雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(44)
The small machine would not be a miniature substitute for the large machine but would later constitute a part of the full scale machine in due course.
It is hoped that the complete machine can be constructed in three years.
我們希望能在三年之內建造出完整機器……is proposed to proceed immediately, and with high priority, in the design and construction of this preliminary machine,
該項目計劃立刻開工，並在設計與建造原型機的過程中擁有高度的優先權，
but in doing so it is important to know that if it fulfils its promise there will be full backing for the greater sums required for the real operating machine.
如果它能實現預期效果，後期的完整機器將會得到更強力更全面的支持。In view of its rapidity of action, and of the ease with which it can be switched over from one type of problem to another it is very possible that the one machine would suffice to solve all the problems that are demanded of it from the whole country ...
考慮到這種機器的高速性，以及它能容易地從一種問題切換到另一種問題，很可能只要有一臺這樣的機器，就能有效地解決我們國家需要計算的全部問題……Darwin requested up to 10,000 pounds to be allocated to the 'small machine' in the current financial year.
在這一財年，達爾文申請爲原型機項目撥款10, 000英鎊。On 8 May 1946 the DSIR agreed to support his application, and also that if the 'small machine' fulfilled expectations then they would recommend the expenditure of up to 100,000 pounds on a full-scale machine.
1946年5月8日，科學與工學研究部同意支持這項申請，並同意如果原型機達到了預期目標，他們會考慮將完整機器的經費提高到100, 000英鎊。On 15 August the Treasury sanctioned the 10,000 pounds, although according to standard procedure refused further commitment.
8月15日，財政部批准了10, 000英鎊撥款。Meanwhile by 18 June the NPL had committed itself by sending a letter to the Post Office asking for development work on delay lines. The ACE was under way.
同時在6月18日，國家物理實驗室致信郵政實驗室，請求關於延遲線的技術成果。ACE項目正式啓動了。It might now be couched in terms more like those of a Five Year Plan than those getting on with it in a hut, but it still promised a machine that would solve all the problems demanded of it from the whole country.
它現在就像政府五年計劃一樣正規，而不再是臨時營房中的臨時項目了，但有一點是不變的，它們都是承諾了一種機器，能夠解決整個國家面臨的所有問題。The legacy of a total war, and of the capture of a total communication system, could now be turned to the construction of a total machine.
整個戰時項目和語音通信項目的所有遺產，現在都被用到了新機器的建造中。
