Seltzer is water with little bubbles in it — fizzy water, with no sweet flavour and usually no extra salt. In the United States people order a seltzer the way someone here might ask for plain 氣泡水.

Seltzer seltzer is water with little bubbles in it是帶有小氣泡的水 fizzy water, with no sweet flavour and usually no extra salt也就是氣泡水，沒有甜味，通常也不額外加鹽 In the United States在美國 people order a seltzer人們點一杯 seltzer the way someone here might ask for plain 氣泡水就像這裡的人點一杯原味氣泡水一樣

Older American cities, especially New York, treated it as an everyday drink, sometimes from a bottle with a siphon.

Older American cities較早期的美國城市 especially New York尤其是紐約 treated it as an everyday drink把它當成日常飲料 sometimes from a bottle with a siphon有時候是用附虹吸裝置的瓶子喝

Though actually, not every bubbly drink is seltzer: tonic water has a bitter taste from quinine, and club soda has minerals added on purpose; seltzer is the plain bubbly one. British English more often says sparkling water or soda water.

Though actually不過其實 not every bubbly drink is seltzer不是每一種有氣泡的飲料都是 seltzer tonic water has a bitter taste from quinine tonic water 因為含奎寧帶苦味 and club soda has minerals added on purpose而 club soda 是刻意加了礦物質 seltzer is the plain bubbly one seltzer 才是那種單純的氣泡水 British English英式英文 more often says sparkling water or soda water比較常說 sparkling water 或 soda water

The name comes from a German village, Selters, famous for springs that came out of the ground already fizzy.

The name comes from a German village這個名字來自一個德國小鎮 Selters塞爾特斯 famous for springs以泉水聞名 that came out of the ground already fizzy泉水一從地下冒出來就已經帶著氣泡