Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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; x* \0 Q" ^# V! w% kRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? " @& B% j6 E+ j) `2 F; l- A
' P! I4 N- Z1 z* D"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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& C6 W0 C& X3 C0 ^, m# h9 j! u2 M是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 ) ?7 S3 _. w- j: k0 ]
7 H1 G& T$ b& l6 F9 l" Z5 M"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。
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* ~ _5 n0 D5 \' M' ]"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared." $ ]7 D( q$ ] u* Y$ v+ g! ? g: C
, t$ S2 q! `! B! l它們都不見了。 4 j# \ V1 d, Z/ }
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing." , @! w3 o n6 X
0 o+ [+ r3 F1 q& _6 I沒有任何東西。
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8 p6 |2 b- z! U9 I& n0 h9 Z9 k2 e"Nothing?" , S! h2 @5 g+ @! c
2 x, H. }* Y* i# H3 D$ D: D8 R _沒有任何東西？ & ~1 y& |8 `- q$ U# V
7 P0 D1 Z9 S' K, g6 d/ e"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" . ^* {: B. c5 F
! K" ?5 ^2 S) l3 d! }1 h# U您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 - j, F- ~% l- f; c7 I( P
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"How do I tell?" 4 Y* O* p& Q- I5 L+ u2 {
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我要怎麼說明呢？ 6 e8 }# Y" ?. v9 [9 ~8 I5 I, t
! B, q7 a3 e/ v1 l& b& @ O"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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0 i4 Z: a1 i& _+ A, u你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ ) o" Y3 Z5 D- Y& \/ h
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"What's a sea-prompt?"
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1 X9 B+ g; F; j" u8 f0 z- ]什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) - \. i8 f" k2 K( T% v, U R) o
1 H: x8 g2 `5 I: R7 D"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." " ~6 [$ l6 _9 A- ?: O) n3 N" m% _
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螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 5 U, X$ ~4 m' N& y: }
; u: W" G" M& @* P: I; y5 z3 _"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ & l. c! U5 d. I* E( `4 V" y4 e
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"What's a monitor?" % r# I( T. |8 T; l
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什麼是顯示器？
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. 1 r0 [5 r8 r* A2 C. F3 c: o
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" 8 _. t% s* ~' r' g$ \4 X6 l. l4 ?
" Y9 S1 i6 o# ?. `, H就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， 1 L: K: x+ e e! y6 n
5 v5 P9 {4 J( C" H# f有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know."
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( Y& ?. t) h' s0 F4 s1 i2 i6 |我不懂耶。 ; p" a" c2 y- H i
; `( a+ V$ a E( ^"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 5 g3 b+ u, G6 `$ v; T7 j
5 X" J3 C8 X9 a/ x. vthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" + _1 P1 ^% G+ g2 `) l; @
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那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ , Z3 e$ a6 a8 y- k- N- `3 j
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"....Yes, I think so."
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9 D$ U' K4 l, h0 C- d是，我想我看到了。
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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* w* F- o7 C7 G' k" c: O太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ 9 l5 G' g) }5 L
3 R7 C. z1 j$ t"....Yes, it is."
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有啊! ) Q- I/ g# U! d( d* q6 w
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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你到顯示器後面看看，有沒有注意到有兩條電線插在後面，不是只有一條哦？ ! x( }) S# Y* {# M$ n/ N
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' T$ o, I% U! ~8 }( H沒有。
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 5 s% ]9 B' t/ ?0 L
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2 A1 A; B$ }, W5 t% o- K4 s- }就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 8 |0 x6 k* {) y* F
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"....Okay, here it is."
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9 C/ b* g! O; \6 F* j$ aOK，找到了。 ' P, @; i4 Z& d/ Z6 w* ]7 c. T
* t" M/ K$ w& V"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into 8 ?; m; o0 Q' b k: ]1 u
! K; c2 M# t* O( _theback of your computer." |. b' c8 R5 Y
`5 a' B$ l5 ^9 X再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 # G5 H6 p6 O; Y- o* J R
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"I can't reach." ' w) Q% [6 P* N( K0 x3 l2 p* J- e
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我搆不到。 4 u9 {, i7 P( x$ N9 H
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ + ^$ F K" u' _" O# M" w' `
- j: q5 G& k4 D; w7 M9 ]"No."
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' P5 p$ K, i& [! u$ p"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 3 t# u1 e" O. X( v9 ^& g" C/ p6 b
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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" d* K+ ~0 }+ [! t( q"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark."
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 % _8 v, J: }8 q- n$ e0 V
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"Dark?"
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太暗？ ' K! L) H- Y8 w
2 O: H9 m) h+ y% \" O( i/ [! Q# h6 ?' J"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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& t0 v! J& h/ T' \, f" B* k* |. c是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 6 K9 {$ m$ ^! s9 [# I6 S
! g+ j5 U+ E7 x" O"Well, turn on the office light then." * R9 W6 i3 S8 ^0 q; x# ^+ M* g* Z" r$ q9 T
" @7 w/ q' [: U, e E2 y那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 2 G: B) X3 f5 W# G" m6 U
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"I can't." 3 N- r" U0 ^5 L! e9 l4 L
( _ E, F& |9 f: U沒辦法。 4 E; C J% ]5 }1 V$ ~2 [
4 S- D5 A0 C7 Z"No? Why not?" " C" ~" ~' f( F( V
: n, D6 ~, ~: j6 e9 I. X沒辨法？為什麼？
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p$ d. K u' N% |+ w' v"Because there's a power outage." ) H; b, i2 R# Z% T4 ^9 a/ P
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因為停電啊! ' o. I8 f: ?; O7 r4 y) g2 ^
a# f1 Y* C3 D" _/ O C"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 3 r G) N0 N5 g3 @/ J
! [2 C/ ~. `% M+ }6 L% E3 Q9 ?) [: U4 t- _Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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! R' S$ `7 J9 z/ G4 S2 z: z5 qyourcomputer came in?" " m, u. O+ J! ?! v( y l
0 T4 E* R( x2 U N3 X停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， " |, }$ S* R! y! P+ b) I6 v
7 X, H; z: }3 q& V3 L8 X電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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! {1 V8 a5 N: @8 j/ y# `9 O嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 - j: p3 Y/ V2 s4 U; l( l9 q4 S
9 ]( O. s6 R8 ]"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike S% K7 N9 V5 f$ W, J
- R, e. p3 K: t1 Kit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， & u3 S9 B" f! g+ c" E f, w5 z
, m1 s* ] ]/ Z就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 5 k7 q$ P' J2 L/ J! ~7 h. X
+ q5 X0 ~ Y& U"Really? Is it that bad?" 3 _# }, F% g7 c1 T" n
6 _! C" u: X# }. k' T真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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\0 G- z! T( a6 G"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" ) l/ w M1 p8 I% a% u8 M
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喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？
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: m( _( _& W0 D, p"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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% ~) W8 M- h" W就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
