T9908“请你翻译”

　　T9907“请你翻译”参考译文：

实时处理

　　联机处理最复杂和高速的形式是实时系统，该系统不仅能使用户访问各式各样的文件，而且允许多个用户访问计算机系统。实时系统提供及时访问数据和立即处理事务的能力。实时处理系统价格昂贵，它需要一个大型计算机和高速通信设备用以快速处理来自各地办公室的大量数据。它还必须支持人与该系统的交互功能以及同硬件组成的网络。一个实时系统能及时监视大量的业务活动。
　　实时系统的实例有航空订票系统、小汽车出租公司管理系统。贯穿全国的股票交易也采用了实时计算机系统。实时系统支持着一个充满活力的机构，该机构必须处理来自各地的瞬息变化的数据，在数据出现时就立即进行处理，这就为用户提供了新的信息。
　　国际航空订票系统一个非常有趣的特点是它的多语言处理能力。通常，它们的中心计算机设置在欧洲一些城市，而售票处则遍布全世界，这些系统能对顾客用各种语言做的查问作出响应，不论在何时何地，各种事务都能在几秒钟内处理完成。通信卫星的使用提高了订票系统的数据输入速度和计算机响应速度。
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　　 T9908“请你翻译”原文：

Office Automation

　　Office automation is the application of computer and communications technology to improve the productivity of clerical and managerial office workers. In the mid－1950s,the term was used as a synonym for almost any form of data processing, referring to the ways in which bookkeeping tasks were automated. After some years of disuse, the term was revived in the mid－1970s to describe the interactive use of word and text processing systems, which would later be combined with powerful computer tools, thereby leading to a so－called “Integrated electronic office of the future”.
　　The major functional components of an office automation system include text processing, electronic mail, information storage and retrieval, personal assistance features, and task management. These may be implemented on various types of hardware and usually include a video display terminal, a keyboard for input, and a hard－copy output device for “letter－quality” printing.
　　Today's organizations have a wide variety of office automation hardware and software components at their disposal. The list includes telephone and computer systems,electronic mail, word processing, desktop publishing, database management systems, two－way cable TV, office－to－office satellite broadcasting, on－line database services, and voice recognition,and synthesis.Each of these components is intended to automate a task or function that is presently performed manually.But experts agree that the key to attaining office automation lies in integration－incorporating all the components into a whole system such that information can be processed and communicated with maximum technical and minimum human intervention.This goal can be acomplished when(1)computer,communication,and office equipment are networked and(2)an office worker can easily access the entire system through a personal computer sitting on his or her desk.Then it will be possible to change substantially the way people work in an office.

本文出自：《电脑报》1999年10月4日第39期