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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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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$ ~1 G3 i2 x" \; ?2 t"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." & X8 D* b5 g0 G& m
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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) ^% p" u; C% P3 A# x7 x5 R"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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! n2 j, i) y5 b9 f8 Y"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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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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2 [& d, [1 W3 i0 ~ y1 S* Y"Went away?"都不見了。 8 j3 u: f k3 m4 Y4 ]9 v: k+ c
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"They disappeared." Q: {6 `& j, w i; ~
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它們都不見了。 * b2 t3 T* x1 ^! ?# m5 F
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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, A7 `& O) s/ }- E+ R4 _/ c嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing."
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; a6 T! i, g3 A+ m沒有任何東西。 / [4 a/ W9 F0 ]& U: ]- z
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"Nothing?"
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. l+ N1 ^( l- d$ ?7 A沒有任何東西？ 8 l' @9 d6 w' M" \# O0 D9 C/ d) }
+ {3 s9 g. S# `9 n' y" M"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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& x* q% z/ [ f3 U$ _; `; B) h0 N# \螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 $ b h9 f5 D$ G. b& g7 k: S! b+ W7 P
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" F( ~3 B6 u. k) q- I- H
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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"How do I tell?" # d# D3 \7 x4 c& R) d
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我要怎麼說明呢？ . n$ r0 E `" V0 T' y. g
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" # B% u/ I# [: `0 q! }4 h2 ?6 z
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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( q- Z2 s4 ]9 q% f+ U6 u3 h2 n"What's a sea-prompt?"
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) " t J+ Y7 ]2 l* S0 T% c7 [
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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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, {/ v; k: p3 B+ D7 L: i"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." 4 m# l1 @/ P- L
+ |+ M% ]+ Y( W3 L螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 ) X+ E, x! p; a
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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! P) j% t% X& P1 ^顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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$ H S9 U; ~& ^+ y, E3 U"What's a monitor?"
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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. ( J" x7 x: b/ i# F, m
! x5 {" F- w7 B$ k T. c; {Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" " L8 s- B; Y4 v9 @4 u7 c8 n: b, S
( M/ Q* w6 o8 h M4 W! W就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， ' _: l3 B1 c3 h) E
/ W" u% P) |) Y9 @: `, e. ?, N有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ : L& \' o4 f3 x+ ~2 }1 i5 l# F8 _
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I don't know."
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( l' @, \) d# v7 K. D5 G1 m5 d我不懂耶。 - k& M2 c4 E P7 ^2 Y
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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?"
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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？
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/ Q7 B9 B5 W8 J/ m7 B( _) ^"....Yes, I think so." " L5 `6 ]7 F) V" P- |; J$ q! e
3 w& N0 P0 V1 l* c) G# ?4 e4 X是，我想我看到了。 2 z( W' p0 i8 l/ n, B( e; u
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"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？ ' M# h3 S ~: W2 J0 @, v) G" Q
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"....Yes, it is."
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5 f) r; p" i6 g9 T9 B"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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) D' {4 T* K8 z% Htwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" + W' A! h& _% N4 h" B3 K
s }7 @$ Q- x8 l) ~ S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？ `% ^/ I: O, ~6 A
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"No."
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 2 x$ j# ^1 M, X- S8 s+ p
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theother cable." 9 V, V, n' A1 k6 n% B- }4 P
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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."
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OK，找到了。 ; T7 {" k) b& V/ i- X A4 M# p
[+ b2 d5 {( J9 R* d"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into 3 ~ x3 Q4 Z5 i9 B* E9 A
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- l6 v) b# Y* _# f" k1 H- n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。 0 C: ]3 U2 T& ^: E4 D% b0 |1 Q& ~$ f; z5 X
+ | H7 K _, {8 v* o"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" : G7 ^1 o- M8 n! R
, W% V* ~. c Z1 s6 {嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ : C6 x: a& [$ T8 J9 p1 Y
. x& t' v8 H. B"No."
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" : s/ ^; K# f v8 _
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ 2 ?1 i" \& t T3 [
2 S% p! {; b9 Y" U5 V- l"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。 : M2 z. v% `2 O- g( V4 K2 O
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"Dark?" % E/ q4 Q7 d1 X
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太暗？
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. t& ^+ X, U/ r. T- z% V"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 3 X1 A$ ^" _8 v; C
: ?5 v( K. @% {0 d' S7 z/ r$ `3 R& K1 Lcomingfrom the window."
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9 O6 c0 R9 }+ 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。 3 l7 ?3 j) ^2 ~ m' P6 t" W' S
, M; A ]( a# |"Well, turn on the office light then." 4 R# `; S- R! B
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8 j' ]8 k0 h, o! H"I can't."
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2 M. L3 Y$ @6 N# q4 p沒辦法。 / g- ^* n, I( ?5 B* l: N
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"No? Why not?" ! q# _& v1 _6 i! A# o ^
" t: P' x/ M5 O5 b: [3 D, Z; N/ w' u沒辨法？為什麼？ - W1 c- X# g; W" A% E. C
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"Because there's a power outage."
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因為停電啊! 0 ~# F; }/ `* I/ Z, i2 C( Y
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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
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yourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， 7 Q: Q( R8 i% ~# D8 {% B
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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？
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." . q$ O' [+ p- ?7 O$ I3 U- v5 \! |
3 b- p' { ~5 B' g; F* S嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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+ V( ]! A$ ?" |( q$ d3 O4 k9 L1 @- ]"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 9 J: u! p+ C8 d
! N' M# {! @6 b- D" sit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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3 l5 `! g' \" h0 L就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 - B! ]5 ]! Z: M3 V) {8 ]
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"Really? Is it that bad?" ; G" t6 y8 N+ H: Z! ?
2 ~: e, m- y0 N0 z8 d3 s; m' B真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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7 D2 V! @8 t8 c# B是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 ! |9 ]9 ~" E& p" W2 h
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" k$ k; E# _& Y& X' P1 z* D
. A# l5 c/ @/ G% U* c喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ 8 m O) L4 R6 R* ?% } C
" g& m6 E; l3 c* t+ }"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." 3 W8 x2 r( \5 A4 |
- r: M9 }. J6 a) b" f2 j) y E4 ?3 Q就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
