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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n8 L6 G; {( x1 e2 u6 hRidge 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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- K0 R+ Y$ ^1 D# m9 K: A是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" ; w' T+ ?! O9 i6 X
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您有什麼問題呢 ? 7 O' k4 ~3 ^ _6 ]( H
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." " y& q: l5 `) }. {' b4 y: x4 m) m
! l4 r- ?" ^3 Z3 d* g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。 ( w; c7 b9 [, b1 F L. ]' G$ d
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"They disappeared." ) x0 S) C( F2 g1 g% h% J8 E' Q' A! ~
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它們都不見了。 6 Y' A) }# r4 u
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 4 K; t: P k6 R! t, K! C6 y
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ 0 B9 K0 k0 u# ^+ b( N; \6 I
0 m2 M/ b# L0 n( L7 Y; v"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 K V. m) f$ p4 o( b+ c
- Z; d7 B; v" b7 R9 O' E1 `/ m"Nothing?" J1 }# P; g9 V) H
8 r9 V" d' b; `0 G1 I& b5 Z沒有任何東西？ - V1 u# D& ^/ W. [8 n' M4 O: \
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." ) {- Z# b$ N: c/ L9 \! \& L* y
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 ' P$ S* |- j4 g. y& I
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" % L P. W. F6 X, I z+ i' V' ]
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 r0 Z0 H' W: x8 f! Y( a( z7 Z
8 ~+ d& c' o& |! B8 H; b"How do I tell?"
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& I6 ?8 ~; B, w- j2 O6 _我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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7 ?+ L. [/ Y* \3 M4 d @6 [你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ ! J5 L9 P9 C8 g6 {
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"What's a sea-prompt?"
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& r2 W$ z; z& Y0 O. c什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) 8 L7 z9 P; a; p* Z& u& A
: W9 Y) c- D: `3 Q" ?"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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/ o+ ?8 k- {0 q/ t+ r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." 2 W5 R0 M: l) _
! i" {2 G j& `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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* Z) V* l- }6 l y5 r"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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, m9 b/ s/ ^) q$ ?! ?; \- ]顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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"What's a monitor?" - g; D3 k; t ]5 m ~/ G1 M
8 u* m+ R. B( A, }* a Z. ?什麼是顯示器？
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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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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， , g a( n( ~4 ]- C
8 f8 j; E9 ]1 ^/ v有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know." 0 u9 L; t C$ y2 x5 e: {
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我不懂耶。
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' C" Y5 S& j+ C' D1 \! s6 Y"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 9 ?# B0 R/ Z8 N- p/ E- ^" U6 H
* J& r% O" O; \2 `6 n: I$ vthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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) L& i+ l+ o- f" Z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."
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0 C: y' N1 w( D: j是，我想我看到了。
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! x" U9 ? b8 R' i$ Q8 \: A: O"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？ 6 F' E# j: ?/ R
@5 U7 x( Z/ B& k' ?6 x"....Yes, it is." 0 _& l6 J1 E( f6 i
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were # ^+ I4 w- x% H# _5 P- v% m' m
9 q0 k' [; G1 `7 Btwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" 2 X J" ^( s$ }( P; Y6 A
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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？ / R7 [( y/ Z0 V
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"No." 7 n& F' H" B( o! f I# Z
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沒有。
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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6 w R0 q# W1 }theother cable." . G+ o) l& T. c( z+ @
/ R* v. b5 I2 c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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0 j5 C* l( P% H( L) o5 E% X% ROK，找到了。 3 N. \6 Q! F& I* q+ x; ~& N5 D
3 H5 ~# ]0 t0 P1 f7 k, q"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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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。
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"I can't reach." 7 s1 |$ E1 M1 d. w- E, O
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我搆不到。 9 m" B7 M& }% [: ~: _3 g
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"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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/ ~. {0 d+ x! y q# B& `6 G"No." % H6 h* o. v9 G/ H7 k
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看不到。
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% Y% [5 k% u% {8 T7 @! \ F"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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. A8 L' y4 J# m! M+ Y+ E. |# k"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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"Dark?"
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9 o1 d+ w8 r4 x, N"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 8 f; c/ \4 ]$ ~( g! L
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comingfrom the window."
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- H% r& T# U& e" g3 O% n( Q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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"Well, turn on the office light then." : Y C9 w9 d' R# R
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 - H. J: ^+ F) u
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"I can't." 1 }. ]& b% } f- T3 u0 \* m
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?"
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8 r5 b6 F: B* Q3 |8 H沒辨法？為什麼？ 0 t P# K2 [3 f( \; e9 s
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"Because there's a power outage."
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% W+ e" v0 ?; c( R- ~3 J因為停電啊!
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' f* `/ k& b) m! d( p" e"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. ! T6 Q' ?; o" g% L, G" y8 }. @! B$ u
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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yourcomputer came in?"
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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？
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5 R2 v: f! K5 n# [% U% {0 X1 Z* R"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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6 E" c+ _ R/ F嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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. l3 v, B$ Y6 K"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 4 m \2 H3 [# Z0 ~' _) \
# l7 ?* O8 ]2 X& t( g: Q2 zit 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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+ }5 n2 W) v* _" _. F D"Really? Is it that bad?" , x$ F( W* J* x( z3 F- v$ u
2 {. a' @0 }; y( P7 c真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ + @8 B: J9 }. o" a3 w2 d z
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 ( L. }3 R7 p" f _
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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3 R: B: i& C6 N% r3 b. ~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." ' [( v2 b. `0 b, R" \+ P
- Y8 l3 e1 k" f就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
