In those days a lot of people, had had scribal the experience of this novel.

当年许多人,都有过抄这部小说经历。

The text was corrupted by careless copyists.

原文因抄心而有讹误。

He's busy copying letters.

他正忙着抄信件。

The Inca scribes (known as armantus) used the quipu (knotted ropes) to record and store information about the immense holdings of the vast Inca empire.

印加抄利用结绳文字记载辽阔印加帝国大量财产。