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?" * [+ f. h9 U) h( t, U
" C. T' ^7 r& Y0 x$ M3 ~Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? - X2 E, |. u5 {0 C9 y/ Y) t
9 ^4 X z& C j9 P" H"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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* o1 L4 P' V3 D X0 y6 p& |是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 9 p6 B. A+ ?5 b; k8 u* Y7 X" U3 q
- W8 H- l) `5 N8 }% y"What sort of trouble?"
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0 g$ S4 l3 e- B0 R& B& ~& q您有什麼問題呢 ? + h% u( H! t% r6 \1 f* i/ J3 ?5 F6 j
9 {$ b* }+ _5 z: h# N% }"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." 2 n2 R$ \1 i0 J
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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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" Y8 E, U$ H, S) W"Went away?"都不見了。
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$ r! T) }' w- ~1 H"They disappeared." J" N) L& m; q! D( v) h- M# Q$ a6 J
9 P& y9 i+ ~$ s它們都不見了。 ( z& t& E# {4 B8 x: b% ^
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" |* m4 m5 H; E# G$ v
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ ; ?; `5 c7 ?6 D
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"Nothing."
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/ m5 l# x- Y2 A8 P" C# g" R沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？ , E' r3 }) S9 W6 d# r
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." " [& r8 r& I- c Z% W! E! U
: x( b( m1 ~, q8 f3 R螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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8 \. @. V' L! X"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 - F$ p7 T3 y R, O+ @. J/ G$ _
$ |8 o+ h8 Y7 V) H) m. ~( ^ Z"How do I tell?"
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/ a; O& N$ X; y/ K我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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1 |( v1 l Q' M) `1 ]你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ , w* U m8 Q& ~4 C1 k" u/ I
; o4 T# {2 u0 T& z$ t y"What's a sea-prompt?" # G% T2 E, a' m$ F8 i
, M( T. n! \3 R6 ~& \6 {# F' x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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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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: o3 ^5 n% t6 C9 a& u"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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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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4 k1 z5 D7 u; q: h" n- ~"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" " |9 {6 f$ J- F9 ]! e
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ / l: |! u2 ?; T3 L2 H% ~) r
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"What's a monitor?"
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& X* _" \+ V, ^3 O& e$ ?: C* m% E( g什麼是顯示器？
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. / q7 i& u9 v. B5 a) U) z: h+ w5 _
+ h9 @& k, a; V& ~2 oDoes ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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* y+ s5 b2 D& @: p有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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( x: ?' j" E# ^+ W$ S/ u9 Z6 YI don't know." 2 C( G! l) I- k* @
: X8 S7 g* f2 x& y0 `% D我不懂耶。
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6 Z, I9 R, D) Z4 T9 v9 P5 k"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where ! g8 U- n4 ` r7 ^* |
6 D7 i d2 W2 q2 Z. O/ fthe 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？ * s5 A$ q5 r: c
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"....Yes, I think so."
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) t! y9 v" x5 I0 K1 n& F' B是，我想我看到了。
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* ]# d5 A* ]% u1 h/ O( V1 Y7 u"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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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."
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有啊! 4 Q5 o& I3 l/ V/ i; k6 r
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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+ [+ j' {$ N: }! z" E- {7 t xtwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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# m8 Q* [7 v; p7 l) Z0 ~2 v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？ 2 e) ?7 w5 G% y! u% H* f2 V
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"No." ' S7 u9 ?( b) |& k/ R7 N, G/ r+ s
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沒有。 ! b# P& h& B: d
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find + T5 g9 J- L6 z: H: H# Q1 u# ^
' n6 l* X/ }3 H6 ^+ ?6 ?8 gtheother cable." 7 \( X$ B+ x' S$ {
M5 g+ A* e. y: r$ E7 {9 s l* N就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 1 Y- r8 ]8 p& Y& T. ]
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"....Okay, here it is." / J3 V. _5 @8 o( F3 x; d
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OK，找到了。
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^8 G' R2 G' p8 Z1 |8 {. M1 p& D"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into 2 R- R* N3 D3 h" `' {2 m
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theback of your computer."
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) h! ^+ \" a1 M- j6 d再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 . p, X2 n: s0 _7 ^3 P; K
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"I can't reach." 1 z' H5 T8 J7 I$ W* u
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我搆不到。 . Q* Z6 J- X9 I9 j. W. g# g) z
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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？ * r# l$ C# y8 q0 q% h5 T
; z8 S) b/ [! Z! ]$ O0 T, C"No." , @+ @4 R$ l, P6 V+ J+ i
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看不到。 & W3 z7 l5 u! |2 C/ L3 C) @
R3 y: i4 E' b0 h"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ * [( I# i& q5 z, M
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark."
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6 S% o( y, i8 l8 J喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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9 _" |; A) ]. h9 {: b$ w5 s"Dark?"
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. p3 [! J; R- S7 j' x9 c" H太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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3 ]2 i' y( a. h- ^4 fcomingfrom the window."
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是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 ) @4 m1 Z" o3 V
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"Well, turn on the office light then." 8 N' Y5 F2 N- B- p
3 V3 O( e5 l8 e那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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8 R F( J$ J3 v9 O; c"I can't." 8 t N0 j- ?8 P+ e
0 R) F* n$ q! V. o6 q) c4 ]# X3 @沒辦法。 # x7 ^+ p' S$ L$ F
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"No? Why not?" , w- x) {& N/ |
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage." }3 i) O* c4 X' H$ ~7 j
9 v7 l6 W$ z1 m! v因為停電啊!
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3 A) o' r0 z m x( x% R"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. $ N! K( V" l7 X8 S
$ M( K, y* J+ k, \Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff 3 l* n+ B- K! ^" |/ M
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yourcomputer came in?"
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1 y' S) h- _ M1 ]1 r6 X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？ * E; e) g; D+ j' |9 M
( H8 ` \1 t- Q5 R* T"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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7 `( i, L1 X7 f嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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* @; Q, `# `. A9 e1 V, h"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike + q) l9 [2 w. S" }8 t, L/ m
& x3 Q. f& h Y" q2 H" _6 o, Xit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." . Q# i, c: x; S. Z7 F
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很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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% T8 @* `( }, c/ u/ V V就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 # e+ ]% j$ f w! M* J
7 l' x+ P/ H2 d( s, |$ G8 M"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ $ A6 F B& P2 @% M8 K% E% J! [
, s( c. r0 J1 G2 O$ S- d3 m"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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% D. m5 y; L6 N7 M3 l是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 % s7 H+ r: o( a2 l
* H, r5 _3 S3 v3 y3 h"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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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- X/ s4 t& E4 b1 L. \"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』。
