英语翻译A new era is upon us.Call it what you will:the service e

英语翻译
A new era is upon us.Call it what you will:the service economy,the information age,the knowledge society.It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work.Already we’re partly there.The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World.Today the majority of jobs in America,Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service industry,and the number is on the rise.More women are in the work force than ever before.There are more part-time jobs.More people are self-employed.But the breadth of the economic transformation can’t be measured by numbers alone,because it also is giving rise to a radical new ways of thinking about the nature of work itself.Long-held notions about jobs and careers,the skills needed to succeed,even the relation between individuals and employers-all these are being challenged.
 We have only to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead.No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention,the chip（集成块）,would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers,digital communications and factory robots.Tomorrow’s achievements in biotechnology,artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes.But one thing is certain:information and knowledge will become even more vital,and the people who possess it,whether they work in manufacturing or services,will have the advantage and produce the wealth.Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write.The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else.If you cast your mind ahead 10 years,information services will be predominant.It will be the way you do your job.

新的纪元到来了.你爱叫它什么就叫它什么：服务型经济、信息时代、知识型社会等.它解释了我们工作方式的一个根本改变,而且这个改变在一定程度上已经发生了.那些靠制作东西来维生的人在西方世界已经急剧地减少了.今天,在美国、欧洲和日本（三分之二或者以上的这些国家）的主要工作都在服务行业,而且数量还在增加.相对以前有更多的妇女加入了劳动大军,而且有了更多的兼职工作,更多的人自己当老板.但是,经济转变的幅度不能仅靠数量来衡量,因为它同时也引起了人们一种全新的对工作本质的思考方式.长期持有的对待工作和职业的观念,比如成功需要的技巧甚至个人与雇主之间的关系,所有这些都在经受挑战.
我们只要回顾一下就能知道在我们前方的是什么.即使向后预测20年,可能也没人能够预见到单一的一个发明——芯片（集成块）——会因为它在个人电脑、数字通信和生产机器上的应用而改变我们的世界.未来在生物技术、人工智能甚至一些我们目前无法想象的技术上所取得的成就将会创造相似的一轮日新月异的变化.但有一件事情是肯定的：信息和知识将变得越来越重要,不管你从事制造业还是服务业,只要拥有信息和知识你就有了优势就可以创造财富.计算机知识将成为像阅读与写作能力同等的一项基本需求.通过应用信息解决问题的能力将代替进行日常工作的能力而受到无比的重视.如果你超前10年看看,信息服务将起到主导作用,并成为你工作的方式.