Local and national laws forbade the use of new, labour-saving machinery.

地方和国家法律禁止使用新的，节约劳动力的机器。

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In these departments a practised handicraft was eliminated by the steady introduction of labor-saving machinery—the lathe, the scroll-saw, the planing machine, the power loom;

这方面之手艺匠人，日为机械所代替——如车机、车钻、刨机、织机等，而这些机械工作都是无须设计的。

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In the short term, from the screw machinery for considerable energy saving appears more difficult.

要在短期内，从螺杆机械上获取可观的节能则显得更为艰巨。

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