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?" ! K: G5 `4 R: f4 X, O$ z
( w: F& l6 M, S% BRidge 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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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 7 ?1 t X4 o* Q
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"What sort of trouble?" 5 m' Q2 v: L4 o1 F6 j: |& y/ ^
& ^) K! P0 D9 W8 D$ e3 u- |) A您有什麼問題呢 ? : M3 j9 {; E8 B) U' C: U
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." . G6 p1 c; s h& y6 t4 k0 P
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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。 - W& ^$ [, M) X' O
0 m( W9 G; n) l' R"Went away?"都不見了。
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3 G5 r7 c$ P5 V+ ^6 `% n"They disappeared." ! y( h; y* Q1 L6 H& B* A8 I, ?
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它們都不見了。 . O! y, Q5 L9 |1 }! ~! L
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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/ A4 L' m$ }# K2 ?2 B. U7 R嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ - e5 n1 q9 s1 g: Z
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"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?"
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9 u. P( X; w/ o* w沒有任何東西？
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." 2 g! s( C8 B9 \% Z# t9 S" {
2 u0 @, D3 `' i* S. W8 a螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 . l: v/ K5 k0 x' _: e
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" 6 g5 @ L' h4 P- p2 e. {* A8 l
0 t, S; Q2 R! Z您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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"How do I tell?" & F5 ~' W: p+ @) j5 b6 A) P
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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_: o: N5 n/ D: W! N"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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* T" z6 B: w% F$ j5 J"What's a sea-prompt?" 9 t7 r$ B, C8 R2 X, x
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) ' o j& q( l8 ?: d K, T
6 K. U7 D9 I8 F* c% k"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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+ }: r* G) q! l* ?" ]' p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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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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5 O. p, T* v' g"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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+ W3 {* d6 L! Y0 _$ h"What's a monitor?"
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什麼是顯示器？
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( j+ C! I/ ]" O/ X9 n3 R"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. ' R( _" X2 s; A) u% O3 v
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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3 F/ v$ ^( l" e* G2 R就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， 3 V. s! l7 k: c& A7 h2 o
" s- z; K; v/ H. c4 c有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ . p0 B' S. J" Z u* @: ~9 N7 [
8 [8 z2 o9 U' L3 a. {3 e1 ~I don't know." ) m+ v' v; ~4 F
9 w* m) w# K7 X+ y) U; z我不懂耶。
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4 d3 C, y7 B3 @5 b; G5 r"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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9 y! `+ d3 t/ Lthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 6 B$ N# D" @3 J/ b. K2 {- E
3 G9 D' R6 g u, a) X那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ 1 a3 _0 @2 {! l0 Z( R7 J& {
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"....Yes, I think so." % w% V6 B+ A* p& U
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是，我想我看到了。 - P: }6 @! G+ S6 q; k# ]# m% q
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." 6 I; h6 m, D) S! Z) l9 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？
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" b! P" j! N" M1 X"....Yes, it is." ( l- H, x/ V5 k3 l* }. H
) p% p; l) U6 K* n# A有啊!
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"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?" ( w9 z, c( x v4 a9 S0 I* G- K
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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？ + [' t% L) ^' d9 U
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"No." ; s$ ?2 S, }8 }) I8 z
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沒有。 ; f9 x0 g2 J o5 k* `9 `, g6 \
' o7 a" p" c+ C. ~9 c0 j6 v"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find . d* d: M, c& ]9 q( K
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theother cable."
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' p6 h G- O, E+ c+ L就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。
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l/ n& I- c: y: s0 _: b1 B( ]"....Okay, here it is." ! f0 y I; J+ i' [
/ i/ o0 D9 S+ r5 LOK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into " D' ]0 C) \6 T+ y6 k
" M* h+ K" a, }1 Stheback of your computer." : G" o5 C9 S' z+ A/ x
% [+ w* n3 ?1 |' b; i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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4 o2 V% L3 i( K* u8 X3 `我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" O/ l+ } u( Q
1 ]3 Z# w3 m% n7 x- G嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ 2 T% r; m, Q0 W$ n+ d
2 @. G' q2 e9 F. L8 c* v7 z1 n8 `"No." % x: O$ q3 V# b
7 a$ l3 V7 h1 n7 n看不到。
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k! P' V! [' r+ j: m0 u. ["Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 9 A: n5 C/ U- J$ J( U% D
3 H" {! w: \# e3 j那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ 4 [ A c2 G8 R# i2 B
R d: S2 ~3 L7 w' ?( D. \"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。 : ~6 H) e8 \; A4 i
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"Dark?"
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is ! G2 X) e, F$ u! f! m! u
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; }) p" ~6 S% j7 [# z! X* e% m是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 * i1 U! \/ ^: q1 H& A
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"Well, turn on the office light then." " O: A( p1 D [8 L
. \+ b6 u" K& s+ T那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 6 h. m* X& E X; B0 L( Y
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"I can't."
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" 4 C& v# ~2 g W( m, O& a% t3 G
: P; c1 A* l8 ?- }- B) f2 Q; ]沒辨法？為什麼？
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! [+ L- M6 b2 O) m+ [! I$ C( k( F"Because there's a power outage." 7 s# ?* J0 x* I9 T
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因為停電啊!
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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. d5 C0 C0 H3 [) o9 lDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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- t% H' B9 T( n3 K, |; oyourcomputer came in?"
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4 n) g& Y* ]4 I8 c& m2 X+ ^' L停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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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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) ^2 G4 L7 R& F7 k: e$ C" _"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." 4 V9 ~2 a2 A5 b: c7 a
9 k3 u$ p% {# a7 X. x5 U' I嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 4 E* P. `+ A$ D* G/ ~0 A3 B1 R
5 U0 A% b4 Z" z3 z+ L"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ; Y7 i/ m5 u% e
$ M; J( ], A7 @7 E: O5 C+ d, ^it 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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, F9 r( O9 W# h* q" J9 U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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& ]8 Q4 `. @: P. T2 j"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ - j6 O* _, x0 A. k+ }% K! H8 D
3 n- F7 B4 U: p"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 ! z2 V2 w; K+ u$ }: G
( m0 v8 N2 ^- e$ y+ R& y- s& t"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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5 d, D4 { h9 n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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"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』。
