Without women, the telephone system crashed without switchboard operators, and newspapers couldn't publish without typesetters.

没有妇女，就没有了接线员，电话系统瘫痪；报纸也因为没有排字工而无法出版。

He did it because the local switchboard operator was the wife of one of his funeral home competitors.

他这样做是因为当地的总机操作员是他的殡仪馆竞争对手之一的妻子。

This is true not only of the main characters, but of the smaller ones, like Becky the switchboard operator.

这不仅适用于主要角色，也适用于较小的角色， 例如总机接线员贝基。

More modern examples include telephone switchboard operators being replaced with automatic switchboards in 1960, and robotic arms replacing human painters in car factories in the 1980s.

更现代的例子包括 1960 年代电话总机接线员被自动总机取代，以及 1980 年代汽车工厂中机械臂取代人类油漆工。

The last time a British monarch died, 65 years ago, the demise of George VI was conveyed in a code word, " Hyde Park Corner" , to Buckingham Palace, to prevent switchboard operators from finding out.

上一次英国君主去世是在 65 年前，乔治六世的死讯是以暗语 “海德公园角” 传达给白金汉宫的，以防止总机接线员发现。