翻译题

Translating the following English into Chinese.

The Internet, E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic era possible. By the middle of the 21 st century, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on networked relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.

Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually has said, “No, quite contrary. ” The very people responsible for ushering in what some have called a “technological renaissance” say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends—not to mention strangers. And what’ s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so aggressively championing.

he techno gurus (领袖) promised us that access would make life more convenient and give us more time. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to liberate us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy escape.

If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast geographic frontier, the dotcom generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time.

Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the scarcest of all resources. Our e-mail, voice mail and cell phones, our 24-hour Interact news and entertainment all seize for our attention. 

【正确答案】

互联网,电子商务和全球化正在打造新的经济时代。到二十一世纪中叶,资本主义市场将在很大程度上由一种新的经济系统取代,该系统基于网络关系,合同安排和获取权利。

新的互联网服务和企业之间的互联网服务已经进入了我们的生活中,但我们的工作质量,家庭生活质量还有社区生活质量与这些服务的引入成正比吗?这个问题,我曾经问过数以百计的欧美CEO和企业高管。令人惊讶的是,几乎所有人的答案都是,“不,二者之间的关系是相反的。”那些带来“技术复兴”的人说,他们工作更长时间,越来越紧张,越来越不耐烦,与同事和朋友的交往越来越少,更别提陌生人了。而且发人深省的是,他们将这些归咎于他们疯狂支持的新技术。

技术领袖向我们保证说通过利用新技术,我们的生活会更方便,闲暇时间越多。相反,那些本应该解放我们的技术奇迹却让我们变成了错综复杂的网络的奴隶,而且我们根本没有出逃的机会。

如果说上一代人专注于探索地理意义上的边界,那么网络通信一代似乎更是该时代的殖民化。我们的每个闲暇时刻都充满了某种形式的商业联系,所以时间是最稀缺的资源。我们的电子邮件、语音邮件、手机、24小时互动新闻和娱乐都在吸引我们的注意力。

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