早期的手稿保存下来的不多。
Few of the early manuscripts have been preserved.

这份手稿只有专家才看得懂。
The manuscript requires an expert to understand it.

原稿已失，这是副本。
The original manuscript has been lost; this is a copy.

他对自己那本书的手稿先进行校订，然后才把它交给出版社。

此诗现存最早的原稿收藏在这座博物馆里。
The earliest extant manuscript of this poem has been kept in the museum.

这个手稿的装饰很精致。
The illumination of the manuscript is delicate.

我看过他小说的手稿。
I read his novel in manuscript.

他们正在旧手稿中寻找资料。
They are quarrying in old manuscripts.