雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(78)
One point concerning the form of organisation struck me very strongly.
The engineering work was in every case being done in the same building with the more mathematical work.
他們的工程工作，與數學工作，是在同一棟大樓中完成的。I am convinced that this is the right approach.
我相信這是一條正確的路。
It is not possible for the two parts of the organisation to keep in sufficiently close touch otherwise. They are too deeply interdependent.
在我們的組織中，這兩個部分無法緊密聯繫，但實際上他們是需要互相依賴的。We are frequently finding that we are held up due to ignorance of some point which could be cleared up by the engineers, and the Post Office find similar difficulty;
我們一直都在耽誤進度，因爲我們無法進行一些工作，這些本該由工程師來解決。而郵政實驗室也發現了這個問題，a telephone conversation is seldom effective because we cannot use diagrams.
電話溝通的效率非常低，因爲電話裏無法展示圖表。Probably more important are the points which are misunderstood, but which would be cleared up if closer contact were maintained, because they would come to light in casual discussion.
更重要的是，如果這些工程問題能迅速解決，如果這兩部分能夠保持緊密的聯繫，我們就可以進行許多日常的自由討論，從中可以得到許多靈感。It is clear that we must have an engineering section at the ace site eventually, the sooner the better, I would say.
我們必須要有一個工程團隊，我必須要說，這件事越快越好。Looking on the bright side my visit confirmed that our work so far has been on the right lines.
從好的一面看，我的美國之行讓我確定，我們的工作走在正確的道路上。It is probable that the Princeton machine, based on the Selectron, will have some advantage over the ace in speed, but our proposed machine has some compensating advantages, and I think that, other things being equal, it is better that the two different types should both be tried.
普林斯頓的機器可能在速度方面比ACE快，但我們的機器有其它優勢，我認爲這兩種方案都值得嘗試。The Princeton group seem to me much the most clear headed and far sighted of these American organisations, and I shall try to keep in touch with them.
我認爲在美國的所有組織當中，普林斯頓這個團隊的方向最清楚、視野最開闊，所以我應該試着跟他們保持聯繫。We shall eventually obtain a word-for-word account of the conference. All the information given was 'unclassified'.
最終，我們得到了一份詳細的會議記錄，所有的信息都是不保密的。
