1. Every man is liable to error.
    每个人都会犯错误。

2. But by that time, an error of about 10 days had again piled up.
    1600年之后，累积出了10天的误差。

3. We must exterminate every error.
    我们必须消除一切错误。

4. We also make the fundamental error of announcing our resolutions to everybody
    我们还犯有一个根本性的错误，即把我们的决心向大家宣布。

5. The error was 44 minutes and 56 seconds for each leap year, or 11 minutes and 14 seconds for each single year.
    每个闰年的误差就是44分56秒或是每年11分14秒。

6. That may not seem much, but time this by 1600, and you will see it is a serious error.
    这看上去好象不算什么，但是这个数乘以1600，你就会发现这是一个严重的误差。

7. The error amounts to about one day in 3000 years.
    这种误差3000年能累积到一天。

8. He also asked him to work out a better rule for leap years to prevent the piling up of error in future.
    他还叫他为闰年制定出一个更好的规则，以防止将来误差的累积。

9. "But I believe that all the answers lie in human error, mechanical problems, strange atmospheric events, or unusual magnetic phenomenon."
    "但是我相信，所有的答案都归于人为失误、机械故障、怪异的大气活动或者异常的磁场现象。"

10. I committed an error in handling the business.
    我在处理这一业务时犯了一个错误。