海底兩萬(wàn)里 第164期 第11章 諾第留斯號(hào)(15)

　　Aside and in special compartments1, strings2 of supremely3 beautiful pearls were spread out, the electric light flecking them with little fiery4 sparks:

　　另外，在特殊的格子中，擺著最美麗的串珠，被電光照得發(fā)出星星的火花，

　　pink pearls pulled from saltwater fan shells in the Red Sea; green pearls from the rainbow abalone;

　　其中有從紅海的尖角螺中取出來(lái)的玫瑰紅色珠，有蝶形海耳螺的青色珠，

　　yellow, blue, and black pearls, the unusual handiwork of various mollusks from every ocean and of certain mussels from rivers up north;

　　有黃色珠，藍(lán)色珠，黑色珠，以及各海洋中各種軟體動(dòng)物，北方海中蚌蛤類的新奇產(chǎn)品。

　　in short, several specimens5 of incalculable worth that had been oozed6 by the rarest of shellfish.

　　最后是價(jià)值不可估計(jì)的寶珠，那是從最稀罕的珍珠貝中取出來(lái)的。

　　Some of these pearls were bigger than a pigeon egg; they more than equaled the one that the explorer Tavernier sold the Shah of Persia for 3,000,000 francs,

　　其中有的比鴿蛋大，它們的價(jià)值要超過(guò)旅行家達(dá)成尼埃賣給波斯國(guó)王得價(jià)三百萬(wàn)的那顆珍珠，

　　and they surpassed that other pearl owned by the Imam of Muscat, which I had believed to be unrivaled in the entire world.

　　就是和我認(rèn)為世界上獨(dú)一無(wú)二的、馬斯加提教長(zhǎng)的另一顆珍珠比較起來(lái)，它們還是貴重得多。

　　Consequently, to calculate the value of this collection was, I should say, impossible.

　　所以，要估計(jì)出這全部物品的價(jià)值，可以說(shuō)是不可能的。

　　Captain Nemo must have spent millions in acquiring these different specimens,

　　尼摩船長(zhǎng)一定花了數(shù)百萬(wàn)金錢來(lái)購(gòu)買這些珍寶，

　　and I was wondering what financial resources he tapped to satisfy his collector's fancies, when these words interrupted me:

　　我心里想，他從哪里弄來(lái)這筆款子，來(lái)滿足他收藏家的欲望呢，我正想的時(shí)候，被下面的諾打斷了：