英語聽書《白鯨記》 第349期

　　This ignorant, unconscious fearlessness of hismade him a little waggish in the matter of whales;he followed these fish for the fun of it; and a threeyears' voyage round Cape Horn was only a jolly jokethat lasted that length of time. As a carpenter's nailsare divided into wrought nails and cut nails; somankind may be similarly divided. Little Flask wasone of the wrought ones; made to clinch tight andlast long. They called him King-Post on board of thePequod; because, in form, he could be well likened tothe short, square timber known by that name inArctic whalers; and which by the means of many radiating side timbers inserted into it, servesto brace the ship against the icy concussions of those battering seas.

　　他這種愚昧無知的無畏精神,使他有點把捕鯨當成一件兒戲;他只是為了好玩才去追擊這些大魚;而環(huán)游合恩角的三年航程,也不過是時間上比較長些的有趣的玩笑而已。木匠的釘子有粗釘和細釘之分;人類也同樣可以這樣分法。小弗拉斯克就是一種粗釘;生成可以派敲得緊,經得久的用場。他們都管他叫做"裴廓德號"上的中柱;因為,他那副樣子,可真象北極的捕鯨者所稱為中柱的那種短小四方的木頭;它靠著嵌在它里面的四邊突出的小木頭,可以用來拉緊船只,免得遭到海洋的七凸八凹的冰塊的沖擊。

　　Now these three mates--Starbuck, Stubb and Flask, were momentous men. They it was whoby universal prescription commanded three of the Pequod's boats as headsmen. In thatgrand order of battle in which Captain Ahab would probably marshal his forces to descend onthe whales, these three headsmen were as captains of companies. Or, being armed with theirlong keen whaling spears, they were as a picked trio of lancers; even as the harpooneers wereflingers of javelins.

　　說到大二三副這三個人...斯達巴克,斯塔布和弗拉斯克,都是舉足輕重的人物。按照到處通行的舊習慣,統(tǒng)率"裴廓德號"三只小艇,擔任指揮的就是他們這三個人。碰到擺開大架勢的戰(zhàn)斗,亞哈船長可能要去施展全力降伏大鯨的時候,這三個指揮者就是聯(lián)合船長了。有的時候,一經配備了長長的。銳利的鯨槍,他們就是三個精選的槍手,如同那些標槍手也是好標槍手一樣。

　　And since in this famous fishery, each mate or headsman, like a Gothic Knight of old, is alwaysaccompanied by his boat-steerer or harpooneer, who in certain conjunctures provides him witha fresh lance, when the former one has been badly twisted, or elbowed in the assault; andmoreover, as there generally subsists between the two, a close intimacy and friendliness; it istherefore but meet, that in this place we set down who the Pequod's harpooneers were, and towhat headsman each of them belonged.

　　同時,因為在這種著名的捕魚業(yè)中,大二三副或者指揮者,都象古代的峨特武士一樣,總各有他的掌舵手和標槍手隨侍在側,這些人,逢到指揮者在獵擊中,魚槍一時間給扭壞了,弄彎了,便可以及時地給他遞上一支新槍;而且,一般說來,他們彼此間還都保持著一種親切的友誼;因此,在這里,必須把"裴廓德號"那些個標槍手也給記點下來,并說明一下他們是各歸哪一位指揮者管轄的。

　　First of all was Queequeg, whom Starbuck, the chief mate, had selected for his squire. ButQueequeg is already known.

　　首先是魁魁格,大副斯達巴克已經把他挑去做他的隨從了。不過,魁魁格我們已經知道了,這里無庸多說。