Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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7 d! |5 I4 @# e# {"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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& h& g* s4 R: m" B y2 C是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 % @- {4 Q; _" Q6 B3 f
8 B; }' z2 Q v$ j7 x"What sort of trouble?" ' N* k3 S( u3 B
5 ^0 N6 Q" t% `1 m: }您有什麼問題呢 ?
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6 |# K/ j3 `8 O/ G& y2 y+ |3 X8 D"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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' M; n! N6 j- Z& s; y6 P3 i# y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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"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared." 5 p5 S) Z. A' I& S
! Q; C- C! V* z& U2 W% b: k6 Z它們都不見了。 . q/ V% X# _6 a" h0 N
, v7 H3 K2 ]. p1 E"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 4 t" s; T5 U: J6 P! h- F- Q2 R
' v4 f2 ~6 n b. F% |嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing."
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4 ?3 d; j0 {$ h4 r( s, e3 I沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?" & k% M/ N4 P1 H& c
9 x0 u0 [( ~+ W. ?) o' o沒有任何東西？
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) J" r( l' \+ G7 H8 L5 x0 y( O5 B"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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5 n! Y2 C% k4 |& A9 \6 ~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?" + i0 t1 `. A$ t w& L! u+ e) C
4 F$ w: g. V9 Y% c您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 ; P/ g/ e) ]/ R- Q" W! i) y
3 g0 y* G( w: n# E: d2 g$ \8 B"How do I tell?"
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[5 w5 c3 r* X+ P- g4 M6 O3 R我要怎麼說明呢？ # ~) W( I; K$ h
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" : S# p$ t4 H! [$ J3 x
v; X @! m0 f4 T) k: t你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 4 S8 j, V9 I2 q
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"What's a sea-prompt?" ' P$ G/ m1 e: t" q& F
% c, }- g2 V6 q+ |7 K8 Z' K7 u什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) - E* ?( i- f% K, W: \
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"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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+ D) s1 W& f3 I$ O6 Z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." * n& z6 o) I% e0 @. x# ]! }9 n
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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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6 Q9 l R4 ?5 l"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" * S- v) G" x0 G
# c) J) G$ T- R% T顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ & n' i& S; n8 @% e+ y
; M' ^& J p3 k' F- c8 i" d% ~1 b"What's a monitor?" ) {; t$ Y* E, a7 Y
' B: s# a- l/ F$ Q7 v% l: i) V; p' H什麼是顯示器？ / z3 B f! ?6 ? {1 f( Z
$ e* P0 m: V- }* K) y* B; k0 I"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. ) u, U. G7 X/ W1 c2 z
; y+ m0 o: g6 r" ~* ?Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" 6 Q! d0 d7 q: n) F
, S: \: I* p( R' m. N/ ?就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， * O0 |6 K4 Z) I5 N+ H2 r: i2 t
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 6 o$ [4 P* T- W0 t& [$ Q& u4 t9 N, U7 Q
* b; G" y0 Q$ H1 _7 ]I don't know."
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我不懂耶。
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3 F* I9 t7 S+ u" w) Z"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 4 p; ^* x5 n; o: m1 u: l
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" ! B; [& o+ r& ~4 t" C! Z
* E, h1 Q: `1 a- r那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ 3 }- K/ g; y/ d4 m
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"....Yes, I think so."
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是，我想我看到了。 - r* l# k- t8 ~9 h9 z' \
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." " C& @0 ~- x9 g3 f; c# e
5 {! a) U: e T4 \- M太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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: n1 X! |' E9 v9 H"....Yes, it is."
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. q, m+ E- W' {- O. `$ ~, ~7 c: o有啊!
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( b5 @% v' i1 s" p% d2 U"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were 0 ]: j3 Y1 {+ t, W# i: M
( x$ k- }8 R3 T ytwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" 0 _7 p/ L- Z# i6 K8 K3 Z
+ C" `5 G3 d( A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？ * Q1 |; d+ U, o5 |
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"No."
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1 d4 G& ?; O4 z+ L沒有。 % c+ y& X% _3 |2 R2 u z: C& B
: t# T- o& i- x Q) B$ V"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find # g& ?# {* v( \1 q* [( E
- L+ U' X" p wtheother cable."
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2 S3 j8 ~ _) c; M就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。
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) X$ ^' \+ o* W; f% ^"....Okay, here it is." $ l/ c- M4 d5 F* D, T
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OK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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9 `* U! t2 |( H/ u. l+ w" o1 ~theback of your computer." 8 X: `9 a- u+ _$ n6 U; t, ~ G
# w: z% P- R: M, V# Q再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 N& h9 U' w0 p: Z+ G
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"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。 5 u# N- w0 }9 |/ F! E
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" + k) @/ }; ?: |. j% {9 A' R
9 t- v. o0 ]3 ~! I" n9 w嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No." : F+ U" ] b G
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" ( t7 h6 q7 B( t; S9 U
8 r& K* f/ h: K那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." 3 K4 y3 M0 d7 \# E# h) U# p
+ L. w! I8 k, q" F* {. v喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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"Dark?" - H3 a; U; L; @
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太暗？ " |+ q) g6 I4 K: N8 o' V6 W
) [' |& m! X0 y% A( k"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is ' q3 u) x. C% p* j) _
" F9 O! \# a9 Rcomingfrom the window."
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5 L8 M$ D+ v/ K% j, R是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 ! Y: v- H/ a$ J/ N( [4 t- R
2 E! s$ E; k7 O"Well, turn on the office light then." 2 ?8 ^* v4 |1 b1 G+ S
" T `) A8 j6 E) T# T. y那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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! ]$ `- D0 @! z) R- h"I can't." 9 K8 p( I" e' Z/ W$ B: j$ m1 f- e
# v5 h0 o0 m! B2 [, u沒辦法。
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$ q" S/ N: G% ?3 p"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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. ^$ Z- S: Q) e, @- w5 y"Because there's a power outage."
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- `/ R1 D% {9 t Q o. r+ o, Q因為停電啊!
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( @( G* H8 }/ Y3 T+ o4 c& i, O"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. P, M% M( y2 Z2 e# j3 `, c
C) D6 x# a! N; f7 v# o6 pDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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: e+ {; ]! _& V, W" [& P5 f0 a( xyourcomputer came in?" $ K0 E. U5 p" y& l% Z
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， $ T+ Y8 M- x& V4 d
; \& @7 J5 S: F9 V0 F; ]2 D i電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ U3 C3 a! ]" _' ~4 @. i
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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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 7 O6 j- R- l j) {- i+ s
O5 C) W1 u( m- ~; o2 Xit 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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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？ & u5 x; T6 X6 M/ i% V5 n4 z8 O
" r( I" D# r( c4 G"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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8 @2 l$ m& q+ O: j' S' k是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 5 h* S- N N4 T6 o7 _1 S* m0 U3 X
0 {7 `' X, T$ ~( Q- [# t! T"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" 3 {/ G2 x6 j5 |" R
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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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"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』。
