The great internet debate over "Laurel" versus "Yanny" continues.
关于“Laurel”和“Yanny”的互联网大辩论仍在继续。
Now United States government officials are commenting on the audio recording that is dividing people on social media.
现在美国政府官员开始评论这段在社交媒体上让人们两极分化的音频录音。
Late Thursday, a White House-produced video appeared on the social media service Twitter. In it, President Donald Trump and members of his administration are asked whether they heard the name Laurel or Yanny.
周四晚些时候，社交媒体网站推特上出现了一则白宫制作的视频。在视频中，川普总统及其政府成员被问到了他们听到的是Laurel还是Yanny。
"So clearly Laurel" said Ivanka Trump, both an advisor to the president and his daughter. But Mercedes Schlapp, a communication director, disagreed. "Yanny's the winner; Laurel's the loser," she said.
兼具总统顾问和总统千金角色的伊万卡·川普（Ivanka Trump）说，“显然是Laurel啊。”但是传媒总监梅赛德斯·拉普（Mercedes Schlapp）不赞同。她说：“Yanny是正确的，Laurel是错误的。”
White House advisor Kellyanne Conway first used the term "alternative facts" to explain differing opinions about crowd size at Trump's swearing in ceremony. When asked about what she heard in the audio, Conway said, "It's Laurel. But I could deflect and divert to Yanny if you need me to."
白宫顾问凯丽安妮·康威(Kellyanne Conway)第一个用到了“另类事实”这个术语来解释人们对川普就职典礼观礼人数的不同看法。当被问到她在音频中听到什么时，康威表示：“我听到的是Laurel。但是如果你有需要，我可以改为Yanny。”
When asked about the social media debate, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckerbee Sanders joked about the news media. Sanders said reports of her saying "Laurel" were "fake news". "All I hear is ‘Yanny,'" she added.
当被问到这场社交辩论时，白宫新闻秘书莎拉·胡克比·桑德斯（Sarah Huckerbee Sanders）拿新闻媒体开上了玩笑。桑德斯表示 ，那些说她听到Laurel的报道都是“假新闻”。她补充说，“我一直听到的都是Yanny。”
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence did not seem to be following the debate. "Who's Yanny?" he asked.
美国副总统麦克·彭斯（Mike Pence）似乎不知道这场辩论。他问：“谁是Yanny？”
But President Trump had the last word. The video ends with him saying, "I hear covfefe."
但是川普总统得出最后结论，视频以他的话作为结尾。川普说，“我听到了covfefe。”
Last May, Trump sent out a tweet about "constant negative press covfefe." His statement was retweeted and liked hundreds of thousands of times before it was removed without explanation.
去年五月，川普发了一则关于“持续负面媒体Covfefe”的推文。在他不做解释删除推文之前，这段话被转发并点赞了数十万次。