Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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' C: ]9 v( B# q q }"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? ! g, ]7 E, W& u( ] ]3 P1 m
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." ' i' {! L! E( S& o; p
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 % s3 W# h- M1 W# m0 H. ^
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"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ? $ W/ j+ m8 a6 N' O5 U3 s* H
! M) a* k4 c+ b. `"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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" c& N, c4 K8 c5 n" a. v我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 2 V3 j& z% X; w: D/ f
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"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared."
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' @0 o, a& D/ @2 j, h: d: y它們都不見了。 . m6 }1 S: u4 }9 O
: B; W$ |8 @8 v6 I- z"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" : `$ x4 { ]% \7 } h4 @+ u
4 L9 Y: m0 v4 r& F, f嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ & W4 i9 X0 q: R, k
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"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？ - {2 [; c: c0 C, q& ^
2 ]' T3 K D) b2 b# c"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." + @& u/ `& y. d9 f# ?
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 9 q1 g: U! @, J4 \' Q2 D' u
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"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?" 4 Q+ ~ j0 c. @% P% Y3 x3 j
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我要怎麼說明呢？ & _! }- \- E: ^/ B" b( x
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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？
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"What's a sea-prompt?"
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, t$ b& h! h! `* |/ F, T/ H什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) 2 E- o* c n% H) @0 ^7 ?' d6 G
) Y0 [3 m; D; h8 l' u) w6 }0 d2 b/ ]"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." % u9 W9 e$ u: T6 q; w+ `
. f, ?' N4 [) @; |1 s2 ]螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 ( x2 ~ ]8 ]9 w3 d0 J4 C" ^+ l( E& Q
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" n d+ v- l2 Y: E
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ ! F: ?4 J& M$ G- c9 F* O4 Z
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"What's a monitor?"
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7 `$ i# O: W5 `# J2 e/ I什麼是顯示器？ - c3 I; r9 _3 S4 y& l3 ]
$ z4 a" y2 ]3 m0 U5 S; j"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. & s, J6 |* }& z% ~# ^8 `
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ * n# ?6 h: W/ A4 g
7 p7 X) ~. s$ F& P2 L8 ^5 ~* q4 lI don't know." ! k: p# w7 q1 `/ `5 _9 F
; V0 s+ T2 t/ S# K( }! c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?" # R1 Q [8 x( N& L
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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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"....Yes, I think so." 2 U* f5 Y7 x# ?8 a
- K9 F7 O3 o- d0 l7 K) \6 ~+ v是，我想我看到了。
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! @9 b# T' u) f! `"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." S0 B9 t; D3 j- w$ B- {2 J: o: x4 k$ {/ ~
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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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, D' u- Z/ x' T- d: _$ J+ a8 O"....Yes, it is."
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有啊! / I" d( E7 Y5 [- n
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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 ~$ t' P! P6 G2 H0 c
6 p* W, O4 A1 F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？ : b/ s- b) ]) _* r
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! ~! j u# c8 o. Z, B h1 G) ^沒有。 1 R9 Y4 B! V2 ?" 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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就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 # x. s( ^" Z' M$ M$ A
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"....Okay, here it is."
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. }& j- S2 W9 M8 ~1 f$ [# dOK，找到了。 - Z+ G# ^( K7 q& X# H* A
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"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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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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0 D" K- d& j. ]1 |0 W' z+ r"I can't reach." 2 @, |8 |7 h1 i$ A
/ w+ s0 R2 U( M" b. t4 i" K% M我搆不到。 - T. Y3 Y \, i8 u5 r: l8 w! F: y
5 \! D+ G7 b7 H, [7 x3 f% n/ F"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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3 N4 n7 v9 M# e0 ?% E U嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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* h7 P4 ?) ?& i3 Q0 {, c"No." 5 q8 I" j% ^; @+ f& a- c
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* X8 t# Q. ~, M( T( H* T8 g"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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# M3 E- L A+ |5 y"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." 7 M3 E+ P# D; x* |) a# v
* G, C/ N3 u; t0 A$ F7 g喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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9 }. B7 |* I4 t. L2 N" R" K5 N"Dark?" 0 S1 j* o, p! |& s- `+ i: A' z
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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comingfrom 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。 $ D" p/ Q( y; {5 y3 m0 A: v
# V$ C4 f) h1 r) I4 ^"Well, turn on the office light then."
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5 q$ e, ?! B b- W. o那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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9 L: `, q9 @9 T$ B"I can't."
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" ? }& Y0 l x8 b5 j) e沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?"
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' j! n$ ?) A! Z2 `3 X沒辨法？為什麼？ % [0 z3 m, g" R8 D: r9 \
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"Because there's a power outage."
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5 ]2 Z0 J' z! b9 ~因為停電啊! % f3 n9 n+ G" V
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 6 m1 `1 f+ p$ d* z
$ e! X/ I- v1 X* R3 WDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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9 u. E/ A8 g9 c* xyourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， g3 w1 S5 s( }2 G( Z
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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？ 5 w2 E( O& h) F; H
f& W3 D% n" P"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." , c: o% K2 r0 K; H7 h
- O: K! i+ T( A+ s! z+ _嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 + Z2 V- r5 J, [- ]
" m# y( h9 O, ^7 @+ _2 v) L"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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( y. F: O3 R& E0 d) Hit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." 2 j3 h a! n4 X2 j! t8 Z3 n
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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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& e' D6 E: }6 ~# |7 ~9 n就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 . Z" b3 k( e% k, Q: K2 h
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"Really? Is it that bad?" ) P5 S# w% `3 z
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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) q) L& l; d/ S1 J"Yes, I'm afraid it is." # ?8 w4 L2 z0 G# ~5 q1 j
7 G, J0 S8 T H+ t; V% j7 _是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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/ h, Z% `, K% R2 J) ~; v ~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』。
