Sometimes I lack patience in what I am doing. However, I'm very careful with my work.
我有时候对自己的所作所为缺乏耐心,不过工作很细心。
but that was precisely the idea adopted in some of the early instruments (seismometers) for recording earthquake waves.
但是早期记录地震波的仪器(测震仪)正是采用了这种思路。