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The Creator of the First Computerized Word Processor Passed Away

第一台文字處理器

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The Creator of the First Computerized Word Processor Passed Away
「刪除」及「複製貼上」
Evelyn Berezin, a computer designer and businesswoman who created the first computerized word processor, died aged 93.
商業家、電腦設計師艾芙琳貝雷辛(Evelyn Berezin)日前逝世,享壽93歲,她製作了第一台電腦化的文字處理器。
computerize(v.)電腦化processor(n.)處理器
She was a pioneer who saved us from the shackles of the old-fashioned typewriter and introduced us to the convenient functions of “delete” and “copy and paste” half a century ago.
艾芙琳是一位先驅,讓我們不用再面對老舊沈重的打字機,在半個世紀前帶來方便的文字編輯功能,包含「刪除」、「複製貼上」。
pioneer(n.)先驅shackles(n.)鐐銬function(n.)功能
After graduating from the New York University, Evelyn Berezin designed an early prototype of a computerized word processing system.
於紐約大學畢業後,艾芙琳貝雷辛設計早期的電腦化系統。
prototype(n.)原型computerize(v.)電腦化process(v.)處理
She not only created the first word processor, she was also the founder and president of the Redactron Corporation, a tech start-up on Long Island that was the first company exclusively engaged in manufacturing and selling the revolutionary machines.
她不僅打造了第一台文字處理器,也是Redactron Corporation的創辦人兼總裁,這家位於長島的科技新創公司,是首家專門生產和銷售電腦化文字處理器的公司。
processor(n.)處理器founder(n.)創辦人exclusively(adv.)僅僅、專門=onlyengaged in投入manufacture(v.)生產evolutionary(adj.)革命性的
In 1968, Evelyn Berezin invented the first computerized word processor, surpassing the old one from IBM.
在1968年,艾芙琳貝雷辛發明了第一台電腦化的文字處理器,效率超越IBM的舊款。
computerize(v.)電腦化processor(n.)處理器surpass(v.)超越
The very first model of the word processor looked like a washing machine without the monitor. After many processes of optimization, the word processors came with screens for words to trickle across and more programmed features to streamline the writing and editing tasks.
第一台文字處理器外觀像洗衣機,沒有螢幕,在經過多次改良後,才配備了顯示文字的螢幕及其他編輯程式,
processor(n.)處理器optimization(n.)優化、完善program(v.)電腦程式設計的feature(n.)功能streamline(v.)簡化
It simplified the work of authors, journalists and other writers.
這台處理器簡化了作家、記者及其他書寫者的工作。
simplify(v.)簡化
Although Evelyn Berezin was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in Los Angeles in 2011, she remains a relatively unknown and underappreciated figure to the public.
雖然艾芙琳貝雷辛在2011年入選洛杉磯科技女性名人堂(Women Technology Hall of Fame),對大眾來說,她還是一位相對沒有名氣、也很少收到感謝的人物。
induct(v.)使⋯⋯正式成為relatively(adv.)相對地
She nonetheless played a significant role in revolutionizing computer sciences as well as the computer industry.
不過她的創新貢獻,仍讓她成為電腦產業的重要角色。
nonetheless(adv.)然而、但是significant(adj.)重要的revolutionize(v.)革新

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computerize(v.)
電腦化
processor(n.)
處理器
pioneer(n.)
先驅
shackles(n.)
鐐銬
function(n.)
功能
prototype(n.)
原型
process(v.)
處理
founder(n.)
創辦人
exclusively(adv.)
僅僅、專門=only
engaged in
投入
manufacture(v.)
生產
evolutionary(adj.)
革命性的
surpass(v.)
超越
optimization(n.)
優化、完善
program(v.)
電腦程式設計的
feature(n.)
功能
streamline(v.)
簡化
simplify(v.)
簡化
induct(v.)
使⋯⋯正式成為
relatively(adv.)
相對地
nonetheless(adv.)
然而、但是
significant(adj.)
重要的
revolutionize(v.)
革新
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