Germans, Belgians and French people would stand up and, in monotones and distracting accents, read out speeches that sounded as if they'd been turned into English by computers.

德国人、比利时人和法国人站起来后，就用平板的语调，朗读仿佛是用机器翻译成英语的演讲稿。他们的口音让人不知所云。