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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, B* ^ r# z, xRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? & z+ h y# L# S- O8 {- o
; [" y: R. C7 X"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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l: ]6 U9 d* G) V; v& d2 T是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 $ R4 A/ v3 ?3 x' P- |1 N
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"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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4 @ X4 p& r0 [' Y ^$ g3 x$ U"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." 2 f4 h" t9 ?9 V! k4 a% J* [
, l: h' W& l% y我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 1 P# `1 y. F0 y: w' w/ [
& F* a1 Y9 F0 R; C"Went away?"都不見了。 ' b7 E& F) v( |
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"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。
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+ l* B" y. i8 }' _/ r"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" ! ^. @9 _" L: K8 g& r5 L1 @, [
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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% `' q# A3 y. K$ [) O- o; t9 x0 K"Nothing."
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1 t! q- ?2 l0 E, m沒有任何東西。
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J0 q, O& K- R7 }+ E# z; x"Nothing?"
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; |) p+ n" M2 z% `/ R沒有任何東西？
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." 5 L, f$ i7 L% u( H+ [
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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! E/ |# d0 D/ I& D% y+ |. Y3 Y9 u2 |"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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, [ p, N1 i6 j6 e+ p0 o. `& X8 W您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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"How do I tell?"
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7 I. ]6 {0 D4 a( q6 o7 h0 S }我要怎麼說明呢？ 5 c, k! J. N7 C; d1 V; e. Q: O( D
, h) p# j9 N! D( r( T"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？ 5 r& u' ]$ R9 j( t$ S, B) \7 {" ?
" k/ S) a4 ]# ?3 N"What's a sea-prompt?" - j5 J! c* x N9 B+ g
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) + m: g% t1 ` k1 ]/ x7 ]$ g
/ Y e6 @2 Q& \! J% E* R2 L# S, y- J"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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* o$ B1 N Y; O* ~9 ? B2 E( U不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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: w7 w! C. r" \7 f8 h"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." # a7 ^) Z' `7 N- _4 L+ S' E
6 h4 c8 S7 y9 n2 u! U螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 8 T. o0 f2 Q% T
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" - w% x9 A# f- e& o4 J/ ]
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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"What's a monitor?" " X. O2 o- F0 I* u+ U( N
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什麼是顯示器？ 4 g/ F8 D+ ]# m8 @( L3 r
+ p3 f V& E, V" v+ V"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" U( [0 Q. k5 ?: v8 D. a
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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？ ! Q( @/ A W0 L% N5 c6 K7 K
- w, g) ^5 k' I s! a4 II don't know."
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我不懂耶。
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]) U6 `. q7 i& x"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 6 W2 |' T4 W3 [* v. f: g
2 a8 }/ F7 l: P+ O那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？
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"....Yes, I think so." 9 {7 J8 M6 w* o8 U! U. b
4 V- y! A6 [7 Q4 o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." ' i7 P' w: J# D2 p
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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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$ h7 T) f2 j) N) t* W有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were 9 R' A5 [, T0 M @2 ]0 L
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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？
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"No."
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沒有。 3 u; q( d+ S# d0 i+ d6 b
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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+ ~" D/ I1 U$ e* T3 V/ t( y E% ctheother cable." 3 H3 x" G: P9 h9 _
: u" F4 z0 e0 ?( {. }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." * i. z( g+ _2 E$ H1 n7 g6 p
; U+ \2 `: \! g9 r) m: sOK，找到了。
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4 U. X& Z- A1 I+ Y"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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; R O& E$ }; p) X4 ztheback of your computer." * Y# e# H- i) z; o, y; u
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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." % ?, i" e, k+ X/ _
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我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" / R( H1 q' `) _* l& ~3 [
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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) g: t4 ?1 M7 j$ d0 s: @"No."
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" ) C# P! l- f. h. u) G: l( x6 r( O; @
# o, C. U9 J6 X% n2 w u- h那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ , A \( J% J6 X/ S" o( y" d. y
D6 p6 v7 o" T5 X2 g. }! u$ n"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." D1 Z# S. c. O4 N! F
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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+ L" {. C( Z6 a+ O u"Dark?"
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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( }4 x# f R; p2 t) l! X& A6 S7 ^是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。
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"Well, turn on the office light then."
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 / t* M1 @" T9 y! |' q6 _& i
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"I can't." . x! l' W; x4 v* Y
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" - ~$ n5 y0 x N' D
8 I% {7 v' g( s1 p% [# q, X沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage." . K7 G) L& }7 M/ D
/ W/ h5 `3 ?: {: e* Y' a" B$ }因為停電啊! * }+ b6 q2 j# Q2 ]
7 N/ [& e; `/ Q- [8 j"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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O% |% L3 n5 D$ yDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff ) }0 ~6 R- M- @& ?, W
0 p, j! F! y% I% X+ Y" Kyourcomputer came in?"
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; i5 G2 h# Y! J停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， 6 `0 U2 K1 V1 {
; _# X& {) A* q' r5 P- A電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ ; v6 D7 ~( A: Z( m& U4 S5 M
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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: H. T3 K; z; n c: M1 R: l% N"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ; Q( ?8 d1 |& N( x0 P
# L: }/ K* d0 X( o' F& ]it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." , C ]" c0 O; {. a- Z8 P) P
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就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 ( D1 p- D# }& H0 s7 I. F- [4 B
: ?; N# o H' w$ x8 Z"Really? Is it that bad?" 3 {% M q2 _1 ]0 T* W
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." / T9 ?5 X' \2 N5 i: o& U: A: H
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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?" 5 O, e% F( R, k, h$ s0 C* k
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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？ 0 x' y/ z3 l& h) e \8 E9 \
: [1 D7 N, u9 W" ~"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』。
