"It was a sight full of wonder and awe.
“那是一片让人无比惊奇又无比敬畏的景象%S*Zn#YqHenVmGb+,7_E。
The vast swells of the omnipotent sea.
无所不能的大海掀起惊天巨浪mDcqIlNJ!xWHBiN[。
The surging hollow wall they made as they rode along the eight gunnels,
他们沿着八道船舷奔跑时便会一道中空的水墙，
like gigantic bowls in the boundless bowling green."
就像无边无际的保龄球场地上的巨碗一样+t1J^Y%Xjtr8ceBg#zj。”
"Early '70s there was 30,35 scrimshanders here on Nantucket, they're all gone now."
“70年代初，南塔开特这里还有30~35名鲸鱼牙雕的手艺人，现在他们都走光了z*n7qFFNd+T。”
"Scrimshaw is a traditional American art form.
“鲸鱼牙雕是美国的一种传统艺术0=iPD]RdwF.,FpU,。
It's actually the only art form that was indigenous to the U.S.
事实上也是美国唯一的一种本土艺术%sZ=aU7;Jk%!S5bqn!。
It started with the Yankee whalers back in the 18th,19th century."
最早源于18、19世纪北方的捕鲸船队,i)^)%&oLop@mg0eKz.。”
"You've got 29 or 30 guys sitting on a ship, with a lot of, as I said, downtime.
“一艘船上有29~30个人，有很多，用我的话说就是，停工的时间_G5CdTSX722H8。
Somebody got the idea to scratch away on this canvas, which was the tooth.
有人就想到了在这种画布，也就是在鲸鱼的牙齿上涂鸦的主意&&CaJk2BO-H|%]5UW。
There are logbooks where they said all hands are busy scrimshunting."
有大量航海日志都提到所有人都在忙着雕刻鲸鱼牙齿eA.NFXEXCd9rObeG。”
"Oh, how you doing friend?
“嘿，还好吗哥们儿？
Want to show you some interesting teeth that I've had for almos a half a century.
给你看几块很有意思的牙齿，我都已经珍藏了近半个世纪了XOSE1g)v#A7jXO@。
Remember Fran Howard?"
还记得弗兰·霍华德么？”
"Oh, yeah."
“肯定啊%+[.DZV7e=@st*。”

"At Seven Seas."
“都是从各个地方搜集来的*ll8Y6=ki[(H=。”
"When they used to be 5-20 bucks.
“以前得卖5-20美元@)QDDT*H;t5]。
And you know, she used to sell them by size
你也知道，她过去都是按大小卖的，
and they've got great..."
卖得都还挺……”
"They've got the old prices on 'em."
“以前的价在那儿摆着呢2e45-[^GTBS1。”
"Yeah, yeah, and a great aged look."
“是啊，品相也有些年代了=ZQU4+L7PX7|qt+K6MH。”
"This is a tooth here.
“我手上就拿着一颗鲸鱼的牙齿;~m4I)glAZ^M,tdUBkO。
I bought that from the late Charlie Sayle who was a famous scrimshander.
这颗是我从已故的著名鲸鱼牙雕工匠查理·塞尔手里买的Gk+wVtVqn_3RS1oOmp。
He passed away 25 years ago. And I bought all his teeth."
他已经去世25年了qEd9Mm8Lo9V%A3a,pq%。我把他雕刻的所有牙齿都收过来了%C+#LgecY7z=1AR*8。”
"To be working on one of their teeth is an honor,
“能够加工他们雕刻过的牙齿是一种荣耀，
and they are valuable things because, you know, what it took to get this tooth."
而且，那些牙齿都是非常珍贵的，因为，你也知道，要弄到那些牙齿是很不容易的U*-|Ou~y*2QF-。”
"They have a story. You know, that whale had a story.
“他们都是有故事的，你知道的，那些鲸鱼都有它们的故事u(8TvJMgRA-I8c)。
I wish I knew it, but you can make up your own story."
我要知道就好了，但你也可以自己创造一个故事FfsTU1kZKDrL3。”
"Death to the living,
“活人终有一死，
Long live the killers.
屠鲸者万岁^.ClpmCZA5!A+M4Gv。
Success to sailors' wives,
愿成功属于水手之妻，
And greasy luck to whalers."
祝捕鲸者出海顺利wwPLpn@X^F[。”