 What the algorithm sees as it gazes into your columnist, a neophyte user, is anyone’s guess: …当算法凝视着刚开始玩TikTok的笔者时，还真不好说它看到了什么：……columnist专栏作家；neophyte初学者/新手  TikTok derives its magic from its algorithm and the data on which it is trained. TikTok的魔力源自它的算法及训练算法所用的数据。It指算法。  Virality is high. 走红的几率高。Virality是网络词汇，改自viral。  Can TikTok win business as well as it woos eyeballs? 在吸睛之余，TikTok是否也能吸金？翻译得很妙！放在as well as前面的才是重点，英文喜欢先说重点，与中文相反。  That gives TikTok hands-on commercial experience to draw on. 这为TikTok提供了可借鉴的第一手商业经验。Hands-on亲身实践的；hands-on experience实践经验； hands-on class 实践课  The ensuing drama—a thwarted sale, management upheaval and uncertainty over its relationship with ByteDance—caused yet more disarray. 随之而来的戏剧性事件（出售未果、管理层大换血、与字节跳动的关系不明确）令情况更为混乱。■此处Yet用于强调，尤指相对于以前的同类事物更为极端等：还要、甚至、更；简单理解为even e.g. Yet bigger satellites will be sent up into orbit…更为大型的卫星将被送入轨道……  Google and Facebook pioneered the pay-per-click approach. TikTok is transforming it further, inviting brands to work with creators to make potentially viral content… 谷歌和Facebook开创了“按点击付费”的在线广告模式。TikTok将其进一步升级，邀请品牌与创作者一起制作可能爆红的内容……  Tap a shopping tab on a video点击视频上的购物标签；tap可以替换click  TikTok may build on Douyin’s experience in this field to bolster its online-shopping business. TikTok可能会利用抖音在该领域的经验来发展其线上购物业务。Build on 同draw on表示利用；bolster替换develop  TikTok has also recently introduced ways for users to provide gifts and tips to favoured creators, boosting the incentive to produce fresh material and providing fees to TikTok. Such pratices first took off in China. TikTok近来还推出新功能，方便用户给心仪的创作者打赏礼物和小费，这能刺激创作者制作新鲜内容，还能给TikTok带来抽成。这种做法首先兴起于中国。  The app faces probes about data privacy, particularly of under-age users. Regulatory risk will rise as TikTok becomes more prominent. 这款应用还面临有关数据隐私的调查，尤其是未成年用户的数据。随着TikTok风头日盛，监管风险也将上升。  Uncle Sam山姆大叔是美国的绰号和拟人化形象，代指美国政府 注: 外刊观点与本人无关，仅用于英语学习