Real Books Quicker to Read than E-books
传统书籍的阅读速度胜过电子
People can read traditional printed books a good bit faster
根据一项最新研究,看传统纸质书的速度比
than e-books on tablet computers, a new study has found.
在平板电脑上看电子书的速度要快
The study tested peoples’ pace of reading on two populare-reader
研究将人们在两种热门的电子阅读器——
tablets-Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle 2-as well as a
苹果的iPad 和亚马逊的Kindle2—上阅读的速度进行了对比,还和在
standard PC monitor and a regular book.
普通电脑屏幕上看书的速度以及看传统纸质书的速度进行了对比。
The 24 study participants read short stories by the author
24 名参与者应邀参加实验,实验内容是看海明威的短篇小说。
Ernest Hemingway, chosen “because his work is pleasant and
该研究是尼尔森·诺曼咨询集团发起的,
engaging to read, and yet not so complicated that it would be
研究的负责人雅各布·尼尔森说,
above the heads of users,” said Jakob Nielsen, who led the
选择海明威的小说是因为“他的作品引人入胜,
study for the Nielsen Norman Group.
而又不晦涩难懂”。
On average, it took people more than 17 minutes to read the
参与者平均用了超过17 分钟来看完
selected tales, which Nielsen wrote is “enough to get them
选出的故事,17 分钟的时间在尼尔森
immersed in the story” and is also “representative for many
看来足以让他们
ther formats of interest, such as whitepapers and reports.”
“沉浸到故事内容当中”。
To make sure people did not just skim the stories, the
为确保参与者不会跳读,
participants were given a reading comprehension tests afterward.
在测试结束后参与者还要完成一套阅读理解题。
Overall, the study revealed that people read text 6.2 percent
总的来看,在iPad 上看书比看纸质书速度要慢6.2%,
slower on an iPad than on the printed page. With the Kindle,
而用Kindle2 的
reading was 10.7 percent slower.
速度则要慢上10.7%。
Nielsen noted that this difference between the e-readers was
不过尼尔森说,在各种电子阅读器上阅览的速度
not statistically significant, however, so in the end the
差别并不大。最后
only fair statement is that “tablets still haven’t beaten
唯一合理的结论就是“电子书尚未完全打败
the printed book,” Nielsen wrote.
传统纸质书”。
Study participants also rated each reading implement from one
参与者还被要求给每种阅读工具打分——范围为1 分
to seven-with seven being the highest-and provided feedback
到7 分——并给出反馈意见。
as well.
iPad 上使用的iBook 程序得分最高,
The default iBook app on the iPad used for the test took top
不过也只得到了5.8 分。Kindle2
prize, but just barely, scoring a 5.8. Amazon’s Kindle, the
排在第二,得分为5.7 分,
close runner-up, ranked 5.7 and the regular book came in third
传统纸质书排在了第三,
by a hair at 5.6.
得分为5.6 分。
[00:10.53]Real Books Quicker to Read than E-books
[00:14.60]传统书籍的阅读速度胜过电子
[00:14.60]People can read traditional printed books a good bit faster
[00:18.70]根据一项最新研究,看传统纸质书的速度比
[00:18.70]than e-books on tablet computers, a new study has found.
[00:23.71]在平板电脑上看电子书的速度要快
[00:23.71]The study tested peoples’ pace of reading on two populare-reader
[00:28.08]研究将人们在两种热门的电子阅读器——
[00:28.08]tablets-Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle 2-as well as a
[00:33.05]苹果的iPad 和亚马逊的Kindle2—上阅读的速度进行了对比,还和在
[00:33.05]standard PC monitor and a regular book.
[00:36.98]普通电脑屏幕上看书的速度以及看传统纸质书的速度进行了对比。
[00:36.98]The 24 study participants read short stories by the author
[00:41.40]24 名参与者应邀参加实验,实验内容是看海明威的短篇小说。
[00:41.40]Ernest Hemingway, chosen “because his work is pleasant and
[00:45.32]该研究是尼尔森·诺曼咨询集团发起的,
[00:45.32]engaging to read, and yet not so complicated that it would be
[00:49.72]研究的负责人雅各布·尼尔森说,
[00:49.72]above the heads of users,” said Jakob Nielsen, who led the
[00:54.27]选择海明威的小说是因为“他的作品引人入胜,
[00:54.27]study for the Nielsen Norman Group.
[00:56.98]而又不晦涩难懂”。
[00:56.98]On average, it took people more than 17 minutes to read the
[01:01.35]参与者平均用了超过17 分钟来看完
[01:01.35]selected tales, which Nielsen wrote is “enough to get them
[01:06.06]选出的故事,17 分钟的时间在尼尔森
[01:06.06]immersed in the story” and is also “representative for many
[01:09.34]看来足以让他们
[01:09.34]ther formats of interest, such as whitepapers and reports.”
[01:14.37]“沉浸到故事内容当中”。
[01:14.37]To make sure people did not just skim the stories, the
[01:17.93]为确保参与者不会跳读,
[01:17.93]participants were given a reading comprehension tests afterward.
[01:21.79]在测试结束后参与者还要完成一套阅读理解题。
[01:21.79]Overall, the study revealed that people read text 6.2 percent
[01:26.99]总的来看,在iPad 上看书比看纸质书速度要慢6.2%,
[01:26.99]slower on an iPad than on the printed page. With the Kindle,
[01:31.65]而用Kindle2 的
[01:31.65]reading was 10.7 percent slower.
[01:34.81]速度则要慢上10.7%。
[01:34.81]Nielsen noted that this difference between the e-readers was
[01:38.63]不过尼尔森说,在各种电子阅读器上阅览的速度
[01:38.63]not statistically significant, however, so in the end the
[01:43.31]差别并不大。最后
[01:43.31]only fair statement is that “tablets still haven’t beaten
[01:46.91]唯一合理的结论就是“电子书尚未完全打败
[01:46.91]the printed book,” Nielsen wrote.
[01:50.47]传统纸质书”。
[01:50.47]Study participants also rated each reading implement from one
[01:55.01]参与者还被要求给每种阅读工具打分——范围为1 分
[01:55.01]to seven-with seven being the highest-and provided feedback
[01:59.32]到7 分——并给出反馈意见。
[01:59.32]as well.
[02:01.43]iPad 上使用的iBook 程序得分最高,
[02:01.43]The default iBook app on the iPad used for the test took top
[02:05.46]不过也只得到了5.8 分。Kindle2
[02:05.46]prize, but just barely, scoring a 5.8. Amazon’s Kindle, the
[02:10.56]排在第二,得分为5.7 分,
[02:10.56]close runner-up, ranked 5.7 and the regular book came in third
[02:16.47]传统纸质书排在了第三,
[02:16.47]by a hair at 5.6.
[02:18.26]得分为5.6 分。