Who invented the telescope?

Who invented the telescope?

谁发明了望远镜？
So, you want to know who invented the telescope. Or maybe you think you already know who invented it.

你想知道是谁发明了望远镜？或许你觉得你已经知道是谁发明了它？
Well, what would you say if I told you that you're probably wrong? After all, it was Galileo Galilei who invented it, right? You might be surprised by the answer to that question. Although Galileo's telescope was the first to be used for astronomical purposes, he didn't invent the telescope.

如果我说你可能是不对的，你将会说些什么？毕竟在大多数人眼里，是伽利略发明了望远镜，对不对？也许你将对这个问题的答案感到惊讶。虽然伽利略的望远镜最早用于天文观测，但是并非他发明了望远镜。

If not Galileo, then who invented the telescope?
假如不是伽利略，那是谁发明了望远镜？

A man named Hans Lipperhey invented the telescope. He was born in Wesel, Germany and made his home in Middleburg, part of the Zeeland province in the Netherlands. He was married there in 1594, and became a citizen in 1602. He was a spectacle-maker by trade. 是一个叫做汉斯 李伯希的人发明了望远镜。他出生在德国的维塞尔，在荷兰西兰省的米德堡安家。他于1594年结婚，并于1602年成为当地的居民。他靠制作镜片交易为生。

The Italians developed new glass-making techniques which were introduced to the Netherlands in the 1590's. These new techniques helped to bring about new ideas and innovations in the glass-making community and people started to experiment with different ways to combine lenses. 意大利的玻璃制作技术有了新的发展并在16世纪90年代被传入了荷兰。这些新的技术给玻璃制造圈子带来了新的理念和革新，人们法师尝试着用不同的方法合成镜片。

Where is the proof?
证据在哪里？

Many other people claim to have invented the telescope, but Hans Lipperhey is the only person documented to have applied for a patent for the device.

很多人都声称自己发明了望远镜，但是文献记载里只有汉斯 李伯希申请了这个仪器的专利。

Child's play Legend has it that it wasn't Hans himself, but his children who actually invented the telescope while they were playing. And now you know the story of the telescope and how it came to be.

孩子的玩耍据说，望远镜不是汉斯发明的，而是他的孩子在玩耍的时候发明了的。现在，你知道望远镜的故事，也知道它是怎么出现的了吧。 http://www.astronomy-for-kids-online.com/whoinventedthetelescope.html

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I can only translate such simple article.