雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第4章:彼岸新星(76)

One underlying reason for this was economic.

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一個基本的原因是經費問題。

Denniston had to plead for an increase in staff to match the military activity in the Mediterranean.

丹尼斯頓申請增加人手，以便在地中海地區進行軍事工作。

In the autumn of 1935, the Treasury allowed an increase of thirteen clerks, although only on a temporary basis of six months at a time.

1935年秋天，財政部允許他增加13個職務，但只是爲期6個月的臨時工。

It was a typical communication from Denniston to the Treasury in January 1937 that read:

1937年1月，從丹尼斯頓對財務部的一次典型的通信中，可以看到：

The situation in Spain … remains so uncertain that there is an actual increase in traffic to be handled since the height of the Ethiopian crisis, the figures for cables handled during the last three months of 1934, 1935 and 1936 being

西班牙方面的情況……自從埃塞俄比亞危機之後，通信量確實增加了……下面是1934, 1935和1936年最後三個月掌握的通信量：

1934:10,638

1934:10,638

1935:12,696

1935:12,696

1936:13,990

1936:13,990

During the past month the existing staff has only been able to cope with the increase in traffic by working overtime.

在過去的一個月中，現有員工只能通過加班，來應對通信量的增長。

During 1937, the Treasury agreed to an increase in the permanent staff. But this measure did not meet a situation in which:33

1937年間，財務部同意了增加長期員工，但是這仍然不能解決這樣個情況：

The volume of German wireless transmissions … was increasing;

德國的無線通信量……增長了。