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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. F' n7 t! W( k6 j" `. U9 \$ a3 ?Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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* F# n8 ?. A% G5 F7 o"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." ! E/ X1 p% w' R- ~6 ]% k: M4 l
3 p- n7 Q! x* L) r( Y3 h& ~是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 6 }! D6 ^: b" o5 ^- b* Y/ Y2 s7 f
2 z* H9 _0 }2 F! U' \7 j" c* O"What sort of trouble?" . w4 [2 o2 \2 U( ?
& w1 n8 m, d4 @您有什麼問題呢 ? 2 D p7 [6 P0 H6 }+ }2 d: e# r
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." $ q" g: T5 [0 a5 e+ `# ~
l3 J3 I- o5 |$ i# P- E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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' J8 P x/ @ ~) p. _"Went away?"都不見了。 + o8 ~8 X; _$ D: {( k1 r! i
6 P3 s7 k# i/ \) B4 ~/ y"They disappeared." 2 V. g4 y$ B. j: g" A, M
. @" c/ K# c6 Z+ S# W5 L它們都不見了。 0 w& p; C9 i! W5 U* T9 j& e
' q5 Q4 x7 Z: P/ j"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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9 A* C$ ?# b5 I! J嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ ) e# o! G5 a5 `, [+ H6 C! E
* F, f4 Q% ^5 n1 b( ^7 ]"Nothing." " E- b/ u2 E2 X7 n2 U* @5 j- O
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沒有任何東西。 $ @. d/ m8 V4 e/ d: A1 F
0 o# V0 q5 H# e! \1 S* {"Nothing?" ! D$ X" H, Y$ w0 z$ V! {6 c" g/ {% ~
' c7 k- a! V$ d: U4 K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。
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/ q( H7 e9 [( D' ?"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" 0 v. ^& `7 E9 C2 s5 Z
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 " p. W! d8 _5 d, ?$ ^- o( ]6 r0 Y
& }5 d- h9 m! R& p- X- u# t"How do I tell?" ! u/ O2 j1 L& N; A2 A t. {# }
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我要怎麼說明呢？ . r) ^2 Q4 E7 G8 f/ f( `
" _0 H; y* X/ j, v( O7 b"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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0 K& `: a) u) ]5 Y你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 6 Z, j" ~0 t# P: _3 s2 C0 H
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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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9 s* \$ D+ |1 S# M"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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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." ' q8 X% [9 f2 I
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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。 ! C9 o D* ~( G* i* o
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"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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"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. 1 N" {% R& i& H$ c; }
4 {' O2 N4 q0 F ?: ~# TDoes ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" s; ~- O( f( O* D
8 T7 {9 F7 D( g0 h. o* Y8 _就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， , p0 q5 w6 T3 L" \1 `6 n( ?/ s4 _
2 ?/ l* y8 q( x& _- X+ s有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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% m& \/ h8 T; G9 |. f/ CI don't know." / z7 [7 K' h. Q7 f
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我不懂耶。
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. Z# B- y: e; M, @. o& c"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where & U1 m) R, }% i6 x- G
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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？ ( M+ E' K, @8 |' @! c# p! v% M. R# D
0 y- a% ^- u7 F4 R. z$ z) A5 k"....Yes, I think so." / s3 _. Q" U' e* S5 o2 N; L
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是，我想我看到了。
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, P+ m( w, G( @- Y, [( N, D& q"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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! s7 N& w3 I t4 X: v7 Y4 |太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ 2 q. g( C0 C3 A2 {- x; D& y
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"....Yes, it is."
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有啊! : B( t: O" }, o/ D
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were ( o) h5 z% d$ U b7 }, U t* C
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" # I4 [. ^+ T0 R9 h. i2 P$ H
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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？ " k. `/ K" @6 a& L
h. z+ p: \' ]7 N( `7 ~1 O"No."
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1 T ~( H9 O5 O5 |"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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5 `* h. o' [7 j, {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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# d' a/ d% s% q1 j, y2 f"....Okay, here it is."
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OK，找到了。
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' N4 b; V' V& @+ `"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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theback of your computer."
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0 n! t9 J. H2 g" R4 U再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 3 w* z. u8 f9 w# ^: \
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"I can't reach." - F$ p* k! Z+ p! _" F& I6 ]1 t
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我搆不到。 ( _! g2 ~3 h& [ e0 L3 z
8 w! s! c, m0 n6 m* U"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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( Z" l! Y$ \4 u4 C, i- Z& n"No." . u" N& h1 J+ n% `. Z5 l: Z
5 V1 f7 v! o4 ]0 M, L( P看不到。 ; k8 B" J; B, N0 V+ k8 r3 _
( W2 g. ? a2 h4 v"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" ) C0 M4 v8 N, o# X
$ q2 B6 d' y% o* O那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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7 E, E& n# P2 `- Z) M"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark."
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. C, |! a* A+ ~喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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& a* ^( C) H+ i"Dark?" " ?) Y Q c+ T: {4 e1 g. @& `
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太暗？ 7 C& |5 b- }2 f0 i
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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6 ]2 B* L" L0 [5 pcomingfrom the window." & k. C# A' l" B, T# J7 j4 Q
1 s2 P3 r9 Y: y3 E: A4 \/ F$ D是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 0 J5 p, ~1 b8 |( A. [
. p% r8 ^9 x' `# K- G. \; b/ U"Well, turn on the office light then." 6 g4 N& D9 p1 D* y$ j
# R+ R1 Y: i0 x& l那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 3 Y% e) L5 E6 g7 E9 ^! a6 p
8 e1 ~7 I; @: m$ ]* E"I can't."
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage." 6 Z. d# S6 A N" F H
6 D. A' W3 y7 \8 l因為停電啊! 5 p& ~4 o; c- J& X% w) u
5 H- }) t, e) w* n"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?" * Z; \/ f- v# I- y0 n
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， 6 L" c0 e1 [4 |& h" O! W
) B# M0 u# l# ^$ ?9 u3 g電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ 3 K3 a$ q- P. J& w$ Z9 e
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." j6 [. ?* y6 l' r R+ ~' O0 P
9 F+ `( U, G$ \+ o' |# X嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 - l, ? R" r+ K8 M
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 2 M. M4 E' g7 H7 m( l' A( n
' Q9 t3 u, S9 O$ H( ]- d" Pit 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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/ y' [! ]8 @; ~8 v; _, Y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?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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2 |# t' X% k7 m. c是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 3 m" X* q0 Y! p9 _
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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" ~1 W' ?; d1 f* `) ]喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ , h. f4 j, S& c2 S
9 s# J. [1 s4 W2 v) n0 m- q"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』。
