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Technology
I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible.
我认为是诗歌使太空行走成为可能。
It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.
这不是对技术的信仰。这是对人的信仰。
Oil is a very important component of economic growth.
石油是经济增长的一个非常重要的组成部分。
Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh.
微软当然为麦金塔电脑生产产品。
The computing field is always in need of new cliches.
计算机领域总是需要新的陈词滥调。
Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.
电脑之于设计就像微波炉之于烹饪。
We shape our tools and afterwards our tools shape us.
我们塑造我们的工具，然后我们的工具塑造我们。
The technology backbone is no longer an afterthought.
技术骨干不再是事后诸葛亮。
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master.
技术是有用的仆人，但也是危险的主人。
All science is dominated by the idea of approximation.
所有的科学都被近似的概念所支配。
Going forward, it's a mobile first, cloud first world.
展望未来，这是一个移动第一，云第一的世界。
Cyberspace is the fun house mirror of our own society.
网络空间是我们社会的一面镜子。
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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。
You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.
你可能不认为程序员是艺术家，但编程是一种极具创造性的职业。它是基于逻辑的创造力。
People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?
人们今天比以往活得更长。他们过着更快乐的生活，拥有更多的知识和信息。所有这些都是通信技术的结果。有什么不好的?
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。
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
对于一项成功的技术，现实必须凌驾于公共关系之上，因为自然是不会被愚弄的。
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。