这就是为什么短信长度如此受限：它不能超过用于基站和手机间内部通信的消息的长度。
That's why a message is so limited in length: it must not exceed the length of the message used for internal communication between tower and handset to set up a call.
我问我爸爸他发不发短信，猜猜他说了什么？
I ask my father if he texts messages, and guess what he said?
但当我问我爸爸他有没有发短信时，猜猜他说了什么？
But I ask my father if he texts messages, and guess what he said?
这条短信里的三个字母——“KIT” ——是什么意思？
他给我发了几条短信，但我还没有回复，因为我不知道该说什么。
He sent me a few messages, but I haven't replied yet as I don't know what to say.
覆盖率超过美国人口的90%，手机供应商可以说出你给谁打电话，何时打电话，和某些人通话的频率以及你在短信中说的什么。
Covering over 90% of the American population, cell phone providers can tell who you call, when you call, how often you call certain people and what you say in your text messages.
今天，我仔细地查看我的手机发件箱，怕我昨晚喝多了之后发什么过火的短信。
Today, I read through my phone, hoping there weren't any drunk texts by me from the night before.
他们用短信联系，并且用他们的电话看视频、一般来说，这也不是什么大问题。
They communicate by texting and use their phones to watch videos. Normally, that's not a problem.
那正是我的朋友们一直在寻找的，她们相互偷偷摸摸地发着“他对你没什么意思”之类的短信，解读着她们约会对象的行为。
Which was exactly what my friends had been seeking that whole time, reading He's Just Not That Into You and sending covert text messages to decipher their dates' behavior.
而且，如果你可以与任何人随时短信联系的话，与你同处一室的人还有什么重要之处呢？
Are the people in the room with you more important than those who have just texted you?
市面上已经有在售产品声称可以让你听到别人的手机对话，转发他人的短信，还能告诉你他们拨打了什么号码……
There are already a number of products out there which claim that they will let you listen to someone's mobile conversations, forward their SMSs and tell you the numbers they have dialled ...
因为我的一个经常发短信的朋友莫名其妙的收到短信但是不会去看有什么内容。
Because my friend a., who frequently sends text messages, somehow fails to recognize that she might receive them as well and almost never checks.
我的目标是在我生前发表一点什么(任何东西，任何地方)，多年来我只是收到大量拒绝短信。
My goal was to publish something (anything, anywhere) before I died. I collected only massive piles of rejection notes for years.
为什么开车时发短信如此危险呢？研究人员得出的结论是，问题就出在编写短信的那段时间。
One conclusion researchers made about why texting is so dangerous is the length of time it takes to compose a message while driving.
我给他打电话发短信，问些常规问题，像买什么样的弦乐器最好，我应该学原声吉他还是电吉他。
I call him and text him with routine questions like what are the best strings to buy and whether I should be learning on an acoustic or an electric guitar.
如果一款媒体播放器告诉你它需要发送短信息，这里面一定有什么阴谋。
If a media player tells you it needs to send SMS messages, something is afoot.
“可是我可不可以写个短信告诉他我为什么不能去了呢？”她问，站起来了。
But may I not write a note to tell him why I cannot come? 'she asked, rising to her feet.
我的直觉是，对于一个发个短信还得算计收信人使用的是什么设备的信息系统我是持怀疑态度的。
My instinct is to be skeptical about a messaging system that requires me to give much thought to what sort of device the person on the other end is using.
他们甚至希望通过分析发现有优秀拼写能力的人倾向于使用短信缩写，但结果发现二者没什么联系。她说。
They even reversed the analysis to see if it was the good spellers who tended to use text abbreviations, but found that relationship was unidirectional, she said.
我们也发现这样一个事实，这些程序只能让你以传统的方式通信：电话，短信，或者电子邮件、现在的联系人管理器为什么不提供可以让你发推的功能，或者在好友的涂鸦墙上留言了？
There's also the fact that they only let you communicate in traditional ways: call, text message, or email. Why don't contact managers offer features that let you send a tweet to your friend?
短信：发个短信只需要短短几秒钟，如果你不常给你的爱人发短信，为什么不试一下呢？
With a text message: text messages only take a few minutes to send, so if you don't text your partner often, why not send them a text message?
今天，我才明白我丈夫为什么连续几个月地每天不停地发短信问我在做什么，还美其名曰增进我们的感情。
Today, I realized why my husband had been seemingly wanting to improve our relationship by sending little texts throughout the day for the last couple of months, asking what I was doing.
除了回家要早、限定上网时间之类的常见规定，她妈妈甚至检查她的短信或是看她在玩什么游戏。
It's not just the ordinary rules like coming back home early or the amount of time spent online. Her mom also checks on her text messages and the games she plays.
复活节到了，我没有什么送给你们，就送给你们一条短信吧，愿你们春到心头，福到手头。
Easter, I don't have anything for you, to give you a text message, I wish you spring to mind, good at hand.
他短信里说道， ”所有那些欢呼者并没有让我感觉到有什么不同，既不能让我感觉到解脱，也无法带给我正义。
His text says that "all these people celebrating is not going to make me feel any different, it does not bring any closure or justice for me."
我想你知道我们公司，但是为什么我要写这封短信呢？
I think that you know our company, but why am I writing this message?
呃，好吧。让他留在这儿看着监狱好了。告诉他如果有什么变故就烧卷发短信。
Ugh, fine. Tell him to stay here and watch the prison, then. Tell him to use a Sending scroll of anything change.
呃，好吧。让他留在这儿看着监狱好了。告诉他如果有什么变故就烧卷发短信。
Ugh, fine. Tell him to stay here and watch the prison, then. Tell him to use a Sending scroll of anything change.
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