雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(48)
A further problem lay in the internal structure of the NPL.
At Hanslope, Alan had worked happily with Don Bayley, putting their different kinds of skill together.
圖靈曾經在漢斯洛普莊園，與唐·貝利一起愉快地工作，充分發揮各自不同的技能，將它們很好地結合起來。In this respect the Delilah project had been practice for the ACE, for he would have liked to work in much the same way again, if on a larger scale.
從這個角度來說，黛麗拉項目是ACE項目的一次彩排，圖靈希望現在仍然可以那樣工作，只不過是項目的規模增大了。
He had vaguely suggested that Don himself should come to the NPL.
圖靈曾經委婉地暗示，應該把唐·貝利調到國家物理實驗室。But the National Physical Laboratory did not encourage any such ad hoc, informal collaboration.
但是，國家物理實驗室卻不鼓勵這種特殊的非正式合作，Its division of labour drew a firm line between brain and hand.
這裏的人事部門，在腦力勞動和工程實踐之間劃出了非常清楚的界線。Alan was cast firmly in the role of the theoretical designer, and was not expected to know anything about practical engineering.
圖靈毫無疑問地被視爲純理論設計者，完全不需要他插手什麼工程方面的事情。The bureaucratic outlook of the NPL also showed in the form-filling and permission-seeking necessary for the requisition of equipment, Meanwhile, to make matters worse, the post-war chaos, presenting something akin to a black market in war surplus materials, called for the skills of the spiv in locating hardware of any kind.
這種官僚式的僵化作風，還體現在使用設備時必須填表申請批准。同時，更糟糕的是，戰後的混亂局面（比如發達的戰備物資黑市），使閒着的工程師都跑出去找機會發大財了。For these reasons, there was no immediate prospect of having engineers qualified to build the circuits, and there was no facility for Alan to conduct practical experiments himself.
由於這些原因，眼下找不到合適的人來製造ACE的電路，甚至找不到合適的設備以供圖靈自己動手。
