雙語暢銷書《艾倫圖靈傳》第7章:運轉起來(87)
On seeing Aiken's machine at Harvard, Womersley had written home to his wife that he saw it as 'Turing in hardware'.
And thus it was that in June 1945, according to his account:
因此在1945年6月，根據他的記錄：JRW meets Professor M.H.A. Newman. Tells Newman he wishes to meet Turing. Meets Turing same day and invites him home.
JRW見到M.H.A.紐曼注，並告訴紐曼他希望認識圖靈，當時，見到了圖靈，並且邀他到家裏作客。
JRW shows Turing the first report on the EDVAC and persuades him to join NPL staff, arranges interview and convinces Director and Secretary.
JRW給圖靈看了第一份關於EDVAC的報告，並建議他加入國家物理實驗室，安排了面試，並說服了主席和祕書。Alan would be appointed a Temporary Senior Scientific Officer at 800 pounds per annum.
艾倫被任命爲臨時高級科學官，工資是每年800英鎊。Don Bayley, when told of this, did not think much of the rank, but Alan told him that it was the highest to which they could recruit, and that he had been assured of a promotion within a few weeks.
他把這件事告訴唐·貝利時，並說這已經是他們能夠招聘的最高級別，而且已經向他保證會在幾周內晉升他。It was not quite 'Fivepence farthing for one—twopence for two', as of the eggs that the Sheep offered Alice in the Looking Glass shop,
這可不是鏡中奇遇中，綿羊賣蛋給愛麗絲，5.25便士買一個，2便士買兩個。but at 600 pounds for naval Enigma, and 800 pounds for the digital computer, the British government had certainly acquired a bargain in Alan Turing.
這是600英磅買海軍謎機，800英磅買數字計算機，英國政府無疑在艾倫·圖靈身上佔了大便宜。Alan claimed that Womersley had asked him whether he knew 'the integral of cos x' which as Don Bayley immediately said, was a ludicrously trivial question to ask any prospective SSO, let alone a B-star Wrangler.
艾倫說，沃默斯問他是否知道cos x的積分，唐·貝利立刻說，這個問題對於未來的高級科學官員來說簡直太可笑了。'Ah', said Alan, in a joke against his own capacity for carelessness, 'but what if I had got it wrong?
"啊，"艾倫拿自己的粗心開玩笑說，"沒準我就算錯了呢。"
