In these departments a practised handicraft was eliminated by the steady introduction of labor-saving machinery—the lathe, the scroll-saw, the planing machine, the power loom;

这方面之手艺匠人，日为机械所代替——如车机、车钻、刨机、织机等，而这些机械工作都是无须设计的。

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After all, years of power shortages loom.

毕竟，数年后会出现电力短缺。

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Sunil Kumar, a 32-year-old in Godown, was on leave from a textiles hub near Mumbai, Bhiwandi, where he operates a power-loom.

苏尼尔·库马尔，一个32岁的货仓人，在孟买附近的一家纺织中心比万迪工作，正在休假，他在那里操纵一台电动织机。

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After all, years of power shortages loom.

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