近年来，俄罗斯相继有数起案例见诸报道，当事人能用手指阅读文字、辨别颜色，甚至能透过实心门墙"看"到另一侧的东西。
Several cases have been reported in Russia recently of people who can read and detect colours with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls.
其中一个案例涉及一名11岁的女学生薇拉·彼得罗娃：她视力正常，但同时也能用皮肤的不同部位感知物体，甚至能透过实心墙壁。
One case concerns an 11-year-old schoolgirl Vera Petrova, who has normal vision but who can also perceive things with different parts of her skin, and through solid walls.
这种能力最初是被她的父亲发现的。
This ability was first noticed by her father.
一天，她走进父亲的办公室，碰巧将双手放在了一个上了锁的保险箱门上。
One day she came into his office and happened to put her hands on the door of a locked safe.
她突然问父亲为何要把那么多旧报纸锁在里面，还描述了那些报纸是如何被捆成一捆捆的。
Suddenly she asked her father why he kept so many old newspapers locked away there, and even described the way they were done up in bundles.
薇拉这一奇特的天赋被报告给了她居住地附近、位于乌里扬诺夫斯克市的一家科学研究所；当年4月，俄罗斯联邦共和国卫生部的一个专门委员会对她进行了一系列测试。
Vera's curious talent was brought to the notice of a scientific research institute in the town of Ulyanovsk, near where she lives, and in April she was given a series of tests by a special commission of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federal Republic.
在这些测试中，她能够透过一块不透明的屏幕阅读报纸；更奇怪的是，她用肘部划过一款儿童乐透游戏时，竟能描述出上面印制的图形和颜色；另有一次，她穿着长袜和拖鞋，竟用脚辨认出了藏在地毯下一幅画的轮廓和颜色。
During these tests she was able to read a newspaper through an opaque screen and, stranger still, by moving her elbow over a child's game of Lotto she was able to describe the figures and colours printed on it; and, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.
其他实验则表明，她的膝盖和肩膀具有类似的感知力。
Other experiments showed that her knees and shoulders had a similar sensitivity.
在所有这些测试中，薇拉都被蒙上了双眼；事实上，只要不蒙眼，她便失去了用皮肤感知事物的能力。
During all these tests Vera was blindfold; and indeed, except when blindfold she lacked the ability to perceive things with her skin.
研究还发现，尽管她能用手指感知事物，但只要双手一沾水，这种能力便立即消失。
It was also found that although she could perceive things with her fingers this ability ceased the moment her hands were wet.