很久以前，每个曲别针都是手工做成的。
找到一个曲别针就像找到金子，那是真正的运气。
Find a pin then was like finding gold. And that's real luck.
这把刀太大了，我们需要小点的东西，比如曲别针。
The knife is too big, you need something smaller, a safety pin or...
他已练就了在微观物体表面雕刻字母的绝佳技艺，包括雕刻螺丝钉的尖端、饰针的顶部和曲别针的尖端。
He has perfected a technique of etching letters onto microscopic surfaces-including the tip of a screw, the head of a pin and the pointed end of a paperclip.
用那个策念头、一些曲别针、一把刀子和一把叉子，另有一架电视天线等东西，建起了他本身的通信装配。
E. T. built his own communicator out of the fuzz buster, some hobby pins, a knife and fork, and the UHF tuner from the TV set... E. t.
前些年，一位加拿大青年用小小的曲别针换了一栋别墅，引起网络上的一片沸腾，也让无数“换客”争相仿效。
A few years ago, a young Canadian exchanged a villa with a paper clip which created much of a stir on the Internet, and numerous people followed his suit afterwards.
在一个标准曲别针的尖端，他成功地刻下了莎士比亚《皆大欢喜》中的名句“全世界是一个大舞台，所有的男男女女只不过是演员”。
And onto the pointed end of a standard paperclip he managed to fit Shakespeare's "all the world's a stage: and all the men and women merely players," from As You Like it.
衣架的构思来源于展开的曲别针。两种类型的衣架通过“展开”形成：可以动的站立的一个，还有被固定悬挂的照明集成一个。
The idea of clothes racks comes from unfolding paper clips. Two types of clothes racks are formed by "unfolding" : moveable standing ones, and fixed hanging ones with lighting integrated.
2006年时，加拿大博主凯尔·麦克唐纳德的易物故事被传为佳话，他以一枚红色曲别针，经过数次网上交易，最后换了套别墅。
In 2006, Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who bartered his way from a single red paper clip to a house, through a series of online trades became a much-told tale.
我从来没有想过我能离开订书机或者曲别针整整一年，但是我很高兴的告诉大家，我做到了，因为我发现把文件装订到一起并不像我想象的那么重要。
I never thought I could go a year without a stapler or paperclips - but I'm happy to report that I have. I guess attaching papers isn't as important as I'd thought!
我从来没有想过我能离开订书机或者曲别针整整一年，但是我很高兴的告诉大家，我做到了，因为我发现把文件装订到一起并不像我想象的那么重要。
I never thought I could go a year without a stapler or paperclips - but I'm happy to report that I have. I guess attaching papers isn't as important as I'd thought!
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