閒著沒事幹~~所以我翻譯了淳淳的文章~~

daniel0731ex

話說暑假沒甚麼計畫，窩在家裡也沒事幹，所以我一時心血來潮就翻譯了封五的介紹...

我這篇文剛貼在SPEEDSOLVING.COM:
http://www.speedsolving.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22493

話不多說~~先附上:
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国甲封五解析
国甲封五解析

       国甲杯广州大魔方赛破了很多纪录，其中包含了两个世界纪录，封五也首次面世了。参加比赛的很多朋友都得到了封五的测试样品当作纪念。

In the Guangzhou Big Cubes ’10 there were many records broken, including 2 WR. And, for the first time, the Alpha V-SV was revealed; many of the participants got the samples as a souvenir of the competition.

       纪念品是第一次试模的，所以还存在缺陷，不过和第一版甲五一样，大家可以保留起来，见证一款产品是怎样被改进。

These are the first shots of the mold, so there are possible flaws in the puzzle itself; but just like the original Alpha V prototypes, you could always keep it for memorial as it is the very first version.

       一如既往的，无论封五大家喜欢不喜欢，我会与大家交流这款作品的设计理念。
       封五我以前透露过，会是一款没有太多创意的设计。我只希望设计一款将国甲目前的一些比较成功的元素融合到一起的作品。封五不需要耀眼，也不需要有超凡脱俗的性能，我只希望它朴实无华，可以被更多朋友接受。吸引眼球不是它的目的。

As before, I will always welcome advices and constructive criticisms whether you like the cube or not.
I have said before that the new Alpha V-SV will not yield much new conceptual designs; it would simply possess the more successful designs so far that we have applied. The Alpha V-SV does not need to be eye-catching this time, nor does it need to have very prominent performances; I simply want it to be clean and straight-forward, to be more widely accepted by most cuber. The objective of this cube is not being the dazzler like before.

       封五的设计并没有特别重大的革新，然而也有一些细节是值得注意和首次出现的。
       首先，为什么要叫封五不叫甲六？ 本来确实是想叫个“甲六”的，然而“甲”系列 和“封”系列的区别是什么？最早的封闭系列是外开口的，比如封一、封二和封三。然而从封四开始，国甲的封闭系列也有从里面盖盖子了。“甲”系列是一次成形的棱块，没有任何盖子。“封”系列是多需要盖子来改进摩擦对称性或者封闭外观。因为本款封五和封四大结构上基本一致，都是棱块有盖子从里面盖的，甲五是一次成形的棱块，所以它称为封五是没错的。

The Alpha V-SV does not have very significant innovations, but there are still some very interesting details about this model that are premiere.
First of all, why is the cube a “SV” model 5, rather than a “mainstream” Alpha VI? Well, I did wanted to call it Alpha VI in the first time, but then I remembered about the definition of the two series…..
In the beginning, the earliest sealed mechanism speedcubes have caps on the outside (i.e. Alpha I, II, and III -SVs). However, starting from the Alpha IV-SV there are also caps in the insides, too. The mainstream Alphas all have one-piece edge pieces and are not caped at all, while the “SV” series uses caps to produce evenly distributed contacting su**ces. Since the Alpha V-SV has similar mechanism with the previous IV-SV (both have edge caps on the insides), it is rightful to classify it in the “SV” series.

daniel0731ex

分析一下设计，棱块和角块的盖子都有小圆孔在上面，是做什么用的？从“海燕”开始就引入了重量可调的设计，“海燕”的棱块和角块内部都有圆孔可以给大家拧螺丝进去增加重量。只是目前为止好像很多魔友是知道这个作用的，就是没有自己去试过，因为可能螺丝没找到或者觉得上螺丝比较不方便。在封五上，这种配重装置进行了一些人性化的升级，将以前拧到块里面改为拧到盖子上，再盖上盖子来配重。
       为了消除大家觉得找螺丝不方便的问题，我们会在正式版的里面配上相应尺寸的螺丝来给大家方便改重量。要做的就是有更多的可玩性和更多的重量调整范围。封五轻吗？轻的，不过需要他重只需要增加配重就可以了，增加配重的方式会很方便，而且重量调整的范围会很大，可以在角块加重也可以在棱块加重。

Now to the design; what are the little holes on the edge and corner caps for? Actually, it is the weight adjustment design that was handed down from the HaiYan: you could put screws in these holes to change the weight to your liking (though apparently not many people knew about this feature…or that they could not find the proper sized screws so they never tried it before). There are some improvements on this feature in the new Alpha V-SV cube that makes it more accessible: the holes are now molded onto the caps rather than on the pieces like before.
And to solve the problem of finding the proper screws, in the final edition will be enclosed the corresponding screws for the weight adjustment. If you want your cube light, it is extremely lightweight; but if you prefer heavier cubes, simply attach more weight to the pieces and you will be satisfied by the result.

