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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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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& p, f% J- E0 s( n! |"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." 5 @5 R" \* J, y3 q/ X
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 " s* s, j. u* i2 i
3 l9 ]; S7 B+ R2 {"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." ( o+ ^: f8 V. h! W Y
: r( g7 W0 ]$ Z' I我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 ' r# K+ X& m' e; F
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"Went away?"都不見了。 ! ?/ m9 m4 a; j. n* j" \
( d1 t/ ^ y! w5 J1 v% J+ ^"They disappeared."
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& p" @1 l; j) t/ k9 L- i7 ~它們都不見了。 5 ?9 P M: y* t3 n
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 3 V4 h+ ?! g0 v3 y
3 P$ t* q+ L+ k6 y( q嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ : \! [5 Z8 R# C$ Q b
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"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 ! x5 W% r5 {+ E! v/ ?
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"Nothing?" + w) Y1 b& e8 \$ X) H
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沒有任何東西？
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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: F `. [. q1 M螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 ; _! ^- {3 H& t
& u9 [3 Z9 c% R! Q2 G/ r5 `"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" - X! {% }8 k2 w3 O8 ]' B0 C- @
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 7 n r2 G7 w6 E, s. _
0 ]" h/ b9 z) X: {"How do I tell?" - J8 e P Z2 Z. E# f2 `4 X7 W
" V; Z8 G: r) E. O+ B* |我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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- h$ S: D7 p( M: k8 G5 s& [& Y' Y6 J你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ - i$ x) f$ E: ] C% V
$ M( D3 Y. k+ C# D1 ~! _) }" r0 G6 t"What's a sea-prompt?" / W* P* I* i8 }6 @8 O' [
7 I/ J4 t& g+ X' c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?" 9 d7 I2 F, `, G* P, [! \8 i
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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." $ ~9 V) T# J7 ?& a7 p3 X/ g
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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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% x& L [, y6 m6 z' e/ v- @, {# Y"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" ( m$ e2 p/ R2 X! H8 }
2 Q3 [3 }9 F5 Z6 w顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ + h7 n5 f5 h* X; @8 X5 _$ ^% S7 z1 F
# n4 h/ q% s, B"What's a monitor?"
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什麼是顯示器？ M, s- g4 l! k% K. R0 E: H
2 M- g! B% V8 K"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. ; L% Y) F8 a/ ?& R& f
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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1 E6 G/ J7 d3 S f* d就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， & W! t: V$ N8 T% U' U! d5 Z$ O
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 1 ]9 w, i6 f0 N4 v6 Y( ^
; m5 H- E% Q- y% ZI don't know." 1 g# d! Y: q, F5 R# x8 x9 t9 t
. k) Y7 X; N# q$ z我不懂耶。
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( ?' Q( h3 ^$ f" |+ T( v. [1 q& ]"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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' k% v- i) x: Y) ~, s% E"....Yes, I think so." 5 ], z0 o D, C( F/ e! j" h
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是，我想我看到了。 ' Q2 E5 X# X3 k) |5 B! T$ m. D
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." 2 H1 i; Y3 V3 b R. I
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ 8 U5 W# g; E; B
' M3 _( n% ^8 k0 ^7 A"....Yes, it is." + }/ A6 @5 }" |0 }$ A* N/ D J
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有啊! ) O, l9 ~8 {; J! w: v3 A9 r
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were $ | l1 |+ ?7 e3 K# {
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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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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"No."
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沒有。
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find ! H1 X& F7 P/ r! g5 E8 ^ N0 i4 O
9 Y7 ]0 \4 i5 S3 }theother cable." # l- ~. a4 o4 |0 c3 c- H
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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." % x/ [& b) c7 _$ z" v. {- u
# z/ q: @ s, J0 x& I; ~OK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into 7 v/ D+ p) t- O8 I8 [" t
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# O) h; b: ^6 [. Y0 {4 y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." ' @, ?9 V# \$ G2 y3 w& u1 m
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我搆不到。 ' Z2 f; F* y' b" z U: m: N+ y! x
0 a9 j/ u% B) q2 R4 k"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" ) T# C# d: @9 ?* R, I
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No." 7 ?+ ]$ X& f% r% E$ N
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看不到。 + u" S' Y1 X) k2 l
P" B2 r; A# O1 x% D( a"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？ ; r% t% i. T# W3 c7 b, D* U
. c4 \9 b4 @* u1 a5 L"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." ) d& K' Z8 }1 C
2 Z" ]' X$ C8 X. S, S1 n. a" Z9 w8 ~喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 , m4 i6 V8 l4 z+ |# S, |
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"Dark?"
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太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is " M. p$ Z! i* R7 ?- ~4 W
4 W+ S- A6 w# icomingfrom the window." - z# l# I5 L) w) z+ F5 s5 a
, U! f8 [3 [3 `2 G& v是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 + \0 K1 H) |& f7 L, }) d
9 X& Y* n8 V6 f, {"Well, turn on the office light then."
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" x* D1 r. v2 t+ t) u! i那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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2 o4 m8 f3 V, ]" ]7 J"I can't." 5 s* _& \% J' y' U6 M Z4 Y
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" @* Y: _3 L; o4 u
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage."
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6 g" _0 f% a$ \, O0 T+ X; L7 }因為停電啊!
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7 u4 q/ k& O4 @; n$ _: u. i"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. / s; a, n$ [3 Z( d; a5 U
* U8 m( T; S4 c2 fDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff - o1 g: ]/ h" e# A! [4 I
2 l2 Y& a5 }7 I2 a: _' W+ Y, cyourcomputer came in?" 7 p1 i& d0 @ P2 j4 l
* w4 a: g6 \' R( B& D. H8 M停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， ; ^. d8 L& y2 N1 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？ - i3 r: L$ S+ k9 V* C4 Y+ C6 }0 A$ F$ x
( ^6 ?/ b Y: C9 L: ^5 w"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." ; E* B, @+ s, l0 j& {* f& S
0 y# O9 s8 ^5 _" J5 m7 d嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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( l& v4 p( Z/ z, N5 |" \" O; Z"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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8 t- o2 \8 u9 u2 p/ n# ?" F# |+ F+ C很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， 2 f# Q! h/ T# X& {/ d* N
0 m5 f& a4 \3 Q6 h7 t @4 U& t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？ 0 [. ]+ d& `9 V- ]4 n0 e, `
8 E4 X% [4 I6 K! W8 r$ k2 c& s"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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+ d5 {! Y' w- W& [8 G) s是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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# K: h; q6 F d6 T) L5 j6 M"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" 2 m, X. f" _& d4 ]# g( j# M' e/ s
& ~; A% D% A4 H$ l4 d# _8 T喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ E ?; C9 T4 N5 Z2 \
% d, }2 z7 x7 p4 p0 i. ~' K4 n/ a"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." - [4 V6 i" k- ~( |. q# w, V
. d3 u) ]' Q% S1 u) g T就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
