海底兩萬(wàn)里 第35期 第4章 尼德蘭(4)

　　So the Abraham Lincoln wasn't lacking in means of destruction. But it had better still. It had Ned Land, the King of Harpooners.

　　因此，林肯號(hào)的殲滅性武器，可以說(shuō)樣樣俱全，最妙的是船上還有魚(yú)叉手之王尼德·蘭。

　　Gifted with uncommon manual ability, Ned Land was a Canadian who had no equal in his dangerous trade.

　　尼德。蘭是加拿大人，兩手非常矯捷，在這種危險(xiǎn)的叉魚(yú)職業(yè)中，他還沒(méi)有碰見(jiàn)過(guò)敵手。

　　Dexterity, coolness, bravery, and cunning were virtues he possessed to a high degree,

　　他又靈敏又冷靜，又大膽：又機(jī)智，本領(lǐng)很高強(qiáng)，

　　and it took a truly crafty baleen whale or an exceptionally astute spermwhale to elude the thrusts of his harpoon.

　　要不是一條狡猾的長(zhǎng)須鯨，或是特殊聰明的大頭鯨，是很難躲過(guò)他的魚(yú)叉的。

　　Ned Land was about forty years old. A man of great height-over six English feet-he was powerfully built, serious in manner,

　　尼德·蘭大約四十歲。他身材魁偉，有六英尺多高，體;格健壯，神氣莊嚴(yán)，

　　not very sociable, sometimes headstrong, and quite ill-tempered when crossed.

　　不大愛(ài)說(shuō)話，性情很暴躁，容易發(fā)脾氣。

　　His looks caught the attention, and above all the strength of his gaze, which gave a unique emphasis to his facial appearance.

　　他的風(fēng)度特別引人注意，尤其是他那雙目光炯炯的眼睛，使他面部的表情更顯得突出。

　　Commander Farragut, to my thinking, had made a wise move in hiring on this man.

　　我認(rèn)為法拉古艦長(zhǎng)把這人請(qǐng)到船上來(lái)，是完全正確的。