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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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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6 G7 ?- H6 d. L# y) ?1 U6 w# i! X是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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Z) T, G4 t* j- y9 D1 ?"What sort of trouble?"
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+ t/ A1 t% G% u( S; y, P. E您有什麼問題呢 ? % J* C! P2 E1 G; h. ?1 i1 U' H
# a h" m3 `/ e. |- v$ C/ P"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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+ U5 u- M8 x( d我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 # |7 q) h" n0 J$ A9 S
2 T% G$ P4 f: y/ y$ W- c"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared." 4 H) W" U ]/ U6 L
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它們都不見了。 : K/ U8 y$ s' c
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"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？ * G5 g. O* |9 I$ ]
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"Nothing." 0 l8 {; @( m5 p7 _+ E/ N
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沒有任何東西。
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% m# V; f- U4 U4 v* X"Nothing?" + i% x$ O* y& J2 O+ {
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沒有任何東西？ 8 \! V& U4 ]2 N7 E
' a) L2 H' J3 P, M% H, O"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." + i7 @, t [8 q5 B
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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?" ) o) }' l" B f; {8 m2 ?
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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?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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8 l1 H: T! Q4 h' }1 k"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 4 Q3 ]- i6 S# G' ]* |) r o Z
3 i: T1 v! k. ?5 n1 o' z* `你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 6 s. b' k3 @3 ~- E
! \, T3 |/ n, Q8 g"What's a sea-prompt?" 1 z. m" O4 g g1 ^2 F3 `5 ^
: I% l! N6 O7 p$ a什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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1 \+ f8 }2 t$ c7 w" E* O/ U; D! T8 K- i"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" ) L" I8 Z! O6 l, j) v9 X& J
1 x# w7 L [5 v; T6 m不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ % F- ]1 K. I8 [5 l5 B. M- C
1 L8 y& ]6 r1 U8 M"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." * g- j1 n" h8 Z3 Z. M J u
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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。 / b8 c( j' b3 k c7 J5 x
! ~3 t6 Q% E! U) Z8 H+ G"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" 1 [$ E- `$ I* B! K, ?
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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"What's a monitor?"
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. K3 B0 m7 y) |什麼是顯示器？ 8 m5 A/ ~* C' y/ x& T: w
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. C/ F& I: o0 t- S8 ?
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， # h8 X4 c' c) s2 B* b5 M
' ]8 H- l0 g( ?6 \" D有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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, _. ]% z1 E$ VI don't know."
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1 u. ?! n. V' [9 {: {' g我不懂耶。 , ^! ] A3 I8 i5 Y/ L b |
8 w$ k' f9 _4 [1 }/ u"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where * y2 Q& e1 h! q, Q& O
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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( V t( U7 h/ s, W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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"....Yes, I think so." * J! C! q6 c6 V% q" ~2 V: A+ t( N
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是，我想我看到了。
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0 L( A9 I( [4 L+ b5 E5 l"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." ; ~0 n( \2 n$ T' l1 V
' ?! K$ _! b# z8 \太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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"....Yes, it is."
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" [; k- R6 H# [+ U: j$ q7 j; B; }6 }6 D有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were - ]2 o- e: h9 g5 r% B$ O
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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! h) f# H, ]( \- m& `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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3 m0 e, ]! D& s( I/ M/ z"No." ; f" ?* ^; |4 O. r
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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theother 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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"....Okay, here it is."
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into : r/ X1 q7 V: U( k$ K. Y* V
5 j% ?- ~8 U) e: J; T/ U/ }7 ttheback of your computer." 0 o" H \/ v9 |# _. j
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再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 $ \7 _5 Q- `( q- N2 ]- x
, ?8 g, N) y4 ~$ k8 e"I can't reach."
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5 ~. i# ]) o7 f, o' x我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" . ]$ U! `1 A" }1 i
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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# x+ X; ?0 Q7 ~; }0 q1 j"No." 8 g' w! D9 W3 A* D; W
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看不到。
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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' ^7 F/ ~! c+ w* h" |1 l& f. N: f那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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9 O8 z' |- Z- N# }/ Y6 ["Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." ! }( t; S& i$ N
" S, N8 Z a% f3 N) Q- r. B+ I喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 6 N7 x) v5 t! @3 D. Q' S
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"Dark?"
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6 z! S1 `' P4 x" p' r* J太暗？
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7 A7 U; _, q4 f# W- X7 R5 w"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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- R0 ? I9 d" q* Z: t9 D2 A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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4 `5 T. F" N9 O! f3 \1 f/ V"Well, turn on the office light then."
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8 m8 s1 N4 s* `7 k+ m那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 # A/ V( }8 D' W
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"I can't." " w" R! `2 O# ?, l5 b: T+ l
) n6 e& \5 ?0 B0 _! Y* w' R t沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" 4 }% P5 Z5 h- l
- Z) V$ ^" x# j# i沒辨法？為什麼？
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7 ]" R' b* s8 T+ D"Because there's a power outage."
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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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0 c/ h- O' l1 q: ?: R" ^Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff / p0 F$ `9 b% Z" F8 G
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yourcomputer came in?" $ d. h- C& [6 T: |% e: H
1 }" Z6 ]4 p0 b# b停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， ' p, h8 N& H) u6 S
: d* Z3 ~& `% |1 L9 H/ d# t8 }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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% B5 ~/ P, K; [9 C5 `( x"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." 5 O: I$ W- u2 B8 K9 `2 J
: z2 N+ U; p' Z嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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) f3 I {5 K0 Q" H/ O! p# M2 @* J"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike / y6 v/ c! O) O7 P: C! j
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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， 9 F" K |; |4 F0 E. n
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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。 9 b& d+ A- x3 ]6 {5 @) p
" H% y& c; y$ W9 }' W"Really? Is it that bad?"
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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0 I! {7 t/ b% ]0 n是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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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？ : j* S' K4 T' y. g a0 Y/ r& o: w
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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』。
