雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(49)

There was a more general difficulty facing the ACE project.

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此外，ACE項目還面臨着一個更加全局性的困難，

It was one analogous to the arrival of the Enigma information in 1940.

類似於1940年的謎機項目所處的境況。

Alan had poured out a decade's worth of ideas into the lap of an organisation which had not been noted for innovation.

圖靈把領先世界幾十年的思想，傾注在了一個迂腐落後的組織中。

In 1940 the cryptanalysts had naively expected that the government could take the deciphered messages and put them to good effect.

1940年，密碼專家們天真地希望，政府能夠充分重視並利用破譯的情報，把它們的價值發揮出來，

In fact it had needed two years of painful adjustment before this could be done, even with all the pressure of war.

因爲這些是他們揹負戰爭的重壓，嘔心瀝血花了兩年時間纔得到的成果。

Now again the cornucopian abundance of the ACE design would require a change in attitudes.

如今ACE的先進設計，同樣需要觀念上的轉變，

But there was no precedent for it, and although the administrators talked knowingly about what was needed, they had no clear idea of how to proceed.

但是因爲沒有先例，所以他們不知道該怎麼辦。

There was no tradition of major innovation at the NPL, and the ACE project brought out the conservative and negative character of the institution.

在國家物理實驗室，從未有過這種躍變式的創新，ACE項目暴露了這個組織的保守和消極。

Just as in 1941, Alan was impatient and uncomprehending of the organisational inertia.

同樣，正如在1941年一樣，圖靈對於這種組織惰性，完全沒有耐心去了解或適應。