Google has thanked an 86-year-old British grandmother who proved old-fashioned manners have a place in the modern world when she typed "please" and "thank you" in an internet search.
谷歌近日向一位86歲的英國(guó)老奶奶表達(dá)了感謝，這位老奶奶在網(wǎng)絡(luò)搜索時(shí)不忘寫(xiě)“請(qǐng)”和“謝謝”，證明了老式的禮貌在現(xiàn)代世界中依然有一席之地。

May Ashworth's grandson Ben John found her laptop open and took a photo of the unusually polite online request. She was asking for a translation of the Roman numerals MCMXCVIII.
梅?艾什沃斯的孫子本?約翰發(fā)現(xiàn)她的筆記本是開(kāi)著的，于是就給她極為禮貌的網(wǎng)絡(luò)搜索請(qǐng)求拍了張照片。當(dāng)時(shí)老奶奶正在搜索羅馬數(shù)字MCMXCVIII的譯文。

John, a 25-year-old from Wigan, has been retweeted more than 11,000 times.
來(lái)自英國(guó)威根市的25歲小伙子約翰的這條推文被轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)了超1.1萬(wàn)次。

He told the BBC he and his boyfriend do not have a clothes dryer so they go to Ashworth's house for their laundry.
他告訴BBC說(shuō)，他和他男友沒(méi)有干衣機(jī)，所以就去奶奶艾什沃斯的家里洗衣服。

"I asked my nan why she used 'please' and 'thank you' and it seemed she thinks that there is someone – a physical person – at Google's headquarters who looks after the searches.
他說(shuō)：“我問(wèn)奶奶她搜索時(shí)干嘛要用‘請(qǐng)’和‘謝謝’，她似乎認(rèn)為谷歌總部有人——一個(gè)真人——在看這些搜索請(qǐng)求。

"She thought that by being polite and using her manners, the search would be quicker," he said.
“她以為如果禮貌地詢問(wèn)，搜索結(jié)果就能更快地出來(lái)?！?/p>

British television shows use Roman numerals on their credits for the year the program was made. Ashworth had seen them and wanted a translation into modern-day numerals.
英國(guó)電視節(jié)目用羅馬數(shù)字來(lái)記錄節(jié)目制作的年份。艾什沃斯看見(jiàn)了這串羅馬數(shù)字，想讓它們翻譯成現(xiàn)代數(shù)字。

Google UK thanked "Ben's Nan" saying: "In a world of billions of searches, yours made us smile."
谷歌英國(guó)對(duì)“本的奶奶”表示了感謝，說(shuō)：“在數(shù)以億計(jì)的搜索詞條中，你的詞條讓我們微笑?！?/p>

"Oh, and it's 1998," it added. "Thank YOU".
谷歌英國(guó)補(bǔ)充說(shuō)：“哦對(duì)了，你想知道的數(shù)字是1998，謝謝?！?/p>

Google's official global Twitter account, with more than 15 million followers, also expressed its appreciation.
擁有1500萬(wàn)粉絲的谷歌官方全球推特賬戶也表達(dá)了贊賞。

Trillions of Google searches are made every year.
谷歌搜索量一年可達(dá)數(shù)萬(wàn)億。

英文來(lái)源：衛(wèi)報(bào)
翻譯&編輯：丹妮