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In addition, the idea of using a voice assistant on a stationary computer in a typical office environment, where colleagues will overhear you over their cubicle walls yapping to Cortana, seems off-putting.

而且，想象自己在一个典型的办公环境里，对着一台固定不动的电脑使用语音助手，还有旁边格子间的同事能听到你和Cortana的对话，这场景还挺让人倒胃口的。

If you need to concentrate and somebody is yapping, it can affect your work, says Margaret Fiester, operations manager for the human-resources knowledge center at the Society for Human Resource Management.

美国人力资源管理学会（Society for Human Resource Management）人力资源知识中心的营运经理玛格丽特•菲斯特（Margaret Fiester）说，如果你需要集中注意力，但有人却在叽里呱啦说个不停，这就会影响你的工作。

This columnist finds that, whenever his editor starts yapping, his mind focuses on the following subjects. ( 1) His toenails.

本专栏作者发现，每当他的编辑开始大喊大叫时，他脑子里想的就集中在以下几件事上：（1）他的脚趾甲。