统一码联盟

统一码联盟是一家非营利性机构，监督emoji标准，并负责发布新品。该联盟说受新冠病毒影响，新一批emoji将推迟6个月发布，从2021年3月推迟到9月。

The Unicode Consortium , a non-profit that oversees emoji standards and is responsible for new releases , said it 's delaying its new batch of emojis by six months from March to September 2021 because of fallouts from coronavirus .

事实上，表情符号主要由非营利性组织统一码联盟掌控。该组织由一批电脑程序员创立于上世纪八十年代，曾设计出适用于世界各地的网络平台以及多种语言的编码系统&统一码标准。

As it turns out , emoji are largely controlled by a nonprofit group called the Unicode Consortium , formed by computer programmers in the 1980s . The consortium designed the Unicode Standard , a coding system to fit worldwide platforms and various languages .

新款emoji是统一码联盟13.0标准的一部分，包括117个新的动画角色，将于今年秋季发布。

The new set , part of Unicode 's 13.0 standard , includes 117 new animated characters and will be released this fall .

统一码联盟称，emoji通常要在1月份通过审批，然后在9月份才可以在手机上下载。这就意味着苹果和安卓手机用户在2021年看不到新款emoji了。

Emojis are typically approved in January before they 're available across devices in September , the Consortium said , which means iPhone and Android users won 't see new emojis in 2021 .

上个月针对“有所作为网”上的请愿书，苹果公司的一名发言人在接受MTV音乐电视网采访时表示：“我们正在与统一码联盟进行紧密合作，努力更新已有标准。表情字符集确实需要多样化。”

In response to the DoSometing.org petition , an Apple spokesperson last month told MTV that " we have been working closely with the Unicode Consortium in an effort to update the standard . There needs to be more diversity in the emoji character set . "

一旦统一码联盟给某个表情符号开了绿灯，每个科技公司就要考虑是否在其操作系统中添加这一表情符，戴维斯说道。

Once Unicode greenlights an emoji , individual tech companies decide whether to include it in their operating systems , Davis says .

该联盟创始人之一、谷歌软件构架师马克·戴维斯在接受《华尔街日报》采访时表示，当看到一封充满表情符号、难以理解的日文邮件时，统一码联盟决定解决这个难题，为表情符号编码。

Unicode decided to take on emoji after problems emerged in understanding Japanese e-mails filled with the symbols , Mark Davis , co-founder of the consortium and a software architect for Google , told The Wall Street Journal .