CNN News:龐大的海底電纜工程

Next today, there`s a new project underway, an undersea cable system that will connect South Africa with Southern Asia, the Middle East and ultimately, the rest of the world. Though it will stretch for thousands of miles, it will account for just the tiny part of the vast intricate network of underwater fiber cables that ships have been laying since the 1800s.

下一條新聞是關(guān)于現(xiàn)在正在進(jìn)行的一項(xiàng)新項(xiàng)目—連接南非和南亞、中東以至于全世界的海底電纜。盡管其可能要綿延數(shù)千英里，但是與19世紀(jì)開始的船只遵循的龐大的復(fù)雜網(wǎng)絡(luò)的水下光纖電纜相比，這項(xiàng)工程只是鳳毛麟角。

Where you`re watching this video, the United States, Europe, Asia, it`s a cliche to say we live in an interconnected world. But, duh, we do.

我們觀看的這個(gè)視頻，在講美國(guó)、歐洲和亞洲，我們生活在互通的世界中。的確!

And the global circulatory system that delivers 99 percent of international data from point A to points B through C and back again is made of fiber optic cable. Unlike copper cables, which transmit electrical energy, fiber optic cables transmit light. That makes them significantly faster and less susceptible to interference.

全球的循環(huán)系統(tǒng)將99%的國(guó)際數(shù)據(jù)從A點(diǎn)途經(jīng)C到達(dá)B，都是經(jīng)過光纜傳播。光纜與捅線纜不同，銅線只能傳輸電能，但是光纖可以傳輸光。并且其傳播速度非?？?，且不易受干擾。

Fiber optics trumps satellites too. They`re cheaper, they`re faster, and you don`t get those delays.

光纖勝過衛(wèi)星。因?yàn)槠鋬r(jià)格更便宜，傳輸速度更快，且不會(huì)有延遲效應(yīng)。

Fiber optic cables are very deep underwater, over 300 of them connect every continent not named Antarctica, and laid end to end the 550,000 miles of cable would circle the earth 22 times.

光纖埋于海底深處，這些光纖連接了各個(gè)大陸，其中不包括南極洲，并且最終這個(gè)長(zhǎng)達(dá)55萬英里的光纖可以圍繞地球22圈。

And, boy, is that good for business? Ecommerce isn`t bound by borders. An international stock trade can be executed in a flash. You can video conference with colleagues in Florida, or France, of Fiji, not a problem.

那么這會(huì)促進(jìn)貿(mào)易發(fā)展嗎?電子商務(wù)是沒有國(guó)界的。國(guó)際股票交易可以在瞬間完成。同時(shí)你也可以與在弗羅里達(dá)、法國(guó)、斐濟(jì)的同事進(jìn)行視頻會(huì)議，這一切都不是問題。

Take a ride on the global fiber optic network, and offices wired with the fiber network allow for speedy data sharing. So, we here at CNN can send our videos from one edit sweep to another really fast.

利用全球光纖網(wǎng)絡(luò)暢游，辦公司都利用光纜連接可以實(shí)現(xiàn)數(shù)據(jù)的快速共享。所以，現(xiàn)在我們?cè)贑NN中心將我們的視頻從編輯斷快速發(fā)送到其他地方。

And consider this, thanks to fiber optic cables, innovations aren`t bound by bandwidth. Remember trying to stream a video in the old days? Brutal.

同時(shí)由于光纖，創(chuàng)意可以不受寬帶的限制!記得以前想要流暢地觀看一個(gè)舊的視頻!那感受，殘忍至極!

Do you think Netflix would even come to be with that kind of infrastructure? I mean, would you even be watching this video?

你認(rèn)為Netflix公司以后也會(huì)配置此基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施嗎?我的意思是，他們會(huì)看到這個(gè)視頻嗎?