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As a theoretician of computers, von Neumann had been joined by Norbert Wiener, the American mathematician of a slightly earlier generation, whom the war had likewise taken from group theory to machinery, although in his case the servo-mechanisms of anti-aircraft artillery had been the formative influence.
一位美国数学家，诺伯特·维纳，作为计算机理论研究者，加入了冯·诺伊曼的团队。他在战争中，也从纯理论研究转向了机械，在自动防空系统方面产生了巨大的影响。
Thus von Neumann and Wiener corresponded in connection with the potential of the planned EDVAC, but mostly in terms of the faculty of conditional branching corresponding to 'feedback'.
因此冯·诺伊曼与维纳在EDVAC项目中保持着联系，但大多数的讨论都是关于条件转移设备的，
They did not discuss hierarchies of programs, nor the computer reorganising and creating its own instructions.
他们没有讨论程序的层次，也没有涉及到计算机的重构和改变自身指令。
They remained most impressed with the McCulloch and Pitts ideas, which suggested that the logical functions of electronic valves bore some similarity to the structure of neurons in the human nervous system.
他们都对麦卡洛克和皮茨的思想印象深刻，这些思想体现了电子真空管与人类神经系统之间的相似之处。
In a letter of 29 November 1946, von Neumann wrote to Wiener of the 'extremely bold efforts' of Pitts and McCulloch, with which he 'would like to put on one par the very un-neurological thesis of R. (sic) Turing.'
1946年11月29日，冯·诺伊曼在写给维纳的信中提到："麦卡洛克和皮茨的大胆尝试，与图灵博士的非神经观点同样重要。"
In the other direction, likewise, there was limited communication.
在其它方面，他们也有着一些有限的交流。
The Draft Report on the EDVAC was there at the NPL, and Alan continued to make use of its notation for logical networks.
在国家物理实验室，图灵使用《EDVAC草案》中的符号标记来描述逻辑网络。
David Rees, who attended the Moore School lectures on behalf of the Manchester interest, reported back to Alan and Jim Wilkinson for ten days or so.
大卫·李代表曼彻斯特，参加了莫尔学院的讲座，并将其汇报给图灵和威尔金森。
But the American plans had no particular influence on the ACE project, Alan being notably sceptical about the prospects for the Iconoscope, the storage medium on which the Americans were pinning their hopes.
但是，美国的项目没有对ACE项目产生多大的影响，美国将存储介质寄希望于光电摄像管，而图灵则非常怀疑该方法的前景。
They did not think of the American development as a rival; it was simply another project.
他并没有把美国项目当成竞争对手，那仅仅是另外一个项目，
The ACE was Alan Turing's own thing, like naval Enigma, like the Delilah. It was not, however, developing in quite the same way.
而ACE则是图灵自己的项目，就像海军谜机和黛丽拉一样。
