And it was tiring, especially with such a tight deadline: they were still finishing off the final design, and Newton was supposed to be shipping in just under 5 months.

这是一项艰苦的工作，尤其是在有这样一个最后时限的情况下：他们必须完成最终设计而Newton将在五个月后上市。

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The task was by no means easy given the extremely tight deadline; indeed the book would not have been possible without the excellent cooperation of each and every author.

完成这项任务的期限是非常紧张的；事实上如果没有每位作者出色的合作，这本书是不可能完成的。

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One afternoon the art director was on a tight deadline, so I volunteered to drive some copy over to the type house, about twenty minutes away.

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