鱼译 | 英文的文采 | Hold the Line 坚守阵地

在WIRED, 我们从未对未来表现出惶恐。巨大的变革和混乱，只不过是伟大时代篇章的注脚，通常出现在旧段落的结尾和新段落的开头。

我们的故事，我们的设计，甚至我们的用词造句都暗藏玄机：不要畏惧，保持兴奋，活在未来是件有趣的事情。

We've never shown fear of the future at WIRED. Times of great change, of apparent chaos, are just punctuation-the end of one paragraph and the beginning of a new one. Our stories, our design, even our vocabulary has always encrypted a message: Don't be scared. Be excited. Living in the future is fun.

此刻你有些担忧，我们也一样。正当写下这段文字的时候，近百万的人已经确诊新冠肺炎，超过2万例死亡。而当你读到这里时，这些数字又已是明日黄花。

但我们的信息始终如一：不要畏惧，坚守阵地。

You're frightened now. So are we. At the time of this writing, half a million humans are confirmed to have the disease COVID-19. More than 20,000 have died. By the time you read this, those numbers will seem quaint. 

But our message has not changed. Don't be scared. Hold the line.

同样坚信，当人性遭遇危机的时刻，通常会寻求科学来帮忙。这不是因为科学家是完人，更不是因为他们比其他人更聪明，而是因为科学是人类理解世界运行和解决问题的最好途径之一。

关于科学，最重要的事情其实是让人们一起去认识世界。科学家并不仅仅只是发现新事物。他们会用约定俗成的方式记录，进行有体系的实验，合理地记录数据，并通过广阔的网络来分析他们的发现。

科学，是文明的驱动力。

Hold, also, to this: When humanity hits a crisis, it always looks to science for help. Not because scientists are perfect, or even smarter on average than other humans, but because science is one of the best ways humans have come up with to reliably understand how the world works and how to fix it when it's broken

The really important thing about science though is that it lets people understand the world together. Scientists don, t just discover things. They write about them in agreed-upon formats, construct experiments and collect data in convincingly logical ways, and use a vast distribution network to share what they know. Science is a force for civilization.

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如今，即使我们天各一方，但我们都一道站在灾难面前。情况仿佛在变得更糟。待在家，别传播病毒。不要惊慌，为科学家们争取时间。

活在未来很难，但又将变得有趣，甚至更好。

Now we're all in a disaster together, even if physically apart. Things will seem like they are getting worse. Stay home. Don't spread a virus. Don't be scared. Buy scientists time. Living in the future is hard, but it will be fun again--maybe even better

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From the Editors: We Can Beat Covid-19. Just Trust Science and Hold the Line