雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第8章:水銀延時線(110)
Darwin, meanwhile, expected him back at the NPL at the end of the Cambridge term.
On 20 April 1948 he reported to the Executive Committee on 'Future Plans for Dr Turing':
1948年4月20日，他向執行委員會提交了一份《關於圖靈博士的下一步計劃》：Dr Turing, who is on a year's leave of absence at Cambridge University, will shortly be due to return to the laboratory and Director is proposing to discuss with him what type of work he should then undertake.
圖靈博士在劍橋大學有一年假期，他應當立即回到實驗室，主任希望與他討論他可以承擔的工作內容和形式。
Director felt that from the point of view of Dr Turing's career, it would be an advantage if he started to write some papers rather than continue with the fundamental physiological studies into which his researches are carrying him.
主任考慮了圖靈博士的事業生涯，並認爲，如果他認真地寫一些論文，而不是去研究那些基礎的生理神經問題，將對他的事業大有好處。Dr Turing will no doubt join a University staff in due course, but Director felt that intervening period should be spent at NPL.
圖靈博士將來無疑會成爲一位優秀的大學學者，但在這之前，他應該在國家物理實驗室度過。Kind though it was of Darwin to think of his career, the fact was that the year's wait had achieved nothing.
儘管達爾文此舉確實是出於好意，是爲圖靈的個人發展着想，但事實卻是，他們的項目在圖靈離開後，幾乎沒有再取得任何進展。Womersley reported to the same meeting that
沃默斯利在同一場會議上報告：The present position on this project gives no cause for complacency and we were probably as far advanced 18 months ago.
該項目在18個月之前是遙遙領先的，但目前的進展卻不容樂觀e are several competitors to the ace machine, and of these, that under construction at Cambridge University, under Professor (sic) Wilkes, will probably be the first in operation.
……ACE面臨着一些競爭，從實踐情況來看，劍橋大學由威爾克斯教授領導的項目，也許是頭號對手。
