1·So the pages, the pieces of parchment themselves, had been preserved.
所以这些纸，这些羊皮纸本身，被保存了下来。
2·During the 1400s, when printing was being developed, paper became the predominant material for books in Europe, but prior to that, it was parchment.
在15世纪，印刷术得到发展，纸张成为欧洲书籍的主要材料，在此之前的主要材料是羊皮纸。
3·In the late Middle Ages, it was customary to scrape away the surface of the parchment with an abrasive, which completely wiped out any writing that was there.
在中世纪后期，人们习惯用磨料刮去羊皮纸的表面，把纸上的所有文字都擦得干干净净。
4·Parchment is durable, much more so than paper, and it could be reused which came in handy.
羊皮纸很耐用，比纸耐用得多，而且方便的是它可以重复使用。
5·The thought of keeping a real journal – the kind written in beautiful script in a parchment journal – is daunting, but keeping a journal of one daily sentence is manageable.
写真正的日记--那种在羊皮纸日记本中漂亮语言写下的那种日记--令人畏怯，但是写“每天一句话”的日记却是可以做到。