雙語譯文 | 不好意思，我還是用遊戲手柄來操控攻擊潛艇吧

導語：不知各位喜不喜愛玩電子遊戲呢？有沒有幻想過在實際軍事行動中也能通過遊戲手柄進行操控呢？請看以下報道~

These sailors are using a games console controller to maneouvre a submarine

美國海軍將潛望鏡控制裝置換成了Xbox手柄。

圖片來源：路透社/露西·尼克爾森（Lucy Nicholson）

You know that $30 Xbox controller you have in your living room? The same thing now directs the Navy』s new $2.7-billion attack submarine.

你家客廳里是不是有台價值30美元的Xbox手柄？美國海軍正用它來操控價值27億美元的新型攻擊潛艇。

For more than a century, a periscope was the only way for those within a submarine to take a look at the world above. Sailors used them to help determine the sub』s position and even direct torpedoes in the days before advanced sonar.

100多年來，潛艇內的海員只能通過潛望鏡來觀察海面上的情況，藉助它們來定位，甚至在更先進的聲吶技術發明前還曾靠它們指引魚雷的發射。

However, periscopes had their shortcomings. Only one person could look through the device at a time, and their size placed limitations of the submarine』s design.

然而，潛望鏡也有缺點，因為每次只能一個人使用這台裝備，而且其尺寸構造也限制了潛艇本身的設計。

In 2004, the Navy began commissioning submarines with photonics masts, devices equipped with sensors that function like digital periscopes, but takes up less space. Operators typically control these masts from the control room using a joystick, but not everyone was happy with that.

2004年，美國海軍開始在潛艇上裝置光電桅杆，即一種自帶感測器的設備，就像數字潛望鏡一樣，不過佔據的空間更小。以前，操作員一般在控制室里用一根操作桿來操控這些桅杆，但並非人人都習慣這麼做。

「The Navy got together and they asked a bunch of J.O.s and junior guys, 『What can we do to make your life better?"」 Kyle Leonard, a Lieutenant (junior grade) and the assistant weapons officer aboard the USS John Warner, told The Virginia Pilot in September. 「And one of the things that came out is the controls for the scope. It』s kind of clunky in your hand; it』s real heavy.」

To alleviate that problem, the Navy began experimenting with using an Xbox controller instead.

「美國海軍聚集起來，問一些下級軍官，『你們認為有哪些地方需要改善一下嗎？』」美國海軍上尉（下級）、約翰·華納號（John Warner）核潛艇上的武備助理長官凱爾·萊納德（Kyle Leonard）今年9月接受《維州先鋒報》（The Virginia Pilot）採訪時說道，「我們提出的問題之一便是潛望鏡的操控器，拿在手裡真的又笨又重。」

為解決該問題，美國海軍開始嘗試用Xbox手柄代替潛望鏡。

Yes, the sailors are more comfortable with the lighter, more versatile controller, Reed Koepp, the Colorado』s commanding officer, told the Associated Press. It』s also more natural for them to use — because many of the young sailors who report to the submarine have probably played games on Xbox before enlisting, they won』t need as much training.

據美國科羅拉多號潛艇司令瑞德·寇普（Reed Koepp）向美聯社（Associated Press）反映，事實證明海員們用著這種更輕巧、更多功能的控制器感覺更舒服，也更順手，因為許多向潛艇上級彙報使用情況的年輕海員在入伍前應該都用Xbox玩過遊戲，所以根本不需要過多的訓練。

Plus, it saves the Navy a ton of money. Just one of the custom-built photonics mast joysticks costs roughly $38,000, according to The Virginia Pilot. An Xbox 360 controller runs about $30.

此外，這也省了美國海軍一大筆錢。據《維州先鋒報》，僅一根定製的光學桅杆操控桿就要花費差不多38000美元，而一支Xbox 360手柄只需30美元。

The USS Colorado, in service at Connecticut』s Naval Submarine Base as of Saturday, is the first submarine to use Xbox controllers from the very beginning of its service. But if the controller ends up working as well as its engineers anticipate, it might not be the last.

美國科羅拉多號潛艇自今年3月17日起於康涅狄格州的海軍潛艇基地投入使用，是第一艘從最開始就使用Xbox手柄操控的潛艇。若手柄的使用情況如工程師們預想的那樣良好，相信未來會有更多這樣的潛艇推出。

原文鏈接：https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/03/sailors-use-xbox-controllers-to-operate-part-of-the-navy-s-newest-attack-sub

原文作者：Kristin Houser

初譯：吳叶韻

審校：張思琦

定稿：張思琦

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