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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8 Q4 Q! L' u9 \, v' c7 ]Ridge 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."
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: x9 W- x H( w" b7 g是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?"
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$ A( { f( W, y1 p$ o2 @您有什麼問題呢 ? ) ^$ K9 Z3 @8 L# e( b4 ^
. G! T9 D8 j/ }1 \, j9 Y3 H6 Z"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。 " `9 G% n( o; E1 p" M
0 Y5 {: p8 V% b l- D1 |7 i* m; |"Went away?"都不見了。 & {- n3 G4 O/ n3 g- T
8 c! p# R- I1 P& V- C$ y6 u"They disappeared." ! ^( A p7 `) [7 n. p& S
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它們都不見了。 2 H9 d) M& D, y, l. T
# M6 A& k5 ^: N2 v"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ 1 _7 }. k: f6 }2 A: z7 x. `2 o0 ]8 G
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"Nothing." 8 ~- R, e# {! S( U0 n' `" i
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沒有任何東西。 / l1 @5 k* z6 h5 @5 v8 X3 j
/ g* _ j7 R' I' V( G"Nothing?" ; `4 P" C4 D: e/ t# H# _
- S, k1 C% d( g0 s沒有任何東西？
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a& i+ E7 {1 C, O7 C1 S"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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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?" 9 e, b) z8 p2 @ f7 s, s1 s
7 T, L: e1 z% Z: j! _您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 5 N M% c, n) k# x
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"How do I tell?" % O% B u0 Z' a0 i
5 i9 m: Z& B; g我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" - v. `- m; l( f8 k" Q; N- o: a- C
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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6 w% s- R2 S+ F# p, q3 j+ S4 }0 E"What's a sea-prompt?"
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5 }% y6 d; e& i( u. C* }什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) ( T5 B2 Y: B! b* a
$ n, {: |1 u3 P/ j$ E2 `& u3 U4 ^"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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# K' C. H; f( S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."
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4 E7 y1 ^. X6 z; S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?" - [7 O: X! p5 C6 z' e4 t- v
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ : [- T4 {5 E, b$ k$ f
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"What's a monitor?" * L/ D1 w/ N4 t! r4 H; @
( R; z5 ~$ [- X" _什麼是顯示器？ 2 D. p! e8 ^( @, s& S* k6 r
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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- R7 b0 Q: o5 s) u: l+ `% sDoes ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" 4 s% o% }( `# r# M; F
# N. `0 R) ?6 Q' U3 X就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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]3 j! G1 F' J2 V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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$ ]9 i; f9 E9 \2 B& T. b我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where $ a3 i1 K9 P/ C4 L! F. i
0 m: J+ y$ G* Q/ K7 I- p, C$ ~the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 4 \' X% t% u2 d/ I+ z* ?; d8 ?
& c0 o5 B/ k% Q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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6 Y1 N- i W, T"....Yes, I think so." 1 p) Q5 k. h: n" K, h
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是，我想我看到了。 & t# ]3 {. N0 ]8 j' j% N- m
# n B8 k! J, r2 y! t# H' ~0 B"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." " n/ d) Q! O# ^8 H
! T; C& J* i e: V2 s9 F8 Z) u太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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$ a) W: d5 _% G2 f. W5 p. r3 ]"....Yes, it is." , @7 @* k$ y* p
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有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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+ e2 l$ \5 Q0 Ztwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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2 s: O/ A2 [+ \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. r& p# X2 f: H) X"No." 9 I& |& @. q& w- ~$ n
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沒有。 ; W; e8 _5 U* @+ ]4 s
) t. z- D# ]: j' ^5 `; q# I"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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6 \9 f; t. o, P* g0 x. c4 `/ Rtheother cable."
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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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7 k/ ]5 {; M, x% n0 D( _# j"....Okay, here it is." 6 r* D* Y+ J: Z
+ e8 X$ v) Q) j$ H. c5 V* P5 @OK，找到了。
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0 N* q' [9 z+ E3 s"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into T* w* i3 \7 c& S; S5 a6 ^# T
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theback of your computer."
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/ E8 `: Q' P+ |* W+ r+ W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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& f+ z9 ~; [& c- s6 Z" n"I can't reach." 1 y' c+ h+ B8 v0 x
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我搆不到。 9 v$ c' z9 k: M [- \( t1 H
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ 6 N0 X0 U/ ~2 v1 p" x0 @4 z, A
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"No." " {3 s& p7 D& _+ `7 Y9 I9 i3 s) `
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看不到。
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k& |( W6 ^! V s2 m& c"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" , G9 }. z/ o$ a+ @3 A" d
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ : \! v! X* i* p; G$ z3 r, a
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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?"
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. i6 E! @% {7 V4 r太暗？
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& z V; o, X9 u- p2 E. D8 P& T"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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7 x, M% s, q2 V. w0 p( i1 }" O: Mcomingfrom the window." ! T6 z K# O( [
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& U5 ^ f4 {3 O5 A' |' H"Well, turn on the office light then."
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 2 h4 h8 a6 h2 M. X: d- q" i1 G9 P3 m
' f' C- K' i5 X. b"I can't."
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$ j0 W0 ?0 X5 \; |! y: O沒辦法。 ( k! k9 ]- N b
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"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？ ; v( L; F4 o2 d! G) B
2 R, N! m7 G( W% f8 J2 Q; o"Because there's a power outage." 5 x, u: m2 I$ |
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因為停電啊!
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8 }/ t4 ~- H& z( i- d8 ?$ x( \9 S"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. - c4 q3 T6 {9 K
) `/ Q$ I' P9 NDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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* i7 f, F" r& \1 O- @: n$ P+ { Xyourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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! X) {- n* H* ?5 s4 j) b"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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0 p% l+ H1 f) Z# w, i) }2 k7 h嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 9 ~' t/ _ M: r6 |: \5 m$ i
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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, M: w- P9 y( `" K$ q% N很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， ' e! i( w& P: m" R) E' ?- d0 J, C
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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。
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"Really? Is it that bad?" $ I( ~: Z, u, m! T" w
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3 j7 g1 Z# |6 z2 t4 k c"Yes, I'm afraid it is." ' }# W' u/ Q- ^/ h/ ]& }7 `0 b
; ~4 j' S0 [2 x' ?0 b是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 / O( Z: D- J3 {$ p9 u4 J& N. D/ A
7 F: p; V; O) @+ e"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" + h2 \3 M: x% V5 O# f$ c1 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？ & ]' @9 k% i9 g( T' g$ t/ W2 j$ P
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"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." . M2 D. r. S6 ]5 @
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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』。
