［Day 2474 2021-07-04]
Lesson 15-1 Secrecy in industry 工業中的秘密
Two factors weigh heavily against the effectiveness of scientific
research in industry. One is the general atmosphere of secrecy in which
it is carried out, the other the lack of freedom of the individual research worker.
兩個因素嚴重影響工業上的科學研究的有效性。一個是科學研究，貫徹時的普遍秘密氛圍；另一個是缺乏自由的個人研究。
In so far as any inquiry is a secret one, it naturally limits all those
engaged in carrying it out from effective contact with their fellow
scientists either in other countries or in universities, or even, often enough,
in other departments of the same firm.
由于任何調查都是秘密的，自然就限制了所有的調查。通過與同伴的有效接觸來實施其他國家或大學的科學家，甚至經常在同一事務所的其他部門。
The degree of secrecy naturally varies considerably. 秘密的水平自然就相當地多變。
Some of the bigger firms are engaged in researches which are of such general and fundamental nature that it is a positive advantage to them not to keep them secret.
有些大公司從事研究工作，這些都是如此普遍和基本的性質，它是一個積極的優勢，對公司來說去保持他們的秘密。
