1·Flash looks like a technology that had its day but is really waning, and HTML5 looks like the technology that is really on the ascendency right now... We didn't start off to have a war with Flash.
Flash看起来像一项有过鼎盛时期的技术，但的确正日渐衰落，而HTML5则看起来像一项正在占据优势的技术……我们不是在发动一场针对Flash的战争。
2·We use ascendency as a goal function or indicator of system performance.
我们利用优势为目标的功能或系统的性能指标。