First there was a website that predicted when your parents would die; now there's a watch that not only predicts when you will die, it also begins counting down.
先是出現了一個能預測你雙親何時去世的網站；現在有一種手表，不僅能預測你將何時去世，而且還能倒計時。

Users fill out a questionnaire about their medical history before subtracting their age from the overall results to get their death score. This score is entered into the Tikker and the countdown begins.
使用者首先要填寫一張疾病史的調查問卷，然后根據問卷的綜合結果減去他們現在的年齡，就得到了他們死亡的年齡。這一數字被輸入到手表Tikker中，倒計時就開始了。

Dubbed the 'death watch', Tikker has been created by Swedish inventor Fredrik Colting but far from being morbid, Colting calls it 'The Happiness Watch' and claims it has been designed to help people make the most of their life and cherish the time they have left.
Tikker又被稱為“死亡手表”，是瑞士發明家弗里德里克·科爾廷發明的。科爾廷絕非出于病態的意圖，他把這款手表稱為“幸福手表”，并稱他的設計意圖是幫助人們更好的實現生活價值，珍惜所剩下的光陰。

'Imagine someone told you that you only had one year left to live. How would that change your life? For all of us life comes with a best-before date,' said Colting.
“想象一下如果有人告訴你，你的生命只剩下一年時間，你的生活會發生什么變化？對于我們所有人來說，生命都是都是有保質期的。” 科爾廷這樣表示。

'While death is non-negotiable, life isn’t. All we have to do is learn how to cherish the time and the life that we have been given; seize the day and follow our hearts.'
“雖然死亡是不可避免的，生活方式卻是可以選擇的。我們所必須做的就是學習如何珍惜時間和我們被賜予的生命。把握今天，隨心而行。”

Colting came up with the idea when his grandfather passed away. To set up Tikker, the wearer fills out a questionnaire by entering information about their medical history.
科爾廷是在祖父去世時產生了發明此物的念頭。佩戴Tikker的人只需填寫一份關于疾病史信息的調查問卷，就可以啟動手表。

They are also asked whether they drink or smoke and if there are any instances of cancer, diabetes and other diseases in their family.
問卷還會問及佩戴者是否飲酒，抽煙，有無癌癥，糖尿病等家族病史。

Wearers are additionally asked about how much exercise they do, as well as how much they weigh before receiving a score.
在得出死亡倒計時數字之前，佩戴者們還會被問及他們是否鍛煉身體，體重多少。

Their age is then deducted from the results to predict a death date, and the Tikker begins the countdown.
然后從結果中減去他們現有的年齡，Tikker就開始倒計時了。

（來源：滬江英語，編輯 Helen）