的時間。

The idea is that it will prevent people from taking too much paper and stop others from stealing free supplies like soap, toilet paper and paper towels.

該計劃會阻止人們取用太多紙張，並防止他人偷走肥皂、廁紙和紙巾等免費供應物資。

Other technologies are meant to improve the quality and efficiency of public restrooms. Some stalls are equipped with sensors that alert bathroom attendants if someone has been inside for more than 10 minutes, as well as a button that can be pushed in case in of an emergency.

採用的其他技術是爲了提高公廁的質量和效率。一些公廁裝有傳感器，如果有人在廁所裏待了10多分鐘，他們就會得到提醒。公廁裏還有一個按鈕可以在緊急情況下使用。

The bathrooms also offer some conveniences, such as free Wi-Fi, phone chargers, vending machines and systems that allow users to pay utility bills.

這種公廁還提供了一些便利設施，例如免費的無線網絡、手機充電器、自動販賣機以及用戶可以用來支付公共費用賬單的系統。

As of last year, over 68,000 public toilets had been refurbished . The updated restrooms are expected to come to rural and urban areas.

去年68000多個公廁被翻新，而且農村和城市地區都有望裝上最新的公廁。

（翻譯：Dlacus）