Kind of like when hitting 10 on that basic abacus.

类似于当算盘敲到10时。

In the 16th century, the era of the counting rods came to an end to be completely replaced by the abacus.

在16世纪，算筹的时代结束了，完全为算盘所取代。

From the abacus, to room-sized machines, to desktops, to computers in our pockets.

从算盘，到房间大小的机器，到台式机，再到我们口袋里的电脑。

According to my abacus, that's 200,000 man-years of hard labor.

按照我的算盘，是20万工年的苦工。

Though the month was February below it was May in the abacus of the column.

虽然下面的月份是二月， 但在列的算盘中是五月。

Dude, until then, Europe was using Roman numerals, their fingers, and the occasional abacus.

Rita：伙计，在之前，欧洲都在使用罗马数字、他们的手指和偶尔的算盘。

The earliest computers were manual counting devices, like the abacus, while later ones used mechanical parts.

最早的计算机是手动计数设备，如算盘，而后来的计算机则使用机械零件。

But certainly, by this point, you have the concept of the abacus.

但当然，到这里你已经有了算盘的概念了。

So, it's entirely possible that the idea for the abacus went in one direction or the other.

因此，算盘的想法完全有可能朝一个方向或另一个方向发展。

And the technology behind Matsuzaki's handheld abacus was about 2000 years old.

松手算盘背后的术已有大约 2000 年的历史。

The ancient abacus doing battle with a modern calculator.

古代算盘与现代计算器的战斗。

There are many variants of the abacus, but let's look at a really basic version with each row representing a different power of ten.

算盘有许多的变种，但让我们来看看一个基本的版本其每一行代表着10的不同次方。

You have the word " abacus" as well, in fact, in Latin.

事实上，拉丁语中也有“算盘”这个词。

The abacus was created because, the scale of society had become greater than what a single person could keep and manipulate in their mind.

人们制造算盘是因为社会的规模已经比个人可以在脑中储存和操作的规模更大。

The tool that really, I think, succeeded the abacus for us was writing.

我认为，真正对我们来说继承了算盘的工具是写作。

These were very early abacuses, which developed around 4,000 years ago into the more traditional style of beads threaded onto rods and set into a frame.

这些都是非常早期的算盘，大约在4000年前发展成为更传统的形状，将珠子穿过杆并镶嵌成一个框架。

It's certainly far better than an abacus.

这肯定比算盘好得多。

He was also very good at calculations on the abacus, and with the most intricate calculation he never made the slightest mistake.

他的算盘计算能力也很高，即使是最复杂的计算也没有出过半点差错。

If we're doing maths by hand, we're not using an abacus.

如果我们用手做数学，我们就不会使用算盘。

You mentioned, you know, the abacus has a long and storied evolution.

你提到，你知道，算盘有一个漫长而传奇的演变过程。