LIKE slide-rules,steam engines and carbon paper, the telex machine, once ubiquitous andindispensable, has vanished from sight.

就像计算尺、蒸汽机和复写纸，曾经无处不见的、不可或缺的电传机已经从我们的视野里消失了。

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I know how to use the telex machine, the photocopier and the word processor. By the way, I took a computer course in university.

我知道如何使用电传机、影印机及文字处理机。顺便说一下，我在大学选修过电脑课。

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How do you go about repairing this telex machine?

你怎样着手修理这架电传机？

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Veteran Malawian journalist Felix Mponda, who now strings for the French News agency (AFP), says that although the internet is comparatively cheap he is still nostalgic for the good old days of the telex machine.

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