With a nifty solder-gun and his small engraving lathe he could make an American typewriter speak 145 different tongues, from Russian to Homeric Greek.

• 只用一把好用的焊枪和一个小型的镌板机床，泰特尔就能让一台美式打字机说145种不同的语言，从俄语到希腊语。