双语畅销书《艾伦图灵传》第8章:水银延时线(38)
日期:2019-04-21 07:10

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Optics, hydraulics, and aerodynamics could be 'revolutionised'; the plastics industry could be 'advanced in a way that is impossible with present computing resources.'
光学、流体动力学和空气动力学将产生革命性的进展,塑料工业也会以一种"目前的计算能力不可能做到"的方式实现飞跃。
Besides the range table problem already noted by Alan, a problem expected to require three years of work by the existing Mathematics Division,
除了图灵提到的射程表问题之外,还有一个问题是数学部门预计要花三年才能解决的,
Womersley claimed that 'The machine will also grapple successfully with problems of heat-flow in non-uniform substances, or substances in which heat is being continuously generated'—of explosives old and new, in fact.
即沃默斯利所说的"该机器将会成功地解决非均匀物质中的热量流动问题"。
Womersley also claimed that 'the promised support of Commander Sir Edward Travis, ? of the Foreign Office, will be invaluable.'
沃默斯利同时还说:"外交部的爱德华·特拉维斯上校注所承诺的支持,将会获得不可估量的回报。"
On the more theoretical side, Womersley stressed that 'this device is not a calculating machine in the ordinary sense of the word.
在理论方面,沃默斯利强调:"这种设备并不是字面意义上的计算机,
One does not need to limit its functions to arithmetic.
它的功能并不仅限于算术,
It is just as much at home in algebra And on the more political side he drew attention to the large sums already expended in America on machines whose capacities would be far outstripped by the ACE.
它还可以轻松地处理代数问题……"在政治方面,沃默斯利着重强调,ACE将会胜过美国在这方面已经取得的成就。
More subtly, Womersley pointed to the advantage to be gained from having such a machine installed in the NPL:
更巧妙的是,沃默斯利还指出了在国家物理实验室部署这种设备的优势:
...we in this country, and particularly in this Division, have a unique contribution to make to world progress.
……我们这个国家,尤其是我们这个部门,在该领域的发展进程中,做出了独立的贡献。
I can say quite definitely that in the use of such equipment we shall be far more resourceful and cunning than the Americans.
我可以肯定地讲,在使用这种设备方面,我们比美国人拥有更多的资源和经验
...All the USA machines are in Electrical Engineering Departments.
……美国人的机器全都放在电子工程部门。
In this Division the machine will be in the hands of the user, rather than the producer ...
如果把这种设备部署在我们部门,那就是把它交给了真正的使用者,而不是制造者……

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