A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
科技
Technology
A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs.
报纸是一个社区的中心，它是社区的支柱之一，而这是不会被网站和博客所取代的。
Technology is essential to make the transition to a low-carbon economy and targets ... have a vital role to play in driving forward that progress.
技术是向低碳经济和目标转型的关键。在推动这一进展方面发挥至关重要的作用。
I'm not computer literate. I e-mail. I know how to get on the Web, but I haven't crossed over into the internet world. I'm old-fashioned, I guess.
我不懂电脑。我的电子邮件。我知道如何上网，但我还没有进入互联网世界。我想我过时了。
The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
网络迫使我严于律己，不浪费时间——但在网络发明之前，无论如何都有很多这样做的机会。
I definitely think what drives technology companies is the people; because in a technology company it's always about what are you going to do next.
我绝对认为驱动科技公司的是人;因为在一家科技公司里，你接下来要做什么总是很重要的。
There is a good case for showing that airplanes, machines, the telephone and the radio do not make men of today happier than those of former times.
有充分的理由表明，飞机、机器、电话和收音机并没有使今天的人们比过去的人们更幸福。
Just because someone can sit behind a computer screen and have a different name and hide themselves, they feel like they can do anything to anyone.
仅仅因为有人可以坐在电脑屏幕后面，用不同的名字隐藏自己，他们就觉得自己可以对任何人做任何事。
The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.
知识产权状况越来越差。要成为一名程序员，你需要像了解技术一样了解法律。
We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.
我们在这里不断地学习新的知识。我们收集的经验将使我们能够在月球上建立一个长期的空间站，并前往火星。
The purpose of science is not to analyze or describe but to make useful models of the world. A model is useful if it allows us to get use out of it.
科学的目的不是分析或描述世界，而是建立有用的世界模型。模型是有用的，如果它允许我们使用它。
My invention, (the motion picture camera), can be exploited... as a scientific curiosity, but apart from that it has no commercial value whatsoever.
我的发明，(电影摄影机)，可以被利用…但除此之外，它没有任何商业价值。
Laboratories can reduce risk by implementing a proven and internationally accepted quality assurance technology that is applicable across the globe.
实验室可以通过实施一种经过验证的、国际认可的、适用于全球的质量保证技术来降低风险。
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Wouldn't it be great if the technology we used to take care of ourselves was as good as the technology we use to make money?
如果我们用来照顾自己的技术和我们用来赚钱的技术一样好，那不是很棒吗?
Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.
尽管技术上有了很大的进步，但归根结底还是一个男人或一个女人和麦克风，播放音乐，分享故事，谈论问题——与观众交流。
Every contrivance of man, every tool, every instrument, every utensil, every article designed for use, of each and every kind, evolved from a very simple beginnings.
人类的每一项发明、每一件工具、每一件仪器、每一件器物、每一种为使用而设计的物品，都是从非常简单的开始发展起来的。
The number one benefit of information technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative. It lets people be productive. It lets people learn things they didn't think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.
信息技术的最大好处是它使人们能够做他们想做的事情。它让人们变得有创造力。它让人们更有效率。它让人们学习他们以前认为自己学不到的东西，所以从某种意义上说，这一切都是关于潜力的。
The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.
发明的进步赋予了人类一个世纪前最大胆的想象所无法想象的力量。
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
人类创造的所有最伟大的技术发明——飞机、汽车、电脑——很少提到他的智力，但却充分说明了他的懒惰。