他是个很机巧的工匠.He is an artificer of great cunning.从这个意义上说, 这些机巧的装置其实是自动化谱系上一些奇妙的死产儿.Thus, these clever devices are curious stillbirths in our genealogy of automation....

“机巧的”的英语可以翻译为：dextrous ...