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Real Books Quicker to Read than E-books
傳統書籍的閱讀速度勝過電子書
People can read traditional printed books a good bit faster than e-books on tablet computers, a new study has found.
根據一項最新研究，看傳統紙質書的速度比在平板電腦上看電子書的速度要快。
The study tested peoples’ pace of reading on two populare-reader tablets-Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle 2-as well as a standard PC monitor and a regular book.
研究將人們在兩種熱門的電子閱讀器——蘋果的iPad 和亞馬遜的Kindle2——上閱讀的速度進行了對比，還和在普通電腦屏幕上看書的速度以及看傳統紙質書的速度進行了對比。
The 24 study participants read short stories by the author Ernest Hemingway, chosen “because his work is pleasant and engaging to read, and yet not so complicated that it would be above the heads of users,” said Jakob Nielsen, who led the study for the Nielsen Norman Group.
24 名參與者應邀參加實驗，實驗內容是看海明威的短篇小說。該研究是尼爾森·諾曼咨詢集團發起的，研究的負責人雅各布·尼爾森說，選擇海明威的小說是因為“他的作品引人入勝，而又不晦澀難懂”。
On average, it took people more than 17 minutes to read the selected tales, which Nielsen wrote is “enough to get them immersed in the story” and is also “representative for many other formats of interest, such as whitepapers and reports.”
參與者平均用了超過17 分鐘來看完選出的故事，17 分鐘的時間在尼爾森看來足以讓他們“沉浸到故事內容當中”。
To make sure people did not just skim the stories, the participants were given a reading comprehension tests afterward.
為確保參與者不會跳讀，在測試結束后參與者還要完成一套閱讀理解題。
Overall, the study revealed that people read text 6.2 percent slower on an iPad than on the printed page. With the Kindle, reading was 10.7 percent slower.
總的來看，在iPad 上看書比看紙質書速度要慢6.2%，而用Kindle2 的速度則要慢上10.7%。
Nielsen noted that this difference between the e-readers was not statistically significant, however, so in the end the only fair statement is that “tablets still haven’t beaten the printed book,” Nielsen wrote.
不過尼爾森說，在各種電子閱讀器上閱覽的速度差別并不大。最后唯一合理的結論就是“電子書尚未完全打敗傳統紙質書”。
Study participants also rated each reading implement from one to seven-with seven being the highest-and provided feedback as well.
參與者還被要求給每種閱讀工具打分——范圍為1 分到7 分——并給出反饋意見。
The default iBook app on the iPad used for the test took top prize, but just barely, scoring a 5.8. Amazon’s Kindle, the close runner-up, ranked 5.7 and the regular book came in third by a hair at 5.6.
iPad 上使用的iBook 程序得分最高，不過也只得到了5.8 分。Kindle2 排在第二，得分為5.7 分，傳統紙質書則為5.6 分。
