雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(35)
The implication was that the ACE could have taken over all the routine mental work of the British war effort.
Here he made what was for him an unusually good 'political' point: in a list of possible applications, 'Construction of range tables' came first.
圖靈首先給出了一個在政治上對他很有利的例子：在所有可能的應用中，排在首位的是構造射程表，This was the job for which the ENIAC had been specifically designed.
ENIAC正是爲此而設計的。
There followed four further examples of calculations of practical importance, which currently required months or years of work on desk machines.
接下來，他又舉了四個更具實際價值的例子，如果用臺式計算器來解決這些，就需要花費幾個月甚至幾年的時間。But another four were non-numerical, reflecting his much wider view of the nature of the computer, and indeed being much closer to his experience.
這四個例子，都是非數值問題，這體現了圖靈對於計算機的本質有着更爲廣泛的理解，而且也更加符合他自身的經歷。The first would have the computer interpreting a special language for describing electrical problems:
第一個例子，是一種用來描述電子問題的特殊語言：Given a complicated electrical circuit and the characteristics of its components, the response to given input signals could be calculated.
爲此目的，可以容易地設計一套用來描述組件的標準編碼，和一套用來描述連接關係的編碼。A standard code for the description of the components could easily be devised for this purpose, and also a code for describing connections.
爲此目的，可以容易地設計一套用來描述組件的標準編碼，和一套用來描述連接關係的編碼。It would mean the automatic solution of circuit problems such as he had spent weeks over at Hanslope. The second was a more mundane example of the world's work:
這意味着他在漢斯洛普花了好幾個星期的電路問題將可以由機器來自動解決。第二個例子更實際地反映了現實世界的工作：To count the number of butchers due to be demobilised in June 1946 from cards prepared from the army records.
根據軍隊提供的記錄卡片，自動地統計1946年6月的退伍人數。
