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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( x6 S- q j! _# B5 T"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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" S7 G2 s8 ` I7 t是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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% P' W4 V$ T/ t5 E"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ? 6 B' q+ U% O# F$ ~3 O$ E
' E. r( ]0 J8 @& g0 v' d; ^"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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4 P4 _6 I! Y2 o"Went away?"都不見了。
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( I: n5 G0 g# m& k"They disappeared." ) Y: m8 p! G( ^) \7 c7 p7 h* l
" ?6 U) s' @1 G& b9 ?5 B它們都不見了。 7 ?: {# ~$ ~ H# b
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" + H, h4 [* a6 X9 v$ z
: T' O2 c% V- N6 K1 C0 t0 W嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ 9 ?7 j: M) m* @5 n# e, z* s9 H
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"Nothing." ) b' c i5 K5 @8 q) q/ v! H$ |1 J. W
, T2 e9 w$ B, f5 u( o沒有任何東西。
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$ I2 j* V* K! V# t5 Q1 \"Nothing?" % o3 i% }, ]- U' G8 `
1 k4 L8 X) T/ t& U/ g沒有任何東西？
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"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。 $ i- l" A5 M- f( X, s: i2 P6 y8 C
- h" s4 O: ]1 C; F: V"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" - S3 V) b) L$ Z7 a- {# Z- Q3 B
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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. }# }# b' U9 \ i"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？ - g: Q! u* [: s" ]* M
8 v4 A& P: L8 r2 T7 G, O"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 8 y- y. {7 e/ o& w
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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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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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- T% R! g7 Q& z) `! O2 Q0 O9 y"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" + M1 R8 K' H8 W- B" N1 X
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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) D' K0 V) W- r5 U"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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- H" r) O# [3 M6 `8 t" a螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 1 w- d8 k$ Z( [" K" I# B
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" ! _$ P+ }* K0 p0 }8 W! r
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ / H2 T* [- g/ B) j/ y/ H
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"What's a monitor?"
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" B/ a' q0 ^/ p7 M! A0 l; M什麼是顯示器？ $ V5 d/ c: M1 g) H3 [$ m+ w
5 J6 {5 D5 [4 ]9 q) Y5 O"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. + C7 y+ _5 V& T5 ~: C$ F& g& f
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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4 ~ [6 c5 N% W2 ?4 b) c就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， 7 _9 f! |9 E( y% y# d6 K/ s
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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& D! ^3 l$ [; x; \# t! yI don't know." 6 m3 A. a. m |5 w1 R& z
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我不懂耶。 7 \: x$ ^ a+ E
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 9 H# M4 V _" T' `/ ]* _+ G/ _
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 9 m$ w" a* i& d# l' I
) m" q- T# }( P: \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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0 T1 B4 y/ j& R9 k. h+ t"....Yes, I think so."
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" C6 c. ^& `$ f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." ) b5 J( w, c" A
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ $ ?5 t; L( x; |5 s9 U
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"....Yes, it is."
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有啊!
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; f+ P' m2 p2 v( p7 r) f/ L"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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' n. X/ x% {. T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？ : J2 O2 E5 a% N; f
$ V+ K" p- H9 W. n: \# s"No." " \0 N& ~5 \9 g9 i0 l4 |+ X6 R
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沒有。
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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8 n. V( l' u* c G/ ?$ d; _theother cable." / ~/ D9 Q F! T; V
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就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 ) m# c" i2 a9 @+ |8 S
. D% _: a0 B! k9 F"....Okay, here it is."
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m3 M2 D+ }0 }' X# uOK，找到了。 1 ~7 B9 l4 |: J7 {3 n5 B( Y
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into ; L* E$ y, X8 d9 c& w) D$ r g
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theback of your computer." $ ]9 P# u' k- j n' Z6 X
6 y$ d# i5 `1 g& c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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6 h& B2 o; \" X3 ~$ b6 X"I can't reach." 8 _2 D: R, b* N+ M d! {
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我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" * a- }+ @# |) M% Q- j" |2 Y% H
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No."
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 5 C B8 k/ q0 c" Y
. e# C8 |( N+ q5 t( I8 {5 l那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ $ u$ n! Z6 x! i/ `
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." 6 x$ W# |3 h: L' }
$ e/ z5 ]" |) u! V4 r; r5 S喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 # Y2 {4 k6 {1 i
# s+ \% t+ V" T- K: x# u"Dark?"
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太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 6 X5 g# m( D6 L- Y# p
( X$ t- S9 S9 c5 tcomingfrom the window."
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7 n1 y$ b5 u$ I8 e2 S% \0 ^# r7 l5 s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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E! B4 P# B9 A# |3 Q8 P: P" D"Well, turn on the office light then." ( G( o, d4 Z; O6 Z5 X
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 . _/ v4 U+ S) m. K2 t# L+ q
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"I can't." $ W' U, f3 m b! m* `- d \
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沒辦法。 & [' K) s5 b( C% @2 i5 Q% ?# I
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"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？ 0 Y- n" T+ F1 O `) {% N
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"Because there's a power outage."
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因為停電啊! 9 q* x, D; w5 q
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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, W& }4 V X' e4 gDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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4 E$ p5 X' w- @7 m9 F' ^2 F6 e電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ f+ t/ p3 g/ g; o1 o
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." % t L- i7 Q% a2 E# n8 d
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 0 V2 S# C. u4 E7 k2 u" E
9 j5 s. G; z( d; ~4 ~2 ^9 L Z, yit 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，
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: a- \( a- N9 m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?" - e- K- d: S& C: t( M7 r P+ U
) l" [8 y7 b$ J- Y \3 X/ h* |真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ , v7 W2 b$ l* ]* i6 ] a% W+ k
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 1 q9 ]' o2 e2 A7 ~7 t. o
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"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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( L p v+ p# f2 J* o1 c"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』。
