The most significant problem with metaphors, however, is that they tie our interfaces to Mechanical Age artifacts.

隐喻界面的最大问题在于，它们将界面与机械时代的人工制品束缚在一起。

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Because we have a hard time seeing how digital products will be used, we tend to rely too much on representations from the past, Mechanical Age.

因为要经历一个艰难的时期才能看到人们如何使用数字产品，所以我们过分地倾向于依赖在机械时代的表现方式。

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If we depend on words from the Mechanical Age, we will build software from the Mechanical Age. Better software is based on Information-Age thinking.

如果依赖于机械时代的语言，我们会创建机械时代的软件，更好的软件应该基于信息时代的思维方式。

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He was instantly relieved to hear the first ring of the phone, an old rotary that vibrated with the vigor of the Mechanical Age.

NEWYORKER: The Valetudinarian

Royce, born in 1863, was the youngest of five children and started his own company manufacturing electrical and mechanical items at age 21.

BBC: Sir Henry Royce honoured with blue plaque in Derby

Before the age of mechanical reproduction, artists would have required great skill, dedication, time and energy to produce such exact repetitions.

ECONOMIST: Come up and see my etchings