2023/10/26 05:30
◎孫宇青
On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell’s "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free Public Library.
在1904年2月14日，對一種關鍵自然力量的新興可能性感到好奇的某人，從新貝福德免費公共圖書館借閱詹姆斯．克勒克．馬克斯威爾的《電力基礎論》。
It would take 119 years and the sharp eyes of a librarian in West Virginia before the scientific text finally found its way back to the library.
整整119年過去，這本科學著作才終於在西維吉尼亞一名圖書館員的火眼金睛下，被歸還給圖書館。
- Oct 26 Thu 2023 10:22
中英對照讀新聞》Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years late 嚴重逾期119年的書籍重回麻薩諸塞州的圖書館
- Oct 25 Wed 2023 15:33
中英對照讀新聞》Meta, Google balk as Canada spells out new online news law加拿大說明新網路新聞法細節，元宇宙、Google拒絕
2023/10/25 05:30
◎管淑平
Ottawa on Friday spelled out how a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for news content will work in practice, including how much it could cost Meta and Google.
渥太華週五訂出一項要求數位巨擘向新聞內容發行商付費的新法律實施細則，包括元宇宙和Google公司可能要支付多少費用。
The government estimated it could cost the two companies a combined Can$230 million by requiring them to make fair commercial deals with Canadian outlets for the news and information that is shared on their platforms, or face binding arbitration.
此法案要求這兩家公司針對在其平台上分享的新聞，與加國新聞和資訊機構訂出公平的商業協議，否則將面臨具約束力的仲裁，加國政府估計，這兩家公司可能因此合計要付出2億3000萬加幣。
- Oct 24 Tue 2023 08:52
中英對照讀新聞》Vikings had windows, another shift away from their image as barbaric Norsemen, Danish museum says丹麥博物館稱，維京人有窗戶，這是他們擺脫野蠻諾曼人形象的另一個轉變
2023/10/24 05:30
◎盧永山
Vikings had windows, meaning Norsemen dignitaries sat in rooms lit up by apertures with glass, Danish researchers said Thursday. The glass panes can be dated from long before the churches and castles of the Middle Ages, they said.
丹麥研究人員週四表示，維京人時代就有窗戶，這意味著諾曼人（維京人）的要人坐在被玻璃孔照亮的房間裡。他們說，這些玻璃窗格的歷史，可以追溯到中世紀的教堂和城堡。
“This is yet another shift away from the image of unsophisticated barbaric Vikings swinging their swords around,” said Mads Dengsø Jessen, a senior researcher with the National Museum in Copenhagen.
哥本哈根國家博物館高級研究員麥斯‧鄧瑟‧耶森表示：「與單純的野蠻維京人揮舞著劍的形象相比，這又是另一個轉變。」
- Oct 18 Wed 2023 11:05
中英對照讀新聞》Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence德國締造其籃球史上最大冷門
2023/10/18 05:30
◎管淑平
Germany pulled off the biggest upset of its basketball existence, and hardly anyone back home seemed to notice.
德國上演其籃球賽史上最大冷門，而在其國內似乎很少人注意。
The Germans held on to beat the United States 113-111 in the Basketball World Cup semifinals on Friday in Manila and reach the final for the first time, setting up a game against Serbia on Sunday for the title.
德國隊週五在馬尼拉舉行的世界盃男子籃球準決賽中，堅持到最後，以113分對111分擊敗美國隊，首次進入決賽，準備在週日對上塞爾維亞，爭奪冠軍。
- Oct 17 Tue 2023 15:09
中英對照讀新聞》104-year-old Chicago woman dies days after making a skydive that could put her in the record books 104歲芝加哥婦女，在進行有望創下紀錄的高空跳傘後幾天，與世長辭
2023/10/17 05:30
◎魏國金
Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died.
最近進行高空跳傘、可能使她被金氏世界紀錄認證為從飛機一躍而下最高齡者的104歲芝加哥婦女桃樂西‧霍芙娜過世了。
On Oct. 1, Hoffner made a tandem skydive that could land her in the record books as the world’s oldest skydiver. She jumped out of a plane from 4,100 meters at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois.
