Formerly, the manual worker—whether machine operator or front-line soldier—predominated in all organizations.

在过去，干体力活的人——不管是操作机器的工人还是在前线打仗的士兵——在一切机构里都占统治地位。

The knowledge worker, therefore, must do something which a manual worker need not do. He must provide effectiveness.

因此，知识工作者不得不做一些体力劳动者从来不需要做的事情，知识工作者必须讲工作效率。

It was built during and after the second world war and was at first occupied mostly by white manual workers.

它建于第二次世界大战期间和战后，最初主要由白人体力劳动者占据。

When manual workers became redundant, it sparked protests at the loss of their vocation.

当体力劳动者变得多余时，引发了对他们失去职业的抗议。

The manual worker is usually quite at ease in any company.

体力劳动者在任何公司都相当安逸。

And one in four manual workers smokes, compared with one in ten of those in professional or managerial jobs.

四分之一的体力劳动者吸烟，而专业或管理工作的这一比例为十分之一。

The manual worker can always be judged in terms of the quantity and quality of a definable and discrete output, such as a pair of shoes.

衡量体力劳动的效率有界线分明的数量和质量标准。

Manual workers have shrunk along with farming and heavy industry as a proportion of the workforce, while the number of people in white-collar jobs has surged.

体力劳动者与农业和重工业一起在劳动力中所占的比例有所下降，而从事白领工作的人数却激增。

So you can imagine a group of robots all being controlled by a single pilot, almost like the person becomes more of a manager and the robots become more like the manual workers.

所以你可以想象一组机器人都由一个飞行员控制，几乎就像这个人变得更像一个管理者，而机器人变得更像体力劳动者。