英語聽書《白鯨記》第373期

First: According to magnitude I divide the whalesinto three primary BOOKS (subdivisible intoCHAPTERS), and these shall comprehend them all,both small and large.

第一　我按照大小,把鯨分為主要的三篇(各篇再分為章),這就把它們不論大小都包括在內了。

I. THE FOLIO WHALE; II. the OCTAVO WHALE; III.the DUODECIMO WHALE.

(一)對開鯨;(二)八開鯨;(三)十二開鯨。

As the type of the FOLIO I present the SpermWhale; of the OCTAVO, the Grampus; of theDUODECIMO, the Porpoise.

我以抹香鯨,逆戟鯨,小鯨分別作為對開型,八開型,十二開型的代表。

FOLIOS. Among these I here include the following chapters:

對開型　我把下列各章包括在這一篇中:

I. The Sperm Whale; II. the Right Whale; III. the Fin Back Whale; IV. the Humpbacked Whale;V. the Razor Back Whale; VI. the Sulphur Bottom Whale.

(1)抹香鯨;(2)露脊鯨;(3)脊鰭鯨;(4)座頭鯨;(5)剃刀鯨;(6)黃腹?鯨。

BOOK I. (Folio), CHAPTER I. (Sperm Whale).--This whale, among the English of old vaguelyknown as the Trumpa whale and the Physeter whale,

第一篇(對開型)　第一章(抹香鯨)...這種鯨,就是古代英國含糊地稱之為喇叭鯨,

and the Anvil Headed whale, is the present Cachalot of the French, and the Pottsfich of theGermans, and the Macrocephalus of the Long Words.

真甲鯨和砧頭鯨的鯨,也就是現代法國稱為"卡沙洛"。德國稱為"波茨魚"(都是按照法德兩國對于鯨的稱法的音譯。)和那個字音累贅的學名:疣豬屬鯨。

He is, without doubt, the largest inhabitant of the globe; the most formidable of all whales toencounter;

毫無疑義,它就是地球中最大的居民;也是一切鯨中最難對付的;

the most majestic in aspect; and lastly, by far the most valuable in commerce; he being theonly creature from which that valuable substance, spermaceti, is obtained.

它是儀表非凡的動物;最后,它的商業(yè)價值又是最高的;因為它是人們能夠從它身上獲得貴重的東西,即鯨腦的唯一動物。

All his peculiarities will, in many other places, be enlarged upon.

它的一切特點將在其它許多場合加以闡揚。