海底兩萬裡第1章飛馳的暗礁（海底兩萬裡）

2023-04-18 12:20:13

海底兩萬裡 #第6章 Go full steam ahead（9） 第6章 開足馬力 ( 9 )

原文賞析：

Suddenly, just as on the previous evening, Ned Land's voice was audible.

There's the thing in question, astern to port! the harpooner shouted.

Every eye looked toward the point indicated.

There, a mile and a half from the frigate, a long blackish body emerged a meter above the waves. Quivering violently, its tail was creating a considerable eddy.

Never had caudal equipment thrashed the sea with such power. An immense wake of glowing whiteness marked the animal's track, sweeping in a long curve.

Our frigate drew nearer to the cetacean. I examined it with a completely open mind.

Those reports from the Shannon and the Helvetia had slightly exaggerated its dimensions, and I put its length at only 250 feet.

Its girth was more difficult to judge, but all in all, the animal seemed to be wonderfully proportioned in all three dimensions.

中文譯文：

突然，像昨晚那樣，尼德·蘭叫起來了。

我們找的那個東西，在船左舷後面！魚叉手喊著。

大家的眼光都轉向他手指的地方。

在離護衛艦一英裡半的地方，一個黑色的長身體露出水面一米多。它的尾巴劇烈抖動，形成了一個巨大的漩渦。

從未有過尾部設備以如此大的力量在大海中翻騰。一條巨大的發光的白色痕跡標誌著動物的軌跡，掃了一個長長的曲線。

我們的戰艦埃近了這個鯨魚類動物。

那些來自香農號和海爾維蒂亞號的報告稍微誇大了它的尺寸，我估計它的長度只有250英尺。

它的周長更難判斷，但總的來說，這種動物似乎在所有三個方面都非常均衡。