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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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? - n% {' r, e7 D! ]+ p+ r* [0 S
+ T( _ w& Z, {9 V) O+ Q# \7 y. E"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 . R# F, l2 [( \0 b, O
& X0 o. a5 b* O5 W" y9 u"What sort of trouble?" $ W# ?3 e, m0 A
% D. q; r7 ]4 M7 \; i您有什麼問題呢 ? " Z5 H2 }3 J: D- `2 Z4 Q
* J4 I& h' l' H; o- B"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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+ Z1 s5 e6 g& m我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 9 x P2 z# N, @7 q, ]9 ?5 N) {
' x- j8 I3 Q- V/ [ d"Went away?"都不見了。
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" S2 z, C5 U: C"They disappeared." * w0 c& x* X. v: r; X5 }
) V" u% g" G, P$ @它們都不見了。
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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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4 f3 u/ ~# H1 p"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?"
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9 y" b* D Q+ s9 q沒有任何東西？
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! m8 }# L7 ^8 B% r"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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5 s& b3 G( y! ~0 e螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 ) Z. \& L# n6 T6 [7 P" O! H7 v$ Q
% {2 U9 ^' B; a2 \& Q"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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% D; v T; R. }+ m. D& S) n您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 ; t, S' `/ I4 i9 c) {! k& F
1 U+ }0 J; T, P3 W1 z$ L6 n4 ]"How do I tell?"
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: T0 ~9 [7 a2 A/ ], J, W& I我要怎麼說明呢？ , W1 `+ s% L$ c, U& Q( A$ x' k
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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& ?5 L* H& l0 C+ f3 E& W4 d"What's a sea-prompt?"
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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: U7 K, w2 A2 n- c不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ 4 h4 y7 U( }9 D( t' H5 X
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." " O# H8 }% z; b1 D* 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。
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' S" X% Z( c1 X: w# `: v9 `"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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) g# P* d/ C) x$ Y6 }顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ 5 ?+ m& T9 J' ~7 A; Q
- \+ W0 y2 T+ Z* R# P"What's a monitor?"
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! S) ?! y$ B8 R W: V什麼是顯示器？ 0 }. _8 F. F! h& ]+ f! M. P- m
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. 5 a6 [7 x% l; N0 K; X
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" $ v1 G4 C2 d4 [( G
z( c$ m+ i1 F5 O( f$ J就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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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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我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where ; Z9 \* M" b- q) I+ t O$ u8 p( G
U6 A: {% @ Y0 Y$ R: k- k* Pthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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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？ 2 |" w4 o: Z$ p, ?
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"....Yes, I think so."
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3 o/ Q3 s( ^: A4 ]; E是，我想我看到了。 : e' e8 R) X7 ~- D" K$ F) ~
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." i% q0 b& |% l8 }9 t" F( ]* ]
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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"....Yes, it is." ; L+ v& F% i+ n7 ~* K
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有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were ' \1 H' l. ~7 L* h
# U) v# @4 {, p; g1 ktwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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) y: B; l' q2 E& s3 t3 a! W& f9 ~+ u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？
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: B* j6 b/ Q0 B% G"No." + I3 q3 D- P* {5 Q0 j) _" g, y" h
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find + i- i4 f; L, G# g2 L( Z6 ^
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theother cable." : _* @ i7 c: U
. U V/ ?# \- _; \( U就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。
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"....Okay, here it is."
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& L* c6 C R* D% y+ T5 T( {) X$ c5 XOK，找到了。
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8 X: ]' T% I1 q6 K8 {4 R"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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1 `+ M$ R# T! j- _: [4 f1 x再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。
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"I can't reach."
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" c2 u4 I5 W: e- c- ^. U% C, s我搆不到。 ! l/ A* r3 X6 U) I) B% u5 o
2 x8 {) Y1 _& t* c"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ $ c" m, O$ q& p4 N
8 ]$ K4 w, B3 p" c ^4 ]; j"No." 5 B# L! ~. {$ c9 ^$ W
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# J( s0 u1 R7 j"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" . ?5 W3 i7 F }5 H& I+ s1 A" t
8 h" b; j2 k) Z5 T/ ^6 E那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." 9 J* g& q. o/ [2 {
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 % o4 z7 b' |! \! k+ \9 j6 v
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"Dark?"
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太暗？
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) ?( t: ^' u }8 M"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is " ]1 x1 R$ l( k& }
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) U" k& l, W7 Q+ Z$ {* f是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 0 J Q/ w9 z/ Z; Q* N% ~0 I
/ A! e2 p3 w+ z"Well, turn on the office light then." , k0 d( s+ ~" V
3 o7 m( ~4 G; D- i# a* a3 \. c那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 0 L* ^" ^4 h, f! R
% `( P! T& w0 L+ A2 Q- x% j* b"I can't."
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沒辦法。 / D/ N' N2 O$ G! [1 ?' D" I
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"No? Why not?" w" H. s' j* }7 W5 g; {& S
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沒辨法？為什麼？ ' t/ N0 y3 J: o
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"Because there's a power outage." : _' `1 B1 h7 d g/ r9 s7 n
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因為停電啊! # e2 z% U- r: a( [' V1 J: u h
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. # r( L$ z+ }$ u! p" k
`4 \4 c0 k$ u+ _9 uDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff , P0 ?' Q% t4 K6 `* @
9 W9 c# U; M9 Kyourcomputer came in?" 9 S: N! ^" {6 K% \7 t) R9 u H
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ + B. w& J1 u! ~! L/ i+ U+ f5 D2 t! y
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." ! T# {0 a! v! B. A% P2 J
0 b( W% M+ [6 T& c- u3 h d( V嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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: s: K& J" h0 {) q/ O( l+ S6 b- O"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ' K! T; e: _7 g# b7 `; W5 l# i& `
5 ]9 ~" e5 L3 I# F2 K- Lit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." # c: G* N G/ G+ C4 T
) r% d6 ]7 v2 M4 ]- P很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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! t' Q; h* d) h; N9 o就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 & Y* k* }) m( D, o4 E/ e
: S+ o" p$ e) _"Really? Is it that bad?" 1 E6 P9 q# J7 h( v: x0 \5 W
* F7 Y& l1 g" O" q; o3 D真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ 1 X3 U+ D5 B: c v7 ?
4 M% R( L3 J- r3 M"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 2 o0 s7 M) Q( C3 [& J% d
1 k' h9 F7 Z' Z M; T. Y7 T是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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5 q6 H# K) w+ O! H; t7 F喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ ' c8 Z* C" T3 I6 F& w3 o" P8 R# p
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"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
