During the Rag's first year, the print was purple—those issues were produced on a flat plate of jelly called a hectograph.

《小报》创刊的头一年，油是紫色的——第一年是在一块胶状板来的，叫作胶版誊写机。

We were able to put together in two nights what had previously taken a week with the hectograph, and while the drum-press was messy, it did not look infected with a potentially fatal disease.

有了东西，我们来用胶版誊写机要干一个礼拜的活，两个晚就能弄完。滚筒刷机虽然脏，却不会看起来像是染了什么绝症一般。

As a teenager, waiting for the hectograph to “freshen” between pages printed (while “freshening, ” the print would melt into a vague purple membrane which hung in the jelly like a manatee's shadow) drove David all but insane with impatience.

等他长成个十几岁的愣头小子，呆在一旁等着胶版誊写机“复”之后才能再下面一页（未“复”时来的字会溶成紫不拉叽的一团，粘在胶版，就像海牛的影子），戴维不耐烦得简直要发疯。