movable-type printing

基本解释

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.
中国的活字印刷术先向东传到了朝鲜、日本，接着向西传到波斯、埃及，最后传遍了全世界。
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.
这就是为什么即使有些书是采用活版印刷，但是，活字印刷术从来没有象在欧洲一样代替木刻印刷术。
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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.
中国活字印刷术：世界最古老的印刷技术之一，至今在浙江省瑞安传承和保留，主要用于印制宗谱。

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.
第三部分则主要讨论了我国古代活字印刷发展滞缓的原因。