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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* U' @: D8 a' ]% g8 N: ORidge 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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/ r, E9 w7 A8 b是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 - W9 _. Q) q" D6 v, ^) h. q5 W& N7 G
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"What sort of trouble?"
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9 s) Y3 n, u0 _, P/ ?" o您有什麼問題呢 ?
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; h! d" G1 d, l5 p: J d% ^7 s"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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8 W8 @! Q n+ J; `: q6 s" S3 M0 X"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared." % @; E) i6 L |0 B- h; m
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它們都不見了。 ( C% [! Z' A' L) [9 T/ v& k( R. C
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 3 I# O5 l8 @7 i) l
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ 2 V1 s" w& x' p# W
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"Nothing." & K. R0 J+ Q; e, t
4 w) B) ^( N7 ^4 }- t5 d沒有任何東西。
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3 f! g. O* T7 K"Nothing?"
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8 Q. X$ d4 o( \$ y S"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." ! ~& x1 ~, X( f
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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?" # s( K; |. a& Y2 t& ~1 k
* F$ }9 g; j9 o" I& n; G6 o |您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 4 @ A3 \' F. x: t" G
. _/ ^" l3 x, q( m/ Y! s& U"How do I tell?" : C: \6 x1 M) y/ \
+ r8 X7 u5 l. U我要怎麼說明呢？ @3 s0 l: U+ F4 l+ o1 m
* ~* S$ Q( f" Z" {. q3 D"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？ : H' X& L+ h5 u+ e, `7 Q
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"What's a sea-prompt?" * g/ J. Q9 {$ |2 d
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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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？ . j2 n+ L. w3 ]$ M' C
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." 2 w- J) R+ z# W! ^7 I/ q
- ]. U9 H+ z9 p# D7 s( h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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! \) G O. @! C% v/ u"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" ( M. B4 e. ?# E1 E4 N$ E
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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. 0 |' c" P! H4 N7 U. `, W( K E
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" $ z; I. Y4 v5 W; M
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， % C! [6 e0 p" q+ ?5 s+ M
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 6 s- `/ c) v! c7 f! x
% f6 E+ G. P6 V) O# ZI don't know."
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我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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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？
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( h3 n6 Z8 L# ?% m( }"....Yes, I think so." 7 p6 {* n* a1 ^) D' J" \( V
( M: I0 s3 e, d9 \5 R; \是，我想我看到了。
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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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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. a0 U& T* t/ G" }2 ~. ?"....Yes, it is."
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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?" 8 m! z0 i' l- s- f& l1 {
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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？
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5 @- b1 `/ f" U6 }) U: B h"No."
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. [; C6 S+ C" b沒有。 " |. v' I& s7 ~8 s1 H/ X
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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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5 H) Z1 s% O% h, s" b. ?$ _5 g就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 " Y0 u& j/ O' ~# S4 \: G" `, @
; M$ Z8 r* B; P3 l5 m5 Q"....Okay, here it is."
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2 }0 c" N0 w* B) x. }/ aOK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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& ]' x4 Z$ [% R# Ntheback of your computer."
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' U3 @ r2 B7 L7 n5 j2 J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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& Q Q7 K! n: s8 ?"I can't reach." # s1 s! Z3 w$ m$ P1 h9 \
p5 N8 [# o2 |5 j1 {" Q$ q8 z& X我搆不到。 8 E2 u- _9 ^+ f, R9 O7 O( l0 @
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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& r1 Z' ^" p0 x0 p/ @嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No."
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9 A2 u# V/ @' \) f4 ]6 b6 J"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" & N2 Q9 ^% R1 B8 h5 ~: F3 R
& a" X5 [4 X' p' J# u9 }: l那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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4 @6 n5 n5 n; C! d* {"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." . L: M, V" k7 s5 a' w
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 8 `3 `$ F/ a3 F9 }, ^
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"Dark?" / {. L& d: Y5 r' o" {. m
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太暗？
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9 y) |; M9 L6 [; T$ K. D# f"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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: q7 e# L8 d" y3 }2 O7 xcomingfrom the window."
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是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 7 Z* C& r+ B+ V+ D5 W
3 N) y9 r5 @2 E! S3 l( J' ~4 T"Well, turn on the office light then." & Q2 y2 A6 c4 @$ ?0 r. b. N6 ]
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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& q4 [5 l6 ?, H5 Q"I can't."
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沒辦法。
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4 j0 x) R+ X& w. q/ O' ~, y4 X"No? Why not?" " [- i. ^3 U+ U O
& Q6 [7 Q' h) T7 Q沒辨法？為什麼？
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"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. ( w$ N, ?) ~/ n) O5 @9 H
7 _ I. B" G) b% ^ q! TDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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: T; j7 U2 c/ Q7 T V( nyourcomputer came in?" 8 [5 \. x* H# b: h
# k. S4 S5 A o* A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？ 2 U/ I& X3 I9 E- G
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." 2 ^6 \# }; n c9 L% L
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 & G- q" p, b3 C- Q! `9 v2 [
- B. q' x6 z0 m"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 4 e1 f' \' l( A. s- V3 Z
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." I! X5 v3 X! o/ y
5 m. n0 ] p Q7 y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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' M( W" J+ z5 W1 [6 x0 r" {"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ , Z9 @/ M: Q. i& j. Y9 i& }$ a R( d+ T
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 ] j0 @) {9 v
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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( _* F/ D+ U) \$ s# J# w/ r喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ 7 P9 m/ ^% E2 d" p
0 z b9 Q5 J5 b6 h% l' w"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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. t, p' R; [2 W就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
