CNN News:庞大的海底电缆工程

Next today, there`s a new project underway, an undersea cable system that will connect South Africa with Southern Asia, the Middle East and ultimately, the rest of the world. Though it will stretch for thousands of miles, it will account for just the tiny part of the vast intricate network of underwater fiber cables that ships have been laying since the 1800s.

下一条新闻是关于现在正在进行的一项新项目—连接南非和南亚、中东以至于全世界的海底电缆。尽管其可能要绵延数千英里，但是与19世纪开始的船只遵循的庞大的复杂网络的水下光纤电缆相比，这项工程只是凤毛麟角。

Where you`re watching this video, the United States, Europe, Asia, it`s a cliche to say we live in an interconnected world. But, duh, we do.

我们观看的这个视频，在讲美国、欧洲和亚洲，我们生活在互通的世界中。的确!

And the global circulatory system that delivers 99 percent of international data from point A to points B through C and back again is made of fiber optic cable. Unlike copper cables, which transmit electrical energy, fiber optic cables transmit light. That makes them significantly faster and less susceptible to interference.

全球的循环系统将99%的国际数据从A点途经C到达B，都是经过光缆传播。光缆与捅线缆不同，铜线只能传输电能，但是光纤可以传输光。并且其传播速度非常快，且不易受干扰。

Fiber optics trumps satellites too. They`re cheaper, they`re faster, and you don`t get those delays.

光纤胜过卫星。因为其价格更便宜，传输速度更快，且不会有延迟效应。

Fiber optic cables are very deep underwater, over 300 of them connect every continent not named Antarctica, and laid end to end the 550,000 miles of cable would circle the earth 22 times.

光纤埋于海底深处，这些光纤连接了各个大陆，其中不包括南极洲，并且最终这个长达55万英里的光纤可以围绕地球22圈。

And, boy, is that good for business? Ecommerce isn`t bound by borders. An international stock trade can be executed in a flash. You can video conference with colleagues in Florida, or France, of Fiji, not a problem.

那么这会促进贸易发展吗?电子商务是没有国界的。国际股票交易可以在瞬间完成。同时你也可以与在弗罗里达、法国、斐济的同事进行视频会议，这一切都不是问题。

Take a ride on the global fiber optic network, and offices wired with the fiber network allow for speedy data sharing. So, we here at CNN can send our videos from one edit sweep to another really fast.

利用全球光纤网络畅游，办公司都利用光缆连接可以实现数据的快速共享。所以，现在我们在CNN中心将我们的视频从编辑断快速发送到其他地方。

And consider this, thanks to fiber optic cables, innovations aren`t bound by bandwidth. Remember trying to stream a video in the old days? Brutal.

同时由于光纤，创意可以不受宽带的限制!记得以前想要流畅地观看一个旧的视频!那感受，残忍至极!

Do you think Netflix would even come to be with that kind of infrastructure? I mean, would you even be watching this video?

你认为Netflix公司以后也会配置此基础设施吗?我的意思是，他们会看到这个视频吗?