雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第5章:解謎接力賽(152)
Newman had been recruited by his friend P.M.S. Blackett, the Cambridge physicist (and King's College Fellow),
who had been Professor of Physics at Manchester since 1937, and was currently applying statistical analysis to the problem of convoy organisation.
P.M.S.布萊克特從1937年起，在曼徹斯特教授物理，目前正把研究數理統計在護航組織中的應用(For at last the Admiralty was allowing scientific interference with its operations as well as with its intelligence.)
（海軍終於允許科學家介入他們的行動了）。
Newman was assigned to the Research section to work on the Fish signals but found himself not particularly adept with the hand methods.
紐曼被分配到魚機的研究工作中，他認爲自己並不擅長研究手工方法，因此他設想了一套自動化的機械方法。The theoretical rationale was founded upon the statistical methods that Alan had developed during 1940 and 1941.
他的理論依據，就是基於艾倫在1940年至1941年提出的統計方法。These ideas, indeed, were crucial to Newman's plans.
這些想法對於紐曼的計劃非常重要，But the implementation of them would require the construction of entirely new machines to do very fast counting operations.
但要想實現它們，需要部署新的機器，以執行更快速的統計工作。Newman persuaded Travis to approve this development, and the existing links with the Post Office Research Station were brought into play as early as autumn 1942.
紐曼說服特拉維斯，批准了這個新計劃，而且郵政實驗室也在1942年秋天加入了這項工作。This recognition of their frustrated skills meant that the electronic engineers were able to make an impact after all.
他們認識到，電子技術將在這個項目中發揮作用。For the rest of 1942 the project was floundering on the engineering side,
1942年的其它時候，這個項目在工程方面遇到了很多困難，but this was not so much because of the electronics, as because of the mechanical difficulties associated with passing paper tape very rapidly through a reader.
但困難並不在於電子技術，而是在於如何高速讀取紙帶的機械問題。
