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And of course, a few of us are saying: okay, computers!
當(dāng)然，你們中的有些人會(huì)說(shuō)，計(jì)算機(jī)！
Computers! What about computers?
計(jì)算機(jī)！計(jì)算機(jī)是新東西吧？
The thing about computers is, I love computers.
不要誤會(huì)，我喜歡計(jì)算機(jī)，
I mean, I'm a huge geek, I love computers.
我超級(jí)喜歡計(jì)算機(jī)，
I would go on a hunger strike before I let them take away Google Book Search from me.
如果有人不讓我用谷歌的圖書(shū)搜索，我一定會(huì)絕食抗議。
But computers don't do much else other than speed up the process of compiling dictionaries.
但是，在字典編纂工作中，計(jì)算機(jī)能起到的作用，就是加快了編纂的工作進(jìn)程，僅此而已。
They don't change the end result.
計(jì)算機(jī)沒(méi)有改變最終結(jié)果。
Because what a dictionary is, is it's Victorian design merged with a little bit of modern propulsion.
因?yàn)樽值渚褪蔷S多利亞時(shí)代的設(shè)計(jì)和現(xiàn)代推動(dòng)力的整合。
It's steampunk. What we have is an electric velocipede.
沒(méi)什么，就是一臺(tái)電動(dòng)的腳踏車(chē)。
You know, we have Victorian design with an engine on it. That's all!
給維多利亞時(shí)代的設(shè)計(jì)加上一個(gè)引擎，僅此而已！
The design has not changed. And OK, what about online dictionaries, right?
設(shè)計(jì)上沒(méi)有任何變化。好，那線(xiàn)上字典呢？
Online dictionaries must be different.
線(xiàn)上字典不一樣了吧。
This is the Oxford English Dictionary Online, one of the best online dictionaries.
這是牛津線(xiàn)上英語(yǔ)字典，目前最好的線(xiàn)上字典之一。
This is my favorite word, by the way.
看一下一個(gè)我喜歡的詞，
Erinaceous: pertaining to the hedgehog family; of the nature of a hedgehog.
Erinaceous：屬于刺猬的；刺猬的本性。
Very useful word. So, look at that. Online dictionaries right now are paper thrown up on a screen.
非常有用的詞?？纯催@里，線(xiàn)上字典目前就是把紙質(zhì)版本放到屏幕前。
This is flat. Look how many links there are in the actual entry: two!
還是很平面。看看這個(gè)單詞有幾個(gè)鏈接？?jī)蓚€(gè)！
Right? Those little buttons, I had them all expanded except for the date chart.
對(duì)吧？那些小按鍵，除了日期紀(jì)錄，我把他們都展開(kāi)了。
So there's not very much going on here. There's not a lot of clickiness.
沒(méi)什么東西，沒(méi)什么可以點(diǎn)擊。
And in fact, online dictionaries replicate almost all the problems of print, except for searchability.
事實(shí)上，線(xiàn)上字典繼承了印刷品幾乎所有的毛病，除了搜索功能。
And when you improve searchability, you actually take away the one advantage of print, which is serendipity.
而當(dāng)搜索功能改善了，你同時(shí)也把印刷品的優(yōu)勢(shì)拿走，那就是能不經(jīng)意間有新的發(fā)現(xiàn)的能力。
Serendipity is when you find things you weren't looking for,
你能發(fā)現(xiàn)一些并不是你要找的東西，
because finding what you are looking for is so damned difficult.
其實(shí)是因?yàn)檎业侥阆胝业臇|西是如此困難。
