Savant
A savant is a learned person, well versed in literature or science, often with an exceptional skill in a specialized field of learning. The term is also commonly used as an abbreviation of autistic savant, formerly "idiot savant". The word is a loanword from the French language.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savant
Example: Rain man
An autistic savant (historically described as idiot savant) is a person with extraordinary mental abilities, often in numerical calculation, but sometimes in art or music. These skills are often, yet not exclusively, associated with mental retardation, and low I.Q.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistic_savant
中譯: 白痴天才
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