Printing could only thrive in a culture with a less sophisticated writing system-an alphabet.

印刷术只能在一种不那么复杂的书写文化中繁荣——如在一张字母表中。

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Writing at the beginning of the 17th century, Francis Bacon, an English philosopher of science, maintained that the three most important inventions were gunpowder, the magnetic compass and printing.

弗朗西斯·培根，一位英国科学哲学家，在17世纪初强调说三项最重要的发明是火药、罗盘和印刷术。

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This is not for a moment to say we should abandon the wisdom of hundreds of years of printing and thousands of years of writing.

我们并不是说要抛弃几百年来的印刷，与几千年来的书写的智慧。

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It sold 2.5 million by its third year and this year, so far, about 3 million users have downloaded its product, which specialize in document viewing, PDF writing and printing from smartphones and tablets.

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The printing press, pizza cutter, writing, paper, all can be thought of as being inventions worthy.

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