中国人发明了印刷术。
印刷术发明于何时？
让我先回顾下在印刷术之前的视力矫正是什么样的。
First let me back up a bit and talk about vision correction before the printing press.
印刷术的直接影响下，手写版就已经流行的书籍得到更多传播，不那么流行的作品却不再传播。
The immediate effect of printing was to increase the circulation of works that were already popular in a handwritten form, while less popular works went out of circulation.
在15世纪，印刷术得到发展，纸张成为欧洲书籍的主要材料，在此之前的主要材料是羊皮纸。
During the 1400s, when printing was being developed, paper became the predominant material for books in Europe, but prior to that, it was parchment.
马歇尔·麦克卢汉和沃尔特·翁认为，印刷术帮助语言进一步从声音转向视觉，为我们痴迷于屏幕的当下铺平了道路。
Marshall McLuhan and Walter Ong thought print helped further reorient language from sound to vision, paving the way for our screen-fixated present.
宋朝的毕昇发明了活字印刷术。
Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing in Song Dynasty.
活字印刷术是什么时候发明的？
15世纪西方印刷术有了很大进步。
The fifteenth century saw big progress in printing technology in the west.
它比德国的印刷术早了大约400年。
毕昇经过多次尝试，发明了活字印刷术。
Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing after trying many times.
活字印刷术在中国文化中占有重要地位。
The movable type printing plays an important role in Chinese culture.
活字印刷术、指南针、火药和造纸术被称为中国四大发明。
The movable type printing, the compass (指南针) , gun powder and the paper making are called four great inventions of China.
二十四节气被认为是中国继造纸术、印刷术、指南针和火药之后的第五大发明。
The 24 Solar Terms is regarded as China's fifth great invention, after papermaking, printing, the compass and gunpowder.
试想，互联网正在像印刷术一样变革我们的通信环境。
Imagine that the net represents a similar kind of transformation in our communications environment to that wrought by printing.
这告诉我们印刷术并没有改变设计的必要性，简约当道。
Which tells us printing capabilities don't change the design imperative. Simplicity now rules.
印刷术的普及改变了一切，词语开始获得一个(似乎)固定的意思。
It was the widespread use of the printing press that changed all that. The nature of words began to acquire an (apparently) settled meaning.
然而，尽管印刷术没能改善古滕伯格的生活，它却颠覆了他的欧洲同胞们的生活。
But although printing may not have improved Gutenberg's life, it revolutionised the lives of his fellow Europeans.
印刷术发明以前，类似托勒密所制的地图很少见，而且价格不菲，因为当时的地图必须以手工绘制。
Before the invention of printing, maps like Ptolemy's were rare and expensive because they had to be hand drawn.
弗朗西斯·培根，一位英国科学哲学家，在17世纪初强调说三项最重要的发明是火药、罗盘和印刷术。
Writing at the beginning of the 17th century, Francis Bacon, an English philosopher of science, maintained that the three most important inventions were gunpowder, the magnetic compass and printing.
Dale是现存少数几家为手工印刷术铸造金属字模的公司之一，它为达里女士提供了一套全新的字模。
Dale is one of the few firms that casts metal type for use in handset printing, and has provided her with a supply of virgin type.
毫不夸张地说，自从印刷术以来，还没有哪种媒体技术像万维网一样如此广泛的改变了人们的思想，工作以及娱乐方式。
It is no exaggeration to say that not since the invention of the printing press has a new media technology altered the way people think, work and play quite so extensively.
它们中的大多数以叹为观止的摄影为特色，并使用了排版印刷术和色彩，让你看到它们就能想起那个特别的城市或国家。
Most of them feature stunning photography and use typography and color that are reminiscent of the particular city or country.
正如1750年没有人能够预测蒸汽机的影响，或者1450年的人们之于活字印刷术，还有1950年的人们之于晶体管，现在的人们也难以预知3d印制技术的长期影响。
Just as nobody could have predicted the impact of the steam engine in 1750-or the printing press in 1450, or the transistor in 1950-it is impossible to foresee the long-term impact of 3d printing.
本尼迪克特.安德森 （Benedict Anderson ）认为，印刷术促使支离破碎的欧洲大陆上共用一种语言的读者自视为“想象共同体”，这对现代民族国家的形成极为重要。
Benedict Anderson thought print helped readers of a common language in a highly fragmented Europe think of themselves as an "imagined community, " crucial to forming the modern nation-state.
本尼迪克特.安德森 （Benedict Anderson ）认为，印刷术促使支离破碎的欧洲大陆上共用一种语言的读者自视为“想象共同体”，这对现代民族国家的形成极为重要。
Benedict Anderson thought print helped readers of a common language in a highly fragmented Europe think of themselves as an "imagined community, " crucial to forming the modern nation-state.
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