chine, it was possible to count the number of cards with particular combinations of attributes.
7) Hollerith also invented a sorting machine, to facilitate the tabulation of subsets of the population. When a card was inserted into the tabulating machines, the counters would be updated accordingly,
and the appropriate drawer in the sorting machine would open.
8) When it came to choosing a tabulating machine for the 1890 census, Hollerith‘s design was one of three contenders. The other two machines used colour-coded slips of paper and chips of wood to represent information. In a competition between them it took 72 hours to record all the data on to Hollerith’s punched cards, which was not vastly faster than the 144 hours and 100 hours taken by the other two machines.
9) The real advantage of Hollerith‘s system became clear, however, when it came to manipulating the stored date and compiling the results. Hollerith’s machines took less than six hours; the other machines took 55 and 44 hours respectively. His design was chosen, and his machines compiled the results of the 1890 census in a mere six weeks, at a saving to the Census Bureau of $5million in staff costs—ten times more than expected.
10) This success enabled Hollerith to expand his Tabulating Machine Company into overseas markets. In 1911, the company merged with two others, and in 1924 the new firm changed its name to International Business Machine—now better known as IBM. There is, in other words, a direct line from Hollerith‘s tabulating machines to mainframe computers and, in 1981, to the first IBM PC.
11) It is ironic that today‘s computer industry has its origins in a date-processing project carried out in 1890 that was completed on time and under budget, Modern computerisation projects, in contrast, tend to have far more in common with Babbage’s ill-fated attempt to build a mechanical computer, which cost a fortune and was eventually abandoned. Perhaps the fact that Hollerith is forgotten, while Babbage is remembered, should not be surprising at all.
tabulate: 制表
Now, translate the following sentences into Chinese:
1. Babbage intended his elaborate故“calculating engines” to be used by scientists, in much the same way specialist supercomputers are today. (in paragraph 2)
2.His first design, patented in 1884, used a long strip of paper into which holes were punched to represent information. (in paragraph 5)
3. At the same time, he switched from a strip to punched cards. (in paragraph 6)
4. The other two machines used colour-coded slips of paper and chips of wood to represent information. (in paragraph 8)
5. This success enabled Hollerith to expand his Tabulating Machine Company into overseas markets. (in paragraph 10)
参考译文:
1、 拜倍格打算把他精心设计的“计算机”(用于计算的机器)提供给科学家使用,使用方式差不多就象现在专家使用的