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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9 d1 n9 b8 f, t* n7 I0 G8 H- Y6 i7 tRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? 3 K6 m& x9 w% v6 l% t3 y# B
: x3 @& P. ]9 S5 g"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 % k& t) b. S" h3 `% [% r
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"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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: b% \6 ]5 i, E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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7 ~3 [: F2 q1 Y; s9 G% Y" f"Went away?"都不見了。 : V# I7 J& q& q: h
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"They disappeared."
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; u3 @4 D! c1 a4 a" N它們都不見了。
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 7 k+ ^" n4 x; t! S( i7 {
* C8 J7 J, m+ A% @8 Q2 m嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ f9 G6 G# [. v! O, b! e
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"Nothing." ' ]4 ]+ S- \) b2 [+ D
4 N7 e" }6 X# |- p沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?" , q( J: D! A1 k6 K" H
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% j# E6 {9 V+ Q* ?# F" I1 k K5 N3 B"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." , k7 Z) K' i- T0 u$ s8 m/ @
1 q: h1 }" p4 J螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 , j5 d* C" Q' a+ E- x; A
2 B. E& R2 Q* u/ K @5 _"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。 - k: e; L* Y. T* `: {" l5 _
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"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？ & E9 i1 @( \9 | V; j/ Q
8 o1 O: C& |' B# G/ d9 I2 A6 y"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 3 P+ Z0 O3 O9 J" q- Q
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ * {7 l7 x1 j' |- v3 [
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"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?" & `5 v6 o p! z7 ?. Z& U
# V) R9 z) \3 A+ a0 x不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ ; R4 @! K$ o! v7 c
8 v2 b: T, W- H; e"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." - u5 c% |" [) P
6 L! G# Z; j( a" y* J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?" - w( r( p0 O( t1 N0 @4 Y, h$ L! I
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ 2 k* X2 d' z( E
6 B8 ?1 q5 p2 h d! O9 H0 y/ r* Z s"What's a monitor?" % C; q T* {: b# I" \6 B2 t ]
+ l: ~, [$ B9 x7 L" {1 d( d什麼是顯示器？
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. * U1 p6 w; B6 x% [6 |
, g" n+ ]1 d9 R1 IDoes ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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) }. d4 h1 y7 x0 t* R- x就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， , N1 W I" B% _7 f8 w
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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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7 ?, J/ ?) g# [, G5 ]"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 6 D5 s5 K5 a% d' d/ }, M
4 h9 y P3 |) Nthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" ( t: c/ r2 m( d- R2 K
$ z# F3 s& U6 s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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- {- n3 v2 A1 U8 O, e" m+ m( N"....Yes, I think so."
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是，我想我看到了。 , Q, s9 r( K; K6 F- s2 i- z1 [
5 v1 N# U$ S) _# q"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." * o! T h& {! X: {% F' d
: H1 H2 j; f6 i6 N太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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* t6 P' s7 g% Y1 P( c"....Yes, it is." # T( ]9 u9 ?3 f; S5 n6 r O
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有啊! 9 b+ {3 w! |+ m8 }5 h" `" E
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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, l$ N* k6 V* l# Y$ Y8 J3 B* E0 {two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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8 ^& Q8 G: q, D: J- Y2 V% O% [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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; V, l- n. c* I) A" u# k! R"No."
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; P! s, s$ r! i; ~# H+ \( ~沒有。
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/ n2 U: E! s8 @; d7 A% Y"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 1 ]8 A2 p9 v. U. w0 q0 R5 ^
3 k) J# R5 V% s& A% A0 t" c: S$ ~theother cable."
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& @: i2 y+ P; d3 u% Y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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OK，找到了。 " t! l; d6 E6 z$ E H* D- Y
* r& j _1 c/ Q4 a+ q7 ["Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into * I, k+ @9 b+ {% E- F5 C
7 s0 j b% k: \. k6 Gtheback of your computer."
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8 u2 W% W$ `7 e- s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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我搆不到。 % T& n$ S- p5 c5 [/ K
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" , x: b4 D9 W3 ?0 y# K9 y
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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' R& c7 |/ u0 A) _# C3 w"No." 9 y# S4 e6 l/ ~: I
- ?* s, B9 R) u1 ~4 `1 [看不到。 : G" m% F& W7 s3 K2 U
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 5 a% w- ^6 R1 f, }5 C
; L! `: F: `/ C1 Q那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ ' q) [, M9 A" n- N9 q1 F/ o6 B
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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?" $ l: R! x/ k- i7 }! \; l
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" T4 Q3 _0 ~8 g"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is - S& I4 c1 |" M! o; x1 M7 m( q
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comingfrom 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。
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"Well, turn on the office light then." 4 P& Y# I! b, B2 F, j) Y
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 % [) |9 o3 K0 m8 w6 @' T
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"I can't."
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" 2 i/ ?+ q4 b i. [6 i8 e$ S% @; p1 c% w
4 b/ P. S6 }0 v) x5 a: p" @2 S$ i沒辨法？為什麼？
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0 k8 ` w) n) R4 y& a1 ?"Because there's a power outage." 1 S* i$ A8 g$ G: U9 j# f
: g; h# h. X0 G因為停電啊! - x; M. M2 C4 q+ Z# x
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff & h, w; b% J! o3 V. Y; L4 J
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yourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， , w" T4 {% K9 H/ v. Y
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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？ ; D7 A) `9 {* M) L. H2 j9 |( O
$ ^2 {9 h3 E" [( K( {! R! {6 m"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." / C, ?7 i. j6 c+ a% c5 C/ f/ v, ]
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 / [9 q: X. G1 s+ }
$ |9 v% O! m1 u"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 6 ?" W; g' x% V; u& t) L, B
* A( G2 R" e; l4 @- iit 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 }) ?9 \- G, D7 \# W5 [9 {
5 o, i/ h, F3 J. |% K2 s- k; C就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 + Q' I& p# D# x1 p2 j
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"Really? Is it that bad?" / x3 E( E$ Q( ?$ w) _
2 c% w! C! ^% S真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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- H. @) S6 S% @# B"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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1 Z- ?; v" \4 p& T; ?# m8 T"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" " w! T2 R5 k/ \& F& l A m: y
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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？ o6 S6 p' G# r& S7 Y4 W* U& a! |
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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』。
