印刷术是中国首先发明的。
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.
印刷术对文化的一大影响在于它促进了民族语言的发展。
The great cultural impact of printing was that it facilitated the growth of national languages.
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.
活字印刷术是什么时候发明的？
宋朝的毕昇发明了活字印刷术。
Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing in Song Dynasty.
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.
中国发明了印刷术。
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.
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.
这就是印刷术发挥作用的地方。
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.
这种担心可以追溯到至少是活字印刷术的出现。
This fear dates back to at least the invention of movable type.
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.
印刷术只能在一种不那么复杂的书写文化中繁荣——如在一张字母表中。
Printing could only thrive in a culture with a less sophisticated writing system-an alphabet.
印刷架将印刷术带入产品设计中，产品‘印刷’的单词代表其功能。
Typeshelf brings typography into product design by using the word as the object.
印刷架将印刷术带入产品设计中，产品‘印刷’的单词代表其功能。
Typeshelf brings typography into product design by using the word as the object.
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