A user, however, imagines his document as a book on a shelf.

然而，用户将其文档想像成书架上的书。

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And don't forget that a document can have a long shelf life and be read a few years later by people who have no clue about its original context, and thus may misinterpret it.

不要忘了，一份文件可能会储存很长时间，有可能在几年后才会被不知原委的人阅读，因而可能出现误解。

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We can show her applications and explain how they allow her to work on the document, and, upon completion, she can store the document on the disk as though it were a journal on a shelf.

我们可以向她展示程序，向她解释程序如何允许她在文档上工作。并且一旦完成，她可以在磁盘中存储文档，仿佛文档是书架上的杂志一样。

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