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Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor.
海迪·拉马尔是一位奥地利裔美国演员、发明家。
She was born in 1914 in Vienna, Austria.
1914年，她出生于奥地利的维也纳。
She began acting in European films when she was a teenager, but later moved to the United States after divorcing her first husband, a weapons manufacturer who sold to the Nazis.
她十几岁时就开始出演欧洲电影，但后来与第一任丈夫离婚后搬到了美国。她的第一任丈夫是一位武器制造商，给纳粹军队供货。
Lamarr became famous in Hollywood for her beauty, but her intelligence was often overlooked.
在好莱坞，拉马尔因容貌出众而声名鹊起，但她的才智却常常被忽视。
During World War II, she invented a device to help the Allies with radio communications.
第二次世界大战期间，她发明了一种设备，帮助同盟国进行无线电通信。
At first, the U.S. military did not use the device, and Lamarr was told that she could do more to help by advertising war bonds.
起初，美国军方没有使用这个设备，而且告诉拉马尔，帮忙宣传战争债券才更适合她。
However, her invention formed a starting point for the technology we use today, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
然而，她的发明为我们如今使用的一些技术奠定了基础，比如Wi-Fi和蓝牙。
Lamarr died in 2000, at age 85.
拉马尔于2000年去世，享年85岁。
