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?" 7 x" Z( A F! K" \
$ x0 o! J* p$ ^- Z1 k CRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." + d z' J- [+ y; _. s- }
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 S: z* C6 I& K- e$ T9 A% i
& x9 k; B( }0 a' z"What sort of trouble?" 0 ]. \( m1 ` k6 O* v; S
3 h7 D& W3 k1 F) R- f- h您有什麼問題呢 ? $ l1 T( V% B9 C! S$ S `5 a
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." ) S' W g @# p& N: u
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" ~' V, s3 ]/ I* h5 A) P"Went away?"都不見了。 + j7 A# I7 J. ]2 m _
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"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。 . U" H% l5 x* O/ p) e
, S) L% M- M2 y: g9 V, U% z"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" $ g) u6 g2 l1 o
% ~3 v D& c* B/ w嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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( \7 E, e5 S, H# p1 Y' `"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。
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- V4 c" q* K+ s$ B4 J' K"Nothing?" ! B, \) w: L4 N
1 l! @! ~; [; L% R# Z4 _4 Z% {沒有任何東西？ # x0 j. W" N5 K9 ^# @$ {! x" N
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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/ H# u- @% \2 `* |. L8 ?螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 ! r4 N7 N% d$ e# f* J5 Q0 R* I
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" ; g0 W0 r" J& R- _7 q# `
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 ' M5 \$ L& t5 ]4 B% Q& Y5 f
9 J$ d. ~, G9 V' q2 g/ B6 \0 k"How do I tell?" 1 {$ j5 p. K; x6 h ?' @0 {
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我要怎麼說明呢？ # J1 j5 G* u8 b& \( m
6 f' ~( ?; q, d' p% h! P# m1 u"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 2 q0 r( m; M9 B* [* ^
3 W% B6 S. x& T( R' t! T; g1 v你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 7 V& O- z. p$ r& t3 A$ J4 D
4 |# U& G! } ? r+ P"What's a sea-prompt?" - ^ j4 }2 }4 O# @. W+ S
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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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" I% F \; t7 K% f不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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' {0 g- H/ ` \. I; C( `# K. \6 @" S"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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1 K. c x8 L$ }/ E$ k" P: p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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w* r2 T. u9 G6 p% ]. J9 c"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？
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"What's a monitor?" ~7 B' R, }4 H1 E7 U* G7 T
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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. p& X4 T1 A0 |
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Does 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， , y4 U8 ~$ @, _) R. J, L
) i" v) t! V. s% |" i) C有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ + A7 O2 S, }: k3 c& K( E
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I don't know." 3 d5 a' Z$ F9 O( |! V6 u7 z0 U
F0 ]+ ~2 j/ v* y+ `我不懂耶。
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"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?" 2 c5 q* i( W5 j- l0 r6 h9 U
4 r6 ~9 ?' L( a- E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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" A2 k2 A( ~6 @8 a( L/ u"....Yes, I think so." $ r& ^$ E$ x1 S& A" f) a0 U
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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." ) V$ k7 `8 i7 }" R/ \
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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." 0 F& o& Y @; p1 |$ h1 J
4 M$ Z. F3 ?' }+ p( R1 }有啊! * v( J( u5 y4 v6 u
4 ~4 Y0 ]. P/ Z2 e$ r/ N"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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8 |2 a# K; P5 d: J2 Xtwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" % W& z4 Y8 N2 d
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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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! K- [7 w( C7 V) z( I4 N% { N"No." * _3 Q* d) L/ ~7 H) o
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# |2 H; C: Q1 C1 h) D G"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 9 \3 \7 E( d: n* x% H1 c4 e# a- W
0 L3 D1 d& g* m: k1 B$ g" ?. wtheother cable." * g- {2 L; n' S9 Q
8 n& g) z9 X5 D7 p/ R' X; `+ b, U. p; ~# B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." $ d: Y) }% |: M! p8 H. L
5 S( ] h8 ^- {& ]OK，找到了。 2 p2 |) n5 z$ X5 X+ D0 {
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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p3 Y+ U9 v7 L0 P% s6 H# ]theback of your computer." 9 I# W% X- S) ^ S; M3 }
: w" U" `! ~: s$ M再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 ' \3 K$ Y8 `4 {3 z
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"I can't reach."
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8 o3 h, _5 x b$ t% I5 o我搆不到。 2 V- M; x1 b* y0 u- w
! x7 N3 W$ q+ B) l: s& R# ^"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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# N9 H$ G& U6 V0 B2 q3 D3 O- G嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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5 ?* Y8 Y0 F( g9 f) o"No."
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' g4 [; w, ~3 Z" v! S( w* l看不到。 + r6 d3 g8 p( L
0 n# e4 A9 Z: I/ a$ y* f"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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# q8 q8 A( `( w" z7 T' E. i那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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3 Q4 K4 z+ v, U"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." 5 Q4 N0 p% Z' s: E+ i7 @
6 L g7 L: d F% h" ?( Y7 b喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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"Dark?" 2 n# a/ U# s N
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( Y) ^2 f9 m2 n) |; s5 V"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 9 U/ O; C z6 Z, t$ w: V
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1 g1 m9 J, h: a R- U5 [& \% {6 j- J3 P是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 * {( Y& h+ o, R% w: Z: _6 ^
4 l1 e b v: E. N"Well, turn on the office light then." 0 h3 i9 M4 w, I+ [2 W2 n4 ~* ?
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 - V, Q8 c/ [" E* K! j% l% P* r
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"I can't."
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" - H+ V# j; M& k1 O m( T- |1 Y# k
; ?9 l" j6 Q, S0 |沒辨法？為什麼？
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% x* j2 N; m5 w# h"Because there's a power outage."
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; o3 f& }5 ^6 Z3 `( P- F. ]% o因為停電啊! % ]+ C1 q8 F/ z! b* \% K
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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0 o- S, Y, V0 M; H! mDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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yourcomputer came in?"
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% g4 J! Y& C" o5 z( I& [1 u, I停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， 6 ~4 f6 r$ @. @9 J; q5 U
; [. c9 {+ o7 u2 h% o/ @) j4 g8 M電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ , G" I; x) m1 w$ F" _/ h. y( Z) l
: [- f! {9 }7 [# L/ t"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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4 x$ f8 B( }& v2 e5 v# s嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 8 h- b* H' N+ S! t3 @( `% R
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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: \0 s9 ~" k* |% A0 ]- G/ N很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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. u* }8 ?! g6 q/ r# \- E3 a) 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。 0 g2 R% H2 L( X- K7 f
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"Really? Is it that bad?" # N, {+ R7 m, p& d# b( l
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ 3 j" u) p2 C% M1 o4 @
0 _0 j7 X5 O9 d* z' A5 X"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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5 x# O3 [" w0 a是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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: L0 z: Y7 f$ N# T; L9 b4 m"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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"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』。
