So does it make sense that the keyboard we text with is based on the needs of telegraph operators?

所以我们用的键盘是基于电报员的需求而设计的，这有什么意义吗？

When the Republic was hit, its telegraph operator tapped out the Morse code signal C-Q-D, the distress call that later became SOS to all nearby ships.

当共和国号被击中时，它的电报员发出了摩斯电码信号 C-Q-D，这个求救信号后来变成了向附近所有船只发出的求救信号。

You see, some of the very first people to test out typewriters back in the 1870s were telegraph operators who needed to quickly transcribe messages from Morse code.

在19世纪70年代，最早试用打字机的人是电报员，他们需要快速转写摩斯密码的信息。

A second installment of labor legislation was offered in the law of 1908 limiting the hours of railway employees engaged as trainmen or telegraph operators.

1908 年的法律提供了第二部分劳动立法，限制铁路雇员担任火车员或电报员的工作时间。

Vail, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio, in 1845, after spending two years as a medical student, suddenly shifted his plans and became a telegraph operator.

维尔于 1845 年出生于俄亥俄州卡罗尔县，在学了两年医科学生后，他突然改变了计划，成为了一名电报员。

Passengers were so excited to be able  to update friends and family of their trip that the telegraph operators did not pay much attention  to incoming messages about icebergs in the area.

乘客们非常高兴能够向朋友和家人通报他们的旅行最新消息，以至于电报员没有太注意收到的有关该地区冰山的消息。