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Now a technology first developed in China Will be perfected in Europe.
同时 一项起源于中国的技术 将在欧洲得以完善
It will change the world as dramatically as gunpowder.
它将如火药一般 戏剧性地改变世界
1450, Mainz, Germany.Johannes Gutenberg.
1450年 德国美因茨(西部港市) 约翰内斯·古腾堡
Goldsmith, entrepreneur,Inventor of the printing press.
一个金匠 企业家 也是印刷术的发明者
It's still one of the greatest stories in the history of invention.
直至今天 这仍是史上 最伟大的发明之一
You think about the impact that had,
想想它带来的影响吧
it's really hard to underestimate it.
根本不容我们低估
In 15th-century Europe,Books are only in reach of the clergy and the rich.
在十五世纪的欧洲 只有神职人员和富人能接触到书籍
Handwritten and labor-intensive,
通过手写和高强度的人力
It takes as long as three years To produce one copy of the Bible.
通常要花三年时间 才能抄写完一部圣经
It was like having this powerful force,knowledge,
就好像这股强大的力量 也就是知识
that's locked in these objects called books,
被锁在这些叫做书籍的物体里
and almost nobody has these things.
却几乎没人可以拥有它
The Chinese invented wood-block printing 700 years earlier.
中国人在早七百年前发明了木刻印刷术
But it was slow, complex work.
但它速度迟缓 工序复杂
