电传在当时对已有的国际电报系统是一个巨大的改进。 当时电报的收费按今天的标准看,一个单词需要花费数美元。
In its time, telexwas a huge improvement on the international telegram system, which could chargethe modern equivalent of several dollars per word.
用户电报(电传)是按发送时间长短而不是按字数收费,所以发送时间越短,费用就节省得越多。
Telex charges according to the time while not the number of the words. Sending faster means saving more.
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