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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- ~+ j* h/ N5 o. n5 a8 BRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? , c+ `. J2 i3 X* A4 k' s; ]
" W2 u* R( m/ H9 B"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." * R" ~0 D2 x- R4 J! _8 ?3 k
8 ]( {7 _" `% ~是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 / y- r6 H) d* r0 U
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"What sort of trouble?"
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5 z! m3 v l5 R( K0 d" B您有什麼問題呢 ? 9 Y6 [% V3 W4 C* U! g* \4 S1 e
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." 6 `7 h/ A- Y( J- U# I* j
. x) J7 K; d% t9 O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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"Went away?"都不見了。
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: F" v2 n( \; L3 L"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。 2 ]( u y, M+ l+ f: V5 A. \
1 \8 D# `$ P: Y- a/ @* |* D5 j"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" $ l5 {8 a6 a' V
$ d0 {' s& B* y( _2 o嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ 5 ?# y! `" Z* x, h; o
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"Nothing." 2 K1 o7 X& \/ W# w3 w( P; l3 o9 e( @
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沒有任何東西。 / @. h } I3 y
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"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？ ) S( F9 }& D! L' t8 N
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." 5 h6 e/ u& e/ I& y" m
9 W2 `% `5 |2 B5 ]% o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?" # m* F- L7 m; r. N
J, Q* h( L S$ U您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 . o4 w9 u; l5 @- e* c; V ?
! C' Z) g3 u' n! J"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" . c" N6 |6 n- n. V# {" d
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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"What's a sea-prompt?"
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* d# u5 B9 B% Q/ d. U# Y- x& S: H/ \什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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! J! B5 j/ o, ?$ A: f2 p"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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& q* u, y5 k" N8 M& ]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." 5 c" m4 e3 F1 ^/ X/ r( |
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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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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" / O2 r! s0 s. e$ R! x! |
+ b3 v/ k; w" W; k! {6 G8 x顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ $ Q4 L7 d+ u7 E; [3 D5 q
@; G& t; K+ }) _"What's a monitor?" & s# n0 x4 |8 I: j% A5 q7 v
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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.
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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，
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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。 ( e+ j0 C9 j/ B4 _ \) t* e/ K* q
9 U1 M: a) E* }5 O: P- u: Q( y"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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A# p) ^( f. s5 [. Z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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8 d/ W& j) O0 O% A1 ?" P2 O"....Yes, I think so." % N/ L* P- [$ ^
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是，我想我看到了。 : Q. m* W4 [: l! S0 P
4 ?* X6 K D5 {$ V8 p"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." ! V& c2 ?3 w) u# I
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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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. |; t- q4 E* Q1 j有啊!
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$ Q! f8 Y3 n- v$ B"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were , p# W' h1 z4 G1 a6 {, U- L' r0 |
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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' B/ g* I4 W0 I* n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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4 y5 @ g% J0 G* s- C0 ~"No." $ ^% ^# E, T* h2 z
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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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." ' r$ L! [4 k9 P! L1 x( ]
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OK，找到了。 , Z8 N4 E2 f# S& J1 Z5 H' _
3 d; r" A8 j/ X1 F6 ^) G"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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theback of your computer." ; |& R# n7 p0 M& ?4 ]! y
3 ~5 _5 F& O' n/ @: ?/ D% w5 a再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 5 g& N+ @3 d( ~- f& n, S- A" }
. o! b" G$ P6 D' G/ D) k"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。
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1 ~. A$ c- R' s9 C) {6 D, Y"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" ! O4 z# a) |. t9 l" @2 K
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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2 F9 [& |: A0 N& \( T$ j7 B8 q3 p"No." 4 S' g8 ~" ~, C$ i+ _+ j7 v# z
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 3 W9 Z3 d$ ~+ F3 q* {$ v
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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."
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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"Dark?" 5 |" O) D/ b& H" `6 t1 B) [7 U
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太暗？
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5 B8 ?( a' R) M& B8 |5 g) T5 {"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is : ~6 N0 w% j5 ~4 W
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comingfrom the window."
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. V1 p5 [ X5 P6 H( W/ g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." 8 ~& ~- u5 H6 Q5 c, N5 c Y) b, a5 J
" n( f5 L2 Z) A e那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't."
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& K# |$ X2 V! p2 e6 M) O' f沒辦法。 ( p+ g- K4 t3 h, O; ] j2 n& i v
( r/ R+ X' U: w: Q0 {! ]* g+ ~/ h9 U"No? Why not?" 5 A X: m8 {! w0 @* A+ Z
$ U# g0 N+ y5 L( S/ b沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage." # G9 w8 F7 D4 _' {* _6 r* T
4 L6 M3 ^; w3 N+ r因為停電啊! p- s& W$ j7 M( f P4 q& e
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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. c# ~4 ^& l$ X+ w& ~( P5 s& B/ IDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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# j! Z) W2 j$ R4 `: ^: o9 Byourcomputer came in?" 2 C5 p/ n) D8 J" H( Y2 \
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， / q! P5 M& Q8 B1 s( b
7 I' H: @' n$ f* M" U- e3 t2 Y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." " O2 l- l4 q% I7 K$ Z
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 5 u m# K/ k. n8 q3 G& `
, I' V! i" N* L9 J"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 5 d( `: g& L0 L; [
: j& M+ s# i' \2 j: R* R6 k& I* uit 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， 1 o2 l |: z1 b( c. I
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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。 # C7 p- E6 z$ B; H
& H+ W+ {8 d" Z9 Q) j* i/ a3 z9 v) d"Really? Is it that bad?" ; M# t4 ]4 {" `, X w) d7 G7 A
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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! Z1 b& r* i9 ?0 I$ C是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 * ?) H% n4 L1 k3 H: o2 y& f I7 c
1 z. ?! {" O7 T4 x2 E"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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4 r# b$ f. J( n- G7 F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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, u. O+ n: O5 O5 B9 N"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』。
