Worried about what will happen to your Facebook account after you die? Worry no more as a new feature introduced by the social networking giant on Thursday allows users to choose a ‘legacy contact’ who will inherit your account after you die.

還在擔心去世后自己的臉書賬戶將會如何嗎？現在再也不用擔心了。社交網絡巨頭臉書周四推出的新功能允許用戶選擇“遺產繼承人”來繼承你的賬戶。

"Facebook is a place to share and connect with friends and family. For many of us, it’s also a place to remember and honor those we’ve lost," said a Facebook blog post announcing the update.

“臉書是朋友和家人能互相分享和聯系的平臺。對大多數人而言，這也是一個銘記和紀念我們逝去親友的地方。”臉書最新更新的動態寫道。

Google was the first to introduce the feature back in 2013, allowing users to choose heirs for Gmail, cloud storage and other services.

谷歌在2013年最先推出賬戶繼承功能，用戶可以選擇Gmail，云儲存以及其他服務的繼承者。

Previously, Facebook accounts of deceased members were frozen once the site noticed their owners had passed away. In its stead, a memorial page used to be created.

在此之前，一旦用戶被認定離世，其臉書賬戶會被凍結。取而代之的是一個紀念頁面。

"By talking to people who have experienced loss, we realised there is more we can do to support those who are grieving and those who want a say in what happens to their account after death," the blog added.

“通過和失去親友的人談話，我們意識到我們可以為遭逢喪親之痛的用戶做更多，有些用戶也想在自己身故后賬號的處理方面有自己的選擇。”該條動態寫道。

The person who inherits the account will be able to update the profile and cover picture, and respond to friend requests from family members and friends who were not yet connected on Facebook. They will also be able to access photo and post archives.

臉書賬戶繼承者可以更新用戶資料，上傳圖片，回復親友的“關注”請求，也可以獲取原賬戶用戶以前上傳的圖片和檔案。

"Other settings will remain the same as before the account was memorialised," the blog post said. "The legacy contact will not be able to log in as the person who passed away or see that person's private messages."

“其他設置將會保持用戶逝世前的原貌，”該動態顯示，“遺產聯系人沒有登陸逝者賬號和查看逝者私人信息的權限。”

The memorialised profiles have also been redesigned to pay tribute to the deceased by adding "Remembering" above their name. Legacy contacts will aslo be able to pin a post to the top of their Timeline.

紀念人簡介頁面將會重新設計，他們的名字上方會顯示“銘記”二字以示尊敬。遺產聯系人可以在賬戶置頂動態。

The new policy will be first implemented in the US before being expanded to other countries.

全球首個支持臉書該功能的國家是美國，隨后該功能將推行到其他國家。

Vocabulary

legacy：遺產

inherit：繼承

cloud storage：云存儲

deceased：亡故的

pay tribute to：表示敬意

（譯者：呂玲蔚SCNU? 編輯：Helen）