A Chinese named Bi Sheng invented movable type print around 1,000 years ago.

大約 1000 年前，中國人畢昇發(fā)明了活字印刷術(shù)。

The movable components are cubes made of baked clay.

活字，就是一個個用膠泥制成的立方體毛坯。

Characters were carved on each piece of clay,which looked like the seals widely used in China.

每個膠泥塊上都雕刻著一個漢字，就像中國人常用的印章。

The movable components could be arranged freely to form different vocabularies and sentences.

活字之間，可以靈活地排列組合、組詞造句。

They were fixed on an iron plate with frames in certain sequence. Then ink was painted and a piece of paper was laid down. A printed sheet was created this way.

印刷時，用帶框的四方形鐵板做底托，把活字一個個排進框內(nèi)；刷上墨，蓋上紙，排列整齊的印刷品就這樣誕生了。

This technique improved the efficiency of printing and transformed traditional transcription into modern printing.

畢昇發(fā)明的活字印刷術(shù)，大大提高了印刷的效率，讓傳統(tǒng)的手工抄寫發(fā)展成為批量印刷。

Scripts and paintings spread widely in the world with the help of yìn shuā.

文字、圖畫借助印刷術(shù)更加快速廣泛地傳播到世界各地。