英语听书《白鲸记》第575期

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　　there are two other French engravings worthy² of note, by some one who subscribes³ himself "H. Durand." 另外还有两件值得重视的法国版画，那是一个自署为“Ｈ·杜兰”的人的作品。

　　One of them, though not precisely⁴ adapted to our present purpose, nevertheless deserves mention on other accounts. 其中有一件，虽然不挺适应我们此刻的要求，但多少还是值得一提的。

　　It is a quiet noon-scene among the isles⁵ of the Pacific; 那是一幅太平洋诸岛中的宁静的午景；

　　a French whaler anchored, inshore, in a calm, and lazily taking water on board; 一艘抛了锚的法国捕鲸船，靠在风平浪静的岸边，人们在懒洋洋地取水上船，

　　the loosened sails of the ship, and the long leaves of the palms in the background, both drooping⁶ together in the breezeless air. 船上那松弛的篷帆，和背景上的长长的棕榈树叶，都在平静无风的空中低垂在一起。

　　The effect is very fine, when considered with reference to its presenting the hardy⁷ fishermen under one of their few aspects of oriental repose⁸. 一想到那幅画上把那些辛劳的捕鱼者的姿态，表现为一种东方式的恬静，那效果可真是再好也没有了。

　　The other engraving¹ is quite a different affair: 另一幅版画却是完全不同的一件作品：

　　the ship hove-to upon the open sea, and in the very heart of the Leviathanic life, with a Right Whale alongside; 一艘停在辽阔的大海上的船，加上船边的那条露脊鲸，表现出了捕鲸生活的本质；

　　the vessel⁹ (in the act of cutting-in) hove over to the monster as if to a quay¹⁰; 那艘船（正在剖鲸脂）正在用劲曳着那只巨兽，象在碇泊码头一般；

　　and a boat, hurriedly pushing off from this scene of activity, is about giving chase to whales in the distance.  另外那只正从这个活跃的现场急忙划出去的小艇，正要划到远处去追击鲸群。

　　The harpoons¹¹ and lances lie levelled for use; 标枪和鱼枪都平放着，准备随时取用；

　　three oarsmen are just setting the mast in its hole; 三个桨手在把桅杆插在桅孔里；

　　while from a sudden roll of the sea, the little craft stands half-erect out of the water, like a rearing horse. 而突然间，海里一阵翻腾，那条小船便笔直地腾出了水面，活象一匹后脚竖起的骏马。

　　From the ship, the smoke of the torments¹² of the boiling whale is going up like the smoke over a village of smithies;  从那艘大船上，正升腾起阵阵熬煎鲸油的乌烟，直象乌烟密布在锻冶场的村集上空；

　　and to windward, a black cloud, rising up with earnest of squalls and rains, seems to quicken the activity of the excited seamen¹³. 在上风的地方，随着一阵狂风和暴雨，涌出一片乌云，仿佛要加速那些激昂的水手的动作似的。

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