Because if we can do that, if we can actually just collect the data electronically, digitally, from the very beginning, we can just put a shortcut right through that whole process of typing, of having somebody type that stuff into the computer.
因为如果我们能那么做，如果我们真的可以 电子化、数字化地收集数据， 从最最开始， 我们就在整个过程中走了一个捷径，减省了 输入， 或是让某些人去把那些东西输入电脑。