       中块大家看着比较炫好像。这样设计是为了让中块下部产生支撑，上部空缺的部位依靠中盖来支撑。这样设计的目的是为了使得中块的摩擦稳定平滑而粘滞小。这种中块的设计我个人觉得是比以前的作品都先进些的，可以稳定而且小阻力。从试模的样品看来，稳定平滑的效果貌似是达到了，问题是中盖扣得不好，可能会在以后改进。

The center pieces, which many of you find it to be very odd, are designed to provide support on the bottom of the center piece, while the rigidity of the top is provided by the caps. The purpose of this design is to produce stable friction with and reduce viscosity. I personally think that this is a big improvement from all of the previous designs, as it achieves both stability and minimal resistance. It seems that the prototypes have met the objective, but the caps do not seem to stay on very well; this problem will be corrected in the future.

       棱块从外观上很明显，外面四个角的部位好像被刀切了一片，组装出效果来看，我觉得这下去的一片给我感觉非常舒服。彻底的解决了角块和棱块碰撞的问题，而且我觉得很巧妙和好看。

The edge pieces have an apparent new design: the outer edges of the piece have been “trimmed” to create a chamfer that increased the comfort of the cube. This solved the problem of the corner and edge pieces hitting on each other [COLOR = “Green”](Daniel: I’m not quite sure what he’s talking about here…) and, above all, looks much better and more elegant.

       魔方整体设计的理念是非常强调防止粘滞方面的性能的。我们现在的设计不仅只是手感如何如何，而是我们希望国甲的东西可以用很长时间以后润滑水平并不高的情况下也能达到比较高的水平，从封五的设计和材质上看，基本已经杜绝了那种因为粘滞造成魔方报废的情况。大家也感受到了封五的材料比较脆，结合几个既有稳定性又有小接触面的设计，希望封五在防止粘滞方面达到一个新的高度。

The overall design focuses on the prevention of increasing viscosity of the turning. Currently Alpha has been working on not only the feel of the cube, but also the durability (i.e. performance consistency) and tolerance to lubrication. From the design and material of the new Alpha V-SV, you could see that it basically got rid of the deterioration issue that the majority of speedcubes have. The plastic used have a rather crispy feel to it, and we combined the designs of the contacting su**ce reduction and stability to improve the overall durability. We hope that this cube would be a new milestone of deterioration reduction.


       设计的尺寸是54.5 属于比较小一点，但又不小的太多。我觉得不管你拿起它来是喜欢还是不喜欢，能让大家用它拧出更快的成绩才是好的设计。55mm
、56mm、57mm
大家也许已经尝试过不少，尝试一下54.5mm，也许能让你创造出更好的成绩。

The size is 54.5 mm on each side, a slightly smaller yet not too much size. However in my opinion, it doesn’t matter whether you prefer the size or not, being able to let most people to achieve fast times is the only thing that matters for a successful design.

       还有个小小的细节是中块的下部比上部略大，希望通过这种方式使得转动时候有更小阻力又有足够的稳定性。
       不要忘记这只是国甲目前为止创意最少的设计。我们希望他的做工和品质达到一个比较高的水准。

And one more minor detail is that the center pieces have its bottom slightly larger that the top; we hope to achieve better stability and lesser resistance using this method.
Don’t forget that this is the least creative product currently; we wish to let this cube raise the quality and workmanship to a higher level

       从第一次试模的样品来看，大家还是反应了一些问题。我们会反馈大家反应的问题继续改进封五。一款好的设计需要时间和不断的改进才能使它成熟。目前我拿到的样品来看，玩了几天我觉得还是有一些亮点。手感风格比较轻盈小巧和比较脆。最终正式版的性能将会如何，组装和改进的方法我会再向大家公布。

We encourage you to tell us about problems with this cube that you found, so we could correct them. A good product takes time and endless changes for it to mature. We will inform you about the performances and assembling/modification instructions later on.


[ 本帖最后由 daniel0731ex 于 2010-7-16 04:01 编辑 ]

夜雨听风

不错，顶！！！

ddykhdx

又是长篇大论。。。。

赵世主

lz厉害顶个~

的确挺有闲的

raka

厉害啊，楼主！ 人才！  话说从文章里知道了不少信息，谢谢了

今夜微凉

封四看来流产了。。。封五就出来了~~~

Paracel_007

楼主没翻译那个“创意最少”…
屏蔽词居然殃及sur face…

zbyxzh

LZ英文水平相当不错！
期待早日能够到手体验~~

zxken

原po住在加拿大  (逃~~