movable-type printing

基本解釋

China's movable-type printing first spread eastward into Korea and Japan, and then westward into Persia and Egypt, and, at last, around the world.
中國的活字印刷術(shù)先向東傳到了朝鮮、日本，接著向西傳到波斯、埃及，最后傳遍了全世界。
So that was the reason why there were some books printed using movable type, but it never really replaced wood-block printing in the way it did in the West.
這就是為什么即使有些書是采用活版印刷，但是，活字印刷術(shù)從來沒有象在歐洲一樣代替木刻印刷術(shù)。
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Wooden movable-type printing of China: As one of the world's oldest printing techniques, it is maintained in Rui'an, Zhejiang, where it is used in compiling and printing clan genealogies.
中國活字印刷術(shù)：世界最古老的印刷技術(shù)之一，至今在浙江省瑞安傳承和保留，主要用于印制宗譜。

The techniques of wooden movable-type printing are transmitted through families by rote and word of mouth.
UNESCO: Culture
One of the worlds oldest printing techniques, wooden movable-type printing is maintained in Ruian County, Zhejiang Province, where it is used in compiling and printing clan genealogies.
UNESCO: Culture

活字印刷
The last part of this thesis mainly discusses the reason of sluggish development of ancient Chinese movable-type printing.
第三部分則主要討論了我國古代活字印刷發(fā)展滯緩的原因。