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People knew how to press blocks of wood,
此前人们只知道怎样从木块上印刷
but his innovation was to turn into an industrial process.
但他的发明将印刷术向工业进程化方向转变
Manufacture books. No one had ever done that before.
此前从未有人做过印制书籍这些事
A goldsmith by trade, he carves letters in metal
一个金匠把字母刻在活字合金上
That can be moved around and rearranged.
它们可以四处移动 重新排列
An infinite variety of words and sentences.
这样就可组成无数个不同的单词和句子
To print the text, a modified wine press.
用来印刷文章的 是一部改造过的酒榨机
He's been working on his invention for over a decade,
他花了十多年来研究自己的发明
But now he has run out of money.
但后来他资金枯竭
He persuades a wealthy businessman To see the press in action
于是他说服一个富有的商人 来参观活字印刷的运行
And invest in it, if it really works.
如果成功了 就向其投资
Once you lined up that type on that page,
只要排好了那一页
one person could print off a dozen pages or a thousand pages, it didn't matter.
一个人就能印刷一打纸 甚至一千张 但那不重要
The Information Age begins here.
信息时代由此开始
