But there will be a cost, and not just in lost technology.

但将会付出相应的代价，并存在不仅仅是技术方面的损失。

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Set against the benefits of the new technology, there is also a strong possibility that jobs will be lost.

权衡利弊，新技术的确有种种好处，但也很可能使一些人失去工作。

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Despite the widespread fears about trade, a recent report showed that just 13 percent of jobs lost in manufacturing are due to trade—the rest of the losses have been due to advances in technology.

尽管人们普遍对贸易感到担忧，但最近的一份报告显示，制造业中只有13%的工作岗位流失是贸易造成的，其余则是技术进步造成的。

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Now, let me explain a detail that I think is important, but I think a little lost to us in today's world of technology.

现在，让我向你们解释一个我认为很重要的细节，但是我觉得在现在的科技中有点迷失了的。

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And you certainly hear stories about lost technology because a product you were planning on unveiling at a trade show somehow someone reverse-engineered or trade secrets have been stolen.

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At best, what the company can strive and hope for is a time lag between the time when the technology is introduced and when it is lost, during which a successor technology can be developed.

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