1·Distributed text, or hypertext, on the other hand supplies a new role for readers — every reader codetermines the meaning of a text.
另一方面，分布式文本或者说超文本为读者提供了一种新的角色——每个读者共同决定文本的含义。
2·A few authors in the printed past tried to explore expanded writing and thinking spaces, attempting to move away from the closed linearity of print and into the nonsequential experience of hypertext.
在过去的印刷时代，一些作者想方设法探究拓展自己的写作和思考的空间，试图从封闭线性的印刷书籍转为带来非连续性体验的超文本。
3·Therefore in hypertext, as in other distributed creations, the creator must give up some control of his creation.
因此在超文本中，就像在别的分布式创造物里一样，创造者必须对他的创造物适当放权，减少控制。
4·But a single author can compile a simple hypertext document which can be read in many different directions and along many paths.
但是一位作者就能独自编辑一个简单的超文本文档，别人可以按照许多不同指示，沿着多种途径阅读该文档。
5·One is hypertext transfer protocol, or HTTP, which establishes specifications for linking documents.
其中之一就是超文本传输协议，即HTTP，为文件连接确定了标准。