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附录C：外文翻译资料Article Source：Business Commercial Aviation, Nov 20, 2000. 5-87-88Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals Electronic publications can increase the efficiency of your digital aircraft and analog technicians.Benoff, DaveComputerized technical manuals are silently revolutionizing the aircraft maintenance industry by helping the technician isolate problems quickly, and in the process reduce downtime and costs by more than 10 percent.These electronic publications can reduce the numerous volumes of maintenance manuals, microfiche and workcards that are used to maintain engines, airframes, avionics and their associated components. As compared with the paper manuals, electronic publications give us greater detail and reduced researchtimes, said Chuck Fredrickson, general manager of Mercury Air Center in Fort Wayne, Ind. With all the advances in computer hardware and software technologies, such as high quality digital multimedia,hypertext and the capability to store and transmit digital multimedia via CD-ROMs/ networks, technicalpublication companies have found an effective, cost-efficient method to disseminate data to technicians. The solution for many operators and OEMs is to take advantage of todays technology in the form of ElectronicTechnical Manuals (ETM) or Interactive Technical Manuals (IETM). An ETM is any technical manual preparedin digital format that has the ability to be displayed using any electronic hardware media. The differencebetween the types of ETM/IETMs is the embedded functionality and implementation of the data. The only drawback we had to using ETMs was getting enough computers to meet our technicians demand,said Walter Berchtold, vice president of maintenance at Jet Aviations West Palm Beach, Fla., facility. A growing concern is the cost to print paper publications. In an effort to reduce costs, some aircraftmanufacturers are offering incentives for owners to switch from paper to electronic publications. With anaverage printing cost