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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5 t' ]6 m% p( s* w0 {& URidge 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." 7 Y; L" Z. \) n2 b
" h* Q8 G! u+ O2 E( Z3 F是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" 8 f9 G9 R' F1 K& e# z W( O
& A0 Y5 R+ z0 m0 j8 h5 ^您有什麼問題呢 ? 7 R4 e; J) g# m6 k$ `
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"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 x' |: Z) A9 h6 I% I"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。 + l8 Z9 Q, [+ t% I- r/ ~% J
# g7 [+ ^. x% d, y" M"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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# i! \# j) N( d, u4 j: P8 R; f* m嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ ) V, t6 C5 t* o. D
4 p+ D9 e& V5 }* B( K- i O3 s% U$ B"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 * k; {* J9 P0 J
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"Nothing?" 2 O# s% W" F8 Q: H% q
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沒有任何東西？
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+ Z8 }4 E6 b0 m; q/ i"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." ; }* X7 Y9 q0 e9 r" F1 f9 e
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 % @/ y$ |4 K8 m& |, N3 F
+ f6 X" u! _6 w9 V2 e"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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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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" U& g2 b8 m& X, ?7 k. y% H$ e. Y9 o我要怎麼說明呢？ + M: s- R/ o2 z
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"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？ 9 n" `% j" a5 j1 a% G3 h- o- g
$ D. d# I6 N+ e- H"What's a sea-prompt?"
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% O* u7 m. q; j: {/ o% d, S什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) : i2 A3 ?' K6 u; s0 e$ X
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"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？ 9 C0 b$ T' }) l: d
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." ' n4 |9 w, B5 i/ q6 q$ `/ U+ O
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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。 * d' m' z& t2 `! a+ C; b
" H; _' ~. w9 m4 D+ k"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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1 s1 t- O, y6 I9 `; F* \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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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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L1 a8 Q1 o$ c就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， ; n, g+ {' c4 c8 |6 T0 f1 c
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 4 E1 J3 K X4 o3 i
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I don't know." & m+ X4 g& c. o5 J% [
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我不懂耶。
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) {/ y$ i. L) @! ^' W"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where ( F6 G" D! m8 q/ h
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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) H$ z9 @' N) ]( R# `7 Z! A7 u"....Yes, I think so." $ X0 w% M$ t; n* S7 {/ @3 T
$ R+ p% W1 C9 m" S4 W3 a; v是，我想我看到了。 " c" R( ]1 ?( I2 N. D
! j" N o# i" M* ], ?"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." ; }3 K w4 e/ d9 G5 n6 G) B
0 Q+ O4 C/ W. ?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." 4 S) `( m8 u& r4 K
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were ; D4 W: n1 P: c! @( b: u' W$ j' K, a
/ @' B: A: W3 Z# t4 E; S" l Q& _two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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; h7 r) q1 y+ `; h+ `7 h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？ {, H* a- d+ D* R, H. E
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"No."
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沒有。 - D" H7 j$ j* }4 U! x
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 8 z: T; K- r# o0 m
6 n& V6 T5 R4 X F% x0 ]- [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。 - X: Y/ X, l: `8 b1 F; y
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"....Okay, here it is." " G" X3 k! [( X
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OK，找到了。 : B' M$ }. ?! @8 z% S6 w
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into / e' p) s( }" {- a# p9 n
5 M/ B( D& b5 N6 r% d2 `theback of your computer." . T" p, u" H8 u
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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。 4 s8 k/ A: b% z( A8 ~
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"I can't reach." 1 L5 e5 l7 s4 v
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我搆不到。
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; E; t2 i6 g; `0 F8 i"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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"No." 7 o( j$ `, U. C6 y; X9 C6 i8 |
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" f8 B4 {1 s6 ~"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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! f2 l6 K" x( D' Q那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ ' s- d& d! ^8 u, B# i+ L
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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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4 H: Z3 R( ]! {9 s; w0 G7 v* M"Dark?"
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, ?0 o: @* \# V, @"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is # P- P; R1 g( _
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comingfrom the window."
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1 t& U5 B, F8 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。 ; J; U3 q: ^2 ?8 t: @
5 [, c p# z0 Q$ \! ~. h D"Well, turn on the office light then." $ |" c' j+ A$ U; ^: j0 v c
* Y. N3 C t% I) R那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 / s( `' J& F/ n$ O; q, W# U8 O
v$ |. t/ I" ?0 X"I can't."
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沒辦法。 ( _8 F( g5 S& G) \; A
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"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？ m# W9 D2 [/ J! X
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"Because there's a power outage."
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& }7 X: H! q/ |6 _$ y' T5 f因為停電啊! ) p% Z# z5 x) \
0 s9 s3 t, P, e- n"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 7 v+ M$ n/ B; L" v
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff 6 r6 |& A$ g' V+ Y9 V& b
: k+ w6 f: M+ T* ~+ fyourcomputer came in?"
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# s% R# V4 h* w X停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， : i1 a# w. u( ]% W0 n2 ^
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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？ 8 C- R; `0 _; R! Q
5 z6 J4 z! c& r( R# c! ^* B"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." G- |& o! U4 m! ^, C6 O0 ^
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 2 p3 X* u' ~7 _6 L$ o4 U
. _9 T6 U6 H. _* Q2 W4 {"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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5 H8 \6 s" O4 N2 u2 c4 [7 s* ait was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." $ O9 {4 b+ b3 M
' v- m/ b) Y9 N很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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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。 ( }, p/ V5 A5 ^! j
7 ^# ^& O9 F6 M! p"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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. S9 f" g4 W6 z7 O' ?& }( d- N"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 6 Q3 ]2 B/ W/ \+ a4 x* l. t' K; |
, P6 E! W; C; K3 o) |是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 / k# N! c& r7 O7 k2 U" o. C' }
/ ]3 p% m ?! L/ Q! s"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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' j& w w& q7 f1 Z1 c"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." ; H, W' X# F9 N5 F" }
& _- }" n* U: U就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
